The Summer Eclipses

In ancient times, astrologers believed that an eclipse was a very ill omen, signaling a time of doom and gloom, an idea that has been disproved many times over the centuries. In the modern era, astrologers believe that an eclipse contains powerful energy, and is a signal that noteworthy events are about to occur. Those events can be either positive or challenging, or a mixture of both. Any eclipse has an immediate effect in the part of the world where it can be seen, but its actual effect depends on the planetary aspects in effect at the time it happens, as well as on planets that cross the eclipse point (the degree where the eclipse occurs) afterward. The strongest and most noticeable eclipse energy in astrological terms occurs both before and after the actual eclipse.

Six eclipses occur during 2020: four lunar eclipses, and two solar eclipses. The first was a lunar eclipse (Full Moon) on January 10, 2020 at 20 Cancer. Two more eclipses occur in June, followed by one in early July, so let’s take a look at them to see what they might tell us about the world in general, as well as about ourselves and our lives. The first of the three, a lunar eclipse, occurs on the 5th of June, at 15 degrees Sagittarius, which happens to be conjunct the 12-degree Sagittarius Ascendant of the widely used Sibly