Monday 16th May 2022
Total Lunar eclipse in Scorpio
May 16th 2022
Total Lunar Eclipse 26 degrees Scorpio 05:12 GMT
01.02 The Moon at 23 Scorpio waning trine Mars at 23 Pisces
02.15 Venus at 15 Aries waning semi-sextile Uranus at 15 Taurus
03.39 The Moon at 25 Scorpio waning square Saturn at 25 Aquarius
03.40 The Moon at 25 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 25 Pisces
04.15 Moment of FULL MOON
TIMINGS OF THE ECLIPSE (UT)
Penumbral Eclipse phase starts 01:32:07
Umbral Eclipse starts 02:27:53
Totality starts 03:29:03
Greatest Eclipse 04:12:42
Totality ends 04:53:56
Umbral Eclipse ends 05:55:07
Penumbral Eclipse ends 06:50:48
Note! The Moon sets around 4am (UT) from the UK, before the time of Greatest Eclipse.
Today's eclipse at 25 Scorpio directly hits Queen Elizabeth's Saturn and MC, the NRA's Sun, France's Mars, Ireland's Venus, Sweden's Venus, Brazil's MC, Haiti's Neptune, Turkey's Jupiter, Venezuela's Mars, the FBI's jupiter, the Internet's Neptune, the UK Tory Party's Saturn, Prince Andrew's Moon, Boris Becker's Neptune, Ing Wen Sai's Saturn, Meghan Markle's Uranus, Iggy Pop's Jupiter, Rishi Sunak's Uranus, Greta Thornberg's Venus, John Cleese's Mercury, and Oprah Winfrey's Mars.
The eclipse squares Ukraine's Mercury and Jupiter and sextiles her Mars, it squares Russia's Mercury (1991 chart) and conjuncts China's MC. It hits Angela' Raynor's Uranus, Prince Andrew's Moon, trines President Biden's Jupiter, opposes Bob Dylan's Moon and Uranus and opposes Johnny Depp's Venus and Mercury.
At the exact moment of greatest eclipse today Saturn culminates at Kiev, Odessa and St.Petersberg..
Also at that moment it is Sunrise and Moonset over the UK. It is high Noon with the Moon at lower culmination at Perth (Aus) and Hong Kong, where Saturn sets. Mercury rises over Scotland, at Rome and over Belgium. Saturn rises at Manaus. The Moon culminates at La Paz, Venus at New Delhi, Mars and Neptune over the Strait of Hormuz. Uranus sets over Ireland, Pluto is shortly to set at Moscow, Mars is at lower culmination at San Francisco.
LUNAR SAROS 131
Today's eclipse is member 34 of the 72 lunar eclipses which make up Lunar Saros 131. The first eclipse in the series occurred on May 10th 1427. The chart below is set for the moment of greatest eclipse of the first eclipse. I use this chart to examine the quality of the whole saros series. It is set for London.
From the archives...DAZE ARCHIVE May 2004 the last eclipse in Lunar Saros 131...
This is the first Daze dispatch since the Total Lunar Eclipse. The eclipse coincided with bombs going off in Athens just 100 days before the 2004 Olympic Games were due to open. The other main news story at this time concerns the continuing revelations of abuse, murder and degradation by US troops to Iraqi Prisoners Of War in a Baghdad prison, in recent months. Considerable damage to the standing of the USA and to the election prospects of George W Bush has been done. The US defence secretary faces a grilling by Congress after President Bush says "sorry" for US troops' actions.
After the eclipse we quickly move on.
09.29 The Moon at 29 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 29 Capricorn.
The Moon is void for 2.4 hours
11.52 The now waning but still accelerating full Moon quickly enters Sagittarius
13.34 The Moon at 1 Sagittarius waning trine Jupiter at 1 Aries
17.20 The Moon at 3 Sagittarius opposition Mercury at 3 Gemini
20.32Venus at 16 Aries waxing septile Saturn at 25 Aquarius
STATE OF THE SKY:-
We are totally immersed in 'eclipse fortnight'. There was a Partial Solar Eclipse in Taurus on Saturday April 30th, (conjunct Uranus and sextile Mars visible from South America) and a big, long and testy Total Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio, square Saturn, trine Neptune today. Changes and eventful days are at hand.
The Sun today reaches 26 degrees Taurus. There are 34 days to the Cancer Solstice. Mars, and Neptune are in Pisces. The Sun and Uranus are in Taurus. Venus and Jupiter are in Aries.
