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VIRGO FULL MOON / TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE -- 3 March 2026

3/2/2026

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Exact at 11.37am UK time (GMT)
 
This may be a Virgo Full Moon, but there surely is a lot of sensitive, emotional, compassionate Pisces energy around for this lunation! Not to mention that this is the second Eclipse in Eclipse season, making this a super-charged Full Moon, making it a potential catalyst for profound change. Lunar Eclipses represent the culmination of the last six months, since the Solar Eclipse/Virgo New Moon on 21 September last year, So it may be worth looking back to what was being seeded at that time. A Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse can bring things to light that may have been buried or simmering away beneath the surface. Emotions also tend to be much closer to the surface, and fated events and relationship shifts can occur during this time, as we are called to take a step forward in our soul growth and move into the next chapter.
 
The Nodes of the Moon are always activated during an Eclipse, and in this case the Moon is sitting right next to the Virgo South Node, while the Sun is activating the Pisces North Node. Collectively, we are currently being called to the Pisces North Node in order to grow and evolve, which involves turning inward, connecting to Spirit, surrendering control and just letting go and going with the flow. The Pisces North Node reminds us to trust in the divine order of things, even if it doesn’t seem to make sense. A Virgo Full Moon can highlight any tendencies we might have to worry, or over-analyse, or “fix”, or micromanage, or to be hard on ourselves or overly perfectionistic. The Pisces North Node is calling us away from these tendencies, calling for a greater acceptance of our so called flaws and shortcomings and helping us to release any tendencies to criticise ourselves or those close to us.
 
The Virgo part of us might feel the need to have everything “just so”, while the Pisces North Node calls for more fluidity and capacity to simply allow things to unfold organically. Where are we being guided right now, with no effort on our part and no need to force things? What tends to bring up anxiety, and what tools do we have to help us to soothe, relax, soften, accept and allow? How can we develop a greater sense of faith and trust that we are somehow being guided in the right direction? Are we able to accept and forgive ourselves as easily as we would our friends? How possible is it to soften the lens through which we see ourselves and cut ourselves some slack? Are we able to loosen our grip and trust in the divine flow?
 
The Nodes are in Virgo and Pisces from 11 January 2025 until 26 July 2026, so we are approaching the end of this process. Ultimately, the Pisces North Node is calling for us to trust that we are guided and protected, rather than worrying or trying to force outcomes. The Virgo part of us can easily get caught up in a spiral of worry or anxiety, while the Pisces North Node reminds us that worrying about something doesn’t change the outcome, so it is better to do what we can to nurture feelings of faith and trust that there is a larger plan that will make sense later, and find ways of soothing our nervous systems, stilling our monkey minds and finding a place of calm and peace. Sometimes this is easier said than done, of course, but this is the growth that the Pisces North Node is offering us. 
 
It is not about leaving the Virgo part of us behind - we are simply being called to let go of the more unhelpful traits. Virgo is a very helpful, supportive, discerning, organised, humble and service oriented sign which can help us to recognise how our thought processes, stress, habits and environment impact our health and wellbeing. Virgo can help us to work on self-care and healthy routines, recognising when we have pushed ourselves too hard, while Pisces simply calls for us to rest our nervous system through meditation, relaxation, healing, breathwork, sleep, time spent in nature and developing a greater connection to Spirit. 
 
The ruler of the Pisces North Node is Neptune, which has recently moved into Aries and joined up with Saturn on 20 February in the very first degree of the entire zodiac. We are now in a new cycle, a new reality, a new way of existing in the world. Aries is the sign of “I am” – our identity and selfhood -  and the Saturn Neptune conjunction seeded something new in us, enabling us to put down old patterns, programming and ways of being and step into a different way of operating in the world. We cleared the way while Saturn and Neptune were at the end of Pisces, releasing, grieving, letting go, forgiving, ending karmic contracts and cycles, and now here we are, and things are different, as are we. The change is quite subtle, yet clear. We are in a new phase.
 
