Horoscopes for September's Eclipse Season
There's a Lunar Eclipse in Pisces on Sept 7 & a Solar Eclipse in Virgo on Sept 21... Here's what it means for you.
September’s eclipses are on the Virgo-Pisces Axis
The new moon in Virgo this week (August 23) is the first of two new moons in the sign of the harvest goddess this year. This week is a normal (non-eclipse) new moon that occurs at 0 degrees Virgo. The sun and moon enter Virgo together, holding hands and jumping into the part of the sky known for discernment, digestion, and service.
The second Virgo new moon of this season will be a solar eclipse on September 21.
And right in the middle of these two dark moons, we have a full moon total lunar eclipse in Pisces, a powerful lunation where the earth will block the light of the sun shining from across the sky in Virgo and cast a rosy hue on la luna in Pisces.
Eclipse seasons are turning points, cosmic thresholds where the Sun, Moon, and Earth align to open portals of endings and beginnings. They tend to shake the fabric of ordinary time, pushing us forward on our timeline…whether or not we feel ready.
We’re in the midst of the Virgo–Pisces nodal eclipse axis (2025–2026), a cycle of purification and surrender. Virgo insists on refinement, order, and embodied service. Pisces dissolves boundaries, asks for faith, and awakens our imagination. Together, they demand a dance between structure and surrender, between doing and being.
We’ve already tasted this story back in March/April 2025, when the first eclipses in this cycle cracked open new pathways. Now, September continues the unraveling and reweaving of new storylines.
Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (September 7, 15 degrees, 22 minutes )
The Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (Sept 7) brings release, endings, and dissolutions, especially around old dreams, ideals, or illusions.The Solar Eclipse in Virgo (Sept 21) anchors new beginnings through giving up over-working and rigidity and focusing on discipline, practice, and devotion that is aligned with a higher spiritual calling.
The Pisces Lunar Eclipse will be opposite the sun, Mercury, and the Lot of Fortune in Virgo. This eclipse will highlights the tension between analysis and intuition, reminding us that not everything can be measured or perfected, and that many truths arrive through trust. It’s trine to Jupiter in Cancer, which could soften the release, offering emotional expansion and nourishment.
At a North Node lunar eclipse, like the one on September 7, the light of the Moon is swallowed, revealing something that has to be released in order to clear the way for a future you hunger for. Full moons are always about culminations and releases, and this eclipse is turbocharged. It’s the end of what prevents you from feeding that craving for a more Piscean-flavored future.
During the eclipse portal, there’s typically a strong feeling of urgency. The lunar eclipse clears old emotional patterns, illusions, and attachments, and in their absence, the pull of the North Node is felt even more strongly.
You may experience loss, but it immediately creates space that feels destined, like being propelled toward something new.
Old comfort zones are stripped so that you can no longer retreat into them; you must lean into the “becoming.” (Ahem… the only way out is through.)
Emotional hunger is stirred up. The eclipse doesn’t satisfy the Pisces North Node’s hunger for spiritual merging, it intensifies the craving.
So while lunar eclipses often feel like letting go, this one points the release toward the North Node direction: Pisces themes of surrender, faith, flow, the dissolution of control. The eclipse will help you release something that was keeping you from dissolving into that bigger tide.
During both eclipses, the background hum of the mini-grand trine between Pluto in Aquarius, Uranus in Gemini, and Neptune/Saturn in Aries will underscore that these personal shifts are part of a far larger collective metamorphosis, and our personal experiences are aligning us with the architecture of a new era.
New Moon Partial Solar Eclipse in Virgo (September 21, 28 degrees and 59 minutes )
The Solar Eclipse in Virgo on Sept 21 is pretty… sharp-edged. It’s directly opposite Saturn in Pisces and within orb of Neptune in Aries, forcing us to confront the weight of limits and illusions. Virgo wants clarity, but Saturn and Neptune across the skies demand surrender.
This opposition forms the spine of a kite formation, tethered into that same ongoing mini grand trine of Pluto in Aquarius and Uranus in Gemini with Neptune/Saturn in Aries. What looks like a crisis of unraveling actually plugs into a larger evolutionary current, where this eclipse acts like a kind of release valve. With the moon blocking the sun’s rays, Virgo’s conscious precision is forced to yield to more emotional wisdom. This is where Pluto and Uranus can rewire the collective systems.
At any South Node solar eclipse, the new beginning isn’t about launching forward, it’s about exposing or seeding an ending. It often shows the start of a process of unraveling or emptying out. The solar eclipse illuminates what must be dismantled, sometimes suddenly.
