Since the Moon has no light of its own it reflects light from the Sun. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth is situated in a location where it cuts off the Sun s light from the Moon depriving it of illumination. Lunar eclipses always take place at the full moon when the Sun and Moon are in opposite signs of the zodiac. Solar eclipses take place on the new moon when the Sun and Moon are located in the same sign. They transpire when the Moon stands between the Sun and the Earth cutting from our vision the Sun and its light.
Eclipses occur twice a year within a two week period of each other .
The next solar eclipse is a total one on March 8 in the sign of Pisces. Weather permitting this should be visible through most of the western hemisphere. The lunar one after that is on September 16 in both Virgo and Pisces. The effect of eclipses on the personal and worldly sphere can be described as a fire engine far off in the distance the siren getting close and closer, passing right in front of your house at the actual moment of the eclipse. Tension built up before the eclipse is released in the same manner.