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Lunations: Eclipses

Current & Upcoming Eclipses

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Understanding eclipses – overview

Lunar Eclipse – March 3, 2026

Solar Eclipse – February 17, 2026

Solar Eclipse – September 21, 2025

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Upcoming Eclipse Dates: Table

Lunation (or New Moon and Full Moon) charts have been used by Mundane Astrologers for many centuries. In later times, people began to compare them to their natal charts.

Generally, you’ll want to use the New Moon, or Conjunction, when you want to start something new or try to break some old patterns. That is the time of the month when you would attempt to start or do these kinds of things. The New Moon is the time of internalizing and looking within yourself.

The Full Moon, or Opposition, is the time when you would try to accomplish the things that were started on a New Moon. The Full Moon is when you look to external events or things get beyond your control.

Things to look at when comparing the Lunation charts to your own:

Houses that the Sun and Moon are transiting in your natal chart.
What aspects do the Sun and Moon make to your natal planets? Are the majority of those aspects easy or hard?
Astrologers also look at the transits to the Lunation charts, particularly to the Moon.

Eclipses

An eclipse is a far more potent lunation. Look to the house the eclipse falls in your natal chart. The affairs of that house activate. Does the eclipse fall on a planet in your natal chart? That planet will also be activated. The sign of the eclipse plays a role in the likely events that the eclipse will trigger.

Many people fear eclipses because they might bring about a crisis of sorts that leads to a significant event or change. However, this event or change can be very positive.

Eclipses tie in with changing circumstances. However, we are usually the ones to precipitate or to attract changes because our “inner guides” know that we need it. Human beings are progressive by nature. Although we might stay in situations that make us miserable for longer than we should, deep down inside we know that change is necessary for growth.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Several eclipses occur every year. They happen in one particular sign and its opposite sign several times in a set spanning about two years approximately every nine years.

For example, eclipses occurred along the Taurus-Scorpio axis from 2003-2004, then 2012-2014, and then from 2021-2023. Further, eclipses happened along the Aries-Libra axis from 2004-2006, then 2013-2016, and then from 2023-2025. Although they are notable and important in astrology, the media can make a fuss of these fairly regular occurrences, leaving some in a panic or expecting a lot more from the eclipses than they warrant.

It’s important to note that eclipses alone are not responsible for dire events in people’s lives. However, they’re great for identifying current and upcoming themes in the world and our lives.

Astrological Significance of the Eclipses

Recent & Upcoming Eclipses:

***A Lunar Eclipse occurs in the sign of Virgo on March 3rd, 2026.***

The Moon is Full in Virgo on March 3rd, 2026, at 6:38 AM EST.

Lunar Eclipse in Virgo: March 3, 2026

This phase of the Moon occurs at 12 degrees and 54 minutes of Virgo opposite the Sun at 12 degrees and 54 minutes of Pisces.

Astrological Significance of the Lunar Eclipse in Virgo

About Lunar Eclipses

A Lunar Eclipse is an incredibly potent lunation, in this case, a powerful Full Moon.

Lunar Eclipses are relationship-oriented. The “crisis” these eclipses tend to elicit is a crisis of lack — a time when we suddenly realize a great need or want. The impact of the crisis can sever a relationship — it’s possible — but it can also bring two people together with a sudden awareness of a great need for each other.

Although Lunar Eclipses are more relationship-oriented than Solar Eclipses, they are certainly not always about relationships between two people. They can trigger awareness of what we need or lack in other areas of our lives. For example, they can be about our relationships with our work, health, and bodies.

This is a time when matters come to light — things that have been brewing under the surface. At the same time, another area of our life is temporarily blurred, buried, or obscured.

We can burst forth with proclamations and outpourings when a Full Moon occurs. These seem fresh and new simply because we haven’t yet rationalized them. However, they are usually about matters we’ve buried or kept at bay. A Lunar Eclipse is a more potent Full Moon, and its effects tend to last longer — approximately 6 months.

The Lunar Eclipse on March 3rd, 2026, occurs when the Moon is at 12-13 degrees of Virgo, opposing the Sun at 12-13 degrees of Pisces, and is a Total Lunar Eclipse.

Eclipse #5 in a Virgo-Pisces set of 7

It’s the fifth eclipse in a set of seven occurring along the Virgo-Pisces axis from September 17th, 2024, to February 20th, 2027. The first one was a Lunar Eclipse in Pisces. While we’ve been focusing on building our faith since September 2024, this March 2026 eclipse in Virgo prompts us to get organized and consider how it affects the work-rest balance.

This eclipse serves as a prompt, nudge, or push to make improvements in Virgo- and Pisces-ruled areas of life in our charts, and feelings of discontent can magnify. It’s time to resolve matters, strike a balance, take a lesson, and move on, but take some time with this — eclipses can temporarily hide a part of our lives so we can focus on another. Ultimately, we should be striving for a balance.

This eclipse affects people with personal planets and points at 8 to 18 degrees of the Mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces) most significantly.

Lunar Eclipses are about relationships and polarities. With the Virgo-Pisces axis involved, this Lunar Eclipse presses us to look more closely at our needs, lacks, and wants concerning the balance between Virgo-ruled and Pisces-ruled areas of life. We are encouraged to find a balance between day-to-day functions and routines, physical health, and the need for order (Virgo) and vision, spiritual health, disorder, and the infinite (Pisces). At this time, we’re working more on the Virgo side of the equation. In other words, it’s an important time to make order in our lives, attend to details, and focus on physical health and wellness.

Virgo rules the tools and techniques we use to deal with day-to-day life, while Pisces rules the tools we use to deal with our spiritual selves. The key to balance lies in identifying and expressing our spiritual needs while maintaining order in our everyday lives. Neglecting either end of the axis will surely backfire — we would either be living in chaos or in excessive order.

The contrast between precise, logical, work-centered, factual Virgo and spiritual, compassionate, holistic Pisces comes into full bloom after this eclipse. The energy of the Virgo Moon is the awareness of the need for more precision, attention to detail, and responsibility. The Pisces Sun, on the other hand, is visionary — focused on what’s universal and hard to define.