Neptune in Aries doesn’t just passively let go and wait to see what happens. We are called to act on our intuition, guidance and inspiration, as Aries helps us to be brave, pioneering and willing to initiate something new, as long as it feels aligned. Eclipses can bring change, endings and new beginnings, and Neptune in Aries can help us to courageously step into a new chapter, much like the Fool in the tarot deck, jumping off the cliff with the faith and trust that this leap will lead him to where he needs to be. Sometimes things don’t make logical sense, but we are called to do it nevertheless.
 
Jupiter in Cancer is supporting this Moon, which is such a blessing, as it brings a sense of being guided and protected as we step into this next phase of development. Jupiter is exalted in Cancer, bringing great benefit from showing our true feelings and allowing ourselves to be vulnerable. A Virgo Moon can easily bring up feelings of anxiety and overwhelm, and Jupiter can help us to work through whatever emotions come up to the surface. It helps us to find the emotional intelligence and capacity to soothe our wounded inner child if it becomes activated. Indeed, Jupiter in Cancer can really help us to understand how our inner child is still operating in our adult lives and relationships, and allow it to guide and teach us. The trine between Jupiter and the Sun will be exact on Thursday 5 March.  
 
We have a lot of energy in Pisces right now, including Mars, who will have just moved into Pisces the day before the Full Moon. Mars in Aquarius was motivated to rebel and liberate, while Mars in Pisces acts on guidance and intuition, and is motivated by peace. Mercury is also retrograde in Pisces, calling for us to go back over the ground we have covered in the past month, and to reflect, review, rest, recuperate, redress and, if necessary, redo. We might find ourselves remembering the past, as it may have gifts and messages for us, and people might even pop up from the past, if there is something left unfinished between us. Aries season will be here soon enough, with its active, initiating energy, so in the meantime Pisces invites us to rest, recoup and recalibrate.
 
Pallas Athena, the goddess of wisdom, strategic planning and reason, is sitting right next to the Pisces Sun during this Moon. Pallas Athena does also represent strategic warfare, although Pisces definitely softens the energy, and brings more empathetic, compassionate, intuitive approach to her strategic planning and problem solving. She invites us to use our connection to Spirit, our inner guidance and emotional intelligence to find solutions to whatever we are facing. Pisces is the dreamer, the idealist and the empath, while Pallas Athena has a very sharp mind, so the combination could bring the potential to somehow “see” the way, and understand the bigger picture and the larger plan at work. This can help bring a calm clarity and inner knowing in the face of chaos, and maybe help us to come up with some kind of creative and intuitive plan. It can also help to keep an eye out for the signs and synchronicities that can show us the way.  
 
Venus in Pisces and Uranus in Taurus are playing nicely with each other during this Moon, which could help us to breathe fresh air into our relationships, liberating us from stagnant, stuck patterns of relating and allowing a greater sense of space and freedom. Uranus can bring sudden realisations that allow greater clarity around our relationships, our self-worth and/or money situation. We could experience a change of perspective that could help us to make necessary changes in the way we relate to ourselves and others. Those of us with personal planets or angles around 27° of a sign will be feeling the liberating, awakening energy of Uranus the most acutely, especially in Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius.
 
The Sabian symbol for this moon is a very interesting one indeed, at 13° Virgo: ” A powerful statesman overcomes a state of political hysteria” which Dane Rudyar describes as ”The focusing of the collective need for order and structural interdependence into a personage who incarnates the answer to this need. We are at the stage where a powerful realisation of the very purpose of the cycle of existence faces the chaotic remains of a dis-structured past. The character of the leader is always delineated by the need, subconscious though it may be, of the uniformed agglomeration of entities he is called upon by destiny to lead. In time the leader will be worshipped as the “divine Father” of the society he structured. With this symbol we see a new type of characterisation of the many-faceted polarisation of positive and negative. We have before us a personage endowed with CHARISMA, this elusive and mysterious power that comes from a man’s or woman’s openness to the power of the planetary evolution.”
 
