Aries Rising / Libra Eclipse in the 7th House
Aries by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1621
The Aries-Libra eclipses are taking place across your your 1st of house of identity and your 7th house of committed partnerships (of all kinds), with the Libra eclipse focused on your 7th. These two houses will be the site of major developments, as the eclipses highlight the ways that you're growing into a new mode of self-expression which mirrors your evolving identity as well as the shifts and changes taking place within your committed partnership(s). The Libra eclipse may mark the start of a new chapter within a relationship, one of deepened intimacy and a newfound level of honesty -- or otherwise a desire to retract your energy from any partnerships which no longer feel fulfilling. You may feel compelled to shed outworn ways of relating, or to find new ways to balance your desire for individual agency with your desire for compromise, commitment and harmony.
Taurus Rising / Libra Eclipse in the 6th House
Taurus by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1621
The Aries-Libra eclipses are taking place across your 6th house of physical health & daily work and your 12th house of your subconscious. Eclipses across this axis may urge you to make changes so that your daily routine and work is more supportive of your ability to dwell within your own inner spaciousness and tend to your creative, emotional or spiritual needs. With the North Node in your 12th house, you could feel called to explore as-of-yet unexpressed parts of you, perhaps relating to the Aries archetype of the warrior, the pioneer, the adventurer. The Libra eclipse may highlight something in your daily life which you are ready to let go of or delegate to make room for these explorations. But rather than renouncing the mall for the mountaintop altogether, these eclipses are asking you to find ways of integrating the needs of your soul into the lived experience of your daily life, so that you feel more whole and balanced as you attend to all parts of yourself.
Gemini Rising / Libra Eclipse in the 5th House
Gemini by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1621
The Aries-Libra eclipses are taking place across your 5th house of pleasure and creativity and your 11th house of social and professional networks. Eclipses across this axis highlight the nature of your fertile energy (whether that is for creative work, literal birth or both) and the ways that it connects to and intersects with the larger world. The Libra eclipse occurs in your 5th house, prompting you to reflect on a creative process you’ve been honing. This presents an opportunity to appreciate the gains you’ve made and to feel a sense of completion or culmination, as well as to potentially shift your approach by incorporating a new process or by doing away with an old or outworn way of working. This eclipse could also see you shedding any partnerships which are not supportive of your larger goal, which in turn will help you to connect to your desired audience or outcome.
Cancer Rising / Libra Eclipse in the 4th House
Cancer by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1621
The Aries-Libra eclipses are taking place across your 10th house of your career and vocation your 4th house of home and family. Eclipses across this axis are highlighting changes at home or to your foundational structures on the one hand, and increasing energy or desire for achievement and recognition of your work on the other. The Libra eclipse will occur in your 4th house, which could signal a shift in your home life through physically moving, your family unit growing or decreasing, or a reconfiguration of the way you attend to responsibilities at home. The South Node here also represents the accumulated wisdom of your roots or family system and the need to parse through what traditions, beliefs, and dynamics you want to perpetuate and those you wish to leave behind. This eclipse could see you renegotiating the social dynamics at home, perhaps by letting go of any responsibilities which feel overly draining so that you can better attend to your own needs both within and outside of the home.
Leo Rising / Libra Eclipse in the 3rd House
Leo by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1621
The Aries-Libra eclipses are taking place across your 3rd house of your daily environment and mind and your 9th house of expansion, learning, and higher ideals. Eclipses across this axis are highlighting changes to your mindset and aspirations for growth through travel, educational pursuits, or a reformulation of your big-picture ideals. You may feel compelled to leave behind limited ways of thinking with a newfound willingness to take risks that serve to propel you towards your goals. As an axis of writing and broadcasting your ideas through various mediums, the 3rd and 9th houses also speak to the work of formulating and sharing ideas, with the focus here on widening your reach. You may be changing the way you relate to your immediate environment or neighborhood by physically relocating or traveling, or by simply adjusting your daily habits and routines so that your days feel more expansive and centered on bigger picture goals.
Virgo Rising / Libra Eclipse in the 2nd House
Virgo by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1621
The Aries-Libra eclipses are taking place across your 8th house of shared financial matters and your 2nd house of income and resources, highlighting changes to the way you earn, spend, share, and receive money or other resources. The Libra eclipse occurs in your 2nd house, which may coincide with culminations in a work project or with seeing rewards for efforts to cultivate your skills and talents. It could also spark a desire to rethink an aspect of the way you make a living or changes to how you approach your work, including how you use your time, energy and skills. You may be releasing certain ways of relating to others in your workplace in order to feel more assertive, center your own opinion more, or to claim more authority within your role. These changes could coincide with a growing focus on your joint endeavors with a business or marriage partner, and an increased desire to initiate projects and business ventures with other collaborators.
