The Kingmaker: Eclipse Season in the Age of Individualism
Eclipses drive me a little bit crazy.
Not the energy, though there’s always a particular intensity to the lunation it accompanies.
What drives me up a wall is the astrological chatter. Every Insta-astrologer and self-styled guru with a social media presence offers advice for utilizing the eclipse, harnessing it to manifest wealth, love, opportunity, a new apartment… It’s a cacophony of largely-repeating voices offering nothing of value and contributing nothing more than misinformation which not only lacks scholarship but is, quite frankly, unprofessional.
I am firmly of the mind that eclipses aren’t really personal events.
They can affect personal matters, especially if you have strong placements along their axis, but they’re not powerful portals to your manifestation goals. Neither are they malevolent forces hellbent on destroying your (or your neighbor’s or your ex-boyfriend’s or your dog’s) life. Most people simply play too small to find themselves in the cross hairs of a transit once considered to hold the fate of dynasties. Very few people play on that scale.
And that’s precisely why it’s difficult to offer advice during these times. Instead of looking at our own lives, we need to extend our vision outwards and consider the world in which we live.
