Solar Eclipses are powerful transformative moments which indicate new beginnings. The New Moon aligning close to the nodal axis and obscuring the Sun hints the lunar emotional principle coming in front of the solar ego. As the Sun is swallowed up, one’s sense of identity is fragile. Feelings are more intense before and during the eclipse, and the inner world rules over the outer.
General effects on people’s conduct
This opens up a powerful time for meditation, contemplation, prayer, mantras, japa and other spiritual practices. It is wise to look within, tune yourself to spiritual vibrations and avoid any materialistic pursuits like moving home, getting married, romantic proposals, financial transactions, high-value purchases or investments.
Perceptional behavioural Changes
Though you might feel an urge to get on with business, this is not a favourable time to make any important decisions as you may not have clarity of mind. Be aware of heightened emotional tides. It’s easy to get carried away with the intense eclipse energy, but this time does not favour impulsivity or sudden reactions to ideas that take hold of you. You won’t always feel as driven and highly-strung as you do today.
Effects on Sun & Moon
This eclipse brings a fiery flavour with the Sun and Moon coming together in combustible, decisive Aries, signifying a new beginning where old conditions are swept away and left behind. Bharani’s name means ‘she who bears’ and its symbol, a vulva, suggests giving birth, either physically or by hatching plans and creative ideas.
Bharini - The Womb
Depicting the womb, this nakshatra has meanings of success and changes that take place in hidden gestation, which are then suddenly revealed, sometimes with an element of surprise to others. In the coming month it is possible that we see things which were quiet suddenly become public.
Nakshatra/Asterismic Power
The Shakti of this asterism ‘the power to carry things away’ carries the promise of spiritual transformation, as you learn what you need and what you can live without. This experience is already present in the nature of an eclipse, but here it is doubly powerful. You may be forced to adjust and make a voluntary sacrifice.