Eclipse fever has started, particularly on the West Coast and
the Southwest of the U.S. where the path of the Solar Eclipse
will pass this Sunday late afternoon. Parties and viewing
gatherings are planned, and dire predictions are being made
(typical), but what is the astrological significance of the
Solar eclipse? This solar eclipse coincides with the New Moon in
Gemini, so how might it affect us? On May 20, 2012, the annual
solar eclipse will take place as the Moon passes between the
Earth and the Sun. Because the eclipse occurs when the diameter
of the Moon appears to look smaller than the Sun, the Sun
appears to have a ring of fire around it as the Moon blocks it
in her passage. While this is not a total eclipse, due to the
Moon’s proximity to Earth, it will be a spectacular one. The
eclipse will be visible starting from the northern coast of
China and spreading south and then eastward across the western
coast (Canada and the Pacific Northwest) and southwestern part
of the U.S.A., and then continue its pa