Oct 2023 Solar Eclipse - Full Eclipse/Saros 134

On the 14th of October 2023, the Moon slipped in front of the Sun and left a burning ring of fire in the sky, an annular eclipse of Saros series 134, its 44th of 71. Because the Moon was near apogee and looked a little small, it could not cover the Sun entirely, so it wore the Sun as a golden halo, an annulus. The ring of fire tracked across the Americas, annular from the western United States down through Central America, Colombia and Brazil, partial across the wider continent. This chart is set for the first location where the eclipse could be seen, in Re'im, Israel.

Both the Sun and the Moon met in Libra, Venus's sign of the Scale, the placement of fairness, balance and the weighing of two sides. When the two luminaries embrace in the sign of partnership, the sky itself is asking about harmony and justice, about who is being given a fair go. Yet both sit in the sixth house of work, service, health and open conflict, with Taurus rising, steady and stubborn. A ring of fire in the house of strife: beauty and balance eclipsed, and a quiet warning of enmity ahead.