Total Solar Eclipse – Aug 12th 2026
Total Solar Eclipse – Aug 12th 2026
Duration: 17:02 – 18:32 UT / 18:02 - 19:32 BST / 19:02 – 20:32 CEST
Greatest Eclipse: 17:45:44 UT / 18:45:44 BST / 19:45:44 CEST
The Eclipse shadow begins over northern Siberia, then crosses the Arctic and down the length of Greenland’s east coast. Maximum Eclipse occurs over Iceland, then the eclipse path loops south-eastwards to cross northern Spain, and end over the Mediterranean, about 40 miles east of Mallorca.
Hamish Miller’s dowsing of the August 1999 Eclipse as it passed over Cornwall, showed that as the shadow passed overhead, the Earth’s subtle energy grid lines powered right down, except for the North-South (master) lines, upon which hangs the whole warp and weft of the intricate planetary energy-web system. Then, after the shadow passed, the lines re-booted, or powered back up again.
This Eclipse shadow will cross three major planetary Earth-energy lines that I am aware of:
It will pass over the N-S line that runs down from the Faeroes, through Callanish on the Isle of Lewis, through Iona and some of the major sites in the east of Ireland, including Newgrange and Tara. The line then crosses the Bay of Biscay into northern Spain, passing down through the centre of Spain and Gibraltar and on into northern Africa, through Morocco, Algeria, Mali and Ivory Coast. This line should not power down during the Eclipse, as it is a N-S master meridian line. However, any tributary lines that feed into it will power down shortly after the Eclipse shadow makes landfall in northern Spain and crosses the N-S line at 18.28UT / 19.28BST / 20.28CEST.
Another major energy line which will power down as the Eclipse crosses it, is the East – West line running from the Azores in the mid mid-Atlantic, which (according to David Cowan in his “Ley Lines of the UK and USA”) runs through the Capitol in Washington DC, the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial. From here it continues due West, passing through St. Louis and Sacramento. In the Azores it interweaves with the Rainbow Serpent / Michael-Mary line.
David Cowan’s map
If this line is also projected eastwards across the Atlantic, it passes through Sintra in Portugal, then runs across southern Spain, then through the ‘toe’ of southern Italy and through Delphi in Greece, once regarded as the centre of power and navel of the ancient world. It continues into Anatolia in Türkiye and beyond. As this eclipse ends off the coast of Mallorca, the shadow will cross this E-W line there at 18:32UT / 19:32BST / 20:32CEST.
This line’s connection with ancient Greece and Türkiye indicates that it is concerned with whoever holds political sway over the rest of the world; in particular, it is concerned with Empires. All the countries through which the line passes in Europe, have at one time or another produced an Empire, from the Greeks to the Romans, to the Ottomans, from the Spanish to the Portuguese. In recent centuries, this energy line has been powering the ‘American Empire’, but now that is changing, particularly since the Reflecting Pool is no longer reflecting the largest acupuncture needle on Earth, the Washington Monument, no longer reflecting and anchoring its energy into the elements of water and earth…no longer grounded in reality!
At 17:12UT / 13:12EDT, 10 minutes after the Eclipse begins, the North-South meridians of the Sun and Moon will pass directly over Washington DC. At 17:50UT / 13:50EDT, 5 minutes after Maximum Eclipse, the Moon’s South Node will pass over Washington DC. This being a South Node Eclipse means that it is concerned with confronting and releasing the past.
The only aspects from the Sun and Moon are trines (120°) to retrograde Saturn and Pallas Athene, both in Aries.
The trine to retrograde Saturn is revealing the collective shadow that has been repressed or unexpressed. The Sabian symbol for Saturn’s degree is “an Indian weaving a ceremonial blanket”. This suggests the need to embrace traditional wisdom in order to remember how to live in harmony with the universe. The act of weaving reminds us of the need to weave a tapestry of light into the Earth’s energy grids – something which an Eclipse gives us a golden opportunity to do. The Sabian symbol for Pallas Athene’s degree is “A pregnant woman in a light summer dress.” The trine from Sun – Moon to Pallas suggests that if we listen, in the stillness of the Eclipse energy, to the voice of truth of our inner female warrior, this can bring the promise of a new birth.
The South Node is part of a Learning Triangle, with Chiron in Taurus, conjunct Vesta and Eris at the end of Aries, which are square (90°) to the conjunction of retrogrades Pluto and Juno, which are quincunx (150°) the Moon’s South Node, which is trine (120°) back to the conjunction of Chiron – Vesta – Eris.
The symbol for Vesta’s degree is “a large audience confronts the performer who disappointed its expectations”. Vesta is flanked by retrograde Chiron (the healer) and retrograde Eris (bringer of discord). We need to listen to our innermost heart to discern who or what is creating discord and chaos and who or what can bring healing. Only our hearts can discern this, because our minds are being misdirected to believe that discord can bring healing or that what we perceive as healing is actually discord. The squares from these three to retrogrades Pluto and Juno are revealing and challenging those who are the true hidden power-mongers and decision makers, lurking behind the facades of government. The quincunx from Pluto and Juno to the Moon’s South Node indicates that all of this can become apparent to even the most manipulated or brain-washed amongst us!
Another (150°) quincunx from Pluto and Juno to a conjunction of Mars and Ceres, is forming a Projection Figure with a (60°) sextile to the South Node.
The symbol for this degree of Mars and Ceres is about a change of allegiance, “ the lowering of an old flag and the raising of a new one”. With Mars and Ceres together, this has to be about putting all our energy and focus into healing and sustaining a healthier relationship with Mother Earth. Have a Blessed and Still Eclipse.
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