You may start something that ultimately leads to closure.
Old patterns get re-triggered so you can finally see and shed them.
The eclipse shows you what’s outgrown, unsustainable, or sterile (in this case, Virgo-style overwork, perfectionism, and micro-management) and forces you to move past it with emotional resolve.
So this Virgo solar eclipse isn’t a “plant a seed and grow” moment (like a north node solar eclipse would be). Instead, it’s a karmic purge disguised as a beginning. What gets initiated here will likely expose where control, critique, or over-analysis no longer serve. The “new” is really about making room for the collective desire of the Pisces North Node -laying down the burden of perfection and dissolving into flow, faith, and compassion.
In summary…
Sept. 7 Lunar Eclipse on North Node: Release is a slingshot forward in life. Something ends, but it pulls you directly into the hunger of the North Node. Emotional tides carry you into the new, whether you’re ready or not.
Sept. 21 Solar Eclipse on South Node: A “new beginning” that actually initiates an unraveling. The Sun’s light is blocked, exposing karmic residue that must be dismantled so the path forward clears.
The essence of the collective desire of the Pisces North Node/Virgo South Node that is highlighted by these eclipses is:
Surrendering to the tide. After years of hyper-analysis, optimization, and control (Virgo South Node), the hunger is to stop micromanaging existence and let something larger carry us.
Re-enchantment. Pisces pulls us toward longing for mystery, awe, and connection with what transcends logic. The desire is to feel part of something greater than ourselves, to live inside story, music, and myth again.
Compassion over critique. Instead of Virgo’s critical eye, the collective is hungry for empathy, forgiveness, and dissolving the harsh lines that divide us.
Union and wholeness. Pisces seeks to dissolve separations. The desire is for unity consciousness, not fragmentation.
Faith in the invisible. Virgo South Node is all about the spreadsheet, while Pisces North Node asks us to trust the current we can’t measure. The hunger is for trust, intuition, and spiritual connection.
Rest. Collectively, we are exhausted from constant fixing, hacking, and optimizing. Pisces wants rest — sleep, dream, drifting — to let the unconscious and the imaginal do their work.
We just experienced 12 years of Neptune in Pisces and 3 years of Saturn in Pisces, so we’re very familiar with the energy of the fishes. We’ve drifted in its fog, tested its boundaries, and felt both the ache of disillusionment and the grace of surrender.
Now, with the North Node in Pisces and the South Node in Virgo, the eclipses give us the assignment of karmically unifying this axis. In September, it’s time to release Virgo’s over-perfected patterns of control while carrying forward its gifts of devotion and service, and to embrace Pisces’ call toward trust, compassion, and mystical flow without losing grounding. These eclipses are not just dissolutions or beginnings; they are the weaving together of discipline and surrender into a completely new way of being.
Below are your horoscopes for each rising sign (based on the whole sign house system).
Aries Rising: A Flame of Devotion
The Pisces/Virgo Axis for you is in your 12th/6th Houses of daily routines and the big picture.
The eclipses call you to transform the way you move through your days. Old cycles of retreat, sacrifice, or avoidance are dissolving. You can no longer float in the realm of dream without grounding it in embodied practice. Anchor your mysticism through work, rhythm, and devotion.
12th house Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (North Node): You’ve drifted through liminal tides, escaping into dreams or dissolving in overwhelm. Now the lunar eclipse calls you back to earth. Daily rhythm becomes your prayer. What you do with your body, time, and work is where the sacred arrives.
6th house Solar Eclipse in Virgo (South Node): You’re asked to refine the ways you serve. Overwork, self-criticism, and micromanaging routines can no longer hold you. This eclipse is a reset: clear habits that drain and return to the simplest practices that nourish your body and spirit. Service is not about doing more, but about doing what matters with devotion.
Big shifts: Anchor the mystical into daily routines. Discipline becomes devotion.
How it might play out:
You end unhealthy habits or cycles of avoidance.
You establish a steady practice (movement, meditation, craft).
You bring spiritual gifts into tangible service for others.
Challenges: Resisting structure. Escapism disguised as faith.
Opportunities: Finding freedom through routine. Embodying the sacred in simple acts.
Lesson: Your body is the altar. Devotion is built one day at a time.
Taurus Rising: Heart of Creation
The Pisces/Virgo Axis for you is in your 11th/5th Houses of creativity and community.
