both are alchemy: horoscopes for today's solar eclipse in LEO
hi bb,
-John Ashbery, Leo
this morning at 5:57 am EDT,
just before the 6 am sunrise in the city,
the sun and the moon met in the sky.
Both in the dramatic sign of Leo (the sun is a star),
their paths literally crossed–– collided and separated.
tipping toward the north, the moon (partially) blocked the sun’s rays.
the goddess, smug, overtook the god.
A solar eclipse is a sign that the eternal has conceded the battle to the ephemeral.
The sun in Leo, the sign of its rulership is forcefully hidden. The king is dethroned. The shadow descends, spreading like cicadas.
Even if the eternal only concedes for a minute, it still concedes.
Nothing is forever.
Everything changes.
Ritual consumes god.
The sun is a star.
Lions.
Stars.
Leo.
Yellow.
Gold.
Alchemy.
Leo is a teen sign.
Big Leo Energy is love.
Leos love their friends.
Want to spread their love.
Wrap their bbz in a yellow blanket.
Pass on their light.
Become immortal.
Stay a star.
This eclipse occured as the moon's orbit crossed her North Node.
In The Astrology of Personality, Dane Rudhyar writes, “The North Node deals…with the work to be done, the new accomplishment, the new faculty to be developed; and if we are willing to exert ourselves in that direction, from it we shall receive power in abundance…self-integration, individuation, effort, the line of greatest connection through exertion…”
Prior to today’s eclipse, the next most recent eclipse experienced here on Earth –– the Total Lunar Eclipse on July 27–– occurred when the moon crossed her South Node. The South Node is where the moon tips toward inertia.
The Total Lunar Eclipse on July 27,
SHARPENED OUR FOCUS, SHED OUR SKIN & DESTROYED OUR HABITS.
Today’s Solar Eclipse,
INVITES US TO A NEW REALM, GUIDES US TOWARD THE GREAT BEYOND, WELCOMES EXCESS TO INFINITY.
A South Node eclipse leaves us with a space to fill.
A North Node eclipse makes us hungry to fill that space.
Makes us insatiable.
BOTH ARE ALCHEMY.
IT’S ALL BOTH.
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what follows are horoscopes for each sign.
if you know your rising sign, please read for that.
& read your sun sign as well.
if you don’t know your rising sign, reading for your sun sign is totally fine.
there’ll be something there
(there’s something there in all of them)
there are meant to be nuggets to chew.
hopefully, there’s some bite.
these horoscopes are meant to be found.
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Aries
You cannot be everything to everyone, bb.
You cannot show up for every person.
You must first show up for yourself.
Your passions flood your consciousness today.
Your desires too.
Your will has unlimited potential in this season,
and the ideas fall like rain.
When you make the time for yourself,
you can be yourself.
When you are certain that you are following YOUR will,
that lives in your heart.
THAT is where the brilliance is brewed.
Collect all of your vibes today.
STOCK THE PANTRY.
Forget the dream,
LIVE THE DRIVE.
Creating a community is not about fitting in with a group,
it is about finding the place where your heart sings, where you are valued,
and where you FIND VALUE.
You have a discerning and unique view
of dynamics and tension and joy, in any group setting.
Give that energy where you are really being seen.
So that most of all you can see yourself.
Get reflected.
Taurus
You are not your job.
You are not your reputation.
You existed long before and will exist long after your chosen vocation.
(Even if you have and will work everyday for the rest of your life
Even if you love your job
Even if you are only fulfilled in the public eye)
Digging out a place to hide,
to rise again like the phoenix,
to be at home,
is VITAL TODAY.
Do not deny yourself privacy.
Everyone needs a space to claw through hell,
and reclaim the lowest heaven.
Install the A/C in your bunker,
and make sure you are stocked UP ON SNACKS.
Opportunities will not cease to present themselves.
Make sure you understand which opportunities you really want,
how you really want to shine.
As you limit the energy you expend in public,
and define what your image really is,
you will find that your ability to find comfort will only expand.
