Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 6:57 a.m. eastern time, New Moon/ Partial Solar Eclipse in sidereal Pisces Uttara Bhadrapada 14°47 Pisces: LET THE LIGHT SHINE
*Eclipses are powerful revealing events that can usher in massive change, especially if they “hit” your chart in a profound way (making connections to planets or degrees). Hidden truths come out of the woodwork, often emerging around the eclipse date or within the weeks following. We always see this in the news cycle, and we often feel it in our own lives. Eclipses can come with a disruptive bang, grabbing our attention all at once. With so many planets (many retrograde) sitting with the eclipse this weekend, it’s undoubtedly one of the most important and intense planetary events of the year. Give it the attention it deserves by doing your internal investigation so you can let go of what’s not worth bringing forward as this is a time of endings and new beginnings. Eclipses urge us to scrutinize areas of life being highlighted and magnified by the eclipse, whether they are up for release, shift or further consideration. Since eclipses augment what we focus on, use this time to help further you along your path. Before this eclipse, write down your vision for yourself and your community. Be clear about your intentions. Meditate on this during the eclipse. If you’re able to do a fire ceremony (agni hotra), even better. Eclipses are not supportive times to sign contracts, lend money, or do typical everyday things as they can wind up “eclipsing” us in the end. Focusing inward on your path is much more aligned with the energetics of an eclipse.
In the chart of the exact moment of the Solar Eclipse, the New Moon and the Sun sit together with Mercury retrograde, Venus retrograde, Rahu – almost all in Uttara Bhadrapada, a degree of Pisces known as the warrior star. Saturn will shift signs 6 hours later to join this grouping. Outer planet Neptune is also there. To say it’s an intense cluster is literally the astrological understatement of the year. This chart is as intense and complicated as they come. The overwhelm is clear, visually and energetically. This eclipse signals a time of endings of the old and planning for new beginnings.
This Solar Eclipse, in the mystical Uttara Bhadrapada, whose name translates to the "latter blessed feet" or “a ray of light,” has direct correlation to the funeral pyre. Its presiding deity is Ahirbudhnya, “the one, who carries the burden of the world” and the "serpent of the root," and so is connected to the kundalini: the coiled energy residing deep within the first chakra at the base of the spine. This deity is born of Rudra, the god of storms who is a form of Shiva the Destroyer. This nakshatra is also connected to Lakshmi, the loving goddess of abundance and beauty. From these associations alone, it’s clear this Solar Eclipse brings with it a lot of intensity and power - worldly and spiritually. Thankfully, Uttara Bhadrapada is ruled by the planets Saturn and Jupiter, the authorities in the sky. Saturn makes us lean into the karmas we would rather turn away from, while Jupiter gives us the ability to see opportunity and growth, even in difficulty. This eclipse is letting us know whatever is up for us as individuals or as a collective, whatever darkness is asking to be transmuted into light, we have the ability deep within to face and overcome it. But we have to begin with ourselves. We are all in this place now, moving from darkness to light - many times unwillingly so because change – the death of the familiar – isn’t easy.
Eclipses in Uttara Bhadrapada can feel fierce and disruptive because this sign likes to go deep and stir the pot of the subconscious, letting the unsupportive ways, outdated beliefs, toxic habits, secrets, lies - the gunk that’s dimming our light - rise to the top so we can skim it off and throw it in the fire. It’s uncomfortable work and requires that we get out of our own way. While we may want to run and hide or delay the inevitable, there’s no avoiding the existential crisis being highlighted. This Uttara Bhadrapada eclipse will stir the pot over and over and over again, churning our internal seas, helping us to filter out what is no longer necessary so the light within can shine. This is how we purify and refine, by facing our demons and our shadows, the ones buried deep within us that may be running the show without us consciously knowing it. Remember: this is the sign of the spiritual warrior, of the funeral pyre and of the kundalini. For the shakti – the personal/spiritual power – to awaken, rise up and blossom, the ego expressions must be burned away: the attachments, the hubris, the fears, the insecurities, the stories… the shells our true selves are trapped within. These are the things standing in the way of authenticity, of Lakshmi’s gifts of love, beauty and prosperity. Just like the mythology of eclipses, these shadow sides are also yearning for light, for transmutation. The underlying purpose of this eclipse is to shake us from a place of darkness in order to bring us into pure awareness.
Some questions to consider:
🔥What are you being forced to face? What’s asking for your attention?
🔥What ego expressions, attachments and identities do you still cling to?
🔥What fears are holding you back?
🔥What will happen if you do in fact let these go?
🔥What is coming to an end for you? What is ready to be thrown into the fire?
🔥What new path lies beyond the ash that could be clouding your clear vision now?
🔥Is your vision for the future authentic, inspired and elevated?
🔥What changes are you making in your life?
It’s ok to not be totally certain of the next steps and the path forward. The eclipse is highlighting the areas that are ready for change. Their karma is up. Whatever emerges from an eclipse is ready to be investigated more deeply. This can be done in our own meditations and dialogues, or it can be carried out in a bigger way in the public’s eye. Whatever comes with eclipses are always massive in some way. But remember, even the darkest moments can lead to the brightest revelations.
::PEACE::
