SIR PAUL McCARTNEY seen here with eclipse glasses will have the blackout of April 8th and 9th in his horoscope zone of groups. The Beatles (either Paul, John, George and/or Ringo) all go on, but those two days are best avoided for judging or acting. Sir Paul is a Gemini. His solar chart says ‘Skip the Eclipse.’
What about your own astrology chart? You can look at this Aries eclipse (or rather not look at it) by sign, but also in your natal horoscope too. I’ll go through both here, as this Aries eclipse also falls with Mercury Retrograde in Aries. It’s tricky. (Image: Twitter/Substack/Pinterest).
Your Private and Public Eclipse
You can read this eclipse publicly, in your Sun Sign/Solar Chart but also privately, if you do have a natal or birth chart.
We have eclipses all the time, but this one falls in Aries, with the North Node in Aries, with Chiron in Aries, with Mercury Retrograde in Aries, ahead of Mars in Aries - and eventually Neptune and Saturn in Aries.
Go in slowly, take your time and try to avoid April 8th/9th to judge or act.
ECLIPSES ARE ALWAYS A COVER-UP as history and astrology proves. You will not see (what you need to see) and that is usually the facts of the matter. That is why you never assume or guess - on eclipse day. Allow 24 hours either side for world time zone differences, so April 8th in America and April 9th in Australia.
How Your Sun Sign Chart Is Affected
ARIES: Image, brand, identity, title, reputation, face, shape, exterior.
TAURUS: Religion, therapy, Tarot, mediums, psychics, self-help, hypnosis.
GEMINI: Groups, friends, teams, clubs, circles, communities, allies.
CANCER: Success, role, goal, mission, ambition, position, status, rank.
LEO: Foreigners, foreign countries, the worldwide web, academia, books.
VIRGO: Finance, insurance, inheritance, shares, business, charity, property.
LIBRA: Partners, former partners, enemies, girlfriends, boyfriends.
SCORPIO: Health, wellbeing, daily routine, paid work, unpaid work, study.
SAGITTARIUS: Courtship, the bedroom, babies, children, younger adults.
CAPRICORN: Family, property, town, country, household, home, homeland.
AQUARIUS: Siblings, cousins, the internet, the media, short journeys.
PISCES: Finance, property, business, inheritance, shares, charity.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS HIT BY THE ECLIPSE. There are many astrology charts for the US but the only one that works reliably is set for 2nd January 1776 (time unknown) when the name ‘The United States of America’ was first used on a dated, official letter.
Panacea in the US chart is a symbol of drugs, medicine and pharmaceuticals. She is in Virgo, the sign ruling the body, in the Sixth House of public health care. Expect a huge cover-up on the 8th, 9th which will become known in May, after the Total Eclipse at 19 Aries aspects Panacea at 19 Virgo.
In the US, when Mercury and Mars cross that Eclipse degree of 19 Aries twice in May, the public will look back at April 8th, 9th (likely in relation to Covid, perhaps in relation to another big pharmaceutical company question) and realise they were in the dark. The Panacea symbol at 19 Virgo is in the Sixth House, below. (Software: AstroGold). Something to watch for a cover-up in the USA on this April 8th Total Eclipse? Bird Flu.
Do You Have 19 Degree Factors?
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN YOUR CHART AT 19 DEGREES then the Total Eclipse on April 8th and 9th will aspect that. It’s like driving in the dark. Walking with dark sunglasses on, when the lights blow.
There are some famous examples of eclipse cover-ups in history. Diana Spencer married Prince Charles between two of them. She went on her honeymoon on the second eclipse and nobody in the world guessed her husband was already intent on adultery. Everybody was fooled by the fairy tale, but that honeymoon eclipse was in Leo, the sign of royalty.
Lee Harvey Oswald left one job, to go to the next, on an eclipse. That job happened to be in Dallas, Texas. There was a cover-up there too. The eclipse fell on Kennedy’s chart - exactly.
ECLIPSES ARE SIMPLE TO HANDLE so you just practise avoidance. If you do have a 19 degree placement in your natal chart, the matters ruled by that sign should be left to one side for a day or two. If you don’t already know what a particular sign placement rules, you can find out at my website.
As I mentioned, we also have Mercury Retrograde in Aries, which is where the Total Eclipse falls. That’s double trouble and you will see so many people walking into it on April 8th and 9th, only to realise in May, that eclipses do actually have an impact. The funny thing about them is, there is no impact felt or seen at all. It’s rather like Charles and Diana setting off on a honeymoon, waving to the crowd. It’s only years later, that we realised how hoodwinked we were.
Watch For Shadows In Photographs and Video
Astrology can be literal. Watch for shadows in photographs and video or film, emerging from April 8th and 9th. During an eclipse, two shadows are cast. The umbra and the penumbra.
What should be as clear as day is overshadowed.
Eclipses are neither good, nor bad. They show blind spots, concealment, and all that is obscured. Now and then it happens to be dark, indeed.
It can also change the fate of nations. Look at the young Diana here, with her shadow in silhouette, as she set sail on an eclipse honeymoon…Terry Smith (on board) was given the photograph and the Daily Mail unwittingly showed its readers what happens when there is an eclipse blackout, or block-out. I find this photograph peculiar because the shadow resembles the rough silhouette of Mrs Camilla Parker-Bowles.
The Eclipse and John F. Kennedy
THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN ON 26th JULY 1963 (the Test Ban Treaty) near one of the most famous eclipses in American history, six days before, on July 20th 1963. Look at the shadow. (Image Wikimedia Commons).
Eclipses Are What They Are
An eclipse also be benign. It depends on your chart. But, as this photograph from the Daily Mail of Diana on her eclipse honeymoon shows (happy to be in their pages now and again, or on their podcasts) sometimes we are utterly in the dark. Our late Diana, Princess of Wales certainly was.
A long time ago, in January, as our year began, I posted a prediction about the next Princess of Wales, in the light of this April 8th, 9th eclipse on her chart. (The 29th January prediction about Catherine/Kate set for April 2024 is here).
Don’t Whistle In The Dark
However you are affected by this eclipse, if you can judge or act at any time at all, think about doing it later. Whistling In The Dark, as They Might Be Giants once suggested.
So…don’t whistle in the dark. There is more to say about the astrology of the April 8th eclipse on my website.
Thank you, as always Jessica. Your teaching and advice have been so beneficial to me, and reading comments over the years I can see how much you help so many people. Thank you for making a wonderful difference in this world. I am a member of your website and have purchased my Sun sign astrology 2024 report which is another amazing resource. You give me optimism and inspiration. Sending you happiness and thanks. Becky Herbert x
hmm my father has his Asc and Sun both at 21 deg of Cancer, his North Node at 27 deg cancer, and his Venus at 26 deg cancer. I am going to really watch closely what happens with him after the eclipse.