The New Moon and Total Solar Eclipse occurs in Aries on April 8th, 2024 at 2:20 pm EDT. This eclipse will appear over the United States, with complete visible totality stemming from Texas to Maine. Astrologically, this eclipse highlights wounds, pain points, or potential frustrations in our life with the presence of Chiron right at the exact degree of this New Moon. Chiron is represented by the myth of the wounded healer and tends to highlight the deeper injuries or pain points within ourselves that we hide from others and our own awareness. This eclipse is also ruled by the fiery and go-getter Mars, who is currently in between a rock and a hard place sitting next to Saturn in Pisces. Typically eclipses like to rush in changes, new beginnings, and great endings, but we may feel a little more stagnant during this period of time with the slowdown from Mars.

The first eclipse of 2023 is here at 29 degrees of Aries! This eclipse initiates a brand new cycle of beginnings and endings, as well as challenges we will overcome to better understand ourselves. The New Moon is squared by Pluto, which may uncover power dynamics and where we have to let go of control. Mercury will station retrograde in Taurus right after the eclipse, providing a possibility for miscommunications and misunderstandings.

The New Moon in Aries lights a fire within us. Finally out of the foggy Neptunian waters, we have a clearer understanding of our path and direction, and the ways in which we need to move forward. There’s a feeling of increased energy, excitement, and needing adventure and growth. This lunation also marks the movement of major planetary shifts, as Mars will enter into Cancer and Pluto will move into Aquarius. Everything is heating up, right before we enter into eclipse season.