Lunar Eclipse 25°47' Pisces - 18th Sept

[PenguinTrauma]

Or in US timezones, it will be on 17th Sept.

This is a partial Lunar Eclipse, and also a Supermoon. Also the first Eclipse to shift into the Pisces/Virgo axis, as the North Node will move into Pisces on 12th January 2025.

This is a North Node eclipse, so one that will be about uncharted territory, the unknown, new paths opening up.

And you can't get more "uncharted territory" than a Lunar eclipse in Pisces conjunct Neptune Pisces! Pisces/Neptune obscures things, hides things from view, so the future may feel very murky, misty, and uncertain.

Note that the Uranus/Neptune/Pluto Minor Grand Trine is already shaping up! We have: Uranus at 27° Taurus, Neptune at 28° Pisces, Pluto at 29° Capricorn. A range of only 1-2 degrees orb of being exact.

With the Moon tightly involved at 25° Pisces. Aspecting all three. So this may actually feel more collective, if it's not aspecting personal planets in your chart. It may feel like the "powers that be are colluding with each other".

This could be the theme of an impending completion, but more in the sense of completions of major chapters that may have began in 2008 (Pluto), 2012 (Neptune) and 2028 (Uranus). Especially as those same planets will all enter new signs within only months of each other.

Full Moons are culminating energies. Pisces is the last sign of the Zodiac, so there could even be a theme of completion via some kind of sacrifice. Or completion via redemption too, or surrendering.

The flip side, what may have involved deception, or self-deception, will be apparent, focused, and more obvious, hiding in plain sight. There may be some reveals that show what you thought was the undeniable truth, may slide out of view and reveal itself as the opposite.

Masks may fall. People may be exposed for who they truly are, which may burst a few bubbles, and bring in a crushing disappointment, whether personally or in the macro (i.e: leaders, figureheads, celebrities, etc)

Themes of addiction of all kinds could be strongly felt here as a crisis point, as well as mental health issues, such as anxiety, overthinking (square Jupiter Gemini), or depression, melancholy (wide conjunct Saturn Pisces).

Overall, this Lunar Eclipse could bring in strong feelings of overwhelm, and overload. It would be easier under this lunation to slip into victim mindsets, persecution complexes, martyrdom. The Jupiter Gemini square could lend into much rumination, racing thoughts, scattered thinking, combined with Pisces energies, the extreme side to be mindful of paranoid thoughts.

Maybe either not enough or too much sleep, watch out for some vivid dreams as well, intuitive hunches, synchronicities too. The veil is always thinner during a Full Moon, even more so during an eclipse, so there could even be psychic phenomena, premonitions, even clairvoyance.

Feel free to add write ups of your own

Where will it be in your chart?

 

[IRIS70]

Or in US timezones, it will be on 17th Sept.

This is a partial Lunar Eclipse, and also a Supermoon. Also the first Eclipse to shift into the Pisces/Virgo axis, as the North Node will move into Pisces on 12th January 2025.

This is a North Node eclipse, so one that will be about uncharted territory, the unknown, new paths opening up.

And you can't get more "uncharted territory" than a Lunar eclipse in Pisces conjunct Neptune Pisces! Pisces/Neptune obscures things, hides things from view, so the future may feel very murky, misty, and uncertain.

Note that the Uranus/Neptune/Pluto Minor Grand Trine is already shaping up! We have: Uranus at 27° Taurus, Neptune at 28° Pisces, Pluto at 29° Capricorn. A range of only 1-2 degrees orb of being exact.

With the Moon tightly involved at 25° Pisces. Aspecting all three. So this may actually feel more collective, if it's not aspecting personal planets in your chart. It may feel like the "powers that be are colluding with each other".

This could be the theme of an impending completion, but more in the sense of completions of major chapters that may have began in 2008 (Pluto), 2012 (Neptune) and 2028 (Uranus). Especially as those same planets will all enter new signs within only months of each other.

Full Moons are culminating energies. Pisces is the last sign of the Zodiac, so there could even be a theme of completion via some kind of sacrifice. Or completion via redemption too, or surrendering.

The flip side, what may have involved deception, or self-deception, will be apparent, focused, and more obvious, hiding in plain sight. There may be some reveals that show what you thought was the undeniable truth, may slide out of view and reveal itself as the opposite.

