It's Here - The Eclipse
Welcome the Fire Horse
A tiny annular eclipse over Antartica packs a punch at 28° Aquarius, peaking at 12:01pm UTC time February 17th. As many of you would know the Year of the Fire Horse also begins with Saturn and Neptune already at zero point of Aries. The eclipse is directly squared by Uranus, with a 135° line up also to Jupiter nearing its station direct. If that weren’t enough to rattle the stables, the eclipse is also the ongoing midpoint of Mars and Venus.
A Solar Eclipse is a dragon moment endings and beginnings are woven together, often unseen. Though this eclipse is visible only over Antarctica, 28° Aquarius resonates through the collective field, activating charts and triggering sensitive points across the astrological world. Venus has just risen to light as evening star, as Mars continues still a few weeks away from emerging as a morning planet.
Venus is also conjunct the North Node in Pisces, and she has just returned to the evening skies as the radiant Evening Star. After her underworld passage, her reappearance restores visibility to matters of the heart, value and desire. The way forward is creative, compassionate and spiritually attuned but not self-indulgent. Pisces at its highest dissolves separation and opens the heart; at its lowest it escapes and avoids. This moment asks for mature compassion. Inspired artistry. Devotion without martyrdom.
The square to Uranus brings the unexpected, the strange, the uncomfortable and unfamiliar. Aquarius already leans toward disruption and innovation, Uranus electrifies it. Sudden revelations. Shockwaves. Yet there is liberation through this instability.
The sesquiquadrate (135°) to Jupiter speaks to significance. With Jupiter stationing, themes of truth, justice, ethics and accountability are amplified. What belief systems are being tested? Where has excess gone unchecked? This is a moment of moral and philosophical reckoning.
Meanwhile, Saturn and Neptune at 0° Aries act as threshold guardians.
The Aries–Libra axis is a balance point. Unlike the extremes of the solstice points, the equinox points carry equal light and dark. Aries, the beginning of the zodiac, is not simply a call to initiate it is a call to balance all four corners of life, as the individual and the collective stand here together here. Personal courage fuels collective evolution. Collective shifts require individual accountability.
28 ° Aquarius has many connections in the mundane world all peaking off what we see happening out there
The Descendant degree of Donald Trump’s chart, also his Saturn Neptune Midpoint sits on his ASC at 29 ° Leo
USA Sibly Chart Moon is 27° Aquarius
The eclipse degree rises at dawn over USA’s Capital
Tehran /Iran - GE -co-ordinates 27° Leo/Aquarius
Israel Chart has a 28° Leo Mars
Volodomyr Zelensky has his Saturn at 28° Leo
Benjamin Netanyahu also with Mars at 27° Leo
The American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, is now nearing Iran as military build-up continues and tensions mount as USA continues to put pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme, its military program and the recent deadly crackdown on protesters. The image of a huge battleship manoeuvring in the Arabian Sea, as Saturn and Neptune meet at zero Aries in Mars’ sign, during an eclipse at 28° Aquarius, is quite remarkable.
The Metonic
As eclipses go, there are always 2 kinds to consider. The Metonic and the Saros family.
It is the first of the Metonic series of 4 eclipses at this degree. As a Metonic cycle is 19 years, back in 2007 a new moon occurred at this degree, but was not an eclipse.
Solar Saros 121 and Chinese New Year
It is the return of Saros dragon cycle 121, which is the eclipse Saros cycle that is hooked in to beginning also at a Chinese New Year. The last time was at 17° Aquarius on Feb 7th 2008 which ushered in the Chinese New year of an Earth Rat, the time before that on Jan 27th @ 7° Aquarius, the Metal Horse was born again.
Interesting also to consider the Years of the Fire Horse as we go back in 60 year increments as the Chinese zodiac repeats every 12 years by sign, yet only every 60 years by element. A 60 year cycle involves 3 x 20 year Jupiter /Saturn cycles as well.
Looking back in 60 year increments to find a few interesting things:
1966 - The height of the 60’s cultural revolution. Australian currency is decimalised. 215,000 US soldiers in Vietnam. (currently 2026 -243,048 worldwide)
1906 - San Francisco earthquake. Mt Vesuvius eruption. Hong Kong Typhoon and tsunami killed an estimated 10,000 people. Ecuador–Colombia Earthquake generating a tsunami and killing roughly 1,000 people : United Kingdom rules one fifth of the world’s landmass.
1846 - Neptune discovered. The Mexican-American War was an invasion of Mexico by the United States. Also the U.S. establishing the 49th parallel as its border with Canada. Irish Potato famine 1845–1852 deaths1 million.
1786 - US Mint established. The U.S. suffered from a severe post-civil war depression, featuring shortages of currency, high taxes, and bankruptcy, leading to protests in several states.
1726 - Newton dies. Voltaire exiled. Treaty of Alliance between the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and the Russian Empire.
1666 - Great Fire of London, leading to the building of a new city. Second Anglo-Dutch War.
New Visions for the Future arise in so many ways. It’s certainly a wild ride ahead as we move fully into the FIRE and AIR element, with all the outer planets : Saturn/Neptune, Pluto(already there), Uranus, in the grand sextile formations and Jupiter into Leo mid year, as the Nodal axis also shifts to FIRE and AIR, Leo/Aquarius.
Take Care out there and wishing you all a great new beginning and restarts, full of good surprises and healthy changes.
For more at C*I*A Check our past webinars for more info, our website for current articles and videos, and what’s up next -
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