And then a hero comes along

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I could swear there is someone, somewhere watching me
Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood ~ Bonnie Tyler

If you've ever watched a Bonnie Tyler music video you are in perfect understanding of what an eclipse is. There are ninjas, cowboys, angels, choir boys, burning houses, flowy curtains and shoulder pads nonsensically in excess. And much like an eclipse nothing makes sense and nothing particularly means anything (or at least right now). This is where we are folks! Welcome to another eclipse portal.

This weekend we hit the most intense one - the solar eclipse. Thankfully here in Australia we miss out on seeing the optical shadow of the moon crossing the sun - and as much as you may want to watch this phenomenon - in Vedic culture this is a shadow you don't want on your psyche/soul. My American friends you will be under this eclipse so go calm and safe! There is much intensity in the sky this month. Too much to write about here so I may have to write something more specific for each ascendant in the coming days. But for now this is really all about endings. Things abruptly being cut, detached from, leaving your life or you picking yourself up and making changes yourself. 

You may have noticed so much quick energy in you life and to those around you at this time. In some ways it's a grand reshuffle. The karmic axis is in flux and re-correcting, re-aligning and shaking things up. When we are all under the Nagas (or serpents of karma) we have little control and need to do everything, and anything we can, to stay calm as the spirals of change are upon us. And they ARE upon us. Much will be revealed and exposed over this month (especially by the end of the month - another post nearer to the time). For now the moon in Chitra is the grand architect buffering us like a pearl in the shell. Building something that we are not quite aware of the shape we will be after all the arduous reshaping. I'll leave you here with another song:

And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you ~ Mariah Carey

Stay light,
Mark :)