The 2024 sky bar serves up another stiff cosmic drink in the form of the Lunar Eclipse in Pisces on September 17th. This eclipse will turn up the volume to “11” on the Pisces channel. This means that the days around this Eclipse– and to an extent the next six months– will be a long strange trip through the watery depths of emotions, spirituality, illusions and disillusionment. Let’s dive in.
A Look at the Eclipse Chart: It’s a Kite!
If you’re familiar with astrology charts, this one is a beauty. We’ve got a grand trine formation—one of the most harmonious in astrology. But there’s a complication here—an opposition to one of the points of the grand trine, making it a more complex formation called a “Kite.” The opposing planet is the Eclipse Moon itself, closely tied to Saturn and Neptune.
What does this mean in real life?
Imagine yourself flying a kite on a breezy day. Everything seems smooth until the wind changes direction, causing your kite to dive and dart around unpredictably. That’s the energy we’re working with here—a harmonious flow that’s disrupted by an opposing force. The Moon, Neptune, and Saturn create a situation where you do have to be in touch with both your dreams (Neptune) and your reality (Saturn), with the Eclipse amplifying all those Piscean feels and Saturn compelling us to do our emotional work. Saturn calls for boundaries, maturity, and accountability for our own blocked emotions, our 💩, our stuff.
The Karpman drama triangle is a great tool for understanding what’s often going on under the surface in a dramatic situation. Person A, the victim, sees themself as wronged by person B, the persecutor. Instead of working things out with person B, person A recruits C– a third party, a rescuer. Then person C feels justified in gossiping about or even bullying B (potentially opening a new perpetrator-victim triangle). Because B hurt A. The core issue between A and B never gets solved. Such a game of emotional “telephone” can quickly get out of hand when this much strong Pisces emotion shows up in the forecast. So don’t argue with crazy. Take a close look at your contribution– your fear and anxiety. Not with a goal of judging your emotions. But understanding them, so you can respond with maturity and appropriate boundaries.
Neptune’s Dreamy (and Sometimes Confusing) Influence
At this eclipse, the Moon is closest to Neptune, Pisces’ ruler, which intensifies the spiritual and psychic vibes. Neptune, though, has a double-edged quality. On one hand, Neptune represents the power of the unseen– dreams, intuition, and spirituality. On the other, Neptune can blur the boundaries and have us lowering our guard when it would serve us better to know more about the situation first. Neptune can stir up our “demons,” leading to feelings of loss, grief, fear, and anxiety.
This can be difficult for some to understand. When Saturn is in Pisces, emotions are the work. Take your time to process loss and grief, and other blocked or unresolved emotions.
Understand that the spiritual realm is closer than ever during this Eclipse. But there will be moments when clarity doesn’t come easily.
Eclipse square Jupiter: The Estimation Problem
To make things a little more interesting, the eclipse is squaring Pisces’ other ruling planet, Jupiter. Jupiter governs expansion, growth, and our ability to estimate and visualize. But with this setup, our ability to size up a situation is skewed. Perhaps there’s some tension between what is said and what is meant. It’s a joke, but maybe not. It’s like looking at the world through a funhouse mirror— a little distorted.
So this is not the moment to rush into a major financial decision or jump headfirst into a new relationship. If you’re feeling confuzzled (confused + puzzled), take it as a cosmic sign that you’re missing some important information. Jupiter’s tendency to exaggerate might tempt you to overcommit or underestimate a situation. Slow down, be patient, and make space and time to gather all the facts and make sure you understand before acting.
Eclipse Season: A Cosmic Wallpaper Change
Although there is a feeling to Eclipse season, Eclipses don’t just impact the days around the Eclipse event itself. Their energy lingers for about six months, setting the stage for significant events in the area of your chart where the eclipse lands. Think of each Eclipse as changing the wallpaper. The wallpaper from the last eclipse season (springtime) is coming down, and now you’re getting a new emotional, psychic, karmic background for the next six months with this Lunar Eclipse and the upcoming Solar Eclipse in Libra.
If you have your birth chart, in which house does 25° Pisces fall? That house represents the area of your life that’s getting the “juice” from this Eclipse. Something is brewing in your cauldron of manifestation, and you might already feel its effects starting to bubble up in that part of your life. Eclipses in the birth chart houses
Summary of the Eclipse chart
It’s important to lean into emotion, intuition, and sensitivity. (I just started keeping my journal with me in bed so I can write down my dreams!) But also, stay grounded and seek out ways to protect and safeguard your vital energy. In other words, keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out!
Take advantage of the harmony in earth signs by looking for good deals on the things you need and opportunities to attract a better job, new clients, and strengthen your finances in the next six months as this Pisces Eclipse wallpaper plays out.
Practical Tips for the September 2024 Lunar Eclipse
- Stay Grounded: I love a good online Tarot reading, but with Neptune in the mix around this Eclipse, it’s easy to get swept up in predictions and psychic sourced information.
- Focus on healthy habits and routines: Balance the strong emotional currents of Pisces with the tidy magic of the Virgo season. Ground yourself in the present with practical routines, and focus on your work and health. Especially your digestive health.
- Getting clean: The Jupiter square in this chart blurs the limits and makes binges, self medication, and self soothing more likely. Avoid situations where you could compromise your progress. Long-standing bad habits will be easier to kick later in the month and in early October as the sobering force of the Solar Eclipse appears in the partnership sign, Libra.
- Embrace the long game: Eclipse energy plays out over six months. Take note of what’s brewing in your life around the time of the eclipse, but be patient as the full picture emerges over time.
- Ride the creative wave: Pisces is all about artistic and spiritual expression. Use this time to get serious about an artistic project, spiritual path, or anything that connects you to a higher purpose or calling to service.
- Make space for your emotions: This eclipse could stir up some deep emotions, especially related to loss, grief, or unresolved feelings. Pay attention to what surfaces—it’s an invitation to take accountability, find acceptance, heal past wounds, and mature spiritually.
