Reflecting on Last Years Eclipse and the Value in Small Moments

I have been wanting to share my experience with the 2024 eclipse cycle and how it has shown up in my life since I wrote these two articles: 
Eclipse Season and Astro-Anxiety 
I Thought Something Bad Would Happen To Me on the Eclipse

I remember the eclipse vividly. It was a total solar eclipse so everyone was figuring out how to purchase the special glasses to view it. I was travelling on a coach bus from toronto to ottawa while the eclipse was happening and I remember leading up to it I had so much anxiety because it was activating my 8th and 9th houses - I had fears around be dying while traveling the part of my brain that was still a young astrologer kept saying that is what the house of death and travel together would be right? I Kept telling myself that this will be a lesson in the subtleties of astrology because I am not letting anything bad happen to me. 

And I was right.

In the moment I recall being disappointed that no big life changing event happened to me directly or indirectly. I kept checking the chart of the moment and imagining scenarios of people messaging me dramatic things occurring.

I was listening to the rent soundtrack - because I had just seen one of my best friends perform in the chorus in a GTA production of the play. And I noticed multiple things in the lyrics that I never noticed before in the lyrics of Santa Fe. This song was a family favourite, I have memories of  my siblings singing along to it on repeat when we were younger - i had never really liked the song because it was about moving away and that made me sad. 

This was the first time I really could say I was getting into the tune. After multiple replays I noticed two lyrics.

*Please Note I am still in my early phases of studying Modern Philosophy and some figures, like Heidegger are controversial. Like, this dude joined the Nazis so I stopped learning more, but need greater context and biography to understand his philosophy and credit it. 

Firstly, it registered to me that the character Collins was a professor of Computer Age Philosophy - this is a straight up lyric but I never understood what that meant. I became aware that this character was really intelligent and must have felt a strong conviction to be a philosophy professor making no salary. I began to admire him even more. 


Collins sings “Chatting not about Heidegger but wine”

What the heck is heideggger. 

After a google search I was amazed - Heidegger is a philosopher whose work was bridging the gap of Ancient philosophy to the current age. And I felt like some of my questions were getting answered.

What questions?

Well if you are reading this you should know that I am an astrologer. You may not know that I have a history degree and focused my studies on magic and medicine. In 2023 I was trying to mature my experience as an astrologer and find a way to make astrological theory and truths make sense or give it more credit - and here my answer - philosophy. I was dumb struck how had i not thought of this before, as a hellenistic astrologer i knew that Hellenistic astrologers were philosophers themselves but i never thoerugh to look at modern philosophy and discuss how it reflected truths from the pasts or could help us make sense of using spiritual tools like astrology .

This was my Eclipse Moment 

As I said earlier- the eclipse was hitting my 8th and 9th house - houses of death and travel but also houses of research,  resources, higher education, and philosophy. My Moon is also housed here suggesting specific emotional experiences.

I remember asking myself - what does this small moment mean? Should I go back to school and study philosophy? But no, eclipse moments do not have to be an immediate major life decision.  It was actually just the small things I changed because of that day that really had an impact.

I started listening to Philosophize This, a podcast on covering everything philosophy from its earliest days to modern times and I still haven't listened to all of its episodes but this regular reminder to connect with philosophy helped me mature my astrological practice like I had wanted. 

Looking back on it now it reminds me of scenes in movies where the average main character expects to get the attention of the hottest guy at the school dance but gets completely ignored. However, a promising genuine interaction with another average cutie promises a new beginning. I wanted the drama, a big moment during that eclipse, but was grateful for the more subtle shift which was one I was truly aligned with.

This meet-cute of mine with philosophy on the eclipse in Sagittarius has cemented a large part of my beliefs today in and out of my astrology practice. I will share more later but here are the big ones. 

1. There is so much power in the small moments. Astrology can help us acknowledge these deeply. 
2. Knowledge truly is Power. Educating yourself is the best thing you can do. 
3. Your Point of View - Your Personal Philosophy dictates how you interact with the world. It is important to check in with your self regularly to understand your version of truth.