Post by Sowelu on Jun 30, 2011 12:50:51 GMT -5
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Numinous Crossing – Partial Solar Eclipse on July 1, 2011
By Len Wallick
Planet Waves
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Sun and Moon cross paths in the sky tomorrow just before 5:00 am EDT. On the surface, it would seem that they will do so much as they did on the first day of June. Once again it is a New Moon and also a partial solar eclipse. Most of the similarities, however, end there. This particular crossing is, as many of us find ourselves, in a different place doing different things. It is also calling our attention in a different direction.
Just 30 days ago, the luminaries conjoined in Gemini. Both Sol and Luna were approaching one of the lunar nodes, where eclipses take place. They were close enough to that node so that the Moon partially blocked the Sun’s light. The shadow fell across the arctic regions, intersecting our northern geomagnetic pole. That’s the place where Earth’s magnetic field plunges back into its mysterious place of origin. The corresponding focus was the Earth and our relation to it. Specifically, how little we know of our planet’s interior workings and, by implication, our own. It also was a beginning, a portal into a period of changing patterns, both symbolic and real.
The symbolic patterns were expressed through the planets. Following the eclipse on June 1, numerous objects in our solar system commenced to changing sign or apparent direction at a rate exceeding one every two days. That sort of pace and complexity are not routine or customary. For many of us, the course of astrological events has been reflected in our own lives. Many found themselves adjusting to and integrating new patterns of living, either chosen or imposed.
Now the sequence of three eclipses in the period of one lunation (the period of time from one New Moon to the next) is coming to an end. We are emerging on the other side of the portal into pattern change. The question is whether the shift has yielded perspective on our individual and collective inner workings. We are now entering a period that combines juxtaposition and crossing. There we will find an opportunity to answer those questions by looking out.
Tomorrow’s partial solar eclipse finds the luminaries re-uniting in the sign of the crab. This time Sol and Luna are leaving the Gemini lunar node behind. Once again they are just close enough for the Moon to partially block the Sun’s light. This time, however, the shadow falls on the other end of the globe. While the event will be visible in theory, it is possible that no human being will actually see it.
The Moon’s shadow will fall over a relatively small D-shaped zone in the ocean just off the coast of Antarctica, south of Africa. It is an inhospitable place this time of year. It is very cold. It is very windy. Until recently there was nothing to distinguish the area. Just a few days ago, that changed.
A small asteroid, tentatively named 2011 MD was first observed on the day after the Cancer solstice, hurtling towards our planet. On Monday it passed within 7,500 miles of Earth. The point of closest approach is where the eclipse will fall tomorrow. This is no coincidence; this is a message. We have been crossed.
Just as the eclipse of June 1 intersected with a point directing us within, tomorrow’s event will beg that our attention be turned to that without. The period of rapid pattern revision, and the perspective it gave or took away, is drawing to a close. Now, emerging from the other side, we are compelled to enter a time of comparison and reorientation. Not only to appreciate how far we have come, but to realize how far we can go. While no human may witness the actual eclipse, it has been noted by an emissary from far away. A rock turned around as it passed us by. We should not be surprised, then, if we are asked, somehow, to turn around ourselves.
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