Saros 1 North: Eclipse Family in Astrology

Unexpected events involving friends or groups place pressure on personal relationships

Unexpected events involving friends or groups place a great deal of pressure on personal relationships. These relationship issues may loom large as the eclipse affects the chart. The individual would be wise not to make any hasty decisions since information is distorted and possibly false. The eclipse also has an essence of tiredness or health problems attached to it.

There is a Jupiter-Pluto opposition that is directly on the Uranus/Node midpoint. The Jupiter/Saturn midpoint is also on the Venus axis. Mars squares the New Moon/Neptune midpoint.

The 1999 total solar eclipse in Leo, visible from Cornwall to India, became one of the most widely witnessed astronomical events in European history, drawing millions outdoors on a Wednesday morning. That spectacle was a 1 North eclipse. So was the 2017 "Great American Eclipse" that traced a path from Oregon to South Carolina, the first total eclipse to cross the entire continental United States since 1918.

Earlier in the twentieth century, the 1909 eclipse fell in Gemini during a period of accelerating communication networks across Europe and North America. The 1945 eclipse in Cancer coincided precisely with the final months of World War II, when the restructuring of entire societies and the reordering of group alliances dominated world affairs. The 1963 eclipse, also in Cancer, arrived in November of that year, the same month President Kennedy was assassinated, an event that shattered group certainties and personal loyalties across American society.

The series has migrated from Gemini through Cancer and Leo, carrying its disruptive social energy through signs associated with communication, emotional belonging, and public self-expression. By 1981, the series had entered Leo, where it produced three consecutive eclipses (1981, 1999, 2017) of increasing dramatic visibility. The next activation in 2035 will advance the series into Virgo, shifting the energy toward analytical refinement and service.

Pay attention to the social weather. When a 1 North eclipse touches sensitive points in your natal chart, the turbulence typically begins in friendships or group settings before rippling inward toward intimate relationships. You may find yourself caught between competing loyalties, or you may receive news about a friend or group that changes your perception of the entire relationship landscape.

Resist the impulse to make decisive moves during the first few weeks. The Mars/Neptune component in this family's birth chart distorts incoming information, so what seems like a clear picture may still be developing. Patience is the single most valuable response. Rest if fatigue sets in; the physical depletion associated with this series is real, not imagined.

The 2017 eclipse was the most recent activation. The next occurs on September 2, 2035, in Virgo. If you experienced notable social upheaval around August 2017, the 2035 eclipse will advance that same storyline, so reviewing what unfolded then can offer useful preparation. The most acute effects typically concentrate in the six weeks surrounding the eclipse, with the broader story unfolding over three to six months.

Across the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, 1 North has traveled from late Gemini into early Virgo. The 1909 eclipse at 25 degrees Gemini gave way to three Cancer eclipses (1927, 1945, 1963), each advancing roughly ten degrees. Leo claimed the next three activations (1981, 1999, 2017), giving the series its increasingly dramatic, publicly visible character during this period. The 2035 eclipse at approximately 9 degrees Virgo marks the transition into a more analytical, service-oriented sign.

The passage through the summer signs has lent this century's eclipses a warm, emotionally resonant quality that will gradually cool and sharpen as the series settles into Virgo's exacting territory.