Lunar Eclipse in Virgo
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There’s a lunar eclipse in Virgo this week. A Lunar Eclipse is a full moon but freaky. It’s when the moon is supposed to be fully lit up and the Earth blocks the spotlight. While solar eclipses bring upheaval for the ruler and ruling class, lunar eclipses bring change for the people. As much as our heinous world leaders are trying to make everything about them, this moment is about us. And choosing our path forward comes from knowing what we’ll no longer tolerate. The eclipse happens at 2:43 AM ET on Friday, March 14. I want you to notice what you’re letting go. I want you to notice what you’re saying “No” to. I want you to notice what’s falling like sand out of a shattered hourglass.
This lunar eclipse in Virgo is notable because:
It’s the first eclipse in Virgo since 2016
It’s a south node eclipse which means things are being sculpted, refined and falling away — it’s more an ending than a beginning
It’s a direct response to the lunar eclipse in Pisces we had at the end of last summer on September 17, 2024— what was coming up for you then?
Saturn is very involved in this eclipse bringing up themes of discipline, structure and boundaries — “No”s have more weight than usual right now
Mercury, the ruler of Virgo, goes retrograde right after the eclipse on March 15 — The full story hasn’t been revealed. How can you be more patient when impatience is the default?
Eclipses on the south node are draining and exhausting. I started this week with an overwhelming brain dump of a to do list. I’m feeling expectant. Like if I can just get through these final harrowing admin tasks, I’ll reach enlightenment. Sovereignty comes after I get my inbox down to zero, settle my collections account with Verizon, file my taxes, and fold my laundry. This—the idea that only perfection begets freedom—is the shadow side of the Virgo-Pisces nodal axis. Because giving all my attention to the things I don’t want to do so I can earn doing the things I want to do isn’t the answer.
There will always be laundry. There will always be a random $300 debt. There will always be things much worse than any of that. The world is burning etc. I have a practice / I need a practice. The harrowing admin is a distraction. It’s fun to stay small and complain. There’s something relaxing about orbiting what’s wrong rather than launching out of it. It’s terrifying to take up more space doing what I love.
This lunar eclipse in Virgo is a challenge to end the mental noise.
As John Cage (Virgo) wrote in his Lecture on Nothing, “Structure without life is dead. But Life without structure is un-seen.”
When people talk about Virgos being tidy, I wonder if they’re ever met a Virgo. Virgos have great respect for the divine, but organization is only one form of godliness. Marie Kondo is not a Virgo, but a Libra. Clean lines are an aesthetic (Venus) not a personality trait (Mercury). Virgos miss the ash tray and leave dishes in the sink. They’re just as messy as their fellow mutables: Gemini, Sagittarius and Pisces. Virgos create order to tolerate chaos. This lunar eclipse is a challenge to not make the list, but transcend it.
What’s making the list?
What doesn’t make the cut?
Once more with feeling:
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Love this thank youuu
Resonated with this a lot a lot (natal SN in Virgo in the 12th). This might be one of the descriptions I've read about the eclipse that hit the most.