We are entering a very special time in which we will experience 2 eclipses.  On December 26th we will have a Solar Eclipse, and exactly 2 weeks after that, on January 10th – there will be a lunar eclipse.

The time between two eclipses is a special cosmic doorway. It was a time that the Ancient Ones feared – for it had its traps, but it is also a time that with some awareness can, these days, be a special time for leaving behind the old and approaching the new.

Solar and Lunar eclipses always go together. Twice a year there is a perfect alignment between the Sun, our Earth and the Moon. At these two times, that are always 6 months apart, there will be the “eclipse seasons” with a Solar eclipse with the new Moon, and a Lunar eclipse when the Moon is full. The times of these occurrences change – going backwards a month each year. Sometimes, other eclipses will occur as well in the eclipse seasons – when  Venus or another planet eclipse  the Sun, or two lunar eclipses may occur in one season, but never  will an eclipse happen if  this alignment is not set.

The Eclipse Season” is a very special time astrologically speaking.  A time in which two very different and opposing influences – that of the Sun and that of the Moon – combine.

The Sun represents our awareness, our grown-up identity and our educated choices, and the Moon represents our animal-instincts, our intuitions, fears and inner drives.

We can start to understand why the Ancient Ones feared the eclipses – and especially the Solar eclipse – as the natural and unconscious world overshadows the known, and things might get out of control.

But perhaps we can also recognize the special opportunity in this occasion – when the two worlds of imagination and reality, the feminine and masculine, artistry  and logic – collide. This can be a very special time of connecting between that which is seen and  that which is unseen, connecting between the genders, connecting between the right and left hemispheres and so forth.

We are now in this special time – the time between two eclipses, and we should be aware of it, cautious, and perhaps even find ways to use these times  wisely.