from Verne's 'Around the Moon' illus. by Bayard and de Neuville
The Partial Solar Eclipse occurs at 1:02 AM Pacific Standard Time on the 4th at 13 Capricorn 38. The Sabian Symbol is ‘An Ancient Bas-Relief Carved in Granite Remains a Witness to a Long-Forgotten Culture’ http://www.cafeastrology.com/sabiansymbols_degreemeanings.html A New Moon is an inception point, a beginning, a seed, a birth–but this symbol is of something quite old, stately, a symbol of memory–very appropriate for Capricorn.
So what do we get when we bring the ancient and a seed point together in an eclipse? We get a power-seed, a point of origin that can knock our socks off since it has the authority of ancient knowledge, of things perhaps forgotten by the Collective consciously but still accessible through these moments that connect past and present via a corridor of memory energy that brings ‘then’ into contact with ‘now.’
The form it takes is through Art or expressive endeavors (the Bas-Relief) and tells a story or gives a message (the point of a Bas-Relief). This is, quite literally, carved in granite–meaning it is not subject to change–so we are looking at a message of timelessness and immutability. The most important part of the symbol, though, may be the way the Bas-Relief refers to a culture long passed into dust; this tells us that the message is something quite vital that may have been ‘lost’ before now, before the energy of this seed moment burst forth, giving us this cultural pearl.
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Bask in the energy of the eclipse!
ECLIPSE readers: please note that more has been added to the eclipse report on the protected page, specifically involving placement by House.
Julie Demboski's ASTROLOGY 
Great writeup! 🙂
Thanks very much, Ann Louise!
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I’m with you on the new moon in contrast to the full, as the greater energy, the full complicated by out of house placements, true solstice but not the capricorn ingress. Capricorn is noble here but as an individual it cafes against unfair law. The ‘I’ ego of mars/moon/sun seeks to change law and Libra insists in civility, saturn has power here. The lush aspects give the goat room to move sure, (music, song, dance, romance ) lets hope he doesn’t plant himself on a bar stool and ruin the gift. Tomorrow has a gaping all day void the 112th congress swearing in and Maine’s new gov. YIKES!
I love the NM drawing as it contrasts the stars and your uplifting commentary
Thank you, Lucy–love the image where the goat may “plant himself on a bar stool and ruin the gift” ha! all too possible. There shouldn’t be a Void, though, until morning of the 5th, whether you reckon it from the sextile to Venus or, if you are like me, the trine to Juno, though there is a significant lack of major aspects for some time and that can feel like a Void; there is the exception of the Moon’s conjunction to Mars (3-4 PM-ish Pacific), which could feel like a punch in the face–keep your guard up!
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when I look at my own ephemeris it appears the on line void chart referred to is incorrect, as venus, uranius & jupiter make late aspects 12.16 GMT, 3.16 DST. horray. so if the after the fact celebrations go all spacey…who knew?
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