Lunar Eclipse:
March 12, 1998
I have promised you that I shall remind you, in a timely manner,
of the four cardinal ingresses that occur every year, of the five
eclipses that we can expect in 1998, and of any other major celestial
phenomenon. This week, we will experience the second of the five
eclipses.
The lunar eclipse this week will take place on Thursday, March
12, 1998 at 22 degrees and 24 minutes of Virgo. In the Pacific time
zone, the eclipse will occur at 8:34 p.m.; in Mountain time, at
9:34 p.m.; in Central time, at 10:34 p.m.; in Eastern time at 11:34
p.m. At the moment of the eclipse, the Sun will be at 22 Pisces
24 and the Moon will be at 22 Virgo 24.
If your natal horoscope has any planet or personal point at 22
Pisces or 22 Virgo, the coming eclipse will bring changes into your
life, in the nature of the planet or personal point involved. The
changes may have already begun, because the effects of an eclipse
can manifest themselves up to three months before the eclipse.
My advice to you, dear reader, is to erect a chart for the moment
of the eclipse located at the city where you live. If the Midheaven
or Ascendant of this chart is conjunct or opposite a planet or personal
point in your natal chart, then you can expect the eclipse to have
some effect on you, in the nature of the planet or personal point
involved.
The mundane interpretation of eclipses has been made easier by
the advent of the astro*carto*graphy technique as taught by Jim
Lewis. Something of importance will occur at a place where the eclipse
itself or another planet in the chart of the eclipse is conjunct
one of the angles. The occurrence will be in the nature of the planet
and the angle. I use astro*carto*graphy software to guide me to
an approximate position on Earth where something of significance
can be expected. Once I identify a city, I erect a chart for the
time of the eclipse in that city to confirm my findings. For this
article, I shall use only cities in the continental United States.
For example, starting at the West Coast, at the moment of the eclipse,
a chart drawn for Seattle, Washington has 19 degrees of Aries on
the Descendant, and Saturn in that chart is right there at 19 Aries
29. This indicates to me that sometime in the next six months, Seattle
will be in the news.
At the moment of the eclipse, we find Neptune on the Nadir of charts
drawn for locations having a longitude of about 115 Degrees. This
includes cities like Las Vegas, Nevada and Boise, Idaho. Neptune
will be at 01 Aquarius 26. Watch these cities for news.
At the moment of the eclipse, we find Venus on the Nadir of charts
drawn for locations having a longitude of about 109 degrees. Some
of the cities near this longitude are Havre, Montana; Gallup, New
Mexico; and Douglas, Arizona. Venus will be at 06 Aquarius 51.
At the moment of the eclipse, we find Uranus on the Nadir of charts
drawn for locations having a longitude of about 105 West 44. Some
of the cities near this longitude are Cheyenne, Wyoming; Denver,
Colorado; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Uranus
will be at 11 Aquarius 05.
At the moment of the eclipse, we find Jupiter on the Nadir of charts
drawn for locations having a longitude of about 80 degrees. Some
of the cities near this longitude are Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
Buffalo, New York; Roanoke, Virginia; and Miami, Florida. Jupiter
will be at 08 Pisces 48.
At the moment of the eclipse, we find the North Node conjunct the
Midheaven of charts drawn for locations having a longitude of about
77 degrees. Some of the cities near this longitude are Washington,
D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; and Wilmington, North Carolina. The North
Node will be at 10 Virgo 33.
Readers of this column will recognize that some of the cities named
above are the same cities that were named in a previous article
concerning the total solar eclipse of February 26, 1998. These cities
bear watching. Astrology tells us that these cities could be in
the news.
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