Feb 2018 Solar Eclipse: Karmic Progress?

Yes, An Aquarian Solar Eclipse Can Inspire Karmic Progress!

On Thursday February 15, 2018, a Solar Eclipse manifests @27AQ07 in the 1 South Saros Series. For those who use the late afternoon 'Sibly chart' as America's natal horoscope (Sag rising), this is the degree of our national Moon.

For this reason I have termed it the 'We The People' Solar Eclipse on my Political Astrology site Stars Over Washington. Tap or click to see the eclipse chart set for Washington DC but caution: you'll run smack dab into Politics if you do! Anyway, note that this eclipse opposes the natal Mars of Donald Trump (@26Leo and rising with royal star Regulus) and given his legal turmoil and street fighting abilities (born with Mars rising in Sun-ruled Leo), this 'wild card of the Universe' (aka, a 'cosmic blink') may interrupt current programming as eclipses so often do.

Yet this manifestation in the 1 South series is only a partial eclipse so it is not as strong or influential as a Total Eclipse would be (as in August 2017!). Also the February eclipse will not be visible in the US which is another weakening factor in astrological considerations. (See EclipseWise for more details.)

Of course the Lunar Eclipse 'mate' of the February 15 Solar Eclipse manifested on January 31, 2018 @11Leo37 (DC horoscope shown but post is also tainted by Politics, that "organized system of hatreds"; the two eclipses affect the Leo-Aquarius self-will axis. This pertains especially to those whose natal planets and/or angles are targeted by cosmic blinks (the January Lunar Eclipse hit Trump's natal Pluto, planet of power, wealth, manipulation...and coping ability).

Karmic Progress in Society

In general, we may expect opportunities for karmic progress to exist during the eclipse season of the 1 South (for at least 5 months from February 15, 2018 which takes us to the next Solar Eclipse of July 13, 2018 @21Cancer in the 2 Old North Saros Series--also a partial, and the Prenatal Eclipse under which Donald Trump was born). Themes of 2 Old North? Bad news, plus relationship difficulties and endings (Brady).

So when an eclipse occurs in the humanitarian sign of Aquarius, open-mindedness and a timely, well-directed approach to karmic conditions are spotlighted. The past is considered a key to solutions and needs, and when desired can act as a guide to future development--if rash, ill-considered actions are avoided. Misdirected goals and misguided motives won't help conditions either so our targets must be genuine if we expect improvement--no major surgery for mosquito bites please! Additionally, projection of our own traits and complexes upon others (as Trump is prone to do) will only exacerbate our problems and will lead to regressive policies in society (as the GOP of 1854 prefers!). Karmic debts accumulate when "whimsical changes and contradictory efforts" are applied instead of adopting the appropriate "innovative solutions geared to fit the situation to which they are directed" (quoting Rose Lineman).

Now the last three degrees of Leo and Aquarius are typically considered to be astrological degrees so we may see Astrology highlighted or in the news more than usual during the 2018 solar eclipse season of the 1 South. Its themes are 'flooded with ideas or options' (Brady) so let's fervently hope that inspired ideas and options bring a period of much needed karmic progress to America and to the rest of the world!

Now for a more personal overview of the February 15, 2018 Solar Eclipse in Aquarius and its potential effects, you won't want to miss Libra Seeking Balance's insightful post!