Dreams of belonging and illusions of tribe are dissolving. The Solar Eclipse asks you to root your joy and creative fire in tangible practice. This is not about waiting for recognition from groups but about disciplining your own artistry so it can shine.
11th house Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (North Node): Illusions of belonging dissolve, clearing away draining groups or false friendships. What remains is a hunger for authentic community, where your creative fire can find resonance.
5th house Solar Eclipse in Virgo (South Node): Old perfectionism in love or creativity must be shed. This eclipse resets how you express joy, offered as true devotion. Stop treating pleasure as something to perfect.
Big shifts: Align play with purpose. Joy becomes sacred labor.
How it might play out:
You step away from group ties that stifle your light.
You commit to creative discipline that feels devotional.
You treat romance as practice in trust, not performance.
Challenges: Escaping into fantasy or projection.
Opportunities: Sacred creativity and pleasure as devotion.
Lesson: Play is holy when you stop trying to perfect it.
Gemini Rising: A Foundation of Belonging
The Pisces/Virgo Axis for you is in your 10th/4th Houses of home and vocation.
Illusions about your public path may be falling away. You’ve drifted between roles, but now the eclipses pull you back to your roots. The Solar Eclipse calls you to refine your home base and daily sanctuary, building a structure that can support your future growth.
10th house Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (North Node): A hunger for calling grows stronger. Your public path is illuminated, urging you toward a destiny that feels soulful, not performative. You’re being pulled into alignment with a higher purpose.
4th house Solar Eclipse in Virgo (South Node): The eclipse strips away perfectionist patterns at home and in family life. Old roles and ancestral burdens no longer hold. You are asked to simplify your foundations and build belonging on your terms.
Big shifts: Root your calling in authentic foundations.
How it might play out:
You release inherited expectations.
You re-pattern your home into sanctuary.
You allow career shifts that align with soul.
Challenges: Confusing control with security.
Opportunities: Building roots that nourish your destiny.
Lesson: True belonging is lived, not found through control.
Cancer Rising: A Pilgrimage of the Mind
The Pisces/Virgo Axis for you is in your 9th/3rdHouses of communication and belief.
You’ve been dissolving old philosophies, letting go of borrowed truths. Now, the eclipses bring focus to the details: daily learning, writing, and communication. It’s time to refine your voice, root wisdom in practice, and let your words become spells of service.
9th house Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (North Node): Your hunger for wisdom expands. Old dogmas give way as you’re pulled toward belief systems that connect you to mystery. Faith becomes the language your mind craves.
3rd house Solar Eclipse in Virgo (South Node): This eclipse clears obsessive thinking and perfectionist communication habits. The compulsion to explain or analyze everything dissolves, allowing your words to become vessels for truth rather than proof.
Big shifts: From micromanaging thoughts to trusting wisdom.
How it might play out:
You let go of rigid teachers or philosophies.
You begin a writing or teaching practice rooted in faith.
You speak less to explain, more to inspire.
Challenges: Information overwhelm. Distrusting intuition.
Opportunities: Becoming a messenger of wisdom.
Lesson: Truth evolves through a practice.
Leo Rising: A Temple of Worth
The Pisces/Virgo Axis for you is in your 8th/2nd Houses of resources and intimacy.
The Lunar Eclipse clears away illusions of shared resources, debts, or toxic power dynamics. The Solar Eclipse grounds you in your own value. Build a steady relationship with money, body, and possessions. This is about devotion to what truly sustains you.
8th house Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (North Node): You are drawn into deeper trust with others, in the realm of intimacy, shared resources, emotional vulnerability. The hunger now is to surrender control and let life’s tides carry you into authentic connection, but the only way to do that is to release illusions surrounding unbalanced entanglements that masquerade as intimacy.
2nd house Solar Eclipse in Virgo (South Node): Perfectionism around money and worth is revealed for release. The compulsion to over-manage your security, or measure value by productivity, is stripped away. You will be pushed to clarify your personal values, redefine what truly matters to you, and build a stronger sense of self-worth that isn't solely dependent on material possessions or external validation.
Big shifts: Reclaim value beyond possessions.
How it might play out:
You clear financial entanglements that keep you small.
You learn to trust intimacy without control.
You reset your relationship with money through simplicity.
Challenges: Fears of scarcity, grasping for control.
Opportunities: Anchoring value through surrender.
Lesson: True security is found in trust, not control.
Virgo Rising: A Mirror of Becoming
The Pisces/Virgo Axis for you is in your 7th/1st Houses of self and partnership.
