Lunar eclipse pisces/virgo axis 28 August 2007

Pisces/Virgo axis: sacrifice, service and enlightenment.

14 days later we experience the second Solar Eclipse of the year on September 11 at 19 Pisces just 12 days before the Autumnal Equinox at 2:52 am PDT on September 22. Both eclipses will shut some old ways of life down forever (as all eclipses do), leaving us space to embrace the new already waiting for us exactly mirroring what we've prepared for up to now. These will shine a light on closures, courage, and transmutation of energies into personality strengths in our process of "escaping from a narrow destiny," shown by whatever educated us since September 2006's Solar and Lunar Eclipses.

One major factor is a wide but still powerful Grand Mutable Cross between Mercury at 17 Virgo, Mars at 14 Gemini, Uranus at 18 Pisces, and Jupiter at 11 Sag. This will function more as a strong T-square throwing the void into 14, 17, and 18 Sag, which Jupiter will trigger as it moves through that span late September and early October 2007.

Vying for your attention on this Full Moon in Pisces is Sun (personal motivation), Mercury (mind), and the South Node (accrued knowledge) in Virgo (the healer/mentor) and on the other side Uranus (the awakener), Moon (intuition), and the North Node (knowledge seeking) in Pisces (the Bodhisattva). With Jupiter in philosophically-minded Sagittarius squaring Sun/Moon/North and South Nodes, I hope you are ready to step deeply into a celebration of the real meaning of commitment to the enlightenment of all sentient beings. No doubt about it; this will be a very spiritually demanding Full Moon.

So what does the August 28 2007 Lunar Eclipse hold for us? One major factor is a wide but still powerful Grand Mutable Cross between Mercury at 17 Virgo, Mars at 14 Gemini, Uranus at 18 Pisces, and Jupiter at 11 Sag. This will function more as a strong T-square throwing the void into 14, 17, and 18 Sag, which Jupiter will trigger as it moves through that span late September and early October 2007.

You can also expect major developments when the Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars cross over these degree spans in Virgo, Sag, and next Pisces. The void shows us symbols of the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx, people gathering at an outdoor Easter service, and children playing on the beach protected from the Sun. These imply our need to contact the Ageless Wisdom, our "spiritual ancestry," renew ourselves in relationships that help us "come out of darkness and despair," and value what protects us from too great a light or feelings.

Of note is that Mercury and Jupiter are the final dispositors of all the other planets, and they're in square, so expect splits from the past wherever the Mutable signs fall in your chart. Mercury is on a degree of "volcanic eruption," so besides many explosions to come, we will be offered the chance to "break up old complexes" and find our "will to wholeness." Things will erupt in a big way as a result of this, so be as creative and regenerative as you can while things, people, and whatever else whirls through the air around you.