This Full Moon is about emotional declarations. Something has been building inside of us, likely of a personal nature, and now is the time when the energy of the cosmos fairly demands that we let it out. Over the coming months, we will discover what this declaration means for us. For now, it’s difficult to sit on our feelings. We need to express them.

With the Moon full and bright in the sky, symbolic “illumination” occurs in our own lives. However, these new feelings and revelations are emotional ones, as there is a sense of emotions bursting forth into our consciousness. It’s time to express ourselves and to let things out of our systems. Of course, we should exercise some care while doing so, knowing that what is coming out of us is new and not particularly rational as yet.

We shouldn’t ignore the Sun’s role in this eclipse–its Pisces position in our charts shows where we have focused our energies in recent months, sometimes to the detriment of the Virgo area of our charts, and now, we need to find a balance.

Our feelings count, and we’ll see and feel their power now, paving the road for new directions. However, this can be an impulsive and misguided time to act. It’s better to observe, take in, and process before jumping into action.

We might open ourselves up to possibilities, examining the emotions that surface, but finalizing plans should probably be saved for a later date.

We’ll be doing some work in these areas until February 2027, and our greater awareness of problems, especially gaps or flaws — significant ones — can ultimately help us make better, more balanced choices.

This total Lunar Eclipse urges us to strike a balance between work and service, practicality and impracticality, criticism and acceptance.

This eclipse is about awakening to the need to enjoy more order in our lives. This is an eyes-wide-open time for our work, habits, health, and routines. We are likely to receive strong messages from our intuition regarding our next move along these lines.

Emotions, feelings, and revelations in the weeks following this eclipse are pivotal. This is a rewarding Full Moon eclipse, ripe with possibilities and learning experiences. However, it can take some time before we get the whole picture.

A crisis of sorts (which can be a crisis of consciousness) or sudden awareness of a lack in our lives provides us with a golden opportunity to explore our emotional needs within the context of the house polarity where the eclipse occurs in our natal charts.

Relationships may be challenged, broken, or strengthened at this time. Our discovery is emotionally charged and dramatic — everything feels big and larger than life at this time. Epiphanies are likely as we become acutely aware of our lack. This understanding can propel us toward affirmative action, though there may be some initial chaos.

However, it’s important to note that we’re temporarily in the dark about a matter at the time of an eclipse, and we’re seeing another area of life as if we’re looking at it through a magnifying glass. It’s distorted — we don’t yet have the full picture. This perspective ultimately helps us, but it’s worth remembering that we’re missing something, and as a result, deferring judgment makes sense.

This Eclipse’s Energy:

In essence, this eclipse is about arriving at a reasonable, healthy, and empowering work-rest balance.

It’s a time to work on clearing up past patterns that have been holding us back from fulfillment in our everyday lives.

Revelations coming in can be blown up and dramatic, but not discountable since they come from real feelings. With eclipses, we get a strong emphasis on one area of life but a blackout in another, so it makes sense to wait to make big decisions until we can see the whole picture.

This Lunar Eclipse can bring dysfunctional areas of our lives to our attention. Emotions and realizations feel big. Plans can blossom.

Through events, circumstances, and epiphanies after the time of this eclipse in early March 2026, we learn that we need to get in touch with our needs for a stronger connection with our routines, work, and physical health needs. To feel fulfilled, we need to acknowledge and embrace our need for our daily routines to serve us well.

We become aware of where we have been overdoing our focus on replenishment where it’s come at the expense of living an organized life.

Full Moons are always helpful for magnifying pre-existing problems, so we can see where to bring balance back. Our larger work should focus on reaching a good balance. Enlightenment in the weeks following the lunation provides us with a golden opportunity to explore our emotional needs, ultimately leading to positive actions and decisions.

This eclipse gets a nice boost from Jupiter in Cancer — our domestic goals harmonize with our eclipse mission. Family can be supportive. We’re hopeful and optimistic, which helps our cause.

Putting Things into Context:

In 2007, a Lunar Eclipse occurred at a similar degree as this Virgo one on March 3rd, and in 1988 and 1980, Lunar Eclipses also occurred at a similar degree. It might be helpful to think back to issues in your life that were in effect around these dates, if applicable, to get an idea of how this 2026 Lunar Eclipse might affect you.

However, you can also look back, in a general sense, to eclipse sets occurring along the same Virgo-Pisces axis as the current one, in effect from September 2024 to February 2027, for more information gleaned by looking to the past to understand themes in the present and future.

The following are also periods of your past, if applicable, that may have had similar themes to this current eclipse set:

Virgo-Pisces Eclipse sets (current, future, and some in recent history):

March 2034 to February 2036
September 2024 to February 2027
March 2015 to February 2017
September 2006 to February 2008
March 1997 to September 1998
September 1987 to August 1989
September 1978 to August 1980

The following lists the set of eclipses falling along the Virgo-Pisces axis only (there are other eclipses in different signs between these):

Partial LUNAR Eclipse September 18, 2024 25 Pisces 41
Total LUNAR Eclipse March 14, 2025 23 Virgo 57
Total LUNAR Eclipse September 7, 2025 15 Pisces 23
Partial SOLAR Eclipse September 21, 2025 29 Virgo 05
Total LUNAR Eclipse March 3, 2026 12 Virgo 54
Partial LUNAR Eclipse August 28, 2026 4 Pisces 54
Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse February 20, 2027 2 Virgo 06

We could recognize where we’ve spent so much time concerned with refreshing our senses, resting, and reflecting that we’ve neglected getting our daily lives in order, attending to our physical functions, performing chores and day jobs, and becoming absorbed in our daily routines. With this set of eclipses, we might do some see-sawing before we get to a better balance.

At this time, we may very well learn, through circumstances, that we need to get in touch with our work ethic, enjoyment of our daily routines, and our love of duty to be whole. Some of these realizations or epiphanies may seem difficult at first. However, they are also necessary to clear the way towards a better life with less guilt and less dysfunction, a life we should aspire to.