Masks may fall. People may be exposed for who they truly are, which may burst a few bubbles, and bring in a crushing disappointment, whether personally or in the macro (i.e: leaders, figureheads, celebrities, etc)

Themes of addiction of all kinds could be strongly felt here as a crisis point, as well as mental health issues, such as anxiety, overthinking (square Jupiter Gemini), or depression, melancholy (wide conjunct Saturn Pisces).

Overall, this Lunar Eclipse could bring in strong feelings of overwhelm, and overload. It would be easier under this lunation to slip into victim mindsets, persecution complexes, martyrdom. The Jupiter Gemini square could lend into much rumination, racing thoughts, scattered thinking, combined with Pisces energies, the extreme side to be mindful of paranoid thoughts.

Maybe either not enough or too much sleep, watch out for some vivid dreams as well, intuitive hunches, synchronicities too. The veil is always thinner during a Full Moon, even more so during an eclipse, so there could even be psychic phenomena, premonitions, even clairvoyance.

Feel free to add write ups of your own

Where will it be in your chart?

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Excellent write up, PT, as always! Thanks for starting the thread.

What I wish to say is that Mars is square the nodes, it is also still out of bonds and contra-parallel Pluto. Of course, Mars is in fall in Cancer. All this combination adds extra emphasis on it. OoBs planets act like wild animals, out of control, or over the top, they are more powerful, but act subconsciously. Given the contra // to Pluto, this is even more stressed, intensified, it is a signature of violence. The square to the nodes will emphasize that way more, it becomes the pivotal point. Being in Cancer, it may overreact, to protect itself from "possible enemies", "attacks", most possibly not real per se, but rather made more intense, because of "suspicion", or something not based on solid facts, or at least some level of deception is involved, as the Moon is conj. Neptune that may obscure our perception, there could be an element of deception/self-deception.

Those affected by the eclipse (a more powerful FM) is good to avoid power-struggles, quarrels at all cost until things subside, until we are certain bout the "dimensions" of an issue, after the dust has come down and we can judge with clear thought. Since it is a FM eclipse, it affects relationships, so don't get caught off guard, things are much more complicated and I feel that given the chart, there is some sort of a "lesson", or "test" concerning how we react to things, how we control our anger, aggression, assert ourselves, how we can control our impulses and hold back to think things twice; otherwise we may harm our relationships.

 

[IRIS70]

Excellent write up, PT, as always! Thanks for starting the thread.

What I wish to say is that Mars is square the nodes, it is also still out of bonds and contra-parallel Pluto. Of course, Mars is in fall in Cancer. All this combination adds extra emphasis on it. OoBs planets act like wild animals, out of control, or over the top, they are more powerful, but act subconsciously. Given the contra // to Pluto, this is even more stressed, intensified, it is a signature of violence. The square to the nodes will emphasize that way more, it becomes the pivotal point. Being in Cancer, it may overreact, to protect itself from "possible enemies", "attacks", most possibly not real per se, but rather made more intense, because of "suspicion", or something not based on solid facts, or at least some level of deception is involved, as the Moon is conj. Neptune that may obscure our perception, there could be an element of deception/self-deception.

Those affected by the eclipse (a more powerful FM) is good to avoid power-struggles, quarrels at all cost until things subside, until we are certain bout the "dimensions" of an issue, after the dust has come down and we can judge with clear thought. Since it is a FM eclipse, it affects relationships, so don't get caught off guard, things are much more complicated and I feel that given the chart, there is some sort of a "lesson", or "test" concerning how we react to things, how we control our anger, aggression, assert ourselves, how we can control our impulses and hold back to think things twice; otherwise we may harm our relationships.

The eclipse is going to be opposite my n Pluto in 1st, so probably triggering some argument (?), as a defense mechanism. Something may cause me to feel that I am losing control of a situation.
It is opposite my daughter's n Virgo in 7th, ruler of her 8th.
It is conjunct my son's n Mars, ruler of his 7th.
It seems that something might be triggered.

The eclipse itself has no harsh aspects to malefics. Only a square to Jupiter, but how bad can that be? The trouble I can see is the Moon conj. Neptune and that can trigger issues of nebulousness, confusion, illusion, low energy, hyper-sensitivity, lack of direction, deception/self-deception, poor ability to access matters, mostly concerning others somehow, because of the opp. to the Sun. Maybe it will be a good trigger to realize in what way we are being unrealistic, impractical, what we idealize, how we are deceived. If we avoid arguments, I think that nothing terrible is going to happen. It is a good time to practice compassion, be of service of others who are in need and understand how others may feel.

 

[SummerBliss]

Great write-up as always - thank-you!

