Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Pisces
Many of us sensitive types are probably feeling some massive shifts. I had my ass handed to me by my body last week, which is why this post is coming out a little late. My diet hadn’t been great, and my entire abdomen decided it was time to shake things up. I live with silent acid reflux, which suddenly got very vocal. Like an opera singer or my Peach Cat screaming at me at full volume to pay attention to her. My body was big mad, and I wasn’t listening to the cries so she decided I needed to be jolted out of my unhealthy comfort zone so I could make room for the life I actually want, the one I’ve been meaning to get to but life just kept giving me excuses for the delay. My gallbladder flared, my pancreas protested, my whole gut has been acomplete disaster, and to top it all off, I had to quit Diet Coke cold turkey, which meant I got the bonus prize of caffeine withdrawal with headaches and body aches, oh, and my monthly came that week too on top of beginning the feminine change (I’m a baby crone at 45), so I guess you could say the gangs all here! I guess my body knew eclipse season was coming before I was fully on board. A full systems purge before a massive internal transformation. I’ve since cleaned up my act and become much more mindful of what and how I consume. And I don’t just mean food.
This is the nature of September, but magnified. September, for me, has always been a threshold month. Back-to-school season, that familiar feeling of fall as the weather begins to cool and days get ever so slightly shorter as we begin the descent toward winter. It carries the quiet gravity of transition. Something ends. Something stirs. We begin again.
This year, that feeling is magnified by one of the most powerful energetic shifts of the decade. Think of September 2025 is a cosmic crossroads. This month is essentially, eclipse season, with a Total Lunar Eclipse in Pisces on September 7th, followed by a Solar Eclipse in Virgo on September 21st. Most outer planets are retrograde, and Pluto, planet of death, power, and transformation, is out of bounds in Aquarius, stirring chaos and truth from the edges of the system. Should’ve never demoted the god of death from planetary status! But I digress.
A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth passes directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting its shadow on the Moon. This can only happen during a Full Moon. Lunar eclipses often mark culminations, emotional release, and endings. Later in the month, we have the Solar Eclipse, which is when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking some or all of the Sun’s light. This can only happen during a New Moon. It briefly darkens the sky and often marks beginnings, revelations, or dramatic shifts in direction. So hopefully, that explains Eclipse season in a nutshell.
Eclipses are wild cards in Astrology, and rarely, if ever, subtle. They amplify and act like an energetic acellorator, pushing the gas down on transformation and change whether you like it or not, and often in areas where you least expect it or have been resisting. A Lunar Eclipse like this one tends to bring endings, culminations, or completions. Basically, this is a supercharged Full Moon, which are known to be catalysts of release. This is a time to release old habits, patterns, illusions, distractions, attachments, ideas or identities that are simply no longer aligned with where you want or need to be moving forward. And since this Eclipse is in watery, dreamy and mystical Pisces, also the final sign of the zodiac, there is a much deeper sense of endings and closure. You may feel like you’re closing a chapter in your life, or even finishing the book itself, ready for what lies ahead. And we’re also entering the liminal space of Fall, preparing for Mabon at the end of the month and then of course, Samhain, where thresholds are at their most unmoored.
Pisces is the archetype of the mystic, the dreamer, the empath, the visionary. It rules the collective unconscious, the ocean of intuition, spirit, and feeling that connects us all. It is porous and boundless, able to access blissful transcendence as easily as deep despair. At its highest, Pisces connects us to divine unity and universal love. At its lowest, it can fall into escapism, addiction, or martyrdom. With the Moon eclipsed in Pisces, we are being asked to confront our spiritual blind spots, emotional dependencies, and subtle forms of avoidance. This is a time to grieve, to feel, to let go of something you may not even have language for yet. The thoughts, beliefs and feelings that live in the mist, in the dream, in the ache you carry without fully understanding why. The Sun in disciplined, earthy Virgo brings grounding and clarity. Virgo is the dedicated priestess, the analyst, the healer who reminds us that spirit must also live in the body, that dreams must be tended through practical devotion. Virgo teaches refinement, discernment, service, and integrity. This polarity between dreamy, up in the air Pisces and disciplined, grounded Virgo invites us to bridge the ether and the earth, so to speak. If Pisces is all about the dreamy imagination, Virgo is here to keep things moving and hold it steady. The key is to recognize the shadow aspects of each and course correct when and how you can.
As you know, the Sun is in Virgo, and that influence heightens our need for clarity, logic, and order. But this stands in sharp contrast to the Pisces Moon, which pulls us toward emotion, intuition, and things that can’t be easily explained. You might feel caught between what you know and what you feel, or between what you can prove and what you simply sense. This isn’t a test of who’s right. It’s a chance to hold both at once. You don’t have to make sense of it all today. Let the insights from the past few weeks settle, and give yourself permission to stand in the mystery, even if it feels messy.
This is not a gentle wave. This is an astrological riptide. This is a spiritual tempest It may bring psychic dreams, heightened sensitivity, emotional release, or even physical purging. It may wash away relationships, roles, stories, or belief systems that kept you tethered to a version of yourself that no longer fits. But still, there is beauty here. Pisces, for all its chaos, is a sign of compassion, forgiveness, and deep soul wisdom. This eclipse may dissolve something you’ve been holding onto for too long. It may offer peace after a long struggle. It may show you, through tears or synchronicity or sleep, what your next step could be. The choice is not whether to change. The choice is how we respond to the change that is already underway.Let the old story dissolve, let the new story unfold. Let the tides take what they must. And trust, even through the fog, that something sacred is being revealed.
