Interpreting Solar and Lunar Eclipses in Your Birth Chart

Episode 215 features a recording of a live workshop where astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim demonstrate how to interpret the astrological significance of eclipses, based on the houses in which they fall in your birth chart. This is a recording of a meeting of the Denver Astrology Group that was held on Saturday, July 13, 2019, starting just after 3:00 PM, at the Mercury Cafe in downtown Denver. For the first 30 minutes or so of the meeting we talked in general about the astrological significance of solar and lunar eclipses, and what they mean symbolically in astrology. Eventually we transitioned into talking about how to determine what specific eclipses will mean for individuals based on which of the 12 houses they fall in in your birth chart. During the course of the meeting we took examples from the audience, and audience members shared stories about how past eclipses have worked out in their lives, which helped to clarify how eclipses work in a very practical way. We focused in particular on how eclipses come in pairs, and highlight a specific axis of houses for about two years. For example, the 1st house/7th house axis, or the 2nd house/8th house axis and so on. This meeting was timely because it fell in between a solar eclipse in Cancer and a lunar eclipse in Capricorn. We made a special handout which lists all of the eclipse dates from 1950 through 2030: Solar and Lunar Eclipse Dates List (PDF) If you have a good story that you want to share about how an eclipse has worked out for you in the past, please post it in the comments section below! To support the production of future episodes of the podcast like this one, and get access to some great benefits such as early access to new episodes, consider becoming a patron of The Astrology Podcast on Patreon. To learn more about the approach to astrology demonstrated in this workshop, sign up for Chris's online course on ancient astrology. This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. Timestamps Here are some timestamps for topics covered at different points in the episode: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:35 Beginning local astrology group meeting 00:05:51 Introducing eclipses and interpretation principles 00:25:56 1st & 7th House 00:44:47 2nd & 8th House 00:58:34 3rd & 9th House 01:11:20 4th & 10th House 01:25:34 5th & 11th House 01:42:02 6th & 12th House 2:00:13 Post-workshop reflections and additional comments Watch the Video Version of This Episode Here is the video version of our episode on eclipses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpBazdo1D7E – Transcript A full transcript of this episode is available: Episode 215 transcript Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode You can either play this episode of the podcast directly from the website or download it as an MP3 to your computer by using the buttons below: