The Journal
Current Energies
Here we talk about New Moons, Full Moons, eclipses, retrogrades and other shifts in planetary energies that influence each of us.
Lunar Eclipse in Pisces 8*28*26
When something is "eclipsed", it is hidden from view. In a lunar eclipse like the one we have on Friday morning just after midnight ET, the earth is between the Sun and Moon. This is an important aspect of how lunar eclipses influence us. Our reality (Earth) filters the enlightenment coming from the Sun which is illuminating the Moon. Despite the name, this eclipse is here to reveal what has been hidden under the surface…The elegance of a lunar eclipse along the Pisces - Virgo axis is that Earth, our reality, is the landing spot for the Virgo Sun's light shining on the Pisces Moon's emotions and emotional needs. Whatever we realize must be applied to our reality. Otherwise it stays just outside of our lived experience.
Lunar Eclipse in Virgo 3*3*26
Tuesday morning we have a Lunar Eclipse in Virgo. This is the 5th of 7 eclipses along the Pisces-Virgo axis. Eclipses are powerful New Moons and Full Moons. Unlike regular lunations, the effects of eclipses are thought to last for about 6 months, until the next set of eclipses. The current set, comprised of the Solar Eclipse we had on February 17, and this one, will exert influence until August, when the second set of eclipses for 2026 happen.
This is a Full Moon (Lunar) Eclipse, with the Moon at 13 degrees of Virgo opposite the Sun at 13 degrees of Pisces. The Virgo - Pisces axis deals with service.
Lunar Eclipse in Pisces 9*7*25
Here we go! The second eclipse season of the year starts peeks on Sunday with the Lunar Eclipse in Pisces. Lunar Eclipses are powerful Full Moons, the effects of which last for about 6 months, until the next set of eclipses. The Sun has been moving through Virgo and will be at 15 degrees opposite the Moon at 15 degrees of Pisces at the time of this eclipse on Sunday afternoon.
The Virgo-Pisces axis is about service and balancing the desire to organize and improve how we meet the demands of daily life (Virgo) with the equally strong desire to explore how to express the qualities of the soul in human form (Pisces). Virgo-Pisces demands we balance the health of the body and the spirit.
Lunar Eclipse in Virgo 3*14*25
Welcome to the first eclipse season of 2025, which started off with this morning's Lunar Eclipse in Virgo. For any individual, the effects depend on where the eclipses land in your chart and if they are making connections to any planets or points in your chart. That said, even if you are not strongly affected by the energies, they are permeating the planet, so everyone is feeling them to some extent.
In this Lunar Eclipse, the Sun at 23 degrees of Pisces is opposite the Moon at 23 degrees of Virgo. The Pisces - Virgo axis is one of service. Sun in Pisces, the mutable water sign, is clear that there is something more at play than simply the visible world.
The grounded, practical qualities of earth give water a container and a framework to prioritize and explore the information held in the emotions. Here, Virgo is that complement to Pisces. Virgo energy, as the mutable earth sign, is motivated by the need to make things better.