In an unexpected pivot from rooftop parties and dating app exhaustion, young women are opting for peace and quiet. Literal quiet. The latest trend, dubbed "vow of silence summer," has people voluntarily giving up speaking for days at a time, communicating only by writing or gestures while living alongside nuns. And demand is high. 30 June 2025
Eclipses tend to bring about endings and new beginnings. They offer a time to resynchronize our selves with the ever-changing cosmic currents supporting our evolutionary progression in consciousness. Solar Eclipses demarcate periods of accelerating changes, unexpected twists, significant transitions and the unraveling of old narratives.
While an eclipse is worldwide in scope, its effect is predominantly felt at places where the eclipse aligns with the horizon or meridian. The solar eclipse of March 29, 2025 in Aries is therefore very significant for the US as it falls on the Ascendant at Washington DC.
“The symbolism of the head is important since the head also corresponds to Aries, as well as the fact that the Sun will be eclipsed while occupying the sign where it is exalted. There is reinforcing symbolism of ascending activity, aspirations, and ambitions, while at the same time we may experience an eclipsing of things we previously exalted or idealized.” Gray Crawford
Rising on the Ascendant just before the Sun is the North Node with Saturn-Neptune in Pisces. The Saturn-Neptune combination in astrology blends Saturn’s qualities of restriction, structure, and discipline with Neptune’s themes of spirituality, transcendence, and dissolution. This can manifest as a drive toward asceticism, where one renounces material comforts (Saturn’s restraint) in pursuit of spiritual ideals (Neptune’s mysticism). Astrologers often interpret this aspect as reflecting self-denial, sacrifice, or a disciplined approach to spiritual practices, which aligns with asceticism.
Progressing the eclipse chart to June 30, the date of the article, brings the eclipse to the MC thereby triggering it. Now take a look at the Sabian symbol of the progressed descendant.
PHASE 294 (CAPRICORN 24°): A WOMAN ENTERING A CONVENT.
KEYNOTE: Total commitment to a transcendent goal.
A convent is a place made available by a community which believes in the possibility of reaching a world-transcending state of consciousness. It is made available to individuals who may be variously motivated. To some it is an escape from the intolerable pressures of family and society; to others it represents the possibility of pursuing in peace a spiritual ideal to which the whole being aspires and is totally dedicated. Dane Rudhyar
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