Buckle up and mark your calendars, because the days and weeks surrounding these eclipses can mark major beginnings and major endings in at least two areas of our lives. I'll break it down by rising sign.
ECLIPSE BASICS
Where are there endings or partings in your life right now?
Where is there a seedbed, ready to spring into growth?
Today, March 25th, the moon and the sun are in opposition in the sky (moon at 5* Libra, sun at 5* Aries) and they are in proximity to the lunar nodes (the points where the moon crosses the ecliptic-or apparent path of the sun), creating the astronomical conditions for an eclipse.
Astrologically, eclipses often bring fated or destined endings and beginnings, asking you to integrate the wisdom of opposite signs (here, Aries and Libra), and propelling you along the path of your destiny.
The Basics. There are two general types of eclipses: lunar eclipses and solar eclipses. Today's eclipse is a lunar eclipse, meaning that the earth is between the sun and moon, casting a blood-red shadow on the "blood moon." Solar eclipses occur when the moon moves between the sun and the earth, blocking the sun and casting a shadow on the earth.
Today marks the third eclipse in a 6 part eclipse series that started last spring. These two spring eclipses (today's and April 8th's are particularly potent).
Here are all of the dates of Libra/Aries eclipses:
April 19, 2023, Solar Eclipse at 29* Aries
Oct. 14 2023: Solar Eclipse at 21° Libra
*March 25 2024: Lunar Eclipse at 5° Libra
*April 8 2024: Solar Eclipse at 19° Aries
October 2, 2024: Solar Eclipse at 10* Libra
March 29 2025: Solar Eclipse at 9° Aries
** Once you know what two houses are being affected by the eclipse, come back and reflect on these dates. Can you identify any beginnings, endings, or major shifts across those areas of life that coincide with the weeks around those dates or those dates exactly?
There are a couple of major factors to consider when you are meditating on the eclipses: the quality of the signs that the eclipses are occurring in and the houses where the eclipses are occurring in your chart. (Scroll down to see your eclipse concerns by rising sign.)
ARIES & LIBRA
No matter what areas of life are affected by this round of eclipses, the quality of that area of life will be Aries and Libra, opposites on the sign wheel. As an Aries rising and a Libra sun, these signs are very close to my heart.
Aries, the "I" of the zodiac, is a potent archetype of the individual will that brings newness into the world. Ruled by Mars in a fire sign, Aries is the sign of the spark, the ram, the seed, the head, the warrior that is first into the fray, and new beginnings in the realm of activity. Mars is also the knife that cuts and separates whereas Venus is the principle that attracts and combines. You'll find that there is usually a great deal of independence needed where Aries shows up in your chart; for an Aries rising, there is a need to self-direct and express across your life. For a Scorpio-rising with an Aries 6th house of work and routine, you might need independence at work to set your own schedule or engage in bursts of project-based work.
Has there recently been a space that opened for you that could lead to more independence? Do you find yourself craving or building towards more self-direction and freedom in one or more areas of your life?
Libra, by contrast, represents the duality that comes when people are in relation, when there are compromises to be made and sides to consider, and feelings to be hurt on both sides. This is where the individual will enters into relation with others. Contrasting Aries' "ready-shoot-aim" approach to decision-making, Libra takes its (often painstaking) time to consider the options, weigh the impacts on relationships, and judge the many other factors at play.
Ruled by Venus in an air sign, Libra combines the planet of relationships, attraction, the arts, diplomacy, harmony and creativity with the realm of new ideas, the mind and of social associations. Where we have Libra in our chart can represent a place where we have the arts/music/beauty/diplomacy/socializing present and it can also be a place where we seek peace and harmony, find balance, make beauty, and seek justice. Where Libra is in the chart can show where we may engage in people-pleasing. Another way of framing this people-pleasing is that there is an underlying anxiety that if others are displeased we are at risk of the shame of estrangement from the group or are unsafe in some way.
Both Aries and Libra in their extremes are out of balance; but that balancing is possible here and we can get good at Aries qualities (like bravely, quickly acting when needed) and Libran qualities (like harmonizing their environment and social groups, diligently weighing tough decisions when appropriate). This phase wants to see you flex your independence while integrating the harmony-seeking, cool judgment of Libra.
The eclipses are going to be felt most in the areas of life that are activated, but as a general sign-based signification we might expect the Aries-Libra self-others axis to manifest as relationships ending that need to be let go of or as entrance into a new phase of relationships.
A note about cardinality: Both Aries and Libra are cardinal signs, so not only are we having a transformative experience with Aries and Libra as signs, but we are also having that moment with cardinality more generally. What is your relationship with taking initiative? In particular, how do you take your ideas (Libra) and turn them into actions (Aries) in your life? Do you find yourself taking on too many projects in one area of life, struggling to finish them?