Mercury, currently an evening star is in Gemini. He is retrograde. Mercury sextiled Jupiter on April 27th and trined Pluto on April 28th, both aspects invoking 'changes of thinking' and later on in this particular dance, 'changes of mind'. He turned retrograde on May 10 at 5 degrees of this sign. He sextiles Jupiter(again) on May 20th. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunct with the Sun on May 21st at 1 degree Gemini. Then as a retro-morning star, Mercury re-enters Taurus on May 23rd, sextiles Mars on May 24th and trines Pluto(2nd time) on May 25th. Mercury stations direct on June 3rd at 26 Taurus. He trines Pluto (3rd time) on June 10th. He re-enters Gemini on June 13th, leaving his shadow on June 19th. The theme of all of this as marked by Mercury's repeated trine to Pluto and sextile to Jupiter, is one of evolving mind sets and changes of perspective. This season will enforce a mind change. Once Mercury is out of his shadow on June 19th he sextiles Jupiter (the final time) on June 20th, trines Saturn and squares Neptune on July. He finally leaves Gemini for Cancer on July 5th.
Venus is a direct morning star in Aries. Venus resides in Aries as a morning star for a brief, but ardent 26 days. She sextiles Saturn, a trifle serious, on May 24th. Venus moves into Taurus on May 28th.
Venus is at Superior Conjunction with the Sun on 22nd October 2022. Then as an evening star, Venus Hesperus, next turns retrograde at 28 degrees Leo on July 23rd 2023.
Mars is residing in Pisces. Mars is conjunct Neptune at 25 Pisces, with great glamour and sensation, the highlight of the residence, in the wake of the Total Lunar Eclipse, on May 18th. He sextiles Pluto on May 22nd, with deliberate intent. Mars sextiles retro-Mercury on May 24th, actions speaking louder than words, and leaves Pisces for Aries on that day, hot on the chase of Jupiter whom he encounters on May 29th at 3 degrees Aries. Mars in Pisces can be dithery and 'wishy washy' but there is enough positivism here to make a big difference.
Mars next turns retrograde at 25 Gemini on Oct 30th 2022. He resides in Gemini either side of that date for seven months.
Jupiter entered Aries May 10th 2022. Mars overtakes him on May 29th at 3 degrees Aries, a 'power punch' on the day before the New Moon. Jupiter turns retrograde at 9 Aries on July 28th and re-enters Pisces on October 28th 2022. 'Chapter one' of this residence is then over. Jupiter stations at 29 Pisces on Nov 23rd and re-enters Aries on Dec 20 2022, commencing chapter 2. Venus, Mercury and the Sun are conjunct Jupiter in March and April 2023, a time of invigoration and pushing forward, and Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus on May 16th 2023. Jupiter in Aries evokes ground-breaking trailblazing energy. We will experience a surge and a shift to proactive, taking up the reins, innovative,'fight for what is right' experiences. The astrological temperature rises with this one. Jupiter was last in Aries June to sept 2010 and Jan to June 2011 if you want to check out what was happening to you then.
Saturn is direct in Aquarius.
In 2021 the main outer body aspect was a fixed waning square in the 44 year synodic cycle of Saturn and Uranus. This was a difficult aspect, but not in the league of 2020 aspects. This cycle began in 1988 in Sagittarius, culminated with their opposition (5 times) 2008 to 2010 and completes in 2032 in Gemini. The 2021 last quarter aspect continues to induce political, financial and social changes of possibly a drastic nature and a measure of instability. We are observing a shattering of old worn out structures so that a revitalization can occur. The aspect peaked in 2021 on 17th, and on June 14th and on Dec 24th 2021. This influence lingers with a slight return in early October 2022.
Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution.
Neptune is direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025.
Pluto is now retrograde at 28 Capricorn. The retrograde period ends on October 8th with Pluto at 26 Capricorn. He has been in Capricorn since 2008. Pluto first enters Aquarius on March 23rd 2023.
There is a partial Solar Eclipse in early Scorpio conjunct Venus on Oct 25th 2022. This eclipse is visible from Europe, including the UK as a minor visual event, north east Africa the Middle East and India
There is another Total Lunar eclipse in 2022 on November 8th. This is a daytime (non-visible) event for the UK.
The next Total Solar Eclipse is on 20 April 2023 visible from the Far East Indies.
There is a penumbral lunar eclipse on 5-6th May 2023.
On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse.
This is followed by a partial lunar eclipse 28th-29th Oct 2023 visible from Europe.
The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.
Earlier that same year, 2024, we can also look forward to the next 'American Total Solar Eclipse' on April 8th 2024.
Over the next 4 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution. The current situation will have totally changed by 2026. Hold tight, fasten your seat belts. Tropical astrology has most of the answers.