Bringing the Vision to Life: The Lunar Eclipse in Pisces
This evening at 7.09pm BST, the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse will perfect at 15 degrees Pisces. Above, you will see the chart of the moment. In order to establish how this will affect each of us, we will begin by delineating the mundane chart, that is the actual transits happening in the sky above and how they can affect us all in a general sense. After this, I will guide you through how to work out how your own chart will be affected on an individual level.
So let’s begin with where we are right now. It is important to note firstly that the Nodes have been moving through the Virgo-Pisces axis for some time now, and when we have an eclipse, the changes that have been happening beneath the surface throughout this time are suddenly brought to light. The Nodes entered these signs at the end of January 2025 and will leave the signs in August 2026, so this moment is simply a turning point or moment of revelation in connection with that longer roughly year and a half long cycle. In this time, the North Node has been drawing our attention to the Pisces part of our charts, pushing us to be visionary and idealistic, considering how to take that dream we have for an idyllic picture of a particular part of our life and work towards actualising it and manifesting it physically, rather than keeping it untouched in the world of dreams. The South Node in Virgo has been helping with these goal by asking us to step away from analysis paralysis and overly perfectionistic behaviours, recognising that in order to bring something to life, we will never achieve anything in the material world if we expect it to look as perfect as it does in our heads. Instead, the South Node asks us to apply that desire for exacting detail to our spiritual lives, raising our internal standards, rather than obsessing over the practical details. In doing so, we can translate our practical energies into manifesting the usually vast and shapeless desires of the Piscean realm.
This eclipse is occurring as a lunar eclipse with the North Node on the Moon, which is yet another indicator of the bringing in of physical and material matter and focus. Whilst Pisces is the sign of the dreamer, the imagined and the spiritual, this eclipse is all about bringing that into being, rather than keeping it inside and mulling over it. The Moon manifests physically, in the world through matter and in our bodies, and the North Node brings matter rather than spirit, so the two together are bringing something into our world. We are bringing that vision of ours into being and a key part of that is revealed under the strange half-light of the eclipse.
Another piece of this story to consider is that Saturn has just recently moved back into Pisces after our little Summer taster of Saturn in Aries. Saturn did a full pass through the sign of Pisces between 7th March 2023 and 25th May 2025 before his little sojourn through Aries over the Summer. He returned back into Pisces via retrograde motion on the 1st September. So it is though the hard work and standard that he set for us in Pisces during that time, that demand to actualise this vision through repetitive labour and hard work over a long period of time, is once more required to get through this eclipse. There is a last piece here for him to ask of us.
Now on the opposite side we, of course, have the South Node in Virgo with the Sun with ruler Mercury co-present. We are moving away from identifying ourselves with these fiddly little details of our lives - it says nothing of who we are if we forget to clean a dusty forgotten corner of the room or tick off every job on our ever-expanding to-do list. It doesn’t mean that we don’t care about those things, it’s more about developing a healthier approach to these ideas and not judging our own value and worth, as well as our overall life direction and sense of self on how well those areas of our life are going. With Mercury here, we are more readily able to discern and understand the processes of dissolution and breaking down that are going on here. We know that those pieces need to fade away in their current form so we can do the Pisces work that is being asked of us on the other side of the spectrum.
Something that we can be very grateful for concerning this eclipse is the fact that the ruler of the lunation and all-round good guy, Jupiter, is exalted in Cancer, in a very positive position to meet our needs in the Cancer part of our lives. And what is more, he is in tight trine to the North Node and the Moon herself so he is able to lend some brilliant support to this eclipse. He can lend his resources to the hungry North Node as he tries to swallow up as much as he can: knowledge, growth, spiritual and material wealth (with an emphasis on the material that the North Node enjoys so much). There is an overriding positivity and opportunity for true moral growth, rather than strictly materialistic growth that the North Node in particular can really benefit from. The Moon in her fullness opens herself to gather and collect all that Jupiter has to give, so if Jupiter in Cancer has so far seemed stingier than you would expect, know that he is going to be able to give in abundance to the Pisces part of your chart.
