In the early hours of Friday March 14, people in England will be able to watch a lunar eclipse. It will be visible in London between 3.57am and 5.09am. Although Londoners will only see a partial eclipse, viewers in some parts of the world, including America and Ireland, will get to see the eclipse in full. This is the first lunar eclipse of 2025, the second taking place in early September.
Blood Moon
A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun and the moon are on opposite sides of the Earth. The Earth casts a shadow over the moon, making it turn red and giving it the name Blood Moon. A eclipse only happens when the moon is full.
The full moon is always a time when emotions run high, but the lunar eclipse changes the normal lunar energy. It can make things a more unstable. Anything in your life that's causing you stress or grief may come to a head. However, the lunar eclipse is a good time for doing divination to explore emotional responses to change as well as to see possibilities the future may hold.
Solar Eclipse
On March 29, there will be a partial solar eclipse. Londoners will be able to experience this from 8.50am to 12.43pm, with the maximum effect at 10.47am. Remember not to stare at the sun directly, as it can damage your eyes.
Solar eclipses have often been anticipated as times of change and great upheaval - more so than lunar eclipses. At the moment it seems change and upheaval are becoming a daily occurence. Nevertheless, as pagans and witches, we can harness the energy of a solar eclipse to work magic to bring about the changes we want.
A solar eclipse can be a time to turn the tables on those in power, even to see unpleasant bosses or rulers get their comeuppance. In Mayan mythology, the God of Eclipses is Ah-Ciliz. According to Godchecker.com Ah-Ciliz is a servant of the sun who waits upon him at table. Every so often, he turns the tables on him by devouring him, which causes a solar eclipse.
The Spring Equinox
The spring equinox falls on Thursday, March 20, in 2025. As pagans know, this is traditionally seen as a time of balance between the darker and lighter halves of the year. It is a day of equal day and night. With a lunar eclipse falling shortly before this festival, and a solar eclipse taking place shortly afterwards, the force of balance can be used to influence the forces of change that come with the solar and lunar eclipses.
Those of us who would like to find more balance in their own lives, and in the world, could employ equinox energy. Here are links to a spell and a visualisation with that in mind:
Other Previous Related Posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2009/07/solar-eclipse-myths-and-meanings.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2024/09/super-harvest-moon-partial-eclipse.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2016/11/charging-spell-candles-by-light-of.html
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