On the 8th November in England, 9th November in America, the total eclipse of the Moon occurs at sixty degrees from two other opposing pairs of planets, Saturn opposite Chiron, and Mars opposite Jupiter. These six points make up a perfect star-shape, or hexagon, formed of two triangles, one in the Water signs containing the Sun, and the other in the Earth signs containing the Moon. The moment of this pattern coming to perfection with the eclipse has been named the Harmonic Concordance. When I asked the next two questions inwardly, and the following paragraphs were the answers.

What does this astrological pattern represent?
And how can we best assist the perfect movement of the time that it describes?

That is precisely what it's about - moving in harmony with the time. There are several things that work against this in everyday life, especially in the modern world. One is the desire to have fun filled relating - Venus in Sagittarius at odds with the planetary pattern. Another is the feeling that there should be no pain. This is another burden we place upon ourselves, that we judge the rightness or fitness of any experience in accordance with how much suffering there appears to be in it. Suffering is a reaction belonging to attitude, rather than the truth of our feelings. If you have the attitude of loving yourself and knowing that you are playing a valuable part in the human process of this time, then you will not experience these days as suffering and pain. You will instead feel that you are achieving great things.

It is not necessary to know exactly the ins and outs of the movement of this time. It is sufficient to be in the moment with yourself, your desires, your reactions, and your needs as you perceive them. Accept how you are, that is all. You need to accept and rejoice that you are here now. Most surely you are here because your spirit judged it the right time to manifest you. So you need to rejoice that you are here now, and do your best to BE. It is your presence here that tips the balance into the next true and perfect moment. Therefore you should never think 'It would be right for me not to be here now'. What would your universe do without you? There would be a gap in the Truth. For you are a part of all that is, and the earth knows you.

That is what the 'concordance' is about. Being who we are in spite of the patterns of thought that would have us different. Uranus is breaking up the past attitudes, the lines of thought that have served as scaffolding for our present understanding. Let go the lines, let them fall back into the past, and see what happens to your understanding! You will be surprised at where you find yourself.

The oppositions in the chart pattern demonstrate the war you have with yourself. Knowing, and not knowing; loving, and being irritated; pulling the world forwards into the shape you would like, and pulling yourself out of the picture altogether. These opposites show up in daily life: being unfocused enough to drop things, while something you didn't try for works out perfectly; or fighting for peace, yet finding that gentle honesty gets the best results. These opposites are mutually exclusive and yet, if you own up to having them within you, all the opposing ends will disappear into the wheel of destiny, that which moves in accordance with all time and space, and, in moving, shifts the perspective into a totality that knows only One.

Those planets outside the star pattern are the little everyday human jitters that keep the cauldron bubbling, the crucible in apparent chaos. But in truth all is included, known, and at peace in its own company. Both ends of the pole are the pole - your life is the factor linking the opposites - and there is no problem when you move through experiences from the living centre that joins them.

The trick is to hold the centre point as we go along like walking a tightrope, holding a long pole in our hands to help keep the balance. If we put too much mental energy in the movement of the ends of the pole as they swing up and down, we grip the pole too tight, trying to steady the pole. The pole balances us best if we hold it easily, lightly, focussing on each step along the rope. Our hands need to be fairly far apart - that is, accepting that our moods do swing and change, and being aware of those changes as they happen - feeling vertical and relaxed. From the centre, we can encompass the whole picture as we move through life day by day, hour by hour.
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Total eclipse of the Moon - ie. the Earth gets in between Sun and Moon

Nov 8: 22:15 - Moon enters penumbra
Nov 8: 23:33 - Moon enters umbra
Nov 9: 01:06 - Total eclipse begins.
Nov 9: 01:19 - Middle of eclipse
Nov 9: 01:31 - Total eclipse ends
Nov 9: 03:05 - Moon leaves umbra
Nov 9: 04:22 - Moon leaves penumbra

Many thousands will be marking this celestial event across the world in meditation, prayer, ceremony, sacred sound, and deed. The main global linkup time will centre on 01:13 GMT. We would suggest that you actually dedicate the whole day to marking this event, and gather for as much of the duration of the Eclipse as possible. We suggest that you link up globally in meditation for the duration of the Total Eclipse between 01:06 GMT and 01:31GMT.