Let's break down these eclipses by rising sign and go over which houses are affected for you. <3
HOUSES AFFECTED BY RISING SIGN
ARIES & LIBRA RISING
Eclipses that touch our 1st house of self and the body and the 7th house of relationships open portals that can suck us in whole. Who are you now, this eclipse cycle asks, and are you willing to face yourself enough to make a change in your life? Are you allowing yourself to transform into the you that will carry the next phase of your life? Is there a part of you that you have to let go of or an idea about yourself you need to let pass for you to step into what's next? Are you at the beginning/end of a phase in your relationship with your body?
It also asks you to understand where you stand in your relationships with others, and in your self-advocacy. Is this relationship suitable for the next phase of your life? With whom are you becoming and how do you want to approach relationships with others now? Can you be a more secure attachment figure for those in your life? Sometimes eclipses can signal times of marriage or divorce, wherein the individual changes and becomes a part of a union or separates from a union.
TAURUS & SCORPIO RISING
Eclipses that touch our 12th house of solitude, endings, mental health, and the 6th house of daily work, routines illness, and that which depletes you, signal significant life changes, reframing, or shifts around the themes of these houses. That sounds heavy, and sometimes it is. Often we are forced to make changes for the sake of our health, or we find new ways to balance our need to go it alone and our need for the support of others on the path towards a better life.
Sometimes eclipses on this axis can show us how our work and routine affect our mental health, pushing us to make big shifts. Sometimes when the 12th house is involved our "enemies" or people who are against us are revealed, forcing us to confront, or manage our response to them. 6th house 12th house struggles are also about liberation more generally- how can you liberate yourself in your outward and private life so there is more space for what your independent body and spirit needs.
What is also helpful here is finding release for stored anger and trapped disappointment, allowing your feelings to be heard as you make your choices moving forward.
GEMINI & SAGITTARIUS RISING
Gemini and Sagittarius rising this round of eclipses is touching your 5th house of creative projects, children, play and pleasure and your 11th house of friends, social organizations, and aspirations. Are you stepping into a new phase with your friend group or organizations you are a part of? Having a baby or birthing a new business or creative venture? Maybe you are just at the early, early stages of whatever the project or group is, but you'll look back and think of this time as a beginning.
Sometimes eclipses in the 11th house can portend endings and beginnings in our group of friends, so don't be surprised if some folks dip out of your life for a while (or forever); this isn't their moment to be in your inner circle. You might also need to leave a group yourself or let go of an old dream to birth a new era of play, pleasure, and creativity in your life.
To make the most of this time lean into the creative and social engagements that light you up and make you feel seen for who you are. Who is going to shine light on your tender beginnings? I would love it if this round of eclipses could help you center creative play, and bring the initiative that you need to take action on your creative aspirations.
CANCER & CAPRICORN RISING
Cancer and Capricorn rising have 10th and 4th house activations with this set of eclipses. 10th house themes of social standing, career, and public roles as well as 4th house themes of home, foundation, land, private roles and ancestry are undergoing a period of transformation and emphasis.
Sometimes eclipses here can manifest as moving to a new home because of a career change, career changes and shifts more generally, changes with our parents or caretakers, and shifts to our most public or private identities among other manifestations
. Can you trust in the process that is leading you to greater independence while taking steps to protect your security? Can you be brave enough to loosen your grip on the past to make room for a new structure in core areas of your life? Do you need to form a new relationship with taking initiative in your career or home life?
From letting go of a home place or a career, to shifting the way we navigate our public and private roles, these eclipses touch 2 very important places in the chart. Houses 1, 4, 7, and 10 are the "angular" houses and have an outsized influence in the life, so it makes sense if these energies are felt more strongly for you.
LEO & AQUARIUS RISING
Leo and Aquarius rising have activations around the 9th house and 3rd house so themes of higher education, philosophy, religion, long-distance travel, astrology (and that which expands your horizons) are highlighted along with the 3rd house of communication, siblings, mind, early schooling, and local neighborhood. These eclipses could represent new beginnings and endings around travel, either local or long-distance for your job or in your personal life, or perhaps a new phase with how you relate to your mind or communication.
Are you starting or ending a program of higher learning (doesn't have to be college) or philosophy, stepping into or changing your role as an educator, or taking on more or less travel recently? Have you shifted your relationship with your local neighborhood or a sibling?
VIRGO & PISCES RISING
Virgo and Pisces rising have activations in the 2nd and 8th houses. Recently generated a new way of providing resources for yourself or had a stream of income end? This house axis emphasizes resources and how we get them and can signal shifts in how you are provided for. Second house eclipses bring endings and beginnings in how you make your money, get resources, craft your livelihood and hold your values while 8th house matters include changes in experienced deaths and inheritances, resources you get from others, grants, inherited mental struggles, etc.
When eclipses touch this axis sometimes there is an emphasis on money coming and going for various reasons; was there a death that led to the inheritance of money or resources? How are you processing your inherited mental health and letting go of old hurts to make space for a new expression of you?
Can you weave an income tapestry that affords you more independence and more time for socializing and being creative?
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If you want to explore your Aries-Libra eclipse journey in more detail book a reading and we can dive deep! Sending the best from Santa Cruz,
Ally Makuch
(she/her)
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