mechanic

◉ Eclipses

New or full Moons that land close enough to the lunar nodes for the Sun, Moon and Earth to line up. They fall in pairs or trios about twice a year and mark larger turns than an ordinary lunation. Their effects are read over months rather than the day itself.

In transits

An eclipse on a natal point is the loudest version of a lunation contact, and the one most often read as opening or closing a chapter rather than colouring a day.

Tends to activate

the beginnings and endings a plain lunation only hints at.

Keywords
moonsunnodesaroseclipse season
Example in a combination

A solar eclipse conjunct a natal Midheaven is read across the following months, not the following morning.

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