An eclipse is when one of the main “lights”, the Sun or Moon, are temporarily blotted out from our sight by a very close alignment with the Earth.  This is like a symbolic dark night of the soul,darkcloset whereby some sort of crisis produces a necessary change in the psyche of an individual.  If you’ve ever been thrown into closet, you know the feeling: initial panic followed by dawning re-orientation as your pupils dilate sufficiently.