But first, the eclipse is obscuring our vision, and it’s important to let our intuition kick in before taking action. A Full Moon always magnifies matters, temporarily skewing our judgment, and an eclipse is even more potent. It’s a powerful exercise, but we should engage in some wait-and-see before drawing final conclusions.

Where this Lunar Eclipse occurs in your Chart:

If this Lunar eclipse forms a conjunction (aligns with) a planet in your chart, you may feel its intensity more than others. If the Lunar Eclipse is conjunct your Sun, for example, it can act as a charge of energy. This time would affect people born approximately from **February 28th to March 7th** of any year. The desire — or necessity — to turn over a new leaf is strong. A significant other or the public can play a prominent role in your life now.

In major aspect to the Moon, a Lunar Eclipse can trigger significant changes in your living situation and personal life, including personal relationships. Circumstances that significantly change your daily routine and domestic world can arise.

Possible issues for the eclipse’s transit to natal houses: With a Lunar Eclipse in the first house, it may be time to change your image or redefine your personality in some manner. Finding a balance between autonomy and dependence is what this eclipse is about for you. Your emotions are on your sleeve right now. It is a good time to put your needs first, but doing so with respect for others will take you further. Whether you can succeed as a leader is “tested” right now. There may be some drama involving a significant other.

With a Lunar Eclipse in the second house, you may get a cosmic push to make necessary financial changes in your life. Sharing issues come into focus, as do issues of power–what’s yours and what’s mine. Your comfort zones matter, and now is the time to take care of your own needs without eclipsing the needs of others. A financial settlement, the beginning or end of a particular debt, and other such scenarios can now be part of the picture.

With a Lunar Eclipse in the third house, there may be some drama surrounding communication, modes of transportation, schooling, mobility, neighbors, or siblings. Daily routines can change dramatically. There may be a major event in the life of a sibling. There could be a publishing offer, or you might be in a position to promote yourself. Travel or education plans may come to fruition. You might gain an entirely different perspective on a matter.

With a Lunar Eclipse in the fourth house, domestic conditions are illuminated. House repairs, family dramas, and other such issues need serious attention. The demands of your personal life are now paramount. Striking a balance between the energy you spend on work and the energy you put into domestic matters is essential now. Balanced attention to your public and personal lives is what you need to focus on. It’s time to prioritize. A major career project can come to fruition or completion.

With a Lunar Eclipse in the fifth house, a romantic affair may be tested. If love is true, there’s nothing to fear. The demands of your larger life goals may have been eclipsing your pleasure-seeking activities. Also possible — your children may be going through their own changes and “stages” and need more attention now, or a child could be experiencing a major new beginning. Some might have a child. A new creative project might begin now.

With a Lunar Eclipse in the sixth, there could be changes necessary in your job or health routines. You can use this surge of emotional energy to make positive changes to your routines. Do something to improve your work conditions if they are annoying you. Get started on your exercise or nutrition program that you know you need to feel more balanced. A work project or a job itself can begin or end now. A physical or mental health issue might come to light.

With a Lunar Eclipse in the seventh house, partnerships may be tested, but there is nothing to fear if the relationship is strong. The seventh house represents an important one-to-one relationship — a marriage partner, significant other, business partner, or adversary. It’s time to strike a balance between your own needs and those of another. It’s time to compromise and negotiate. You might suddenly find yourself with more social opportunities, or you might acquire many new clients.

With a Lunar Eclipse in the eighth house, some drama with regards to a spouse’s income, or your taxes, debts, and investments, may occur on a mundane level. It may be time to settle some of your debts, financial or otherwise. What makes you feel comfortable and secure must be balanced with attention to other people’s needs and comfort levels. New money can be coming into your life.

With a Lunar Eclipse in the ninth house, your personal beliefs may be tested. Your hunger for adventure or learning may come into focus. All of the attention you’ve been giving to mundane affairs can have you wondering when you will have some fun. You want to take a leap of faith now. There may be an important beginning or culmination in education. If you are in business, a writer, or the like, you might reach a wider audience.

With a Lunar Eclipse in the tenth house, you may need to review and change your career goals. Career matters come to a head, but as the seventh house from the fourth, so might a personal, domestic, family, or house and home matter. You’re called to perform, possibly on a moment’s notice, and it’s best to keep your cool and do whatever you can to show your competence.

With a Lunar Eclipse in the eleventh house, friendships may be tested, or your relationship with groups or organizations. You’re looking for validation from friends and group activities now. A major event can involve a child or a romantic partner, or a culmination of a creative project can occur at this time.

With a Lunar Eclipse in the twelfth house, you may recognize an overwhelming need for rest and spiritual renewal. You’ve been busy with all sorts of everyday activities and deeply involved in your work and routines. It’s time to balance your life with some downtime — otherwise, you simply don’t feel whole. There can be exposure of a private or even clandestine matter in some cases. Secrets can emerge at this time, or there can be a desire to do something private, secret, or risky. A work project can come to fruition.

See more eclipse dates in our eclipse table.

The Moon is New in Aquarius on February 17, 2026, at 7:01 AM EST. This New Moon is an annular Solar Eclipse.

Astrological chart wheel depicts the Sun and Moon at 28 Aquarius 50.

New Moon Solar Eclipse in Aquarius Chart: February 17th, 2026

This phase of the Moon occurs at 28 degrees and 50 minutes of Aquarius.

This eclipse is the first in a Leo-Aquarius set. We can feel its effects for up to 6 months after the actual eclipse date.

About the Solar Eclipse on February 17th, 2026

In the sign of Aquarius, this eclipse is about friendship, fellowship, group activities, social pursuits, group projects, trying something new, humanitarian efforts, or joining a group. This New Moon eclipse might challenge these matters and present opportunities for new beginnings. Long-term changes are in the works!

Circumstances nudge or encourage us to see where we haven’t been true to our authentic selves. Ultimately, we are now in a position to understand that changes or endings are necessary for our own growth, and that we can handle these things.

This eclipse can highlight and challenge our issues surrounding our social connections, place in society, friendships, alliances, and innovative approaches. We might take steps toward improving in these areas by tackling things that undermine our goals or connections.

