COSMIC WATCH:

“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”  – William James

It can be easy to live in our heads. To get seductively entrenched in the realm of our own thinking and then, consequentially, lose out on opportunities to improve our lives; perhaps because we’re not actively participating enough in the real world around us.

Mahatma Gandhi once stated that “It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important.”

He also said, “You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.”

The Lunar Eclipse today at 26 degrees of “initiating” Aries (7:38 pm), the first sign of the zodiac, is perhaps a perfect primer to help steer us away from the tantalizing world of thought and into the self-empowering realm of doing and creating.

Entrepreneurial Aries epitomizes action. Also, daring and bravery. It is also through our actions that we reveal the nature of our thinking.

Depending on what house this lunation is occurring in our personal charts, we may find ourselves taking action now on the matters governed by that house or area of life. We may also have a chance now to cultivate a more self-confident and courageous approach to handling the matters of that sector.

With the Full Moon Eclipse in Aries – the sign of personal identity – this also means that the Sun is in the opposing sign of Libra, the sign of the other. This Eclipse may remind us, once again, of the delicate balance that potentially must be maintained between tending to the needs of others and tending to the needs of self.

Too, it’s possible with this Eclipse that a “light bulb moment” occurs, and we gain clarity on what our next steps should be to make our lives more meaningful or fulfilling.

In some cases, too, events may occur out of the blue that may have a notable impact on our partnerships, or alliances.

Sometimes, eclipses serve to “fast forward” or “speed up” situations in our lives. Eclipses are also thought to be very insightful and potentially consciousness-raising in their impact. They can also e harbingers of endings. Too, if certain elements do pass away now, it may be because they were no longer serving a useful or needed purpose in our lives.

Also, ideally, we must learn to fully embrace endings, and to not fear them, as endings are part of the natural order of things.

“Endings are not bad things; they just mean that something else is about to begin.” – C. Joybell

This lunation finds assertive Mars, the ruler of Aries, in analytical Virgo and applying to an exact opposition to veiled Neptune in Pisces (9:53 pm Saturday). Mars-Neptune aspects can be more challenging to navigate because they often contain an element of vagueness/confusion.

It could be, however, that with this Eclipse, we just go ahead and carefully do our due diligence or fact-finding, as best we can. Which is what Mars in Virgo enjoys seems to enjoy doing anyway. And then simply surrender the rest (Neptune in Pisces). Believing that, in our heart, we are exactly on the right course of action for where we’re supposed to be. Accepting, too, in life, that there are usually a lot of gray areas that have to be factored in.

It seems that sometimes, too, we maybe just have to learn to become comfortable meandering about in the fog, perhaps perceiving it as part of a grand “Aries” adventure.

Or maybe we can use the murkiness as a giant launching pad to seed our Piscean faith.

“Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.” – Max Lucado

*All times EDT

Famous October 18 Birthdays: Lee Harvey Oswald, Martina Navratilova, Chuck Berry.

“Changes made to please others are unrealistic, but more important, they’re unfair to you.” Martina Navratilova.

Happy Eclipse Blessings!

Patrice Thompson

 

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Source Notes:

Navratilova: http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/64501.Martina_Navratilova

Birthdays: http://www.astro.com/

Joybell: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/endings

Lucado: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/faith

Gandhi: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/action

James: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/action

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