Lunar Eclipse Power Struggles and Using Astrology as a Compass

 I have been learning and understanding more about astrology recently and more through direct experience rather than reading about it.

Of course there is some reading to do in order to understand some of the ways that different planets influence daily life. I've even gone ahead and sorted out a birth chart. There are some challenging stuff on there but also some good stuff.

Lunar eclipses have some major effect on me - it's not very pretty I'm afraid. Things get chaotic and out of hand. The most recent had me on edge and tested my levels of power and how others around me influence my level of power. 

It's interesting beause there were a few very challenging aspects on this Lunar Eclipse on the 28th October; Mercury conjunct Mars and both these planets were opposition to Jupiter. I was very calm on this day to begin with but I think what happened is some of what I said on this day somehow triggered certain others. I could have easily avoided much of the struggles of this day if I had remained quiet but I felt I needed to express myself and in some ways glad as I had some startling revelations. But I am learning more about these influences and how to avoid these types of struggles.If I could rewind, turn back time and do things differently I would have avoided the confrontation but then I would not have had the revelations and it has set into motion some action that I think may be useful to me or just something that is meant to be. Next time I am going to be more mindful.

I think it's fair to say that on the next Lunar Eclipse I'll be hiding in some cave, far away from all opposing forces but I suppose these sort of things will catch up to you in some other ways.

I'm not a stranger to lunar eclipses and this wouldn't really be the first such chaos but it has so far been the most intense, so much that I really must take it all more seriously and cater my life around the cosmos. 

Recently I'm also seeing some influence of various planetary aspects, some that sync with my birth chart. I've been focusing on the moon for quite some time and already know much of their influence on me but these extra planetary aspects paint a clearer more detailed picture.  Solar Eclipse so far hasn't been all that eventful but the difference may be that the Solar Eclipse on 14th October did not have any other planetary aspects at the same time at least not to the degree it would bring up challenges.