Solar Eclipse in Libra: Balance and Breakthroughs

There has been a lot of change stirring in the cosmos as we move toward next week’s solar eclipse in Libra. This eclipse brings in powerful new beginnings around the Libra themes of harmony, balance, justice and relationships. However, the moon will also be conjunct both the South Node and Black Moon Lilith in Libra. The South Node represents our past karma, what we must leave behind in order to grow and evolve, while Black Moon Lilith highlights our shadow and the dark feminine, the desires we have repressed and yearn to reclaim. This integration of energies offers potent revelations around the shadow qualities of Libra that have taken us out of balance. These include the themes of people pleasing, lack of boundaries, comparison to others, sacrificing your needs to keep the peace in relationships and getting stuck in analysis paralysis.

If you are a Libra or have prominent Libra energy in your chart, you have likely been through the wringer since July of 2023, when the South Node first moved into Libra. On a personal note, I myself have experienced some tough love from the universe around every possible aspect of my won Libra shadow. This time last year, shortly before the first solar eclipse in Libra, I chose to end a very significant and disempowering friendship, one that I came to realize was in essence a trauma bond. Creating and reinforcing a boundary around what I would no longer tolerate in relationships was extremely uncomfortable. Navigating the discord of conflict from the pushback that ensued was even worse, sending my nervous system into a state of dysregulation over the idea of disappointing someone and feeling judged (all stemming from unconscious childhood trauma). However, the breakdown of this relationship ultimately was very healing, helping me to realize how I had gotten caught in a cycle of over giving and bringing to light the deeper lesson of stepping into and owning my power.

Once I thought I had mastered that lesson, the universe promptly rewarded me with my next challenge: a karmic relationship with a man who had many of the soulmate qualities I had written about in my vision journal, but who was also a workaholic and emotionally unavailable. Through this relationship and all of its triggers, I learned all about my anxious attachment style and unconscious desire to “save” others in relationships (again stemming from my own childhood trauma). This experience helped me to realize where I was searching for a partner to complete a part of me instead of creating that energy within myself. Although painful, the relationship was also immensely healing, inspiring me to learn how to regulate my nervous system, to soothe my inner child and come back to wholeness.

The most intimate relationships can be both our greatest triggers and our most powerful opportunities for healing. As we move through the Libra solar eclipse, I invite you to contemplate what your own relationships have mirrored back to you. Are you able to stand with confidence in your authenticity, creating meaningful and loving connections from a space of truth and vulnerability?  What has been out of balance and needs to be reprogrammed in order to create relationships that support and empower you from a deep soul level?