July 16, 2019 Lunar Eclipse In Capricorn

The month of July is eclipse season in 2019. The second eclipse of the month, a lunar eclipse, occurs on July 16, 2019 at 24 degrees Capricorn. The partial lunar eclipse will be visible over most of Australia, Africa, South America, Europe, and Asia. The eclipse will miss North America, except for the most southern and eastern parts of the continent. You will be affected by this eclipse if you have planets or points between 22 and 26 degrees of Cancer and/or Capricorn. Most folks will simply experience the eclipse as a full Moon. Full Moons usually indicate a climax or coming to fruition of something, and we are normally more emotional during a full Moon. This eclipse will affect large corporations, other large businesses, authority figures, and other persons in positions of power. Pluto is the lord of the eclipse because it is in a fairly close conjunction to the eclipse point. As a result, the emphasis of this eclipse is on transformation. The Moon is also widely conjunct transiting Saturn, so there is also added emphasis on authority figures and big business.

For the US, the eclipse falls in the second house in the eclipse chart over Washington DC (the chart is below). Therefore, monetary issues are quite important with this eclipse, and some transformative changes will likely be in order. It could affect monetary policy, the stock market, taxes, and the IRS. The Sun in the eighth house looks a bit ominous for the President and other leaders of the nation. It could mean death, but it could also mean some other form of transformation taking place - and, the latter is more likely, in my view. With Pluto and Saturn in opposition to the Sun, the President is likely to come up against some very powerful forces, and that probably includes big business. It looks like the national debt along with the deficit could become very important. With transiting Mars (in the eighth house of investments) squaring transiting Uranus (in the fifth house of speculation and risk), the stock market could be in for some wild swings - both up and down. With transiting Saturn and Pluto in the second house in the chart, the long awaited and feared recession could finally arrive. Even so, some industries will still do well. Transiting Jupiter is in a trine aspect to Mars indicating that sports related industries will do well. And, transiting Neptune is in a wide trine aspect to the Sun in the chart. The oil and gas industry should continue to profit. The national media could be in for some big changes as well with transiting Mercury residing in the eighth house. 

The Ridgecrest Earthquake

Earthquakes are fairly common in California. There are numerous faults running through the state. However, they are usually quite small in terms of intensity. But, the South Central part of the state has experienced a major earthquake on July 5, 2019 - 7.1 on the richter scale. There was a foreshock on July 4, 2019 that registered 6.4 on the richter scale in the same area. I looked at the chart of the first quake, and it did not look like the main event to me. And, I was right. The main event occurred the following night at 8:19 PM local time. The nearest town to the epicenter is Ridgecrest, California. Several fires broke out and five people were injured after the mainshock. Highway 178 was closed to traffic as a result of cracks in the road and rockslides. 

As is usually the case, inner planets (usually the Sun or Mars) were stimulating one or more eclipses at the time. In this case, the Sun was stimulating the January 5, 2019 solar eclipse in Capricorn by opposition. In addition, we had just had another solar eclipse in Cancer on July 2, 2019. The chart for the July 5 event is below. Mercury and Mars close to conjunction symbolize the fires that broke out. And, Mercury/Mars were in a square aspect to Uranus, which was conjunct the IC in the chart. Saturn and Pluto are conjunct the Ascendant. The Sun and the lunar node are in opposition to Saturn and Pluto and on the Descendant.

Ridgecrest was incorporated on November 29, 1963. On that date, the lunar node was at eleven degrees and thirty-six minutes Cancer. Mercury and Mars are conjunct and squaring Pluto in the chart.