This eclipse season is personal. The Lunar Eclipse in Pisces dissolves illusions in relationships, while the Solar Eclipse in your sign marks a rebirth. You are stepping into a new identity, one that is disciplined, embodied, and devoted. Your presence becomes the anchor.
7th house Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (North Node): Your hunger is for authentic partnership. Mirrors of compassion and trust draw you into connection, where you can soften the critical eye turned inward.
1st house Solar Eclipse in Virgo (South Node): Old perfectionist identities and roles are ready to be released. You are no longer required to sculpt yourself into flawlessness. The eclipse strips back masks so you can stand as you are.
Big shifts: From perfecting yourself to surrendering in union.
How it might play out:
You release self-images built on critique.
You attract partnerships reflecting true selfhood.
You step into vulnerability as strength.
Challenges: Self-doubt. Losing yourself in others.
Opportunities: Embodied authenticity. Sacred union.
Lesson: Perfection is not love. Love is surrender.
Libra Rising: A Hidden Sanctuary
The Pisces/Virgo Axis for you is in your 6th/12th Houses of spirit and body.
You’ve been dissolving illusions in work, service, and health. The eclipses now turn you inward. The Solar Eclipse in Virgo calls for hidden preparation: rest, retreat, and spiritual purification. What you let go in private becomes the soil for your next emergence.
6th house Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (North Node): Your hunger is for embodiment. The call is to simple, sacred routines that nourish body and spirit. Let work, service, and daily rhythm become vessels for compassion.
12th house Solar Eclipse in Virgo (South Node): Release perfectionism in the shadows. Retire hidden self-critique, martyr patterns, and compulsive fixing behind the scenes. Make space for real rest and spiritual renewal.
Big shifts: From secret self-sacrifice to devotional everyday practice.
How it might play out:
You design a sustainable health or movement ritual.
You simplify work flows that were draining your spirit.
You protect sleep, silence, and recovery time.
Challenges: Avoidance masquerading as rest.
Opportunities: Quiet preparation that fuels steady service.
Lesson: Healing is not fixing. It is daily devotion to what restores you.
Scorpio Rising: A Circle of Belonging
The Pisces/Virgo Axis for you is in your 5th/11th Houses of community and creativity.
Old illusions of love or pleasure may dissolve, leaving you clearer about what actually brings joy. The Solar Eclipse calls you to disciplined service in community. Choose your allies carefully, and let your creative gifts find their way into collective devotion.
5th House Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (North Node): Hunger returns for joy, play, art, and romance. Create like it matters. Let your heart lead and remember that pleasure is a sacred current.
Solar Eclipse in Virgo (South Node, 11th): Release perfectionist obligations to groups. Retire networks that require performance over authenticity. Choose communities that honor your creative fire.
Big shifts: From performing for the crowd to playing from the soul.
How it might play out:
You begin a disciplined creative practice.
You step back from draining alliances and committees.
You treat love and joy as daily devotion, not exception.
Challenges: Seeking validation from the audience.
Opportunities: Authentic friendships that amplify your gifts.
Lesson: Belonging grows when joy is lived, not polished.
Sagittarius Rising: A Summit of Calling
The Pisces/Virgo Axis for you is in your 4th/10th Houses of vocation and home.
Family illusions or ancestral stories dissolve under the lunar eclipse. You are no longer bound to roles that keep you small. The Solar Eclipse pushes you toward public calling. Sacred responsibility and leadership are now demanded of you.
4th House Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (North Node): The hunger is for roots that feel like home. Reclaim sanctuary, ancestry, and emotional safety. Let belonging become the well that feeds your public work.
10th House Solar Eclipse in Virgo (South Node): Release perfectionist ambition. Shed titles and roles that demand flawless output. Leadership becomes service when it flows from a nourished center.
Big shifts: From chasing status to tending the hearth that fuels vocation.
How it might play out:
You restructure home life to support your calling.
You end a role that no longer fits your values.
You align career moves with family rhythms and emotional truth.
Challenges: Overwork as identity.
Opportunities: Service-driven authority that feels humane.
Lesson: Destiny stands on the foundation of real belonging.
Capricorn Rising: A Path of Wisdom
The Pisces/Virgo Axis for you is in your 3rd/9th Houses of belief and communication.
Old patterns of mental distraction or escapism are dissolving. The Solar Eclipse calls you to disciplined study, teaching, or pilgrimage. Commit to a philosophy that serves the whole, and root your truth in daily practice.
3rd House Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (North Node): You hunger for a simpler, more soulful mind. Choose language that carries mercy. Write, teach, and converse with trust in the unseen.
