Virgo Lunar Eclipse
a south node eclipse is like a juice cleanse for the soul (or at least that's what I'm telling myself)
What is an Eclipse?
Eclipses, put simply, take place when a new or full moon occurs within 16º of the lunar nodes. The lunar nodes are not planets but rather points in the sky that are represented by the crossing of the sun’s path and the moon’s path. The nodes are always opposite one another and move backwards through the zodiac. There are many interpretations of the nodes, and these interpretations vary based on the type of astrology one studies, but to keep things simple: the south node tends to suggest areas of your life that are comforting, possibly a little too comforting and can contribute to a sense of ‘baggage’ that keeps us stuck, and the north node is a point that challenges you to grow out of those comfort zones within this lifetime.
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Now that we’ve laid that groundwork, let’s talk a little about what eclipses can represent for us. The ancients believed that eclipses were ‘bad’ or ‘malefic’ in nature due to one of the luminaries (the Sun and Moon) being eclipsed. They associated these times with times of death, war, etc., and this is where we get the interpretation that eclipses are bad. But, as things have changed throughout history, some of that interpretation still applies and some of it doesn’t. It’s true that these periods tend to initiate major changes and transformations within our lives, but in my experience it isn’t always as obvious as some make it out to seem. There may have been very tangible shifts under eclipses like a job promotion, a marriage, a car accident, injury, etc. but there are also likely eclipses that don’t elicit a major change that same day, so why is this? I have noticed in my time observing these time periods that there are just some eclipses where the change happens in a domino effect kind of way. It isn’t obvious the day of, but when I look back months later, I remember that I ended up meeting someone that day who introduced me to someone else, which gave me a new opportunity to do xyz… Something changed that day or around that time that laid the groundwork for a shift in my life.
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When we enter eclipse season, it’s important to look at the pair of houses the eclipses will take place in. Like I said earlier, the nodes are always opposite one another, which means they are transiting opposing houses in your chart. This might be the first and seventh houses or the fourth and tenth. This opposition already gives you vital information about the areas of your lives that are shifting over the 18-month period that the nodes stay in those houses. For example, if the nodes are in your first and seventh, you will see changes and transformation within who you are and how you present yourself to the world, and that will, in turn, bring transformation into how you show up in your relationships.
I know that some of this may feel overwhelming, especially to a beginner, so if you’re interested in understanding transits or aspects further, I suggest checking out my other blog posts on “Tracking Transits”, “Understanding Your Birth Chart,” , “House Meanings in Astrology” OR purchasing “The Guide To Understanding Your Chart,” as each of these will help you decipher how this eclipse fits into your own chart.
This Eclipse Season
This is our second eclipse this eclipse season, the first being a solar eclipse on February 17th at 28º Aquarius. This eclipse, though, takes place in Virgo much closer to the nodes - the moon sits within 4º of the South Node, and in my experience the closer the lunation to the nodes the more its impact is felt. That said, other than this being an eclipse and generally a somewhat scary time, this eclipse isn’t scary for any other reason, which I think we can have a moment of appreciation for especially after the last eclipses’ square to Uranus. Of course, it is worth noting that this eclipse is ruled by Mercury who is retrograde, so it’s definitely heightening those themes. This means we might experience more miscommunications or misunderstandings or just notice that things are confusing, they’re blurry, and we’re not quite sure what is going on or what to do about it. All in all - this isn’t a period of time where we have a lot of forward momentum, we might even feel like we’re at a standstill, and that’s an uncomfortable but okay place to be in. It doesn’t have to feel like a crisis, we can let things unfold in the way they’re going to unfold without digging our heels in and making a bigger mess out of things than there needs to be. I know this is rich coming from a person with control issues but my biggest piece of advice here is to let go, which is obviously easier said than done.
South Node Eclipse
This eclipse in Virgo, and future eclipses in Virgo through February 2027, is a South Node eclipse. The eclipses that conjoin the South Node tend to be more about purging. In my experience these eclipses tend to lead to more endings, or at least endings that aren’t as positive in nature. The North Node, the point opposite the South Node, brings changes and challenges that open doors and create opportunity but the South Node is the point that’s purging to create room for that new to come in. It tends to reflect the areas of our lives where we are keeping ourselves small or selling ourselves short. These types of eclipses tend to poke the bear, if you will, and jostle our worlds to get us unstuck, to wake us up to the ways in which our circumstances just aren’t working for us anymore. The changes that eclipse season brings can be difficult to understand and there’s typically a lot of fear of the future that comes with these changes. That said, it’s important to understand that these changes and endings happen for a reason. The circumstance that is leaving right now is making room for new energy to come in.
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