To be very wide
is to be
very thin.
Like gum, it stretches.
Patch up the holes in the basement ceiling.
Be velvet.
Gemini
You do not have to run away to find yourself.
You don’t have to lose yourself in visions of wisdom.
There are limitless ways to express your spirituality.
But choose a few.
Or choose one.
Opportunities arise today to be direct,
to learn a practical skill,
to share your piece with someone who will really listen to you.
When you are specific about your loftiness,
it is so much easier to spread your message in the neighborhood.
Present the facts on the flyer.
Make the simplest image.
Spend time with one book.
One text.
Read between the lines.
Then spread the message everywhere.
To your sister.
To your gold friend.
Your silver friend.
Anywhere your bike can take you.
The impact can happen at home.
Commit to your presence.
Commit to your participation.
The flyers have facts &
the flyers are an invitation.
Keep them specific.
Start the conversation.
Be the truism you wish to see in the world.
Cancer
You know who you want to stand with you
at the gate of hell,
the doorway to eternity.
Your remaining collaborators are your bbz 4 LYFE.
You know which shared resources make you feel small. Belittled. Forgotten.
And you know which shared resources make you feel big. Self aware. Contained.
You know which make you feel too big. Smothered. Coddled.
Boundaries are wonderful. Be one with another, but be with them. And let them be with you.
This carving away of boundaries will create endless possibilities for security.
Money will come to you.
Assets will come to you.
Delicious meals will come to you.
Land will come to you.
Self-esteem will come to you.
Being able to see yourself beside your dearest,
being able to see yourself add value,
will make you feel limitless.
You have the key to the city.
This is better than having the KEYS to the CITIES.
Don’t lose the key.
Secure it.
Keep the lockbox close to yr heart.
Leo
You are glowing today, bb.
Take a salt bath.
Wash your face.
SING!
Consider the entire landscape of your mind.
Consider the entire landscape of your body.
Assure yourself pleasure.
Your light does go out.
We are only mortal.
Realize that you are mortal.
And let that help you be more like a star.
You are walking hand in hand,
with a different someone than you did
one year ago.
Or if it is the same person.
The dynamic has changed.
You have found your other.
You know not only who completes you,
but how they do.
That might be what’s different.
You understand the function.
You see yourself as part of the equation.
Them too.
“My phone will crash and I won’t even care
‘Cause I know you are there, I know you are there
…
Throw my phone out I know you’ll be around
You’re easy to be found, I’m easy to be found”
Virgo
Many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many
things
are out of your control.
Today is an offer,
to accept your fate
as a tiny bit of stardust,
exploring the heavenly sphere,
noticing the stars,
walking,
sleeping,
fucking,
b r e a t h i nnnnnn ggggg,
playing songs.
You are a master of your daily routine.
You have lost the nonsense.
You are excellent at taking care of yourself,
when you are not at someone else’s whim,
trapped in another’s exile,
wrapped up in controlling what you can’t control.
You can’t control them.
You can’t control it.
You can lose yourself in that.
And take power in that.
Do what you can.
Do the small things.
Do the mundane things that no one else wants to do.
But that you love to do.
Make an art of the simplest task.
The tasks that bring you joy.
No more favors, only love.
Libra
You know what you like to do.
You should do that.
You shouldn’t do what you don’t like to do.
You have endless taste and endless ideas
and endless curiosities.
You follow beauty into the farthest corner.
You find beauty in everything.
You don’t want to define beauty.
No one should.
But you should not be a slave to your whims,
your will. You are your will - remember that message from the last time?
You don’t need to follow your whim.
Let the idea sit.
Write down the thought and see if you care to look it up in the morning.
What is sticking.
What has always stuck.
Revisit the early work.
You’ll realize that you have an endless network of allies.
the FRIENDS are THERE for YOU,
if you LET THEM BE THERE FOR YOU.
Live moment to moment,
defining your community by your needs,
and how you can best meet those needs,
while also contributing to solving the needs of others.
When you know the speciality,
your role will come.
Scorpio
Home is a very specific feeling.