This cycle encourages us to reach out to people in our social circle and in our community, and recognize the value of our friendships and social networks. We might also recognize that some level of detachment and distancing ourselves from our habits and attachment to the past will help us break away from destructive behaviors that are holding us back.

With this potent Aquarius energy, we have the chance to make progressive changes in our lives. For some of us, circumstances are such that we need to pay more attention to these matters.

Flaws in an important system in our lives are revealed around the time of the eclipse, prompting us to redo or to start fresh. We may find ourselves completely reworking this area of life. Something ends so that something else can start anew.

We may be called to give up something to move into a new chapter of our lives. Although the “new” may be unrecognizable, it is important to allow the necessary surrender to the unknown.

Aquarius teaches us that it can be all too easy to slip into feelings of being alone in the world (“it’s me against the world”) and to forget that there is support to be found, if only we reach out and find it. Similarly, there are solutions to our problems, if only we develop faith that answers are available to us, and we reach out to find those solutions. It is a time to consider, appreciate, and value our place in the community and in our social circle, and to give something back.

It’s a powerful time to re-evaluate our happiness goals and alliances.

This New Moon clashes with Uranus, bringing rebellious, impulsive, abrupt, and innovative energy. We should watch for shooting ourselves in the foot–self-destructive tendencies may not be intentional, but we may go against our best interests by rushing things or disconnecting with our hearts to the point that we are rebelling or reacting instead of doing what we truly want to do.

This eclipse occurs close to the iconic Saturn-Neptune alignment in Aries, effectively magnifying its energies. With this transit, our sense of security is dissolving so that it can be rebuilt. New truths or realities are revealing themselves. Due to this powerful transformation, we can be more susceptible to stress and illness.

The above chart is excellent for seeing the fundamental influences and chart pattern of this New Moon. The chart below adds more details with additional points:

New Moon in Aquarius Chart 2026: Additional Points

Putting Things into Context:

This is the first eclipse in a series falling along the Leo-Aquarius axis that will continue until January 2028.

This phase of the Moon occurs at 28 degrees and 50 minutes of Aquarius, affecting people born with personal planets and points at approximately 24 to 30 degrees of the Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius) and 0 to 4 degrees of the Mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces) most significantly.

A similar Solar Eclipse (at approximately the same degree of Aquarius) occurred on February 15th, 2018. Before that, similar degrees and signs happened in eclipses on February 16th, 1999, and February 16th, 1980. An eclipse set along the Leo-Aquarius axis most recently occurred from 2016 to 2019. Before that, it was from 2008 to 2009.

The chart above is a “location-less” Aries chart and shows the other planets’ positions at the time of the eclipse.

It might help to think back to the series of eclipses in 2016-2019, 2008-2009, 1998-2000, 1989-1991, and 1979-1982 to consider the themes that surrounded your life then to get a better understanding of what the current eclipse series might mean for you.

Our Mission:

An eclipse occurs close to the nodal axis, and this eclipse is closer to the North Node of the Moon. While we’re heading into unknown territory in some ways, we have a good sense that we’re doing so to our advantage. This eclipse occurs before the North Node enters Aquarius.

Major developments in the personal areas ruled by Aquarius in our charts are likely to occur over the upcoming months.

This is a good time for focusing on some of the constructive traits of the sign of the Water Bearer, including:

solve a problem that requires thinking “outside of the box”;
look to the future with a brand new, positive, and hopeful vision;
brainstorm and socialize; focus on extending a friendly hand, receiving support, and expressing platonic love for those around us;
give our emotions and passions a “break”, as we develop more objectivity and some detachment from past haunts;
learn how something (or someone) works;
revitalize ourselves through experiences that are new or simply different;
reach out to people in our social circle and community, and recognize the value of our friendships and social networks;
recognize that some level of detachment and distancing ourselves from our habits and attachment to the past will help us break away from destructive behaviors that are holding us back.

It’s a powerful time to transform our friendships and social lives. We’re filled with innovative, inventive, and unusual ideas. There can be some roadblocks to manage, largely related to responsibilities to others or to our spiritual or mental health, but we’re determined to start fresh.

With this eclipse, we might experience a strong urge to act on impulse. However, it will be important to avoid jumping to conclusions and asserting ourselves without considering others’ feelings and reactions. There is a big difference between asserting ourselves from a place of healthy confidence and asserting ourselves brashly and blindly, which can give us a false sense of confidence or bravery.

With this eclipse’s configurations, we can be managing skepticism, frustrations with inconsistencies, and difficulties trusting what to believe as we reanimate our vision and sense of hope. Erratic sources of income or changing values can be part of the challenge now.

It’s also important to remember that an eclipse obscures an area of our lives while magnifying another, which is useful as long as we keep this in mind. As such, our view is skewed and exaggerated. In other words, we’re not seeing the whole picture, and we should therefore proceed with caution.

As this is the first in a sign set, there’s more to the evolving story.

The Dates of this Eclipse Sign Set:

The following are also periods of your past, if applicable, and the future that may share similar themes as this current eclipse set:

Leo-Aquarius Eclipse sets (current, future, and some in recent history):

August 2035 to January 2038
February 2026 to January 2028
August 2016 to January 2019
February 2008 to August 2009
August 1998 to February 2000
August 1989 to July 1991
August 1979 to January 1982

The following lists the set of eclipses falling along the Leo-Aquarius axis only in the current set (there are other eclipses in different signs between these). In essence, this Solar Eclipse is part of a set of eclipses falling along the Leo/Aquarius sign axis from February 2026 to January 2028:

Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2026 February 17 at 28 Aquarius 50
Total SOLAR Eclipse 2026 August 12 at 20 Leo 02
Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2027 February 6 at 17 Aquarius 38
Total SOLAR Eclipse 2027 August 2 at 9 Leo 5
Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse 2027 August 17 at 24 Aquarius 12
Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2028 January 26 at 6 Aquarius 11

See more eclipse dates in our eclipse table.

The Moon is New in Virgo on September 21, 2025, at 3:54 PM EDT. This New Moon is a partial Solar Eclipse.