A very interesting symbol, given all that is going on in the world right now! It is so very important to heed the call of the Pisces, and to do what we can to still our minds, managing any anxiety, worry, spiralling or overwhelm and soothing our nervous systems, finding a place of inner peace, compassion and the faith and trust that somehow all is as it is meant to be and there is a larger plan at work that may not make sense now, but will become clear later. For some people, meditation, breathwork, tai chi or yoga are helpful, while for others, singing, creating or dancing can bring a state of bliss, connection and oneness. This Pisces North Node is our North Star right now, inviting us to let go and allow ourselves to be guided to wherever we need to be. “Faith and Trust!” is the Pisces North Node mantra!
 
Much Love
 
Amy
xoxo
 
Artwork: Embrace the Silence, by ARTEO

 
 
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VIRGO FULL MOON / TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE - 14 March 2025

3/10/2025

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Exact at 6.54am UK time (GMT)

This is an incredibly powerful Full Moon, as it is also a total Lunar Eclipse, which brings a sense of completion of a cycle and ushering in a new one. Eclipses are incredibly powerful and can bring about fated experiences that change our lives and shift our consciousness. This one feels especially potent and poignant with so much energy in Pisces, the last sign in the zodiac, with its ruling planet Neptune in the very last degree of the entire zodiac. What needs to fall away for us to usher in the new energy? What might we need to resolve to move to the next phase? What in our lives is coming to a natural conclusion? What do we need to let go of so that we can move forward and grow? As one chapter ends a new one takes its place. 

The Sun is in Pisces, opposing the Full Moon in Virgo, and both are activating the Nodes of the Moon, which is what makes this Full Moon so important and fateful. The North Node is currently in sensitive, intuitive and compassionate Pisces, guiding us forward, both personally and collectively, while the South Node is in helpful, analytical and perfectionistic Virgo. Virgo is a very humble, service-oriented sign that calls for us to work on ourselves to become the best that we can be, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. However, while the North Node is in Pisces we are called to release any Virgoan tendency to be hard on ourselves or overly self-critical or perfectionistic, both toward ourselves and others. 

The Pisces North Node encourages us to find a greater degree of acceptance, and to forgive ourselves and others for our so-called imperfections. We are only human, and human beings make mistakes sometimes! While the Virgo part of us prefers things to be organised and in order, in neat, tidy little boxes, the Pisces North node calls for us to accept that sometimes things get a little bit messy and don’t always make sense. Pisces reminds us that ultimately, we are not in control, and to simply relax, let go and surrender to forces that are larger than us. We are invited to trust the quiet voice within that knows what is best for us, even when the guidance doesn’t make logical sense. We are encouraged to develop faith and trust that we are being guided in the right direction, even when the way is not clear. 

This Moon invites us to embrace the helpful traits of Virgo and develop healthy routines that help us to take care of our mind, body and spirit. Pisces is calling for us to still the monkey mind, open our hearts and connect to the unseen, developing a deeper connection to spirit. However, as we do this, we could find ourselves more sensitised, open, vulnerable, destabilised and even overwhelmed, so it is important to eat well, get good exercise and do all we can to ground and nourish ourselves. This is a great time for meditation, Tai Chi, yoga, prayer and all forms of healing and energy work, especially in the build up to this Moon, as we could be feeling more tender, open and connected to all that is.

Saturn is sitting right next to the Pisces Sun, opposing the Moon, which also calls for us to develop greater discipline and control over ourselves and to set healthy boundaries, but could also make things feel a bit heavy and “real”. Pisces is the part of us that can tend to bury our heads in the sand when the going gets tough and may prefer to escape into fantasy land or numb out rather than facing reality. Saturn, however, is the planet of reality and the Lord of Karma, so there is no avoiding things when he is around! Saturn reminds us, in no uncertain terms, that we reap when we sow. 

This Moon certainly could bring a lot up and out, possibly bringing into focus whatever we feel guilty about, so much so that we could judge ourselves and give ourselves rather a hard time! Saturn does call on us to be accountable, taking responsibility for whatever we have done or not done, while Pisces encourages us to admit where we might have gone wrong, make amends where we can and forgive ourselves and others for our human failings. We all have all done things that we regret, but rather than dwelling in guilt, it is better to simply vow to recognise where we went wrong and do better next time. If we could turn back time, how would we do things differently?

