This September brings a powerful total lunar eclipse that coincides with the full Moon in Pisces. This is a major moment for our evolution. While those of us in certain parts of the world won’t witness the eclipse, we will all feel its energetic impact. The magic of eclipses is that their influence transcends what we can see and ripples through the airwaves, reaching each of us regardless of our location on Earth.

When is the Full Moon in Pisces?

The upcoming lunar eclipse begins at 8:28 am PT on September 7, 2025. It reaches its peak total lunar eclipse at 11:11 am PT—yes, that powerful 11:11 portal moment. The eclipse completes at 1:55 pm PT. You have a full 48 hours surrounding the eclipse to work with its potent release energy.

What the Lunar Eclipse and Full Moon in Pisces

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth positions itself between the Sun and Moon, casting our planet’s shadow across the lunar surface in what’s known as a blood Moon. What has been hidden in the shadows of our subconscious rises to the surface, ready to be acknowledged and released. Lunar eclipses have a reputation for bringing sudden insights and unexpected truths. But within the intensity lies potential for incredible liberation and evolution.

Think of a lunar eclipse as the Universe’s way of highlighting what needs to shift in your life. It’s like a cosmic spotlight illuminating the patterns, relationships, and beliefs that no longer serve your highest good. Lunar eclipses are ultimately about release. They ask us to let go of what we’ve outgrown, creating space for new possibilities to enter our lives.

The powerful revelations that come during eclipse season commonly arrive as “aha” moments—sudden understanding about situations we’ve been puzzling over, clarity about relationships that have felt confusing, or insights into our own patterns that have been operating beneath our conscious awareness. These revelations are gifts, even when they initially feel challenging. They show us the truth so we can make empowered choices about our path forward.

Working with lunar eclipse energy requires both courage and surrender. Courage in facing whatever truths the eclipse and the full Moon in Pisces reveal. Surrender in releasing control and trusting that what leaves your life during this time or shortly thereafter is making room for something better aligned with your soul.

The moment you realize that your attachment to control is actually pushing away everything you want—that’s when real magic begins. So many of us are exhausted from trying to manage every outcome, predict every problem, solve every issue before it arises. This Pisces eclipse arrives as your cosmic permission slip to finally loosen that grip and discover what magic lives on the other side of surrender.

When you release control, you don’t lose power. You gain access to a different kind of power, one that flows from alignment rather than force. Think about the last time you tried to remember something important. The harder you tried, the more elusive it became, right? But the moment you relaxed, stopped trying so hard, there it was. This is how life works too. The solutions, opportunities, and synchronicities you seek often arrive the moment you stop strangling them with your need to control.

During this eclipse, you might feel more emotional than usual. It’s a time to practice your most observant self and, instead of reacting to sensations that arise within, watch them and let them pass. This observation is the essence of mindfulness meditation, which starts by observing the feelings that exist in each area of the body. You are holding space for sensations and emotions to be felt, seen, and released. This trains the conscious and subconscious mind to merely observe events internally or externally, not react to them.

This release isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes we cling to familiar patterns even when they limit us, simply because they feel safe. The eclipse energy gives us the cosmic push we need to finally say goodbye to these outdated aspects of ourselves.

Lunar eclipses amplify our feelings, especially in the sensitive water sign of Pisces. Rather than resisting these emotions, let them flow through you. They carry important information about what needs to be released. Tears can be deeply cleansing during eclipse season—they help wash away the old to make space for the new.

Remember, eclipses accelerate our growth. What might normally take months or years to shift can happen quickly during eclipse season. This acceleration serves our evolution, even when it feels overwhelming. Trust that you’re ready for whatever changes this eclipse brings. The Universe never gives us more than we can handle, and every ending contains the seeds of a beautiful new beginning.

The full Moon in Pisces and total lunar eclipse arrive as an invitation to release your grip on life and discover what magic unfolds when you trust the flow. Pisces is the master teacher of surrender. As a water sign ruled by Neptune, Pisces understands that life’s greatest gifts tend to come when we stop forcing outcomes and start trusting the intelligence of the Universe. This eclipse amplifies that lesson by reminding us where our need to control is actually blocking the very things we desire most.

What the Lunar Eclipse in Pisces + Sun in Virgo Mean for You

Not only do we have the full Moon in Pisces opposite the Sun in Virgo, but with an eclipse, the Lunar Nodes join this cosmic dance. The North Node sits with the Moon in Pisces while the South Node accompanies the Sun in Virgo. When the nodes align with a full Moon, it’s as if the Universe is shouting at us to pay attention.

The North Node in Pisces points us toward our collective destiny—learning to trust the flow of life, surrendering our need to control every outcome, and remembering that we’re all connected in ways our logical minds can’t always grasp. Meanwhile, the South Node in Virgo illuminates what we’re ready to release—the exhausting perfectionism, the harsh self-criticism, and the illusion that we can think our way to safety.

