The spiritual meaning of the solar eclipse of April 20, 2023

Eclipses are fascinating because for a few moments they change the appearance of the stars that we are used to seeing in our firmament. But of the eclipses, the ones that tend to cause the most expectation are solar eclipses, especially total ones, when night falls on Earth for a few seconds or minutes, the temperature drops and everything remains silent.

The solar eclipse this morning, whose moment of maximum magnitude took place in the early hours of April 20, Spanish peninsular time, was a hybrid solar eclipse. In other words, a type of eclipse that combines an annular solar eclipse phase with a total solar eclipse phase. This first eclipse of 2023 has been christened eclipse Ningaloo due to the totality phase occurring on the west coast of Australia, where the coral reef that runs along the Ningaloo coast is located, one of the most important in the world.

In the different cultures of the world, this and other types of eclipses are loaded with symbolism or spiritual meaning. They are considered to be moments in which a special energy is generated that can have its influence on Earth. Also astrology and other disciplines that have been interested in the influence of the stars on nature and human life, such as biodynamic agriculture on which our lunar calendar is based, give eclipses a special meaning.

Here we have wanted to focus on all of this, but especially on the spiritual significance of eclipses for the aboriginal people of the Ningalooin honor of the solar eclipse that we enjoy this April 20, 2023 and the astronomical tradition of these ancient Australian cultures, for which the Moon and the Sun have a fundamental mythological importance.

Spiritual significance of the eclipse for the Aboriginal people of the Ningaloo

One of the few places on earth where today’s hybrid solar eclipse can be seen as a total eclipse is in the ningalooa beautiful region of the west coast of australia.

in this territory Aboriginal peoples such as the Baiyungu, the Yinnigurdira and the Thalanyji They have been interested in the planets and stars for centuries and have developed their own aboriginal astronomy. This knowledge of the stars is at the base of their mythology and the stories that take place in what they call the sleep timea kind of parallel time in which spiritual life develops.

These aboriginal peoples are believed to have observed and recorded solar eclipses for thousands of years, and to have developed a rich cultural tradition around them.

For aboriginal peoples, the Moon is wilarra and guides them when hunting and fishing. Sun, jirndalsymbolizes life, death and heat for many aboriginal cultures.

The moon Wilarra also symbolizes man, Nyanjil, and the sun Jirndal symbolizes the woman, Ganyara. The only time they meet is during a solar eclipse.

The eclipse is for these aboriginal peoples – as they explain in Ningaloo Eclipse, the official Australian page on the eclipse – as the copulation between the Moon and the Sun!

Currently, science has also focused on the influence of the Moon on living beings. You can see in this video a summary of what some studies say:

The eclipse means new stars, new life in the universe and strengthens our connection with nature and the universe. The eclipse has, then, a meaning of hope and new life.

For all of them, for the aboriginal peoples of the Ningaloo, the solar eclipse is a sacred and significant event. Another way to think about it is that during a solar eclipse, the Sun and Moon temporarily align, allowing changes in the energy and balance of the natural world.

This causes a solar eclipse to become a ideal time for reflection and meditationand a time to connect with nature and cosmic forces.

In addition, solar eclipses are believed to be a moment for the teaching and transmission of ancestral wisdom. The elders and spiritual leaders of Aboriginal communities have passed down the importance of solar eclipses throughout the generations, using these events as an opportunity to share stories and traditional knowledge.

Spiritual meaning of the eclipse according to astrology

According to Marga Roldán, an expert in evolutionary astrology, solar eclipses are moments in which special energy is generated and in which a struggle is activated within us between what we want to be and what we fear, which scares us. During the eclipse and in the days that follow, therefore, according to the expert, it is possible that they feel “more difficulties, fears and pain when trying to show oneself as one is”.

This does not have to be seen as something negative, but can be an opportunity to ask yourself what we want to leave behind so that we can feel fulfilled. Eclipses can therefore mean a new beginning. “You can take advantage of the energy of the eclipse,” explains Marga Roldán, “to be able to clearly see those internal difficulties, accept them, and transmute them.”

“The invitation is to quiet the internal fire, contemplate and discover everything we hide from ourselves to welcome it and thus strengthen who we really are,” he says.