Now, let’s see how we can apply this to our own natal charts and see how this will impact us on an individual level. Let’s start with working out how the key players affect us:
First of all, how nodal are you natally? Do you have the nodes on your angles, making them powerful and important in your life, signalling huge turning points for you (so across the Ascendant-Descendant axis or the Midheaven-IC axis)? Do you have important planets grouped around either side of the Nodes or both? Were you born near an eclipse or even on one? Any of these signs will mean that the eclipse hits you particularly strongly, even if it doesn’t seem that way by transit. Another thing to consider here is whether your natal nodes are being triggered in some way at the same time as the eclipse. Those aspects will speak to what the eclipse will deliver.
Now, what about the Sun and the Moon? How strong are they in your own chart and what are they responsible for? They will rule over 2 adjacent houses of your chart that will be sensitive to all lunations, not just eclipses, so these are important to consider. Where is Leo in your chart and what is in the sign of Leo in your chart? This area is subject to South Node energy, being reduced materially and physically in order to obtain more spiritual or internal awareness and also to repurpose that energy and pass it onto the Moon’s part of your chart which is where Cancer sits in your chart. This area is heavily activated also through Jupiter’s placement here so what is in this area of your chart and which house is it? Expect big changes and lots of material/physical influx into this area of your life.
It may also be useful to note what Mercury and Saturn are responsible for as they are also tied into this eclipse. The Mercury-ruled houses and points of your chart are heavily subject to the South Node energy of spiritualising and removing material focus, through the placement of the South Node in Mercury’s sign of Virgo, but also through the house that Gemini sits in your chart as his other sign of rulership. Expect some of that South Node energy to transfer over to that Gemini and any placements you have there. Saturn will be bringing more responsibilities and labours in connection with the Capricorn and Aquarius parts of your chart, making the three adjacent areas of Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces, very loud and very busy right now!
Additionally, being aware of what Jupiter is responsible for in your chart may be useful when ascertaining where you are more likely to feel his support. The Pisces part of your chart is obviously being triggered and receiving lots of his support but bear in mind that he also may be passing some goodness to the Sagittarius part of your chart too.
It’s also useful to note the three main signs/houses being triggered by this eclipse and how to make the most out of them:
What are you letting go of materially to make spiritual space in the Virgo part of your chart?
What are you therefore able to bring in materially in the Pisces part of your chart?
How does the abundance of the Cancer part of your chart factor in here and support this process?
Finally, pay attention to aspects being made by the eclipse and the major players.
Do you have any placements being strongly aspected by the Moon, North Node, and/or Saturn in Pisces? Are there conjunctions in Pisces, oppositions in Virgo, trines in Scorpio or Cancer, squares in Gemini or Sagittarius, or sextiles in Taurus or Capricorn?
Do you have any placements being strongly aspected by the Sun, South Node, and/or Mercury in Virgo? Are there conjunctions in Virgo, oppositions in Pisces, trines in Capricorn or Taurus, squares in Gemini or Sagittarius, or sextiles in Taurus or Capricorn?
Note at this point how the nodes impact similar areas in similar ways. Anything in Virgo will be conjunct and opposite at the same time and vice versa. They are making positive trines/sextiles to the same areas and squares to the same areas. Any planets in Gemini or Sagittarius tightly square the Nodes are at the bendings and will act to switch erratically between focus on both sides of the nodes, so bear that in mind.
A really nice place to end your delineation here is to look at where Jupiter is passing on great things via aspect. Where might you personally feel that abundance? Is he conjoining anything in Cancer, opposing anything in Capricorn, trine anything in Scorpio or Pisces, square anything in Aries or Libra, or sextile anything in Taurus or Virgo?
Now all of this may seem like a lot and that’s because… it is! This is why it can be nice to speak to an astrologer and get them to work through this for you. My books are open and I’m always happy to lend a hand. May the eclipse bring you the beneficence of Jupiter through its byzantine twists and turns.
