Your Guide to March’s Lunar Eclipse in Libra

When: March 25, 2024, at 12:00 PM PT

What: South Node Eclipse in Libra

Takeaway: This eclipse will highlight the unbalanced relationship patterns that we are about to let go of. Cutting ties with our own or others’ disempowering behavior can be exhausting, but when we do this, we become entangled back in our core desires. Closing the blinds, sleeping in, and increasing our TLC will help us emerge from this lunar orbit with clarified agency.

Let go of codependency and find clarity

The lunar eclipse in Libra March 25 heralds a new season full of surprises. Eclipses occur about every six months and notoriously cause wake-ups and commotions. The ancients found it an eerie experience to see their central celestial bodies darkened in the sky. Likewise, ‘eclipse season’ can be a troubled time for the human nervous system. But it is also a powerful opportunity to break unhelpful patterns and establish new ones.

Eclipses always work their tricky magic in pairs. Since April 19, 2023Celestial flashpoints have occurred along the Aries/Libra axis, activating themes of independence and peacekeeping. So this Libra eclipse continues March 25, 2024, continues a storyline that is already unfolding before you. Think about the last Libra eclipse that happened October 14, 2023to discover clues about how your interpersonal dynamics have been activated thus far.

As a Venus-ruled air sign, Libra is exquisitely attuned to relationships, creativity, and what’s needed for an enjoyable life together. Harmonizing, color coordinating and mediating are his strengths. But this distinctive sign doesn’t just barge in with a rose between its teeth. He also arrives with a sharp sword in his hand to cut connections that do not serve. This eclipse will highlight the ties you need to break with yourself or others so you can break bread later.

Pleasing people: it has to go

Wherever you have suppressed your firepower to reach partners, appease authority figures, or influence the masses, a reassessment is needed. There is a price to pay when you soften your desires and give in too easily to consensus: you lose your connection to your agency, vitality, and truth. If your awareness of these costs comes to the fore this eclipse season, it is to inspire you to act more boldly.

Libra eclipses sometimes correlate with global events involving peacekeeping, border negotiations, or other political agreements, along with the pressure to “take a side.” If these topics or themes come up prominently in your experience, make sure your behavior is consistent with your values. If you’ve just kept your mouth shut around the dinner table to avoid awkwardness, see if there’s a way to tactfully advocate for what you think is right. Building bridges without compromising your truth too much is difficult work. But it is crucial.

Increase your self-care as you shed what’s holding you back

This eclipse occurs near the South Node, a point in space mythologized by the ancients as a dragon’s tail. With each wave of his scales, this fire breather sheds something heavy that was weighing him down. Likewise, South Node eclipses often stir up the past for us to search through. The relationships or relationship patterns that have played an important role in our lives thus far may be magnified in the weeks or days leading up to or following March 25. Whether familiar faces resurface or the pull of memory becomes extra intoxicating, all blasts from the past are portals to reexamine old stories and find closure. Especially when they involve imbalances of effort, power, or understanding.

During a lunar eclipse, the Sun, Moon and Earth align in such a way that the Moon is obscured by the Earth’s shadow. These lunations are known to escalate soap operas inside and out. You can imagine lunar eclipses as a kind of salt scrub for the emotional body, throwing away the remains of stuck feelings. It can be uncomfortable to face our pain points, but when we do, we can get rid of the memories and moods that cloud our clarity.

Because of their tenderness, the days surrounding a lunar eclipse are excellent opportunities to practice a lot of self-care. Long naps, piping hot cups of tea, journaling or self-reflection in the bath can gently support the process. Slowing down and allowing what wants to emerge is the key to pushing through your inner blocks and slowly reigniting your power. Welcome healing insights when they knock, but there is no need to force resolutions or conclusions at this time. Take it easy. Lying low (perhaps with a box of tissues or a cozy blanket in tow) is the key to catharsis.

11 Ways to Work with the Lunar Eclipse in Libra

1. To expect the unexpected. Plan breathing space in your calendar as a buffer against unforeseen events.
2. Omission of making big decisions or launching major initiatives March 25 Unpleasant April 8 (also called eclipse season). Eclipse energy is volatile, so it is best to start projects after the turbulence is over.
3. craft a list of the most important relationships in your life. Then, keep a journal about any repetitive interpersonal patterns you want to change. How would your life change if you let go of the unhelpful dynamics?
4. To estimate your comfort with advocacy work – whether for yourself or for a social justice cause. If your integrity requires you to be more assertive about your values ​​and beliefs, think of one small way you can do that.
5. Donate old clothes, trinkets or other objects that no longer make you happy. This will open up space for new treasures.
6. Beautiful and purify your living space. Libra is a Venus-ruled sign, so beautifying your immediate environment can support your metamorphosis. As you sweep, scrub or bless your shrines, let go of anything in your life that is holding you back from reaching your potential.
7. Rest plentiful. Limit screen time, anoint yourself with it essential oilsor meditating before bed can all help you relax.
8. Prioritize quality time with the people and activities that replenish your system. Say no to everything else for now.
9. To make time to feel. Morning crying sessions, afternoon dates with your journal, and/or spontaneous dance parties can all help ease your emotions.
10. Listen to the Astrology of the Week Ahead podcastas well as Your reading in the ‘This Week’ section of the CHANI app.
11. To learn whether this solar eclipse affects your chart directly through your Transits in the CHANI app. You can also discover how your rising sign will be affected by reading your current celestial chart for the Sun in Libra.
12. Work work through all the emotions this eclipse brings by using the Guided Meditation, Journal Prompts and Ritual in the ‘This Week’ section of the CHANI app.

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