9th House Solar Eclipse in Virgo (South Node): Release rigid doctrine and credential chasing. Retire the need to perfect your philosophy before you live it. Let belief become a path, not a pedestal.
Big shifts: From proving truth to practicing it in everyday words.
How it might play out:
You begin a gentle daily writing or study ritual.
You simplify a complex curriculum to its living essence.
You speak fewer words with more spirit.
Challenges: Hiding behind analysis.
Opportunities: Embodied teaching that lands in real lives.
Lesson: Wisdom breathes when the mind softens.
Aquarius Rising: Depth of Power
The Pisces/Virgo Axis for you is in your 2nd/8th Houses of transformation and resources.
The Lunar Eclipse dissolves illusions around money, possessions, or self-worth. The Solar Eclipse in Virgo draws you into the depths of intimacy, shared power, and transformation. Anchor your life-force through devotion to what is real and sacred.
2nd House Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (North Node): The hunger is for self-worth rooted in soul. Nourish your body, skills, and resources with tenderness. Let value feel like trust, not tally.
8th House Solar Eclipse in Virgo (South Node): Release perfectionist control in intimacy, debt, or shared power. Retire strategies that micromanage risk and suffocate connection.
Big shifts: From gripping for security to growing grounded worth.
How it might play out:
You simplify finances and stabilize income habits.
You renegotiate or clear an entanglement that drains you.
You cultivate a practice that strengthens body and confidence.
Challenges: Fear of loss.
Opportunities: Power that arises from enoughness.
Lesson: True wealth is the trust you stand on.
Pisces Rising: A Mirror of Selfhood
The Pisces/Virgo Axis for you is in your 1st/7th Houses of identity and partnership.
The Lunar Eclipse in your sign dissolves an old identity. The Solar Eclipse in Virgo calls you to anchor devotion through relationships, calling in partners who challenge you to grow, reflect you, and demand clarity. This is the end of self-sacrifice and the beginning of sacred union.
1st House Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (North Node): This is your emergence. Hunger for selfhood surges. Choose presence over performance. Stand in compassion for your own becoming.
7th House Solar Eclipse in Virgo (South Node): Release perfectionist patterns in partnership. Retire roles that keep you in critique or service at your own expense. Ask for relationships that reflect your truth.
Big shifts: From fixing others to faithfully being yourself.
How it might play out:
You shed an outdated identity and claim a new name or image.
You draw partners who honor your softness and strength.
You set clean boundaries that protect your becoming.
Challenges: Dissolving into the other.
Opportunities: Sacred union where clarity and compassion meet.
Lesson: Becoming yourself is an act of trust.
From March’s Threshold to September’s Crossing
Back in March and April 2025, the first eclipses on the Virgo/Pisces axis cracked open this cycle. Many of us felt the initial tug: the call to loosen the grip of constant fixing, planning, and purifying, while simultaneously being drawn toward trust in something larger.
Now, in September, our work on that front deepens. The Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (Sept 7) lights the North Node, pulling us forward into the unknown: surrender, faith, and dissolving into the larger ocean of life. The Solar Eclipse in Virgo (Sept 21) reminds us what must be released: obsessive routines, self-criticism, the illusion that we can perfect our way to safety.
Together, these eclipses mark a crossing. The invitation is to carry the gifts of Virgo with a light touch, to use discernment and service as tools, not prisons. Pisces is the compass now. Its North Node direction asks us to remember that our highest devotion is not to control, but to connection.
The lesson of this eclipse season:
Lay down the burden of perfectionism.
Let discipline serve devotion, not fear.
Allow yourself to be carried by the tide of something larger.
As a collective we are moving from fixing to flowing, from rituals of control to rituals of faith. September is not the end of the story, but this eclipse season reveals a time when we stop resisting the current and let it carry us forward.
Have a beautifully surrendered and path-opening eclipse season, y’all.
Alison
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This is a beautiful and generous offering, thank you 🙏🏾✨ Isn't that kite aspect on the solar eclipse wild? This Virgo rising is very ready for a reset! My ascendant is at 0° so I've been in it since the last new moon
Wow wow wow what a breakdown!!
I’m an Aries rising and I’m resonating HARD with this (and not looking forward to addressing routines I’ve been dragging my feet on) , I def lean in my old cycles of retreat and know it’s time to sacrifice them . I’m also dreaming about a future without taking the concrete steps every day to make progress in embodied practice. Seems like this is my not-so-gentle nudge to get my shit together and do the work :p!