Libra Rising / Libra Eclipse in the 1st House
Libra by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1621
The Aries-Libra eclipses are taking place across your 7th house of committed partnerships and your 1st house of identity and body, with the Libra eclipse focused on your 1st house. Eclipses across this axis will highlight a profound shift to your identity while simultaneously asking you to clarify and strengthen the commitments and partnerships (romantic, platonic or business related) which enrich your life. With the Libra eclipse occurring in your 1st house, you may be undergoing some tectonic shifts to your self-definition, as you release old versions of self and ways of relating to the people in your life which hinder your growth. Allow time and space for this transformation to take place, and allow time for rest if the process feels taxing on your energy. You are entering a once in two-decade cosmic skin shedding that will strip you of anything that no longer fits, making space for you to embrace new facets of self-expression and identity.
Scorpio Rising / Libra Eclipse in the 12th House
Pistris by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1621
The Aries-Libra eclipses are taking place across your 6th house of daily work and health and your 12th house of your subconscious, highlighting your daily grind and the ways that you tend to your mental health or solitary time. The Libra eclipse occurs in your 12th house, which may prompt a desire to clean out your psychic or literal closets, or work to release an unhelpful self-limiting pattern which is holding you back in some way. With the North Node in your 6th house, you may find that you have less time for solitude or reflection, as more is demanded of you in your daily life through work or physical activity. This eclipse offers an opportunity to focus on what needs tending to in your own inner chambers which will in turn support the physical or energetic demands of your daily life.
Sagittarius Rising / Libra Eclipse in the 11th House
Sagittarius by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1621
The Aries-Libra eclipses are taking place across your 11th house of professional and social networks and your 5th house of creativity and pleasure, highlighting the ways that your extended networks support your creative goals and vice versa. The Libra eclipse takes place in your 11th house, illuminating how you relate to your broader community or group of friends and spotlighting any culminations in your work projects which connect you to your broader networks. The South Node here may present opportunities to reflect on and distill the wisdom you’ve gained about who you want to connect to through your work and who can best support your ongoing growth. The Libra eclipse may prompt you to examine if there are any ways in which you compromise your vision or desires in order to please the group, and any relationships or associations which no longer feel fulfilling can be released or renegotiated through honest conversation or reflection.
Capricorn Rising / Libra Eclipse in the 10th House
Capricorn by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1621
The Aries-Libra eclipses are taking place across your 10th house of your vocation and public work and your 4th house of home and family, highlighting the ways that your responsibilities at home and work may be shifting as you feel the call to detach from the world of your work or to renegotiate how you show up in professional role or to your greater calling. The Libra eclipse takes place in your 10th house, which may coincide with culminations in your career and the chance to reap rewards for hard work put in over time. If you feel burned out by too many responsibilities, social obligations or by aspects of your work which feel draining, this eclipse may offer an opportunity to release some burdens or to re-prioritize your energy so that it is less taxing on your system. This could coincide with a feeling of wanting to settle into your roots more, expand your sense of home, or focus your energy on projects related to land, home and family.
Aquarius Rising / Libra Eclipse in the 9th House
Aquarius by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1621
The Aries-Libra eclipses are taking place across your 3rd house of your daily environment and mind and your 9th house of travel and expansion. Eclipses across this axis may highlight a desire to broaden your horizons so that your daily life feels more expansive, and to rethink any outdated ideals or big-picture goals which no longer feel resonant for you. The Libra eclipse takes place in your 9th house, compelling a close examination of the beliefs you hold about the world and your place in it. You may find that your perceptions about your daily life and the meaning you make about it are shifting to accommodate new perspectives. If you’ve held too tightly to any ideas or ideals that no longer feel resonant, you may start to feel these shift or slip away. You could feel a growing need to communicate your evolving ideals in new ways, and possibly take up a new area of study or that helps to broaden your mind.
Pisces Rising / Libra Eclipse in the 8th House
Pisces by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1621
The Aries-Libra eclipses are taking place across your 2nd house of earned income and resources and your 8th house of shared financial and emotional obligations. Eclipses across this axis relate to the money you earn, share, owe, and receive from others and could highlight a growing desire to forge a new business venture, strike out on your own, or to take the leap of faith to cultivate a new talent or skill. This desire to nurture new skills or projects may run parallel to a psychological process of building up your inner feeling of security, self-trust and capability. With the Libra eclipse taking place in your 8th house, there may be shifts to finances that you share with a partner (marriage, business, or otherwise) that require a re-allocation of resources and a careful negotiation of how to handle shared responsibilities. The South Node here may trigger a release of old debts, whether literal or metaphorical, and a newfound resolve for increased self-determination and self-reliance.