Since nodes are in separate sign, I see the Pisces/Virgo theme to be supporting the me/us as well. For example I came to focus on bettering myself, but others are negative influences so I left and had to let that go. Now this is a result of a Neptune square Sun transit, but similar theme. The focus is on meditation and finding a better balance between with also being plugged in. We may expect some dual themes here. Pulling in that Pisces theme can be nebulous and yet can also be an emotional insight especially with dreams. Jupiter in Gemini adds to the Virgo them whereas the Neptune in Pisces adds to the Pisces, how can we balance things. Getting overwhelmed may be inevitable for some, it can also teach us about ourself. Even though my hopes here were not fulfilled, I got something different instead to better my self development.

This eclipse exactly squares my Moon at 25° Sag, and Sun at 28° Gem so already an eclipse for me. You and I @PenguinTrauma have this eclipse acting our nodes in Libra/Aries, mine being 1°37 Libra so also a big one. I'll be curious to learn what all others experiences are with this one. Feels very dreamy yet uncertain in ways. I foresee some better times after this eclipse in England for a bit.

What are you all thinking will come up personally?

Mars OOB, who knows how it will behave, I randomly went from a dingy area to the bluest clear beach I've ever seen. It was a surprise looong walk to heaven. Because its an inlet, the sound of crashing waves was beautiful from the protected calm shark free area we were in.

As mentioned Mars sq Nodes @IRIS70 has an edgy feel to it. T Mercury app T Saturn on 18th indicates more serious thinking.

 

[Blister]

What's the skinny on how eclipses perfect and then shortly afterwards, within a day or two conjunct natal planet or square a natal planet? I know it is more than a fleeting sun or moon conjunct or square to the planets.

A waning eclipse loses some of its power to the other planets?

At Least....
that's what I am thinking.

 

[Blister]

Excellent write up, PT, as always! Thanks for starting the thread.

What I wish to say is that Mars is square the nodes, it is also still out of bonds and contra-parallel Pluto. Of course, Mars is in fall in Cancer. All this combination adds extra emphasis on it. OoBs planets act like wild animals, out of control, or over the top, they are more powerful, but act subconsciously. Given the contra // to Pluto, this is even more stressed, intensified, it is a signature of violence. The square to the nodes will emphasize that way more, it becomes the pivotal point. Being in Cancer, it may overreact, to protect itself from "possible enemies", "attacks", most possibly not real per se, but rather made more intense, because of "suspicion", or something not based on solid facts, or at least some level of deception is involved, as the Moon is conj. Neptune that may obscure our perception, there could be an element of deception/self-deception.

Those affected by the eclipse (a more powerful FM) is good to avoid power-struggles, quarrels at all cost until things subside, until we are certain bout the "dimensions" of an issue, after the dust has come down and we can judge with clear thought. Since it is a FM eclipse, it affects relationships, so don't get caught off guard, things are much more complicated and I feel that given the chart, there is some sort of a "lesson", or "test" concerning how we react to things, how we control our anger, aggression, assert ourselves, how we can control our impulses and hold back to think things twice; otherwise we may harm our relationships.

you just described my husband.

 

[PenguinTrauma]

Only just noticed this Loony Eclipse hits me directly!

It will make an almost exact square to my own Jupiter Gemini, and will make a square to my Asc and DC.

Neptune has been going back and forth over a square to my Asc and DC since Summer 2023, and is currently retrograding back towards the exact degree again (2nd pass)

The 3rd pass in February 2025 will be quite intense.

As a general heads up, both the North Node and Neptune will conjunct at 28°09' Pisces on 7th February 2025.

21st April 2025 will see Saturn conjunct North Node at 26°51' Pisces.

Then most of May 2025, the North Node will be at 25° Pisces, the very same degree of the upcoming Lunar eclipse.

So I expect the themes of this LE to begin this month, but then develop, heighten, and grow in strength from February to June 2025.

 

[John Thompson]

For those who like to look at the mundane realm I'd like to point to looking at the chart of Japan, for Japan are implicated in all three eclipses of 2024 as also for those during 2025. We only have one timed chart for this country, this being their chart after WW2 and set for 28th April 1952 @ 22:30 [13:30 GMT] in Tokyo.


