The occultation (obscuring) of one celestial body by another.

Solar and lunar eclipses take place at syzygies of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, when the three bodies are in a line. At a solar eclipse, the Moon blocks the view of the Sun as seen from the Earth. At a lunar eclipse, the Earth’s shadow falls on the Moon, darkening it, and can be seen from wherever on Earth the Moon is above the horizon.

Eclipses are important lunations that occur on the plane of the ecliptic.

When the Moon’s path around the Earth crosses the Sun’s apparent path (the ecliptic), they seem to be aligned from our view point. Then, the Sun’s light is blocked by the Moon’s body, and we witness a Solar Eclipse.

Since antiquity it is has been said that Solar eclipses are important for the prediction of events that affect nations, kings, and governments.

This particular eclipse is produced in the 29 degree of Cancer, in the terms of the malefic Saturn. According to astrological tradition this means loss, and as Cancer is a cardinal sign,the effects will be swift to appear, strong, noticeable but not permanent. Read the rest of this entry »