Monday’s total lunar eclipse will not only be a supermoon but it will also be the first in a series of three supermoons. During the total lunar eclipse, the shadow of the Earth will fall completely over the moon. During a supermoon, the full moon coincides with the moon’s closest orbit to the Earth. When a supermoon combines with a lunar eclipse, this will be a time of heightened celestial energy.
Monday’s supermoon and eclipse will be in Leo and it coincides with several key planetary phenomena, including a Venus-Jupiter alignment in Sagittarius. Leo, Aquarius, Taurus, Sagittarians and Scorpio are the signs most likely to feel the full potency of this eclipse. If your sun, moon, ascendant or any other major signature in your chart is in any of these signs, you may already be feeling the winds of change! That said, all signs will experience important developments now.
The common thread in this supermoon will be this: if your path seems uncertain, this eclipse will raise questions about your true aims, goals and direction. Take a moment to check if questions and even doubts come from a lack of self-belief. If so, you may dwell on past mistakes. And yet the most beneficial approach to making mistakes is to gather your inner strength to set things on course.
Don’t be surprised if an obstacle or a mystery arises; this will be par for the course as you will then gain clarity to forge ahead with more determination.
Through awareness of heightened energy at eclipses, eclipses can be empowering, especially if you thrive on tension as a motivator for change. But if you prefer to avoid stress and intensity, lunar eclipses are times to focus on calming your nerves; on re-centering yourself and on channeling extreme emotions into productive activities. Meditation, swimming or going to the gym can be useful tools for calming at this time....
One of the most important qualities you can learn to express during the high energy in an eclipse period is patience. Gratitude and wisdom run close behind.
The energy around eclipses, which can be intense for several days, is known to close a chapter; and therefore to open a new one. Monday’s eclipse runs in cahoots with the partial solar eclipse that occurred early in January. Consider the kind of changes that occurred around the New Year, and how you have managed these up until now. You now get the chance to resolve emotional matters through this eclipse, and to forge ahead in proactive, brave and wise ways.
NB: you may read about this supermoon being red. When the shadow of the earth falls on the full moon, the moon can take a reddish colour, but not always. This full moon eclipse will not be visible in Australia, but it will be visible in
North and South America, Europe and western Africa.