{"id":1632,"date":"2014-10-02T01:04:51","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T01:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ohmystars\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2014-10-02T01:04:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T01:04:51","slug":"the-astrology-of-the-october-2014-eclipses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ohmystars\/2014\/10\/the-astrology-of-the-october-2014-eclipses.html","title":{"rendered":"The Astrology Of The October 2014 Eclipses"},"content":{"rendered":"

October features two Eclipses: a Lunar Eclipse on the 8th in Aries and Libra, and another on the 23rd at the beginning of Scorpio.<\/strong> Astrologers and students of astrology often get worked up into a panic about Eclipses, but that sort of thing usually proves to be unwarranted. If you want to learn about Eclipses in general click HERE for my comments on them.<\/a> As for the specifics of how they work, and what this October’s Eclipses might mean to you, read on.<\/p>\n

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The longer one practices astrology, the more one tends to realize two things:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1) There are a lot of obscure old rules that really work.
\n2) Some of the old obscure rules work better than others.<\/p>\n

In that light, let me explain to you what I think I’ve discovered about how Eclipse Points work. For those of you who don’t groove out to obscure technical details, feels free to skip to the part below the video.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vedic Astrology refers to the Moon’s Nodes as “upagraha<\/em>” or “shadow planets.” They are things that have a real effect and a real meaning, but nonetheless are not physically “real.”<\/strong> Hold your thumb out to the side of your face. The end of your thumb is a real thing, and your nose is a real thing, but the halfway point between the two is not “a real thing”… but it is “real.” Eclipse Points are sort of “shadow planets,” like midpoints and progressions in astrology. They leave a real effect in your birth chart where they happen. They are sensitive to transits. However, like the way I handle transits to the Nodes, you don’t treat them like regular planets. For one thing: unless it’s a conjunction, opposition, or square, I don’t count it. Sorry trines, sextiles, and quincunxes: you just don’t seem to make enough of a difference to worry about.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, when\u00a0students of astrology see the word “square” there is a tendency to automatically panic a little. This needn’t necessarily be so.<\/strong> One client of mine in the last year had an Eclipse land on his Midheaven ruler, and even transits squaring that point have been pretty good to him. Besides, people are already spooked enough about Eclipses that we don’t need to make it worse by worrying about squares.<\/p>\n

Also: about that urge people seem to have to get panicky over these things? Don’t.<\/strong> Yes they often bring unexpected results, and not all unexpected results are bad… some can be very good. Like for example, the unexpected delight of encountering a singing dog.<\/p>\n

There, that wasn’t too painful, was it? As your reward, here is a singing dog:<\/strong><\/p>\n