The solar eclipse of 9th April at 19 Aries 24 [in partile conjunction with Chiron], was at the natal IC and opposing Neptune at the MC. On the 10th Japanese Prime Minister Kishida met US President Joe Biden in Washington. The two leaders affirn their allience and announce plans to strenthen cooperation in defence as also other areas. Then on the 11th they both meet President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philipines; in their first summit they agree to boost security and economic cooperation to counter Chinese 'provocations' ; no doubt North Korea wouldn't have been happy. After the devastating Noto earthquake on 1st Jan 2024, there was another earthquake on the 17th April in 'An earthquake causes shaking with a seismic intensity of lower 6 in parts of Ehime and Kōchi Prefectures, which is the first time this intensity has been recorded in Shikoku since the 1996 establishment of the current Japanese seismic intensity scale.' Looking to the upcoming lunar eclipse, set for Tokyo we find this completely cutting the eclipse MC/IC axis, and then the solar eclipse on 3rd of October, we see it is conjunct Saturn in 9th and square Uranus in Cancer and the 7th. All over this period transiting Uranus [5th] has been squaring the node [2nd], and Neptune has been squaring the Moon [conjunct descendant]. It looks like the full implications of these agreements will be reiterated with much opposition from the likes of North Korea/China, and with the 3rd October eclipse ascendant = IC of Noto earthquake maybe we will see more of the same. With change of government in Britain, and upcoming US elections, turmoil in their markets are probable. Much research to be done here for those who are interested. I checked this chart for validity at the earthquake which produced the Fukushima nuclear disaster by secondary progressing by Naibod in RA. I found a Moon/Pluto conjunction, with Pluto within a minute of arc conjunct the Geodetic MC [ MC specific to location]; among other things this was very convincing.
Series of charts.

 

[Columbine]

Thanks for this write up PT

The Eclipse will square my natal Uranus at 27 Gemini, oh joy. It seems that your Jupiter is conjunct my Uranus - I am hoping that this is a good thing!

 

[silviam66]

I don't even know where to start with this!

The eclipse will be right on my Asc/Desc axis, but it's part of a greater picture as every slow moving planet is current activating my chart; Pluto is closing in to conjunct my Moon, Neptune has entered my 7th, with Saturn close by and getting close to my second Saturn return oops.
Meanwhile Uranus is stirring up things my making his retrograde motion in opposition to my natal Scorpio's stellium: Neptune, Mercury, Sun and Venus.
And my Virgo Asc? Another stellium there, with Mars, Uranus and Pluto.

I just feel like at breaking point, on the verge of a major turn in life, but the transits of Pluto and Saturn slowly and painfully prepare the ground for renewal, we just can't see it yet and that hurts.

 

[IRIS70]

What's the skinny on how eclipses perfect and then shortly afterwards, within a day or two conjunct natal planet or square a natal planet? I know it is more than a fleeting sun or moon conjunct or square to the planets.

A waning eclipse loses some of its power to the other planets?

At Least....
that's what I am thinking.

Hi Blister,
If I understand it well, it seems to me that what you are saying is that t Moon will conjunct an inner planet of yours after a day, or two. We are interested in planets, especially inner ones, or natal angles being aspected, especially by tight stressful aspects to the eclipse, that is the Moon position, when the eclipse is perfect. If the t Moon conj. a placement even a few hours after that, it is just transit Moon. So we are interested in the orbit of influence of the Moon, which is 4 degrees for conjunction/opposition and one degree from either side for a square. If there is nothing for you around 25.47 degree of Pisces/Virgo within 4 degrees orbit from either side and at 25.47 in Sagittarius/Gemini with only a degree orbit, then you are not influenced by the eclipse.
Another golden rule is that unless there is an" important transit by Saturn/Uranus/Neptune/Pluto affecting angles /luminaries/your chart ruler/ triggering a stellium /an important pattern in natal and probably personal planets, an eclipse will come to go."
I hope it helps.

 

[PenguinTrauma]

As a general heads up, both the North Node and Neptune will conjunct at 28°09' Pisces on 7th February 2025.

21st April 2025 will see Saturn conjunct North Node at 26°51' Pisces.

Then most of May 2025, the North Node will be at 25° Pisces, the very same degree of the upcoming Lunar eclipse.

To add to this, we will also have a Venus retrograde. Because the Universe is clearly not piling on the pressure enough!

Breaking it down to dates - especially to note for anyone who has any natal planets and angles between 25° Pisces - 29° Pisces (use orbs as applicable to you). And the other Mutable signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius.

