January 10, 2020 Lunar Eclipse In Cancer

The first eclipse of 2020, a lunar eclipse, occurs on January 10, 2020 at 20 degrees Cancer. This penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible over at least some parts of Europe, Australia, Africa, much of North America, a small eastern part of South America, much of the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, the Arctic, and Asia. You will be affected by this eclipse if you have planets or points between 18 and 22 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 home, family, and domestic issues. It will also affect real estate issues, and women’s issues. Mercury is the lord of the eclipse because it is in a close opposition to the eclipse point. As a result, the emphasis of this eclipse is on communications issues, the media, and short distance travel. The Moon is also opposed to transiting Saturn and Pluto, so there is also added emphasis on authority figures, big business, and issues of power and transformation. This eclipse is somewhat related to the solar eclipse we experienced on July 12, 2018.

For the US, the eclipse falls in the second house in the eclipse chart over Washington DC. 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, the IRS, and national values. 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 much more likely, in my view. This is consistent with the current impeachment process. It looks like the national debt along with the deficit could become very important. Mars located in the sixth house indicates labor issues that could occur suddenly and in unexpected ways as a result of the inconjunct with Uranus. Behind the scenes negotiations will probably not proceed as planned. Health and health insurance issues could also occur on a national level. With Venus in a wide square to Mars, there could be more sexual scandals. There could be an assault or an attempted assault on a women of national prominence or a diplomat. Neptunian industries - such as the oil and gas industry and the motion picture industry - are favorably affected by this eclipse. With Jupiter in a trine aspect to Uranus, the airline industry should benefit from this eclipse as well. With all those planets in Capricorn and the eighth house, there is an emphasis on the transformation of large corporations and big business. These structural changes and power shifts are not likely to be experienced as something pleasant - those aspects look a bit hard and harsh.