The Path of Totality/An Eclipse

Myth, Folklore, and the For Real as the Moon Shadows Over Us.

Apr 02, 2024

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My Take on the Eclipse (Final Thoughts) can be found at the end of this article.

What If Sun Goes Missing?

I feel it is not so much that the Sun goes missing for a few minutes during the day. But more significance goes to the fact that Moon has decided to make her appearance big and full, but still, it’s a new moon (!) when we normally don’t see her. It’s all a juxtaposition. Upside down.

Everything changes. It gets eerie. I mean, really weird feeling. Just experiencing a partial eclipse several years ago, was strange enough. I am really wondering what the full experience will be like?

Astrological experts are saying one thing. Channeled information is coming from many directions; much of which is contradictory to each other, or just flowery metaphors without solid tools to use. We have to remember that channeled information comes through the consciousness of the channel, not directly from Source. But there is no real way to know, positively, what is going to happen.

So one of my original questions was: What can you do about the eclipse? Pull out your spiritual and metaphysical tools. The ones that you learned so long ago: meditation, prayer, visualization, affirmations, intention, ho’ opono pono, sending love, any remote healing method, seeing white light around difficult situations, pink bubble of love. There are so many simple, powerful tools we are to be using now - as a shift in our energy happens - to bring the eclipse in a positive light. If you are not familiar with any of these, research on the internet, ask friends. Be proactive.

April 8, 2024, marks a special day for us (Earth)!

She is being separated from the Sun for several minutes. You may think this is a mini event in the scheme of things, but you would be incorrect.

There is a very sensitive energy field surrounding our planet. It helps us handle emotions and logic. It keeps life at a regular and constant flow. This energy field helps plants, animals, birds, fish, and humans to regulate their existence. And whenever this flow of energy is interrupted or altered in any way, that flow shifts.

There have been many, diverse Native Teachings and Folklore about the eclipse events over time. For instance, Dark Winds, a Native American television program based on the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley in the 1970s, has told of going inside and closing all windows and curtains during an eclipse. It was a time of contemplation, gratitude and prayer. And as much as I’ve researched other Native Tribes, they all taught differing stories. Other Indigenous groups all over the world see it in different ways, which create beliefs and folklore (truth as handed down through spoken stories). Who is right? All.

Some Things to Be Aware Of.

Know the Facts

Research the event. Many people from ancient times have sewn fearful thoughts about the eclipse. It was a time of much fear, since nature was not responding in a normal way. Whatever was not understood was feared. Know that you have better information now. This is a logical event that falls in the realm of progress through the universe. We have better ways of understanding it, and know it is not the end of the world.

Gather Energy

You can gather a large amount of positive energy during the eclipse. It brings the best of yin/yang (feminine/masculine) aspects. So it will help balance your personal energy and perspective. To do this, simply breathe with intention. Intuitively ‘see’ the energy entering your auric field.

Experience the Full Eclipse

Be open to the full effects of the eclipse. Find a place out in nature – such as an open field, clearing space in a wooded area, public park, or even your backyard that you can sit on the ground. Plan this ahead of time so you have everything needed. (solar glasses, water, snacks, etc.) Use a meditation known as Mindfulness (or Present Moment Awareness). You can keep your eyes open or closed, but only be aware of what is happening at the moment. You will be surprised at the way things change around you – shadows, sounds, breezes, etc. This is the full experience!

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Be Open

Instead of trying to hide and shield your energy, do the reverse. Open all subtle bodies, which are connected to the chakras (more on this in my Inner Circle post this Saturday) to feel and sense everything the animals are feeling and be aware of the changes that the oncoming darkness brings. Have prepared affirmations to benefit your experience. Here are some I will be using:

a. I am willing to feel all of nature during the eclipse today.
b. I send love to all living things.
c. I accept the possibility of change in my life.
d. I know I am continually safe during this experience of awareness.

Alone or With Friends?

Decide ahead of time if you want to be alone during this experience or share it with family and friends. Either one is great, according to what you want to do. It will also depend on how your friends and family will respond to the eclipse. Are they just out for a fun, good time? Or do you think they will share in your wish to experience it?

Eclipse Glasses

Be sure to bring your eclipse glasses. And make sure they are approved and certified as safe to use for this purpose. Check out this information by CNN.com.

Watch the Sun, or Things Around You?

This eclipse is a very rare event, so you really should see the full eclipse! It will be awesome, and I can’t wait to see it! But do you think you want to watch the whole thing? It probably will last for 2-3 hours before the full cover and after. So plan to use much of this time just being present and aware. You can look up at the Sun (be sure you have the glasses on! each time you peek) from time to time. And the rest of the time just pay attention to things around you.

