The Lunar Eclipse of December 21, 2010 and Southern California

Eclipse season is just around the corner with only one month to go before lunar eclipse of December 21, 2010 takes place at 29 Gemini.  The eclipse takes place at 12:14 am PST in Los Angeles with the Winter Solstice taking place shortly thereafter.  It is the third of five full moons forming at the very last degree of a sign.  The 29th degree of any sign is known as the anaretic degree.  This degree is a bit unstable, considered to be weak as any planet or point in this degree is about to undergo change into the next sign.  Whenever an eclipse comes along to a planet in this degree it gets then energy wagging and will stimulate the positive and negative characteristics of the planet.  This is about to be the case for the December 21, 2010 eclipse touching Uranus in the Progressed LA chart at 29 Gemini.

The Progressed LA chart set for the date of the eclipse follows.

There are several transits to the eclipse degrees in this chart as well as the eclipse taking place on the Progressed Uranus.  The Grand Cross in this chart affecting Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, and Neptune become sensitized to upcoming transits thus having the potential to set things off.  In June, 2010 the Lunar Eclipse of 4-5 Capricorn hit on the Progressed DC/AC axis sensitizing this angle to upcoming transits of which is being transited by Pluto in a critical degree indicating stress and climax for these houses. Since the 1st and 7th houses are connected in adverse aspect to planets ruling the 4th and 10th houses (Mercury and Neptune), it's affecting all angles.  The Radical LA chart had the IC/ MC eclipsed exact by the Solar Eclipse of July 21, 2009 at 29 Cancer hitting directly on the MC.  The angles and degrees of these eclipses (29 Cancer and 29 Gemini, 4-5 Capricorn)are vulnerable to upcoming transits.  The transits to other previous eclipses are similarly affected.  On the date of the eclipse Mars is transiting the eclipse degree of 10 Cancer/Capricorn and Venus is stimulating the eclipse of 13-14 Aquarius by square.
The transit of Saturn at 16 Libra conjunct the South Node within 5 minutes of exact in the 4th house is rather disturbing especially after the 7.2 Easter Baja quake had the Sun transiting square to the Nodes. 

Yet there is more going on as evidence in the Radical LA chart (not shown).  The Transiting South Node is in conjunction with the Radical Uranus.  Uranus in conjunction with the South Node can bring about very sudden and uncertain incidents that tend to be of some disadvantage. Transiting Apollon, which I have recently discovered to be active in major events:including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, etc. is in conjunction with the Radical LA node at 26-27 Libra.  Apollon, a TransNeptunian Planet, is thought to rule most forms of expansion,  like Jupiter only more so.  It could be the expansion of luck, knowledge, the earth,  or magma, etc.  Having Apollon transit such a sensitive point in the LA chart adds to possibility of an important event affecting the city and it's inhabitants.  The nodes are thought to represent the cosmic forces showing karma at work.  The ancient astrologers used them to forecast eclipses, thus holding an important power in the chart. 

As for the eclipse itself, the path of eclipse is well placed for observers in North America, especially Southern California and Baja.  The link to the NASA eclipse website is below
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
It is believed that the path of the eclipse reveals where the greatest effects of the eclipse will be felt making this total lunar eclipse especially important for Southern California.

If we take a look at the astrocartography chart for this eclipse, we can see that California  has a Pluto and Nodal IC line crossing through and close by the city of Los Angeles. It's very likely that we can expect to hear news about this region for the next month.  With Pluto IC lines, there could be significant changes in the region where they pass through. A Mars IC line passes through Baja California up through Phoenix and Salt Lake City indicating there could be some trouble affecting these areas as well.

 

Overall, I think there is a very strong possibility for a serious earthquake affecting Southern California/ Baja in connection with this eclipse. The timing of an event is a bit more difficult as the Transiting Moon is stimulating a number of placements so close together, but the likelihood of an event is significantly increased in the days and hours surrounding the eclipse. It could be just a few hours after the eclipse on the morning of December 21, 2010 as the transiting Moon moves into exact conjunction with the transiting South Node and Pluto or up to a few days later as the Moon transits the eclipse of 29 Cancer, moving onward to oppose the Radical 4th house Pluto at 4 Aquarius or the Progressed Pluto at 8 Aquarius.

It's time to prepare. Above all--Relax (this is a forecast using an experimental technique,not an absolute), don't stress, but be ready just in case.