New Moon Solar Eclipse in Virgo Chart: September 21st, 2025

This phase of the Moon occurs at 29 degrees and 5 minutes of Virgo. In the last degree of the sign, there’s an urgency to our new beginnings. This eclipse opposes Saturn and Neptune and harmonizes with Uranus and Pluto. Our responsibilities to others, our emotional health, and our need for downtime can weigh us down. It can be difficult to pull ourselves away, but we have the tools to make the changes we now realize are necessary for growth.

It’s interesting to note that in this Virgo-Pisces set that runs from September 2024 to February 2027, this September Solar Eclipse is the only Solar Eclipse–the rest of the eclipses in this set are Lunar. It’s the fourth eclipse in this sign set.

A Solar Eclipse occurred at 29 degrees Virgo on September 22nd, 2006, September 22nd, 1987, and September 22nd, 1968.

About the Solar Eclipse on September 21, 2025

In the sign of Virgo, work and health matters will be a major focus on a personal level in the months following this eclipse. This lunation is about new beginnings regarding work, attention to details, fitness, health regimes, and daily routines.

It’s time to build our powers of healthy, constructive discrimination; learn to be more pro-active; start a new health and fitness routine; set up specific routines that will help us manage our lives in positive, mindful ways; and learn the “power of now” and of mindfulness. We can learn to master the “little” details of our day-to-day lives in a more organized manner so that we can free our minds of clutter. For some of us, circumstances are such that we need to pay more attention to our work and health routines.

Flaws in an important system in our lives are revealed around the time of the eclipse, prompting us to redo or to start fresh. We may find ourselves completely re-working this area of life. Something ends in order for something else to start anew.

We may be called to give up something in order to move forward into a new chapter in our lives. Although the “new” may be unrecognizable, it is important to allow the necessary surrender to the unknown.

Virgo rules awareness of the body, making full use of resources, attention to details, organization, self-preservation skills, order, and critical analysis. Virgo sees flaws in systems, whether those systems are our daily routines, the methods we work with on the job, or our bodies.

Striving for perfection can be a wonderful challenge, as long as we don’t allow ourselves to become overly focused on flaws and feel guilty or perturbed over them. This is where Pisces, Virgo’s opposing sign, comes in to help. Compassion, and finding beauty in imperfection, is our path to balancing this energy.

For some, a new “calling” will surface in the coming six months. A new line of work that better matches our inner nature, desire to serve, or emotional make-up may unfold in the months following this eclipse.

Major developments in the personal areas of our charts ruled by Virgo are likely to occur over the course of the next 3-6 months. However, not everyone will feel the effect of the eclipse with the same intensity. Those whose personal planets are activated by the degree of the eclipse will feel its effects on a deeply personal level.

With this potent Virgo energy, we have the chance to make important changes in our lives that will benefit us well beyond this Moon cycle. For some of us, circumstances are such that we need to pay more attention to these matters.

An eclipse occurs close to the nodal axis, and this eclipse is near the South Node in Virgo. Eclipses close to the South Node tend to tend to “feel” a little more challenging than those conjunct or closer to the North Node, as we can concentrate too much on the idea that we might have to let something go. Those of us with planets and points strongly stimulated by this eclipse can feel especially drained and tired, both physically and emotionally. There is a need to let go, forgive, cleanse, and release.

Putting Things into Context:

This is the fourth eclipse in a series falling along the Virgo-Pisces axis that first began with the Lunar Eclipse in Pisces in September 2024.

This phase of the Moon occurs at 29 degrees and 5 minutes of Virgo, affecting people born with personal planets and points at 24 to 30 degrees of the mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces) and 0 to 4 degrees of the cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn) most significantly.

The chart above is a “location-less” Aries chart and shows the other planets’ positions at the time of the eclipse.

It might help to think back to the series of eclipses in 2015-2017, 2006-2008, 1997-1998, and 1987-89 to consider the themes that surrounded your life then in order to get a better understanding of what the current eclipse series might mean for you.

Our Mission:

This eclipse can spotlight our work and health pursuits and possibly challenge them. We might take steps toward better routines by tackling things that undermine us. Circumstances may be such that we are nudged or encouraged to see where our lives have fallen out of order.

This is a good time for focusing on some of the constructive traits of the sign of the Virgin, including:

building our powers of healthy, constructive discrimination;
rolling up our sleeves and getting down to some serious work;
beginning a new project that requires attention to details;
making lists, actively ticking off completed activities, and taking pride in our “little” accomplishments;
starting a health regime, researching nutrition and nourishment, and paying attention to our diet;
setting up specific routines that will help us manage our lives in constructive and mindful ways;
and handling the finer details of our day-to-day life in an organized, step-by-step fashion so that we can free our minds of clutter.

We’re ready to make something special of our work, routines, or tasks. It’s a powerful time to transform our jobs, health, self-care programs, and habits. We’re filled with innovative, inventive, and unusual ideas. There can be some roadblocks to manage, largely related to responsibilities to others or to our spiritual or mental health, but we’re determined to start fresh.

With this eclipse, we might experience a strong urge to act on impulse. However, it will be important to avoid jumping to conclusions and asserting ourselves without considering others’ feelings and reactions. There is a big difference between asserting ourselves from a place of healthy confidence, and asserting ourselves brashly and blindly, which can give us a false sense of confidence or bravery.

With this eclipse’s configurations, we can be managing skepticism, frustrations with inconsistencies, and difficulties trusting what to believe. It’s also important to remember that an eclipse obscures an area of our lives while magnifying another, which is useful as long as we keep this in mind. As such, our view is skewed and exaggerated. In other words, we’re not seeing the whole picture, and we should therefore proceed with caution.

