This eclipse is happening September 17, 2024, 10:34 pm EDT (make sure to adjust for your time zone).
Lunar eclipses are amplified Full Moons so the harvesting, culminations and endings that are typical at this time tend to feel even more powerful than usual! Endings are even further emphasized as this particular full moon is occurring not only in the sign of endings (Pisces) but in the last few degrees of the entire zodiac! This could be big, final endings, or putting the finishing touches on major projects that you’ve worked on since the New Moon in Pisces occurred in March. Separation, loss and grief could be a part of this process so allow yourself to feel the emotions associated with that while remembering too, that even if there are endings, of course we all know, that makes room for the new. Endings are a natural part of the cycle of life and usually indicate a new beginning in some way. It doesn’t have to be a “bad” thing, but we don’t want to bypass either.
As this eclipse is happening at 26 Pisces, it is aspecting ALL of the heavy hitters: the moon will be conjunct Neptune in Pisces which is considered the modern ruler of the sign, sextile Pluto at the very last degree of Capricorn and also sextile Uranus near the end of Taurus. (Sextiles are the 60 degree aspect and generally represent an opportunity that you must act on in order to take advantage of the energy.)
What does that mean??? Well, aspecting all the outer planets is kind of like getting a bunch of Major Arcana in your Tarot reading – external forces and events that are outside of your control have the potential to impact your life right now, especially if the eclipse is aspecting your chart in a more personal way. You may be on the receiving end of a communication or event initiated by someone else that causes you to feel effected in some way. Schedules may need to be rearranged, appointments postponed, etc.
Full Moons are always a tug of war between two signs and two areas of our lives, requiring us to engage in some sort of balancing act. The Sun and Mercury in Virgo are asking you to focus on Virgo things. Virgo is very practical and down to Earth. It wants to get things done, organize, fix or improve. Exercise, nutrition, gut health, the general wellbeing of the body as well as the body/mind connection can be a big focus for Virgo. Daily routines, your calendar, and your job – what you spend your time everyday doing and how you serve may need attention or revision.
Pisces is our spiritual wellbeing but also where we can get lost in the unconscious. It’s meditation, dreams, music, emotional sensitivity, compassion and empathy. Pisces embodies immense potential for creativity, intuition and psychic awareness. Where Virgo is flesh and time and space, Pisces is pure spirit: formless, timeless, boundless. Full Moons generally heighten our emotionality, a Pisces Full Moon even more; now add Neptune to the equation and make it an eclipse and you can see how this lunation could be extra powerful! Pay attention to dreams, your psychic hits, opportunities for compassionate acts, do some sound healing and meditations, and do your best to anchor to the Earth so you don’t float off into space!
Saturn, currently in Pisces as well, is going to help us out with this by reminding us to practice emotional and spiritual discipline, boundaries and maturity. This will be especially helpful as the traditional ruler of Pisces, Jupiter, is squaring or challenging Saturn in Pisces from Gemini pulling you in myriad directions during this time as he tries to learn and do all the things! Aries North Node ruler Mars in Cancer says “choose to take care of yourself first” and Virgo Mercury reminds you to prioritize.
You could feel extra sensitive right now, pulled in too many directions with too many things to wrap up, but when you feel like you don’t have enough time and you don’t know what to do next, do something for yourself that helps to ground you – eat a nutritious meal, drink some water, meditate with a singing bowl, go for a walk to clear your head – then just tackle the very next most important thing and you will get through this!
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