The Red Moon Total Lunar Eclipse May 15-16, 2022

Ambika Devi
7 min readMay 15, 2022

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I’ve been going through a metamorphosis, a complete transformation rebirth, thank the Goddess. As I look back over the past 15 years I see moments when I made commitments and decisions and then entered into them trusting. I now realize that I have made good choices and that it is important right now for me to honor this within myself. There were times I was so incredibly frustrated. I remember throwing myself on the ground screaming with snot coming out of my nose, begging to know what I was supposed to do? Somehow, I managed to navigate my way through it as an astrologer.

I’m well aware of what Eclipse seasons are and right now we are smack in the middle of one. Some of you may be really confused right now, I understand.

Eclipse patterns usually occur twice a year. What causes them to happen are the relationships of our Sun — the center of our solar system — and the way our Earth’s moon orbits around the blue rock we call home.

When our Earth moves between our Sun and our Moon, the Earth temporally blocks off the sunlight it normally is reflecting that causes it to shine.

Lets look at the astrological meaning of all of this. When the Moon temporarily loses touch with the solar energy and power from our Sun, it travels through a shadow-space called the umbra.

During a Lunar Eclipse the Earth which is our grounding place, casts a shadow on our Moon which represents our psyche. This can make us feel clouded over because we’re not receiving anymore directives from the ego mind which is the Sun in this scenario. When this happens, people get confused and I get booked up with appointments.

I was talking to a friend of mine this morning about the Moon’s nurturing influence in his chart. He happens to have a great deal of the Moon’s sign Cancer in his natal chart as his Sun sign and rising sign are both in the sign of Cancer. With all of that lunar…

Ambika Devi

Ambika is an international award winning best-selling author, expert astrologer, meditation Jedi, speaker and storyteller who loves Lego!