Eclipse Sign Set Dates:

The following are also periods of your past, if applicable, that may have had similar themes to this current eclipse set:

Virgo-Pisces Eclipse sets (current, future, and some in recent history):

March 2034 to February 2036
September 2024 to February 2027
March 2015 to February 2017
September 2006 to February 2008
March 1997 to September 1998
September 1987 to August 1989
September 1978 to August 1980

The following lists the set of eclipses falling along the Virgo-Pisces axis only (there are other eclipses in different signs between these):

Partial LUNAR Eclipse September 17, 2024 25 Pisces 41
Total LUNAR Eclipse March 14, 2025 23 Virgo 57
Total LUNAR Eclipse September 7, 2025 15 Pisces 23
Partial SOLAR Eclipse September 21, 2025 29 Virgo 05
Total LUNAR Eclipse March 3, 2026 12 Virgo 54
Partial LUNAR Eclipse August 28, 2026 4 Pisces 54
Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse February 20, 2027 2 Virgo 06

See more eclipse dates in our eclipse table.

General: The Meaning of the New Moon in the Houses

The following interpretations come from the Day Watch report. See our interpretations of the New Moon in houses here.

New Moon in 1st House This New Moon marks a time of personal beginnings, when you find yourself shot into the limelight and all eyes turn toward you to see what you’re going to do next. This may be somewhat startling, as it’s rather different than what last month brought, and you will need to step up and display your self-confidence in a way that wasn’t called on before. In a volatile situation, you will need to have your wits about you as you will have a particularly high profile.

The trick is to handle it with grace and not let it go to your head, as this too shall pass and you’ll want to look back on a performance that maximized the opportunities dropped into your lap.

New Moon in 2nd House For a day or so you may be under pressure to underwrite new projects or finance situations that require sinking money into them. It may seem quite urgent, but it’s a time when everything seems a bit more intense, so you may do well to stand back and take a second look before jumping in with both feet.

Wise investments made at this time can bring good returns in the next couple of weeks, but ill-conceived spending could drain you in the same time period. Know you’re right, then go ahead one way or the other, as the one option you probably won’t have is sitting on the fence or putting it all off until later. Strike when the iron is hot or pass the opportunity on to another.

New Moon in 3rd House A flurry of activity for several days can have the phone ringing off the hook as new ideas and propositions that require either your opinion or your decision come your way. Your challenge will be sorting the wheat from the chaff on the fly, and sorting out the confusion that always abounds at New Moon, especially this one.

The day is won by multiple, smaller choices made wisely, rather than hanging on a single issue, so don’t obsess but decide quickly and move right along to the next. This is a great time for currying new acquaintances as the air of intensity makes for strong personal connections and breaks through the barriers of unfamiliarity.

New Moon in 4th House This may mark a day or so of raised tensions at home as biological tides run high and elbow room seems harder to come by. However, used creatively, this can lead to new ways of organizing and arranging your personal space so it doesn’t overlap that of others. It’s a good time to start new home-related projects as a way to utilize the extra energy in a constructive manner.

Letting out your deeper expressions of feeling to another can make things especially intimate right now, but make sure you express yourself clearly and are not misunderstood. The perfect time to feel “at home” with someone, either literally or figuratively. The only thing you’ll not want to be is idle—the vibes are too intense to just sit on your hands.

New Moon in 5th House Find a party to go to, give one, or just party down where you stand—the astral weather is perfect for it. In fact, anything you do for enjoyment will seem twice as good right now. Play with your children, or just break out the inner child, as you can more easily part with self-consciousness and spontaneity breaks out, well, spontaneously!

If you call on the muse for a creative project, she will definitely show up (muses love parties, and children), and you’ll find that your juices flow faster and easier than usual. There can be a fine line between joyous adventure and risky behavior, however, so try to stay on the safe side of the line. A good time to engage, but not be, a designated driver both literally and figuratively, so that you can be safely irresponsible for a while.

New Moon in 6th House A good time to take your blood pressure—if it’s not elevated now, you’re in really good shape. It can be easy to get worried about health matters now, but moderation is the right response. The temptation to throw yourself into a new regimen may run high, but choose your new path well before you embark or it will be a flash in the pan.

The same goes for cleaning house in the workplace and starting off on a fresh footing. Make sure you’re not demanding too much of yourself in the long run—you will not always have this much drive, and you don’t want to peter out because you can’t keep up with yourself. A good program is determined by whether you can keep it going on an off day.

New Moon in 7th House: This is a particularly ripe couple of days for finding a new partner or turning over a new leaf with an old partner. You may find a flood of emotional intensity coming your way and how you utilize it could largely shape the direction of the relationship. That means be particularly understanding and realize that though feelings may be overstated at this time and emotions run hot, the message underneath is sincere and needs to be taken seriously.

Breakthroughs can occur now that you both might have kept a lid on otherwise, and you’ll be glad you achieved the new closeness, even though you may not be able to keep it going at that level of intensity all month.

New Moon in 8th House You may find turning over a new leaf this month entails tossing out the old and ringing in the new, but you should take a second look before doing that. What you may find much more satisfactory is to simply rework and refurbish what is already there.

Sometimes a new paint job makes everything new again, so you don’t have to start over from scratch. They don’t make things like they used to, so preserve what you can. It’s also a good time to initiate that new credit card, but avoid impulse buying, as it’s easy to go overboard right about now. Ditto for mortgage or other loans — a good starting time, but just take what you need and no more.

New Moon in 9th House It’s a great time for planning, cooking up new schemes, or rearranging the way you look at things. Patterns you establish now do not need detailed follow-up until later, so you can stick to generalities until you’ve got it all properly roughed-out. Put on the finishing touches later. New publishing efforts, or any project that generally disseminates what you have to say, are well begun now, and you may find the pressure is on to produce.

Avoid hasty commitments, however, as you don’t want to be held to something ill-considered or not fully thought out. Well begun is half done, so be thoughtful, deliberate, and measured in your efforts, even though tempted or even encouraged not to be.

New Moon in 10th House New developments in career matters may have you quite wound up for a couple of days and the pressure to produce can be intense. Too many things happening at once make it hard to keep track of things, but you can’t afford to leave anything out.

It is as important to listen at this time as to act. What people are saying to you and about you very much reflects your personal and professional status and you will want to make sure that you are being represented honestly. If you give your résumé a second look, you’ll find there are new things to say about yourself that need to be included. Taking a fresh stance can put you into new places, move you up a notch.

