Introduction
Every six months your chart is affected by Solar and Lunar eclipses. We understand the
geometry of an eclipse as the place where the Sun, Moon and earth come together. We marvel at
their visual appearance as they bring us moments of heavenly wonder and beauty. This beauty is
a play of light and dark between the two great heavenly lights, the Sun and the Moon. At a
total solar eclipse, the Moon obliterates the Sun, visually becoming a black disc rayed by
solar flares. At a lunar eclipse the bright full Moon moves through the shadow of the earth,
losing its light and sometimes becoming blood coloured.
In the past, since eclipses challenged the order of light and dark, people thought that they
were a time of worry or stress, a calamity waiting to happen. This, however, was not always
the case. At the dawn of astrology each eclipse was viewed differently, and some were thought
to bring difficulties to the kingdom, while others brought blessings.
It was, however, recognised that eclipses came in great cycles which ran for well over a
thousand years and these cycles still have meaning for us today. Each eclipse belongs to a
unique cycle and each cycle varies in its meaning. We only meet each eclipse cycle once every
18.5 years. Every six months when an eclipse occurs it engages with your horoscope through
being located in different houses and aspects, and it also adds its unique cycle’s meaning
into your life. Some eclipse cycles continue to bring blessings and insights, while others
uncover cracks and faults that may have been papered over for years. All, however, will reveal
to you what lies in the shadows of your life or in your thinking. All of them show the dark
within the light through a myriad of different lenses.
This eclipse report focuses on the unique meanings of the current eclipse cycles which are
affecting you now.
The Eclipses of this Season
The periods in the year when eclipses happen are known as eclipse seasons. The eclipse season
of June/July 2020 contains three eclipses, first a lunar eclipse on 5 June 2020 (Saros cycle
111), followed by a solar eclipse on 21 June 2020 (Saros cycle 137) and then a lunar eclipse
on 5 July 2020 (Saros cycle 149). You will start to experience the influence of these
eclipses any time from around two weeks before the season starts, end of May 2020, until it
finishes mid-July 2020.
The eclipse season following this one will be in November/December 2020.
The Lunar Eclipse of 5 June 2020 at 15°42 Sagittarius
The focus of this lunar eclipse is on the role and importance of your relationships with other
people and your ability to meet others halfway. Its essence is connected to your skills at
being able to sustain good associations and friendships. As this eclipse moves into your life
you will find your care and concern being tested by someone whom you could see as one-sided or
even fanatical in their thinking. If you are involved in a team project, at work or in your
social life, or even in your own family, then this project could become bogged-down by this
one person. Your solution should be to sidestep them. Rely on those people with whom you have
built good relationships. Their support, along with a little bit of good luck, will sustain
your focus. Once the block is cleared you will have a real flow of energy to reinvest in your
goals.
This eclipse gives you an awareness of problems that appear from nowhere. These matters have
always, however, been there. They have simply been brewing beneath the surface. Consider the
events, take time to withdraw and sit with these concerns. Quiet contemplation is now more
helpful for you in this period than rushing to resolve problems. Embrace the events as they
arise and think about why they are happening to you.
Look at the issues you have with work colleagues or friends that are causing you concern and
step back from some of your obligations. Even if you do this just for a short time, this will
allow you the chance to see things more clearly.
You might be tempted to band-aid over the problem, but the eclipse is giving you an
opportunity to see these hidden issues. Make the most of these insights.
It is a teacher, a guru, or a friend who travels frequently, who brings the events of this
eclipse into your life. Through them, you will experience this time as an expansion of your
world, through ideas or in changes to your physical location. You could find yourself drawn to
study a completely new subject, or asked to teach a new skill, or an old skill in a new way.
You could also feel the urge to travel. If your life circumstances mean you are unable to
incorporate the changes that this eclipse highlights, then events will still occur which may
seem excessive but could lead to broadening your world.
Look for this expansion in your relationships with other people. This is a time to accept
change and growth in your groups or associations, but make sure you avoid those who push you
in the wrong direction. Take small steps in your chosen new direction.
Remember, it is better to make some changes than none at all.
The ups and downs of this eclipse will eventually impact on your daily routine and even your
health. You will find that you need to alter your daily life in some way. Even if those
alterations appear to be quite small, such as changes to your diet or altering your daily
schedule so that you take on greater responsibility for another person, they will have an
impact. Focus on these incoming changes and embed them into your daily routine, as they are
not a passing issue, but could be with you for a long time.
The Solar Eclipse of 21 June 2020 at 0°21 Cancer
This solar eclipse brings events that seem to thwart and frustrate you. Ideas or projects on
which you have been working, plans that you want to present to another, or teamwork ventures
at any stage of development will suddenly seem to get caught in the weeds for no reason at all
and flounder in some way. Where you previously experienced flow and forward movement you now
encounter blockages. You may think that you have the vision and strategy to push through these
blocks. However, take care. You are not clear-eyed during this eclipse season and hence are
prone to misjudge your strengths or the situation at hand. Recognise that restriction,
inhibition, restraint, separation, and illusions are the trademarks of this family of
eclipses. Your best course of action is to wait until the eclipse passes before taking any
real action.
