Eclipses and Energy Shifts – Clearing Karma

An eclipse is always a planetary cleansing process on a major scale, as well as an opportunity for a heavy-duty Karma clearing.

Clearing Karma with Eclipses

Since the dawn of time, few astronomical phenomena are as exciting to the human mind as an eclipse.

Traditionally, eclipses bear a bad reputation among the diverse fields of astrology, and many times they are regarded as omens of calamity and disaster. Generally, eclipses are seldom used in individual astrological readings because their occurrences, amplitude, and radius of influence have more a broader planetary aspect. This augmented influence is because eclipses always happen in the proximity of one of the Lunar Nodes, adding a great amount of energy and influence to every lunar phase.

A Lunar Eclipse happens during the Full Moon when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned in Celestial Latitude and the Moon passes through the Earth’s shadow, making an interface between her and the sun. The term Solar Eclipse is technically a wrong one because, in truth, it is a phenomenon where the Moon hides or occults the sun due to its interposition before the solar disc. The lunar nodes are the orbital nodes of the Moon, that is, the points where the orbit of the Moon crosses the ecliptic (which is the apparent path of the Sun across the heavens against the background stars).

Traditionally, the lunar nodes (The Nodal Axis) are known to be points where opportunities for growth and self-development present themselves. In Karmic Astrology, the lunar nodes are seen as the connections or invisible threads between the Soul and its numerous past lives.

In a spiritual way, the south node represents the open door, the collection of past experiences and habits that make us feel good. The north node, its opposite, evokes the blockages and difficulties we must transcend in order to progress along the spiritual path.

We can read that basic information as a needle in our cosmic compass, and the indications where they are placed on our map can give us an indication of which areas in our lives we have to do the most work. The south node is our clear reference to the past of ancient times, the gathering of attitudes, ideas, choices, and fears that shaped the physiognomy of our souls in our previous selves, and ultimately the orbital point and the reason that made the soul decision to incarnate again.

The north node, on the other hand, is the key to your future lives because it is through this point that we empower our souls to apply to new lessons and, at the same time help us to get rid of old karmic debt, old sets of beliefs and repetitive thought patterns.

In working with the energies surges of an Eclipse, some caution should be observed, independently of the astrological House in which the eclipse is happening. Keep in mind that an eclipse is always a planetary cleansing process on a major scale, as well as an opportunity for a heavy-duty Karma clearing on a personal level.

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This article was originally published on Nov 13, 2012

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About the Author

Liane Buck is the co-founder of the Humanity Healing Network, the General Manager of and sits on the Board of Directors for Humanity Healing International, and is the Editor-in-Chief of OMTimes Magazine.