New Moon in 11th House Feelings run high among close friends and an intensity is available right now that can renew the love and passion that first fueled your relationships. It can be worth risking upset to get at what you are really feeling and share it with those that matter the most.

Because there’s a wild atmosphere surrounding it all, you can say things you might have hesitated to bring up and wear your heart on your sleeve without worrying about the outcome. The same ability to burst out of your shell will also aid in getting yourself into new company you might have thought didn’t care about you before. An approach of disarming honesty can make you welcome in unexpected places and bring you valuable allies.

New Moon in the 12th House Eruptions of the unconscious could bring both troubles and personal revelations to the surface right now, so you may want to be careful not to betray secrets or let the cat out of the bag prematurely. Don’t say the first thing that comes to mind, or you may give away more than you intend to.

New deals are being struck behind the scenes with a strong sense of urgency, but they are not necessarily justified, so watch that you don’t climb aboard the wrong bandwagon right now. Wait until things come out into the open to make decisions, take sides, even though there appears to be advantage in secrecy. Open covenants, openly arrived at, are the better part of honor.

General: The Meaning of the Full Moon in the Houses

The following interpretations come from the Day Watch report. See our interpretations of the Full Moon in the houses here.

Full Moon in 1st House For a day or so you may find things get fairly wacky in your surroundings, and one of the causes may be you. The time is right (and the pressure is on) to bring critical projects to a conclusion, put on finishing touches, and show the world just what you’re all about.

The emphasis is not so much on what you’ve done, but rather who you are, and it’s the right time to let your personality out of the box and shine, shine, shine. The whole set of circumstances may have you a little giddy, but that’s part of the surrounding picture at Full Moon, and this is your time to take a ride on that energy and put your personal mark on what comes of it.

Full Moon in 2nd House Under a little more intensity than usual, it’s time to wrap things up financially, collect on projects that have come to fruition, and generally tie up loose ends. That should mean ending extra spending for a time, as it will be less necessary, but that’s hard to do on a Full Moon, when things are a little chaotic and judgment isn’t always on the mark.

Still, put your focus on that last payment, that final accessory, as the appropriate approach is to round out what you have done, put on the final touches, and then showcase it. It’s a time to show off what you’ve got and make the most of it, not keep piling it on. You should concentrate on reaping its rewards.

Full Moon in 3rd House Don’t everybody talk at once! That’s what you’re likely to be saying as the volume level around you peaks and everybody is trying to get a message through, including yourself. Full Moon is like that in general, but this time it can be especially wordy as you try to finish up a lot of correspondence and tie up loose ends as the links you have established begin to really amount to something. That means crowding a lot of important last-minute things into the space of a few days, so don’t over schedule yourself in advance.

Leave plenty of room open for last-minute situations that come rushing in and demand equal attention. Concentrate on matters that require conclusion and closure right now; save your new ideas for later when they can get proper attention.

Full Moon in 4th House You may find you could use a little more space at home as everyone there, including yourself, is taking up a lot more psychic space than usual right now. That can be claustrophobic and you can get on each other’s nerves—or you can use it as the opportunity to connect more by opening that personal space and letting people in. Or, you can just get out of the house and take a break from it all. Whatever you choose, you will find yourself with matters coming to a head and you’ll be making conclusions about just how well your internal game plan is working out.

Literally and figuratively, good fences make good neighbors, but only when located strategically. Time to finish yours, and test it.

Full Moon in 5th House Spontaneity is the watchword right now, and it’s time to kick back and have some fun, especially with close friends and children. If you’re at a party and go just a little bit over the top, you will likely be in good company, as this is a general time of celebration for all. Passion and intensity, on any topic you choose, can run rampant and enthusiasm overflows.

If you’re trying to get business done, you’ll be swimming against the tide, so if you have the option, just go with the flow. Instead, if you’re working on a creative project, make sure you get the product preserved for posterity—on paper, on film, on tape, on CD. If you’re just going to be pleasantly out to lunch, don’t bother, just enjoy.

Full Moon in 6th House If you aren’t finally achieving something from your diet or exercise regimen, ask yourself why not. This is the time you should be really getting things together and it should be starting to pay off.

However, avoid excess and going over the top right now, as you may feel you can do more — and maybe eat more—than you really should. At work, you may feel a little overbooked as tasks multiply and time is short to complete them. Once you’ve put on the finishing touches, you’ll be able to stand back and take pride in your accomplishments. A good time for an office party, if you can concoct a good excuse for one. In general right now, celebrate finished tasks.

Full Moon in 7th House This is a wonderful time to let your partner shine and just lay back and appreciate it all. That can mean enjoying the fruits of your mutual labors wrought by the relationship, or it can mean finally fully connecting with someone you’ve been developing something special with for a while.

In either case, the rewards of connecting closely will take center stage, and you can lean on the familiarity you already have to support what comes next. This can apply equally well in business as in romance, as long as you’re dealing with an equal on equal ground. The essence is that you bring things to full bloom right now, so you can begin harvesting what you have sown.

Full Moon in 8th House If you’ve been chasing down that extra credit line, looking for a better deal on a mortgage or equity loan, this is a likely time to pull it all together, as long as you’ve got all your ducks in a row. That may mean scrambling for some last minute details or information to make it under a deadline, but there’s real potential here.

It’s also good psychic weather for putting the finishing touches on restoration projects, picking up that antique you’ve been chasing down, and clearing out the cobwebs that may have been settling on lesser-used items. You’ll have the courage to toss out those useless things you’ve been hoarding, and the burst of freedom will do you good. The theme: finish clearing the decks for action.

Full Moon in 9th House Think big, stretch the imagination, push the envelope of your beliefs and feelings—this Full Moon has the potential to be an eye-opener. The energy is in the air to expand your window on the world, especially where it has been an ongoing operation already in the works. The heady feeling of suddenly having put it all together can have you wondering now what to do with it all, but that will take care of itself down the line.

Look for good news on the legal front, as things wrap themselves up and come to a conclusion, but don’t count your chickens yet, as it’s easy to overestimate right now. Main issues can get resolved now, as all parties are willing to go an extra mile to agree in principle, if not on the details.