Pisces at its highest vibration is being so connected to your intuition that you don’t second-guess it anymore. You trust the subtle nudges and quiet knowings. You see beyond the current circumstances to the bigger picture unfolding. You move through life with a kind of grace that comes from knowing you’re supported by something greater than yourself. This is where compassion flows naturally, where forgiveness isn’t forced but simply happens, and where your creativity pours through you like water finding its way.

The North Node in Pisces teaches us that when we flow, we relax. And when we relax, everything we desire appears. This is the medicine our world desperately needs.

Virgo is equally magical in a different way. High-vibration Virgo creates beautiful routines that support your spiritual growth—not rigid rules but loving structures that hold space for magic to happen. It brings discernment without judgment, helping you see clearly what serves your highest good. Virgo’s gift is making the spiritual tangible, bringing those cosmic downloads into practical form. It’s about devoted service, clear boundaries that protect your energy, and grounded presence that comes from being fully in your body.

Where we get stuck is the low of shadow side of Pisces, which loses all sense of self. It’s the escapism that pulls you away from your life rather than helping you engage with it more fully. It’s playing the victim to avoid taking responsibility for your choices. It’s having such poor boundaries that you’re constantly drained, absorbing everyone else’s emotions like a cosmic sponge. Shadow Pisces gets so lost in the spiritual realm that it forgets to pay the bills, show up for loved ones, and take care of its physical body.

If you’re finding yourself in these patterns, take a breath. This eclipse offers the perfect opportunity to shift them through Pisces’ opposite sign, Virgo. It provides exactly what you need—structure, boundaries, and the reminder that spiritual growth includes taking care of your human self.

Virgo also illuminates a different set of shadows, ones that many of us know intimately. It’s the perfectionism that keeps you paralyzed, afraid to take any action that might not be flawless. It’s the voice in your head that criticizes every move you make, disguised as having high standards. It’s the overthinking that spins you in circles, analyzing every possible outcome until the opportunity has passed you by.

These Virgo shadows often come from a deep fear—the fear that if you’re not perfect, you’re not worthy of love. The fear that if you don’t control everything, your life will fall apart. This eclipse says it’s time to let these fears go. You don’t have to earn your worthiness through perfect performance. You don’t have to control every detail to be safe.

The magic happens when we blend these energies consciously. Instead of perfectionism, we choose excellence with compassion. Your best effort is enough. Instead of escapism, we choose conscious surrender. There’s a profound difference between avoiding life and trusting its flow. Instead of harsh criticism, we choose loving discernment. You can see clearly without judging harshly—yourself or others.

This eclipse wants to show you something powerful. You can be both grounded and flowing. You can be practical and mystical. You can be devoted to excellence while accepting imperfection. The integration of these energies is a superpower. This is the dance between Pisces and Virgo—surrender and strength, flow and form, trust and action.

And with both the Moon and North Node in Pisces, it’s a double dose of cosmic encouragement to trust more and release our attachment to outcomes.

You don’t have to choose between being spiritual or practical. You’re here to be both. You don’t have to sacrifice your dreams for security or your stability for magic. This eclipse teaches us that the highest path integrates both—feet firmly planted on the ground, head touching the stars, heart wide open to all the possibilities that exist when we stop trying to control life and start trusting ourselves instead.

Other Astrological Aspects Influencing the Lunar Eclipse and Full Moon in Pisces

While eclipses often bring intensity and challenge, this one offers us an unusual eclipse signature. Instead of the typical “breakdown to breakthrough” energy, we’re being offered “soft expansion.” This is the kind that doesn’t dysregulate our nervous system and make us go running back to our comfort zones. Instead we can flow into a new way of being with ease and grace.

Evolution can be nurturing. Expansion can feel safe.

This doesn’t mean the lunar eclipse won’t bring endings—it will. But these aspects suggest that what leaves your life now goes with grace, making room for expansion. What you release, you release with gratitude. What you receive, you receive with an open heart.

Uranus Retrograde Trine Pluto Retrograde

Let’s start with the revolutionary energy pulsing through the cosmos. Uranus retrograde in Gemini forms a perfect trine with Pluto retrograde in Aquarius. When these two cosmic heavy-hitting planets work together in air signs, we’re talking about mental breakthroughs that can shift entire paradigms. Also, both planets are in retrograde, which means this isn’t about external revolution—it’s about internal liberation.

Uranus in Gemini wants to free your mind from outdated thought patterns. Those mental loops that keep you stuck? The limiting beliefs you inherited from family or society? Uranus is ready to shatter them. Meanwhile, Pluto in Aquarius is working on a deeper level, transforming how you connect with collective consciousness. Together, they’re rewiring your mental circuitry to receive higher frequencies of thought.

Because this aspect involves a trine—the most harmonious angle in astrology—these breakthroughs don’t have to come through crisis. They can arrive as sudden insights during meditation, unexpected solutions in the shower, or middle-of-the-night downloads that have you reaching for your journal. Pay attention to the innovative ideas flowing through you around this eclipse. They’re not random—they’re your consciousness upgrading.

