It’s eclipse season. Aries and Libra are the very nodes that historically have caused great mayhem. Aries is war, ruled by Mars and the only energy that activates and initiates battles, while Libra is ruled by Venus and seeks balance, order, and justice. Neither can happen without the other. We cannot gain an understanding or importance of peace until the shadow side of war propaganda shakes our consciousness to new heights. The Lunar eclipse on Monday 25th March 17:54 (AEST), 5 degrees of Libra with an opposition to the Sun at 5 degrees in Aries illuminates we need to behave authentically in relationship to others.
Are we ready to face a real battle? Not the one we hear about via media, outside world or reports. The battle is closer to our hearts than we care to admit. We’re facing the biggest illumination within our relationships, and it’ll make us feel very uncomfortable. Libra has a reputation of being peaceful, balanced, negotiable, compromised, justice, and to judge what is good versus bad. They all sound like great traits to have but when Aries is involved the frequency turns to a shadow aspect of Libra. This on a surface level holds the quality of politeness, social etiquette with a highly judged and carefully orchestrated VIP list, the gift of flattery, the charm, the innocent play on play with others while knowing it will trigger emotions or saying ‘it would be nice if we…’ are all traits of Libra shadow. They come with a detached responsibility of consequences and yet on some conscious level it is a different and sometimes accepted quality of manipulation.
The Lunar eclipse is when the earth creates a shadow on the light of the Moon in Libra and the light is the reflection from the Sun in Aries. As Chiron has been moving through Aries we are slowly and slightly confidently beginning to understand we have personal needs and experiences of life that are outside of our connections, relationships, and social pressures. These stem from the parts of our decision making that have been overly dependent on the opinions of those around us. Somehow in these scenarios we’ve developed a subconscious belief that other people know us better, are equipped with more intelligence than we are capable of pursuing independently.
The bottom line is the fear we cannot trust ourselves enough to make better choices. This is an ongoing saga in our personal world, and it impacts all of us in different ways. The difficulty is to see this as a truth entwined with our deepest belief of what is a healthy connection, relationship, or love endeavour. The other part of this energy with Libra full moon is how we unconsciously judge others. The choices we make stem from the behaviour we’ve aligned ourselves with who we think we are and from that point we make choices of who we engage with, telling ourselves we’re open and unbiased but secretly the emotion of fear confesses a blind truth. We’re slowly and only through personal experience learn that we’re entitled to our own thought process, and everyone has a unique perspective on different areas of our world. This leads to finding the confidence to share our convictions even if they may create conflict.
We stand up for what we believe, outside of our relationships and influences to create change that is necessary for our own independent truth. Is this a time to start or finish something? No, it’s not advised that we jump to conclusions through action during this intense eclipse season. It’s important to spend the next few weeks scraping away the tattooed Libra shadow we’ve all adopted as a society and normalised it. This is about our independence and learning to operate as a separate being, and accepting the journey is not going to be easy or fair. If we are to be happy in any relationship, we must gain our independence, because if we get involved before we define who we are fully, then there is high risk we will surrender before the battle of identity has won. As a result, we fall back into past patterns of becoming too dependent on those around us and postpone finding our own strength and courage until those around us decide that they are tired of holding us up. There are those that are also too independent and fear being in relationship because of deep trauma from miss trust, control, and betrayal. It works both ways, which is why this energy is very difficult to process and find a solution. It demands we start within ourselves by being honest about our fears and triggers when we want to express a truth and not shy away from external louder voices of conviction.
The best quality of individual identity is that it allows us to have a sense of self within the context of a relationship. As an example, when we’re involved in creating our own project, doing something for ourselves we feel a sense of self-achievement and it gives us confidence outside of anything. When we do the things that build our self-confidence, create, or enrich our unique identity we are then able to have a wholesome nurturing relationship.
Aries is war and assertive. This quality may come through in different ways for each of us. It’s not really about the other person(s). It is about how we hold space when we’re in the company of others. The Libra Moon quintile to Mars in Pisces is no easy energy to flow with, as it demands truth from a higher perspective. Our attachments that indirectly keep us constrained from a deeper spiritual experience outside of relationships requires a mature attitude. It’s about understanding that we may not always be right and its totally acceptable to go after what we want. Aries is all about what I want. It’s not about what we want, that’s Libra and the south node is moving in that space. Yes, it’s easy to find a peaceful outcome but at what expense? It is not healthy to step aside because someone else wants the same thing and it’s not about being selfish. To get what we need is the spiritual assertion we master to complete our mission in life successfully.
The fear of rejection and defeat is strong, and ego related that it damages our ability to step forward authentically. Do we concede or are we able to realise that the universe wants us to compete with want we need. Like the gladiator who needs to survive must fight with those that he is training with and cannot afford to let his mission get in the way of compromise. How do these energies play out in your world? The universe will send us situations, people and experiences that ultimately force us to incorporate these qualities that are most of the time unspoken.
Mercury is in shadow making a quintile to Mars in Pisces showing us its best to communicate our truth and live with integrity instead of fantasying these feelings of Self independence while we play the loyal interdependency roles, will disappear. It’s a double-edged sword. We’re having to come clean from our heart centre. All that we’re attached to and with, loosens its hold, grip and meaning for us. This can be quite scary and nerve cracking, but we must see what is true for us.
It is a serious time, but that doesn’t mean we pause our life. We don’t hide from the world. It means we live our life and make more conscious choices from an independent and authentic space. Those of us who are always appeasing others will certainly have a rude awakening, while those that hide from the world and show independence will feel incredibly lonely. Either way, our choices will be driven from an outburst of false independence. All the times we’ve pushed away those who are most valuable to us, versus holding on with sincerity those that meet us half-way will be a big heart wrenching moment. We don’t want to feel held down by the desires, wants and needs of others. These triggers suppressed anger. The hostility we have for standing up for ourselves plays out in the wrong places at the most inconvenient times. We’re most likely to take it out on those that are less important or have a less powerful impression on our life or those that are inferior to us, like younger people, or those that serve us in public.
Deep down we’re neglecting who we are because we have lost faith and trust in our ability to experience life on our terms. From this lack of self-trust, we lie to ourselves and then to others. There is nothing authentic about this process because we’ve allowed others to dominate our life and make major decisions that impact us. This eclipse is strong from the perspective of how we operate in all relationships. It brings out those shadow parts that we’ve taught ourselves we’re not capable of seeing truth and rely on others to inform or validate our most important decisions.
Review your role in all connections. Where we’ve put others on pedestals, whether it be our boss, lover, friend, employee, or our children. Notice the emotions or psychological questioning when these ideals don’t function the way we feel they should, the pedestal comes tumbling down. Then who are you at this moment in time. Aries wants this from us, it believes no matter who we are, what we’ve experienced and where we’ve not stepped up, this is the time to show up, to speak up and to express from an inner balanced, open, and self-realised space.
Don’t make major decisions during this eclipse season, wait until Mercury has completed its retrograde journey as he will meet Chiron again but not the north node. We don’t know the full picture, but we do know the nowness of our experience.
Happy lunar eclipse
Sandeep Virdi 
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