18th Sept - Lunar Eclipse at 25°47' Pisces

11th Jan - North Node enters 29° Pisces

29th Jan - Venus conjunct Lunar Eclipse degree at 25°47' Pisces

1st Feb - Venus (in shadow) conjunct North Node at 28°09 Pisces - major conjunction of Moon/Venus/Neptune/North node Chart below

7th Feb - Neptune conjunct North Node at 28°09' Pisces

28th Feb - Super Stellium in Pisces! New Moon Pisces at 9°41'. Mercury/Saturn/Neptune/North Node Pisces .... SIX planets!!

2nd Mar - Venus stations retrograde

14th Mar - another Lunar Eclipse! At 23°57' Virgo - opposite Sun/Saturn/Neptune/North Node Pisces

27th Mar - Venus Rx conjunct Neptune at 29°53' Pisces

1st April - Venus Rx conjunct North Node at 27°22' Pisces

6th April - Venus Rx conjunct Lunar Eclipse degree at 25°47' Pisces

7th April - Venus conjunct Saturn at 25°15' Pisces - oddly fascinating this one! Venus is exalted in Pisces, and Saturn is exalted in Libra (which is ruled by Venus)

11th April - Saturn conjunct Lunar Eclipse degree at 25°47' Pisces - apparently, when Saturn conjuncts an Eclipse degree, it stops the effects of that Eclipse. It symbolises the final end of the matter.

21st April - Saturn conjunct North Node at 26°51' Pisces

 

[PenguinTrauma]

But wait ...... there's more!!

Mercury also goes retrograde! Here's the Mercury direct chart for 7th April, with Venus/Saturn/North Node Pisces

It enters shadow on 1st March, tightly conjunct the Pisces North Node

Stations retrograde on 16th March but in Aries.

 

[PenguinTrauma]

After all that lol I feel the upcoming Lunar Eclipse this month is a precursor for what is in store for us from January to May 2025

From this Eclipse to the next Lunar Eclipse in March will be rife with a concentration of late decan Pisces planetary activity.

North Node entering Pisces, Saturn entering the last decan, both Mercury and Venus retrograding through the last degrees.

It almost feels like the prep work, or the final touches, before Neptune finally leaves Pisces. With the retrogrades and North Node, we may finally see and realise what the whole of Neptune's transit in Pisces, since 2012, have all been about.

This may sound bizarre, but it could be like a metaphorical "going into labour" phase, before the Neptune Aries baby arrives. The darkness right before the dawn.

Let's hope it's not a baby monster!

 

[StarchaserNancy]

I wish the dam* baby would get here already. Signed, impatient early Aries. Period of liminality for so many. W/ late Pisces , just keep treading water till you see the shoreline.

 

[Blister]

Hi Blister,
If I understand it well, it seems to me that what you are saying is that t Moon will conjunct an inner planet of yours after a day, or two. We are interested in planets, especially inner ones, or natal angles being aspected, especially by tight stressful aspects to the eclipse, that is the Moon position, when the eclipse is perfect. If the t Moon conj. a placement even a few hours after that, it is just transit Moon. So we are interested in the orbit of influence of the Moon, which is 4 degrees for conjunction/opposition and one degree from either side for a square. If there is nothing for you around 25.47 degree of Pisces/Virgo within 4 degrees orbit from either side and at 25.47 in Sagittarius/Gemini with only a degree orbit, then you are not influenced by the eclipse.
Another golden rule is that unless there is an" important transit by Saturn/Uranus/Neptune/Pluto affecting angles /luminaries/your chart ruler/ triggering a stellium /an important pattern in natal and probably personal planets, an eclipse will come to go."
I hope it helps.

Thank for that Iris70 = My Venus is 23' pisces, that's why I asked.

 

[Isa]

I have Pisces Ascendant at 28 degrees opposite Moon and Mercury in the late degrees of Virgo. I unfortunately went through a miscarriage this week as Mars conjunct my IC, it would be my first pregnancy. Struggling mentally about this. I have some good transits right now and all I can think about is this eclipse as the possible culprit. Scared about what's to come.

 

[PenguinTrauma]

So sorry to hear about that @Isa

 

[John Thompson]

So sad to hear this Isa, but please try not to be too scared of the eclipse. I think you'll find that Neptune conjunct your ascendant with the midpoints of Uranus/Pluto were very active in this, and now we have Mars square the nodal axis which puts us in a real dilemma/confliction of where do we go next. It will be more than important to be able to truly express your feelings though, as it will for your partner.

 

[SummerBliss]

So sorry @Isa that must be very emotionally challenging. The LE full moon aspect must be much more conflicting emotionally. Mars sounds like the activator, what is your natal 5th? What is this eclipse triggering for you?