Full Moon in 10th House This may be the perfect time to button down career matters that have been under development for a while. Although the pace may be accelerated and last-minute additions come crowding in, you can have a fuller, rosier picture of just where you stand in your profession and what people think of you. Choose this spot for releasing a shotgun blast of self-promotion, whatever it is you do, as public relations has extra carrying power from this Full Moon.

The buzz about you comes in a rising crescendo that peaks now, so start figuring out ways to take it to the bank. Although you may be tempted to squirrel yourself away at home, take time out during these few days to wave your own flag.

Full Moon in 11th House Relaxation, comfort with your surroundings, and the warmth and glow of friendship can be the watchwords of this Full Moon, if you’re willing to disconnect from the daily grind and tap into your personal happy side for a while. Fine food, pleasant company, tales of shared lives and mutual adventures bring a fullness that makes you realize that the good life is about feelings, not money; friendship, not possessions.

Satisfaction comes from just letting things happen for a moment and inviting in the blessings that surround you, despite the rigors of existence. If you want a peak experience, it’s in the wings right now, roll it out. Take the time to put the seal on relationships that elevate and support you.

Full Moon in 12th House Although this Full Moon may at times seem to place you between dream and hallucination, it emphasizes the ability to perceive and commune with your inner self in ways you might have been cut off from it. The intensity in the air breaks internal barriers and allows you to heal wounds, now that they have come to light.

In more mundane affairs, things being cooked up behind the scenes come to fruition, although you may have to take extra precautions that they don’t come into the light, unless you are fully ready to go public with them. Avoid confrontations right now, which will put you at a disadvantage, use more subtle means to gain your ends when emotions run high.

Solar Eclipse

Table: Eclipse Dates & Times for 2018-2030 (Eastern Time)

Total LUNAR Eclipse 2018 January 31 8:26:39
11 Leo 37
Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2018 February 15 16:05:07 27 Aquarius 08

Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2018 July 12 22:47:47
20 Cancer 41
Total LUNAR Eclipse 2018 July 27 16:20:15
4 Aquarius 45
Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2018 August 11 5:57:38 18 Leo 42

Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2019 January 5 20:28:05
15 Capricorn 25
Total LUNAR Eclipse 2019 January 21 0:15:58 0 Leo 52

Total SOLAR Eclipse 2019 July 2 15:16:06
10 Cancer 38
Partial LUNAR Eclipse 2019 July 16 17:38:06 24 Capricorn 04

Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2019 December 26 0:13:00
4 Capricorn 07
Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse 2020 January 10 14:21:10 20 Cancer 00

Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse 2020 June 5 15:12:15
15 Sagittarius 34
Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2020 June 21 2:41:19
0 Cancer 21
Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse 2020 July 5 0:44:16 13 Capricorn 38

Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse 2020 November 30 4:29:32
8 Gemini 38
Total SOLAR Eclipse 2020 December 14 11:16:26 23 Sagittarius 08

Total LUNAR Eclipse 2021 May 26 7:13:43 at 5 Sagittarius
26
Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2021 June 10 6:52:29 at 19 Gemini 47

Partial LUNAR Eclipse 2021 November 19 3:57:17 at 27 Taurus
14
Total SOLAR Eclipse 2021 December 4 2:42:51 at 12 Sagittarius 22

Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2022 April 30 16:27:54 at 10 Taurus
28
Total LUNAR Eclipse 2022 May 16 00:13:58 at 25 Scorpio 18

Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2022 October 25 6:48:30 at 2 Scorpio
00
Total LUNAR Eclipse 2022 November 8 6:01:57 at 16 Taurus 01

Annular Total SOLAR Eclipse 2023 April 20 0:12:19 at 29 Aries
50
Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse 2023 May 5 13:33:50 at 14 Scorpio 58

Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2023 October 14 13:54:56 at 21 Libra
08
Partial LUNAR Eclipse 2023 October 28 16:23:49 at 5 Taurus 09

Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse 2024 March 25 3:00:05 at 5 Libra
07
Total SOLAR Eclipse 2024 April 8 14:20:37 at 19 Aries 24

Partial LUNAR Eclipse 2024 September 17 22:34:13 at 25 Pisces
41
Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2024 October 2 14:49:02 at 10 Libra 04

Total LUNAR Eclipse 2025 March 14 at 23 Virgo
57
Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2025 March 29 at 9 Aries 00

Total LUNAR Eclipse 2025 September 7 at 15 Pisces
23
Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2025 September 21 at 29 Virgo 05

Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2026 February 17 at 28 Aquarius
50
Total LUNAR Eclipse 2026 March 3 at 12 Virgo 54

Total SOLAR Eclipse 2026 August 12 at 20 Leo
02
Partial LUNAR Eclipse 2026 August 28 at 4 Pisces 54

Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2027 February 6 at 17 Aquarius
38
Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse 2027 February 20 at 2 Virgo 06

Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse 2027 July 18 at 25 Capricorn
49
Total SOLAR Eclipse 2027 August 2 at 9 Leo
55
Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse 2027 August 17 at 24 Aquarius 12

Partial LUNAR Eclipse 2028 January 11 at 21 Cancer
28
Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2028 January 26 at 6 Aquarius 11

Partial LUNAR Eclipse 2028 July 6 at 15 Capricorn
11
Total SOLAR Eclipse 2028 July 21 at 29 Cancer 51

Total LUNAR Eclipse 2028 December 31 at 10 Cancer
33
Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2029 January 14 at 24 Capricorn 50

Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2029 June 11 at 21 Gemini
29
Total LUNAR Eclipse 2029 June 25 at 4 Capricorn
50
Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2029 July 11 at 19 Cancer 38

Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2029 December 5 at 13 Sagittarius
45
Total LUNAR Eclipse 2029 December 20 at 29 Gemini 21

Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2030 June 1 at 10 Gemini
50
Partial LUNAR Eclipse 2030 June 15 at 24 Sagittarius 43

Total SOLAR Eclipse 2030 November 25 at 3 Sagittarius
02
Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse 2030 December 9 at 17 Gemini 54

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