One Last Logistics Idea

Areas on The Path of Totality will be very crowded. Many people are coming into towns and cities to view the eclipse. Some are spending the night. So, parks and open city areas will be full of excited people and many children. Arrange your viewing plans to accommodate for this. That is why my husband and I are just staying home and watching from our front yard.

This Solar Eclipse is a great time to use your empathic abilities to their full extent! Don’t try to hide yourself but embrace the ability you have. This chance may never come again. And you will gain better control of your abilities.

Shared from An Eclipse Tsunami on the Horizon (substack.com) by Lorna Bevan
The solar eclipse at 19 Aries conjunct Chiron is set to be the most impactful and transformative cosmic event of 2024, overshadowing the USA from SW to NE in a weird mirror image of the August 2017’s NW to SE solar blackout.
Much more on this in my subscriber-only APRIL 5D Report: “Own It, Choose It or Change It”: https://www.hareinthemoonastrology.co.uk/.../5d-report...
Eclipses act as sideways escalators taking you at warp speed into yet more dissonance. Just as our astrology has evolved in the 21st century so too has our understanding of the vastly expanded potential of eclipses.
As the deep space Evolutionary Burn intensifies non-stop, with each new wave knocking you down then sweeping you further away from the known, the eclipses are acting as Influxes on steroids, accelerating the process of changing consciousness and deleting the past as they go.
Update your inner map by re-framing eclipses as:
• tears and splits in the veil of linear time
• reminders of impermanence - you “know” in your head that everything changes second by second but the sudden disappearance of the Light, the occulting, the overshadowing, the re-booting of what used to be your life, brings it home and make it starkly real. People leave, jobs end, passions fade, dreams disappear.
• the intersection of Fate /Karma/Free Will which accelerates the predictable unfolding of your unique seed pattern of growth and evolution, imprinted at your pre-natal eclipse. Your pattern is interwoven with the collective zeitgeist. mechanisms that migrate you across timelines + seed your new potential.
• energy punctuation/inflection points in time and space
• vortexes that intensify the essence and qualities of the moment, when Chronos meets Chairo.

My Take: Download from Spirit Guides, Teachers and Ancestors.

My Spirit Team only present grand events/ideas/concepts in general terms that are easy to understand. I do not receive technical information (or if it is in the download, I do not recognize it).

Several months ahead of this particular eclipse of the sun has had upheaval. It has been ramping up as we approach the eclipse. Large dumps of growing negative energies.

On a personal level, you may have recognized arguments with loved ones that normally do not happen, confusion in everyday events, wrong way drivers, mistakes in machinery. Also, memory losses. Standing in the store and totally forgetting what you came in for.

On a global level, major mistakes or eliminations: look at the problems that airplane industry has had. Wars or conflicts happening all at once. Or governmental mismatch or stalled progress. Erratic weather patterns and seasonal shifts, not to mention earth shifts, along with the results of them.

If you are empathic (aware of it or not), you will be affected by this event. The full eclipse takes over 2-3 hours to happen. And you can experience the most wonderful shifts in nature if you open to it. But if you have been paying attention the last few months, you realize that everything has been gearing up for this event: upheaval on all levels, letting go of unessential things, emotional outbursts, extreme joy, extreme pain – both physical and emotional. So, this eclipse has been brewing for some time!

Where is this going?

Whatever this is leading up to, it will be sizable and made obvious to all. It could be a negative outcome (but I feel all the negativity is already going out), or it could be positive. Possibly a completion of everything that has been building. And obviously a genesis/emergence of a new version. (Did someone mention a different/new timeline?)

The eclipse acts as a refresh button on our climate, atmosphere and general spiritual dimension. A feeling of cleansing will prevail. All things that were in upheaval will fall easily into correct space. A sigh of relief comes over the planet.

The Sun and Moon have always been special symbols to me and held magical powers. They represent the delicate balance between day and night. But more than that, the Sun means life to us all. And the Moon is the ability to recognize the time for rest, so the body and mind can rejuvenate. So we need both in regularity. When that regularity is interrupted, we feel the resistance. It is an uneasy sense and could seem frightful.

But I feel the intense need for this interruption. Seems that nature is saying, “pay attention now”. Could we be too complacent in our lives? Could we be ignoring important aspects in our world? Look at the possibility that you should re-evaluate how your life is going.

Enjoy your eclipse viewing, and feel free to comment with your thoughts and observations!