#solar-eclipse

#solar-eclipse

When a total solar eclipse plunged North America into darkness on the afternoon of April 8, 2024, the songbirds in Bloomington, Ind., suddenly fell silent. In the middle of the forest, the only sounds biologist Kimberly Rosvall could hear were the croaks of nocturnal frogs and the distant howl of a coyote. But when sunlight returned after four minutes of night, the songs did, too, as hundreds of birds greeted the morning in unison with a cheerful dawn chorus.

Rising in orderly and attentive Virgo, the new moon and solar eclipse on Sept. 21 might feel like it's drilling down into some familiar recent themes - as Virgo season has been dominating the cosmic landscape over the past month, and August's new moon also took place in this mutable earth sign's realm. Having back-to-back new moons in Virgo is a rare phenomenon, but this alignment allows for September's solar eclipse to flush any remaining unnecessary clutter out of your heart,

This Virgo season has been unlike any other. It has given us a full month to practice a new way of being. The first new Moon and lunar eclipse on August 22nd cracked open the door to healing old stories about our worth. The solar eclipse on September 21st is about to blow that door wide open, offering us the chance to step through and claim our power once and for all.

If you get a chance to see a total lunar eclipse, such as the one on September 7, 2025, go for it. This one in particular was visible to people in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. And it was spectacular!But don't worry if you missed it because there will be another four opportunities to witness a total lunar eclipse before the year 2030.

In the summer of 1999, I was a 19-year-old with an interest in astronomy, but no real idea of what I wanted to do with my life - then I saw my first total solar eclipse.