Additionally, this eclipse returns to the challenges you have had in the past with your
commitments to others, either a single person or a whole institution. What you thought was
settled can suddenly be seen as having a weak foundation. If this is a work commitment, then
address the problem directly. If this is a personal relationship difficulty, then this is the
time when you can talk about what has come to the surface.
We all need other people, and this eclipse will reveal both the strengths and weaknesses of
your links to those who are special and meaningful to you.
In particular, with this being a time of delays you will be feeling inhibited in dealing with
relationship problems. Step back and give everything a little bit of time.
Far from being problematic, this eclipse can be an opportunity for you to avert any future
difficulties that could arise in your commitments.
It is also your intimate partner or business connections who bring the events of this eclipse
into your life. These events will be precipitated by the way you have made commitments in the
past and at this time you may have to mediate another person’s problems, helping them deal
with an issue beyond their means to resolve. You could find yourself taking on a role for
which you feel unprepared or stepping into a commitment which is unavoidable. During this
eclipse period you will become aware of the many complex layers that attach to your
obligations and thus this is the very time when you can rearrange them to better suit your
life.
Within these obligations, however, the situation is not clear and for no reason at all,
details go awry and plans flounder. This only causes confusion. Hence the best decision is to
step back and wait until the waters clear. Then you can move forward again with clear
intention.
The focus is on your obligations, that which has to be repaired or altered.
The overall outcome of these events is that new groups enter your life because you are
propelled into a different social situation. This is a time where you can expand your social
circle, so get proactive and look around for groups in which you feel comfortable.
Alternatively, these new friendships could be found within your work environment. The key
issue here is that, because of the events of the eclipse, your social world broadens.
The Lunar Eclipse of 5 July 2020 at 13°30 Capricorn
This lunar eclipse focuses on your independence. You may experience this as an urge for
freedom, when the structures of your job or home seem oppressive and overbearing. You may
become aware that people in your personal or work relationships are hampering you and tying
you down.
Be careful of making sudden decisions, however, as any weakness of will, giving in to anger,
or a negative attitude is not appropriate and could backfire into irate disputes and undermine
all that you have gained. Instead, take a step backwards and in the quiet spaces of your heart
assess what it is you want.
This is a time when the spiritual side of your relationships becomes important. By focusing on
things calmly and quietly, you will find ways that bring agreement and harmony. In this way
you can find freedom within the confines of work and relationship, and create happy
connections that help you move forward, rather than restricting you.
Additionally, this eclipse indicates that the consequences of decisions you have made or
actions you have taken in the past now reveal themselves. Stay with your previous decisions
and, if possible, become proactive so that you can gain better control of the flow of events.
Now is not the time to change your mind.
Seriously think about what you would like to come to fruition and work out the best way to
help that come to pass. You can also, if you wish, make any long overdue changes to your
appearance, hair style, clothing choices, or even your name.
Primarily, however, the events of this eclipse need you to be reflective, to think about why
things have happened, what you wish to happen, and how to achieve those goals.
Remember, this eclipse empowers you, so act wisely.
It is also through your superior at work or the parent you felt most shaped your career that
the events of this eclipse come into your life. Thus you will experience its energy via your
profession, your status in your community, and your goals and ambitions. You could be faced
with a career change, desired or forced upon you, or you could change your status through
marriage, divorce, or parenthood. You could even find yourself confronting or negotiating with
another as you resolve issues connected with your job or position in society.
As you strive to implement your goals and ambitions, however, you will be motivated by a
desire for greater freedom or independence. You may either follow your path in terms of your
career or break free from one job or career ambition to pursue one that offers you greater
flexibility. This is not the time for rebellion or anger but is instead a time for you to see
clearly what may have been holding you back and to rethink your own goals.
A light shines on what you consciously seek in terms of how society classifies you, and so it
will reveal the solidness of your ambition.
The results of this eclipse impacts on your standing in the larger community. A new
profession, career changes or adjustments in your work are all part of the outcome of this
eclipse. These changes could also involve getting married, or gaining an in-law. As this
eclipse unfolds, look for emerging opportunities that you can encourage and direct into your
work and your community standing.
Conclusion
All of the above influences will be active from end of May 2020 to mid-July 2020. However,
around the end of 2019 through to the end of 2020, the background issues in your life, the
issues with which you are engaging, not necessarily on a daily basis but your ‘current’
project or issues that are on your plate, will be
focused on issues around your daily life, the routines of living. It could be a time where you
focus on your diet and health and give that a stronger priority, while at the same time
valuing time spent alone with your spiritual or reflective pursuits. This is a time of service
and duty and a chance for inner reflection.
The themes of this eclipse season will stay with you for a while, possibly until the beginning
of the next eclipse season in November/December 2020. The eclipses in this season will stress
these issues, giving you a chance to rebalance things. Remember, eclipses are all about light
and dark. They remind us that no matter how bright something is, how clear you think is your
understanding of something, there is always another side, not necessarily negative, but just
hidden from your point of view. These eclipses allow you to glimpse this other side.
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