Jupiter in Cancer Trine North Node in Pisces

Jupiter in Cancer brings an entirely different, and welcome, flavor to this eclipse. Jupiter forms a trine with the North Node in Pisces, essentially leveling up our collective way forward. Jupiter in Cancer expands through the heart, through family, through emotional security. When it connects with the North Node in Pisces, it’s saying your path to spiritual growth includes honoring your emotions, creating a sense of home within yourself, and nurturing your dreams as you would a child.

This aspect brings a quality of emotional generosity to the eclipse. Jupiter in Cancer knows that true abundance comes from feeling emotionally fulfilled and not just materially successful. The trine to the North Node suggests that as we move toward our Piscean destiny of trust and flow, we’re supported by an expansion of emotional wisdom and intuitive knowing.

The Moon also forms a supportive trine with Jupiter in Cancer, which softens any harsh edges of this lunar eclipse. This aspect says to lean into the emotional expansion available. Let yourself feel. Trust that your emotions are not overwhelming forces to be controlled but wise guides.

The Sun in Virgo, too, forms a sextile with Jupiter in Cancer. Sextiles require some effort to activate, but they offer gifts. The Sun-Jupiter sextile brings opportunity for practical expansion. Your everyday routines, your work, your service to others—each of these Virgo realms benefit from Jupiter’s magic touch.

Normally during an eclipse, the Sun and Moon are in tension, pulling us in different directions. But with both receiving Jupiter’s support, we get integration instead of separation. You can expand emotionally (Moon trine Jupiter) AND practically (Sun sextile Jupiter). You can nurture your inner world while also tending to your external responsibilities.

Work with these aspects consciously. The Uranus-Pluto trine says your mind is ready for quantum leaps. When Uranus sends a lightning bolt of insight, don’t dismiss it as too radical. The Jupiter aspects say your heart is ready to hold more happiness, more abundance, more possibility than ever before. When Jupiter expands your heart, don’t contract in fear. When the eclipse asks you to release, trust that something even better is waiting to fill that space.

Your Invitation on the Lunar Eclipse

This eclipse offers a powerful opportunity to reset your nervous system and recalibrate your relationship with control. Notice what happens when you take a deep breath and choose trust over worry. Feel how your body relaxes when you stop trying to manage every detail. Watch how opportunities start flowing when you create space for them through calm presence rather than frantic action.

You have a full 48 hours surrounding the eclipse to work with its potent release energy. Start by creating quiet space for yourself. This eclipse offers a masterclass in nervous system regulation. When you’re in constant control mode, your nervous system stays activated. You’re essentially living in a state of low-grade fight or flight, scanning for threats, preparing for problems, never fully relaxing into the present moment. Our bodies weren’t designed to sustain this. That background anxiety? That mental fog that won’t clear? That’s your nervous system saying it needs a break from being the manager of the universe.

When you regulate your nervous system—through slowing the breath, through meditation, through conscious relaxation—something miraculous happens. Your intuition comes online. Those gut feelings you’ve been too stressed to notice start speaking clearly. The creative solutions that seemed impossible when you were wound tight flow effortlessly when you’re calm. You recognize opportunities that your stressed-out self would have missed completely.

This happens because your brilliant mind works best when it’s not being micromanaged by fear-based control. The solution that seems impossible during a stress spiral appears during a quiet walk. The relationship insight that changes everything comes not through analysis but through a moment of presence. Your creative genius is always there—it just needs calm to be heard.

When we release our grip on how things “should” happen, we open ourselves to possibilities far greater than our limited minds could imagine. This eclipse shines a light on where overthinking has become your prison. You know those nights when your mind races with endless scenarios, trying to plan for every possible outcome? That mental gymnastics routine that leaves you exhausted but no closer to clarity?

You have a full 48 hours surrounding the eclipse to work with its potent release energy. Start by creating quiet space for yourself. Then ask yourself what patterns you are done with? What fears have outlived their purpose? What relationships, beliefs, or habits are complete? Respond freely. Don’t edit, don’t judge, just let it flow. Ask from a place of gratitude, not anger. These things that you’re releasing served you once. They protected you, taught you, shaped you.

The full Moon in Pisces and lunar eclipse say enough. It’s time to give your brain a break and let your intuition lead. Magic exists in the space between our thoughts. Identify where you’re white-knuckling life. Where are you trying to force outcomes? Where is your need for control actually creating more chaos? These are the areas where the full Moon in Pisces invites you to experiment with surrender.

Surrender doesn’t mean giving up or being passive. It means releasing your attachment to HOW things happen while staying clear on WHAT you desire. It means trusting that the Universe has a better plan than your limited perspective can see. It means believing that you’re supported even when you can’t see the evidence yet.

Let this eclipse be your permission slip to loosen your grip. To trust more and control less. To let your intuition guide you through the path of least resistance. The magic you’re seeking is waiting on the other side of surrender.

Learn more about the new Moon in Virgo, including additional astrological insights and journaling prompts, in the Virgo Season + New Moon workbook, from which the above is excerpted. You can also understand how to navigate eclipse season and be receptive to receiving in the Rapid Manifestation Masterclass.

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