Saturn can bring up our fears and make us all too aware of our limitations but is can also help us to step up to the plate in a mature and responsible manner and create better boundaries to protect ourselves. In the build up to this Moon it could be a good idea to keep an eye on anyone in our life who may be struggling or depressed, as reality could feel hard to bear for some of the more sensitive and vulnerable souls amongst us. Virgo can bring analysis paralysis and a spiral of negative thoughts which can be a bit tricky. Those of us with personal planets or angles around 22° of a sign, especially the mutable signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, will feel the energy of Saturn most acutely. The Saturn/Sun conjunction is exact on Wednesday 12 February, but will still be strong during this Moon. 

Luckily, we also have Uranus, the Great Awakener, supporting the Sun and Moon, which is a welcome relief! Uranus is the planet that comes after Saturn in the planetary line-up and can help us to liberate ourselves from our fears, our judgements, our conditioning and any unhealthy patterns that might be holding us prisoner. Uranus can help us to see things from another perspective, bringing clarity, insight and greater understanding of whatever we may be facing during this time. Sometimes just seeing things from a different point of view can bring the change we need. Those of us with personal planets or angles around 23° of a sign, especially the Earth and Water signs, will benefit most from this liberating, insightful energy.

Venus and Mercury are joining together in Aries for this Full Moon, which could bring some honest, open, direct conversations around our relationships and/or our finances. Venus is currently retrograde, while Mercury is standing still, getting ready to turn retrograde on Sunday 16 March. As such, we could be pulled into the past somehow in order to review, reflect, revisit and repair any patterns that no longer serve us in the area of self-worth and relating. We may need to look backwards so that we can understand, learn, let go and move on. Combined with all of this Pisces energy, this is an ideal time to forgive and forget, so that we can move forward with peace in our hearts.

Aries could help us to be brave and bold enough to bring things up for discussion that we might usually shy away from. However, it can also mean that we say things on impulse, or in the heat of the moment, that we wish we could take back! However, being honest with ourselves and others is always helpful, and we have the potential to bring old grievances, resentments and regrets from the past out into the open so that hopefully we can make our peace with it all and move on. All this Pisces energy is inviting us to let go, tie up loose ends, find resolution and leave the past behind, while Aries calls for us to step forward and make a fresh start, trying something new on for size. 

The Sabian symbol for this Full Moon, at 24° Virgo, has a certain purity to it: “Mary and her little lamb”, which Dane Rudyar describes as “The need to keep a vibrant and pure simplicity at the core of one’s being, as one meets the many tests of existence.  This symbol tells us that, though great, spectacular and resolute efforts are needed in order to achieve one’s higher goals of destiny, still the essential quality as one journeys on “the Path” is pure, spontaneous, fresh and non-violent approach to all encounters. This of course is Jesus’ entreaty to his disciples – that they should be like “little children.” Without such a deep, heartfelt simplicity the seeker after spiritual experiences or Initiation is bound to find himself glamourised by his own successes, and to see his ego feeding on the drama of struggle and victory. This symbol presents us with a subtle hint of technique. Beyond individual prowess and social eminence, the individual whose innocence is fixed upon spiritual realisation should genuinely radiate INNOCENCE.”

There is an innocence and purity to this symbol that is at the core of the Virgo/Pisces polarity, which calls for us to cleanse, purify and humble ourselves so that we can truly connect with Spirit. Virgo helps us to work on ourselves, to serve others and to deflate the egocentric balloon. Pisces reminds us that ultimately we are not in control and calls for us to put our trust in the unknown, to find peace with what is and true acceptance of ourselves and others, in all our perfect imperfection. Eclipse season is upon us, shepherding in in a new chapter, while Neptune is at 29° Pisces, which represents the culmination of a cycle and could be a time of profound emotional clearing and closure, with some important lessons around faith, trust, surrender, acceptance, dissolving ego and spiritual connection. It is time to truly know what it means to let go.  

Much Love

Amy
xoxo

Picture: Surrender by Alice Popkorn







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    Amy Bird

    I love writing about the Moon and the effect it has on us all, both collectively and personally. We all look at the same Moon and feel her energy, albeit in different ways. It reminds us that we are not alone and there is something very comforting about that!

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