During eclipse season, the already intense energy of both the New and Full Moons is intensified. An eclipse in your sign will always be a significant trigger point or turning point in your own personal process of evolution and can often herald random events that create sudden and unexpected changes.

Symbolized in the tarot pack by the cards of Death and the Tower, the energy of both the solar and lunar eclipses are associated with transformation, either internally or in the circumstances of your external world and often herald both endings and new beginnings.

Eclipses are also associated with your Karmic journey… it is said that during eclipse season an energetic portal is opened that enables you to see beyond your usual perception of time… with opportunity to connect your past, your present, and your future, and discover your purpose and calling in this present moment.

On your personal journey of manifestation, understanding this heightened and intensified energy is incredibly helpful… you can plan when to reflect… when to set your intentions… and when to take action to move something forwards… particularly when you want to make or initiate significant changes in any aspect of your life.

I have personally found that the best way to work with the influence of the eclipses, is to consciously make time to slow down… and let the Universe show the way. So rather than trying to control events… get still… and practice the art of allowing… and be responsive to whatever shows up rather than trying to take the lead… and then take action accordingly.

Solar Eclipse.
A solar eclipse is when the Moon sits in between the Sun and the Earth, with the Moon covering the Sun. This will always occur at a New Moon. The energy associated with this time is the same as a New Moon, but intensified, like a New Moon on steroids!

This is the perfect time to get still and to meditate into a space of personal dreamtime and allow your ideas to flow. The energy of a solar eclipse can bring an extraordinary surge of creative possibilities, although these may not always arrive in the shape or form that you expect… so if you’re already involved in setting wishes and intentions, but then find that something happens to suddenly create a shift in your direction, trust that this unexpected change is important to your personal growth and evolution and connected to the calling of your soul. In matters of manifestation, the universe will always have the upper hand and tends to bring us what we need… although not always what we want!

When you can trust that even in moments of upheaval and disruption you are being gifted with an opportunity, you open yourself to receive the fullest potential and the greatest learning to be found in every situation.

Lunar Eclipse.
A lunar eclipse is when the earth sits between the Moon and the Sun, and this will always occur at a Full Moon. Full Moons are associated with heightened emotions and during a lunar eclipse, emotions can run high, like a Full Moon on steroids!

At the time of a lunar eclipse, the energy of the Moon is like a fully charged battery, highly charged and ready to ignite change.

In the illumination of the Full Moon at her most powerful, all is revealed.

Anything and everything that is running smoothly and working in service of a balanced and authentic life will be apparent to you, confirming that you are walking the right path… likewise, anything and everything that is not working for you or no longer serving you, both internally and externally, will also be brought into the light, calling to be addressed, changed, and if necessary, changed… let go of… and released.

As long as something remains hidden or unconscious, you are helpless to address the issue and to take actions of resolution, but when you identify a problem, the very fact that you can see the issue clearly creates an opportunity to seek solutions and find ways forward.

On your personal journey of manifestation, the energy of a lunar eclipse increases your connections with any emotional residue from the past that may be clinging and coloring your perspectives inappropriately… this creates an amazing opportunity for cleansing and release, clearing the way for resolution and healing. This is a powerful time to embrace forgiveness… of both yourself and others.

Lunar eclipses are also often associated with external changes that are a mirror or a reflection of your internal growth and learning… so whatever is taking place around you, if something in your life appears to be needing to change or to leave, let go gracefully and know that it is timely for the evolution of your soul.

If you are naturally a highly empathic person and particularly sensitive to the feelings of others, at the time of a lunar eclipse you may find yourself highly absorbent to the emotional states of the people around you… so be sure to cleanse and do a daily release ceremony to let go of anything that doesn’t belong to you, before meditating into your own space of illumination.