Eclipses in Astrology: Dates and Meaning
An eclipse is a new moon or full moon that falls close enough to the Moon's nodes for the Sun, Moon and Earth to line up. Solar eclipses happen at new moons and lunar eclipses at full moons, usually in pairs about two weeks apart, twice a year. Astrology reads them as turning points: sudden starts, endings and changes of direction.
Not happening today. Next: Solar eclipse in Aquarius on 6 February 2027.
Coming up
- Solar eclipse in Aquarius: 6 February 2027
- Solar eclipse in Leo: 2 August 2027
- Solar eclipse in Aquarius: 26 January 2028
- Lunar eclipse in Capricorn: 6 July 2028
Past dates
- Lunar eclipse in Pisces: 28 August 2026
- Solar eclipse in Leo: 12 August 2026
- Lunar eclipse in Virgo: 3 March 2026
- Solar eclipse in Aquarius: 17 February 2026
- Solar eclipse in Virgo: 21 September 2025
- Lunar eclipse in Pisces: 7 September 2025
| How often | Four to seven a year, in two eclipse seasons |
|---|---|
| Solar eclipse | At a new moon |
| Lunar eclipse | At a full moon |
What eclipses mean
A solar eclipse is read as a powerful new beginning, often one that arrives on its own schedule rather than yours. A lunar eclipse is read as a culmination or release. Eclipses tend to work along a pair of opposite signs for about eighteen months, so a series of eclipses describes a story rather than a single day.
An eclipse matters most for you when it falls within a few degrees of a planet or angle in your birth chart.
The astronomy
Eclipse seasons happen when the Sun is near one of the two lunar nodes, about every 173 days. The nodes move backwards through the zodiac over 18.6 years, which is why eclipses shift sign over time.
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