It is a very specific place.
The place where you can burn and rise.
For what feels like years, the idea of home, of comfort,
of where you can be comfortable, be yourself, be your truest,
let your id run free, has been simmering. The stock is getting richer. Some of the excess liquid is burning away.
Let the excess be steam.
I’ll say it again: let the excess be steam.
Put on the lid.
Keep the good stuff in there.
You will lose everything if you PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO THE STEAM.
The aroma is pleasant, yes.
It surrounds you before it dissolves.
Evaporation does not mean goodbye forever.
(it’s a water CYCLE, remember???)
This hearty and specific stock should nourish you.
So you can flourish in the public eye.
NOURISH 2 FLOURISH.
You will rise embodied.
You are not steam.
Let your broth flow.
Sagittarius
You have an extremely hard time sitting still.
You want to see it all.
And you can!
You can go literally everywhere.
And do literally everything.
But you have to define a few things first.
First: where is it that you are leaving?
Who is it that you are leaving?
Like where do you live?
Who do you live with?
Not just in like a “house” sense” or a “roommate” sense.
Like ACTUALLY.
Where?
What geographies help you connect to the earth?
What people do you see?
Who are your HOMIES?
Who makes you feel safe enough to escape?
You have made some of those decisions,
this summer especially.
Your sisterhood is cementing.
Having a net only makes the great beyond more exciting.
Going off the grid and out of bounds.
Finding religion in the neighborhood.
You will notice god in everything when you know your simplest limits.
Pick a skill.
Be practical.
Leave.
Capricorn
You need to diversify your credit profile.
You need to owe more.
You need to give yourself over to more debts.
Share more.
Dive into many eternities.
You have done so much hard work
to realize what you are worth.
What you have to share.
Your insecurities melt away,
as you are certain of being secure.
The budget, the meal, the plot of land.
All are defined, all are accounted.
Do your collaborators see this value?
Are you simply living off of an inheritance?
Have you given the power to someone else?
Step away from the hand that feeds
without looking you in the eye.
You are appreciated for your presence,
but are you appreciated for your worth?
The reallll worth.
The ugly assets more than the beautiful ones?
There are opportunities to be loved for your harshness,
and your commitment to reality,
rather than simply your ability to exist…well.
Take a walk and make someone an offer.
They won’t refuse.
Aquarius
Now you know who you are.
Seriously.
You spend a lottttt of time thinking about everyone else,
who they are.
It’s your favorite game.
It’s your greatest strength.
You LOVE to SEE others.
You love to REMEMBER.
You LOVE to KNOW ABOUT THE STUFF.
You are often…beside the point.
But you know who you are not.
You know what doesn’t work.
You know what you don’t want to be.
So that is who you are.
You know what thrills YOU.
Like YOU.
You found the kink.
You sunk into the pleasure.
You are not your mind.
But you are your actions.
You have made choices
to create actions.
That is who you are.
Now that you know you are.
You know who they are too.
You see others more clearly because you see yourself.
You have the skills to define because you are you
they are them.
we are we because we are not them.
others define us
BECAUSE of the boundary.
Pisces
You found yourself swimming
comfortably in the unknown.
You were deeeeep in the ocean,
without the school,
but you were fine.
You are comfortable blending in with the deep blue water.
You are comfortable losing your body,
leaving your mind,
submitting to escape.
Losing control is easy for you.
But when everything is a trip,
nothing is.
You have been able to reclaim your independence in the void.
You have picked which escapes suit you best.
You attend.
You thrive.
You conquer.
You soar.
Now, with your dips into the beyond under control,
it’s time to open yourself to the possibilities
of the daily grind.
Mundanity can be beautiful
if you allow it to be.
Serving the moment,
having needs,
taking earth one step at a time.
Can be its own escape.
Find pleasure in measurement.
Find joy in each step.
Count.
Pick up the trash and put it in a garbage bag.
Notice every word.
Run your fingers around the edges.
Wipe the dust on your pants.
It’s a battle to survive.
Participate.