🌕 ♓ 🌊 Embrace the transformative energy of the Pisces Full Moon + partial lunar eclipse on SEPTEMBER 17th at 10:34pm EST! Dive into this blog post for astrological insights on harnessing this celestial event and affirmations to nurture your emotional intelligence and intuitive wisdom.
OVERVIEW:
Introduction: Moon 101
The Sun and Moon are in a cyclical relationship as they weave through the seasons of the zodiac. This celestial dance provides us with an intuitive road map to explore our own inner/outer journey as we too make our way through the ebb and flow of nature's seasons and come into new and ever-changing dimensions of our lives.
While the Sun is ruler of the day and influences our "outer" expression in the world, it is to no surprise that as ruler of the tides and queen of the night the Moon is also ruler of our emotions and "inner" felt experience. Our emotions have long been associated with representations of water and the sea: fluid, ever-changing, ebbing and flowing. As the moon pulls at the tides, we also experience this influencing force on our emotions, desires, shadow realms, fears/worries, psyche, and dreams.
Wisdom arises through a process of uncovering hidden, unexpressed dimensions through embodied revelation and integration. This process is mirrored to us in the ebb and flow of the Moon tides. As the light of the Moon waxes, more of what lies hidden is revealed - our deeper motivations, mechanisms, and feelings. As the light of the Moon wanes, we exhale and integrate new embodied insights.
All About the Full Moon
The Moon is the closest "planet" to Earth, thus orbiting the zodiac very quickly, completing its round in less than a month. Actually, the entire trip takes 29.53 days, to be exact. When the Moon is Full, the orbit is half way through its full lunar cycle.
A Full Moon happens when the Earth is sitting between the Moon and the Sun all aligned at 180 degrees, hence the Sun’ s light is fully reflecting the surface of the Moon. During the Full moon, the Moon and Sun are in the opposite Zodiac sign on their axis of the cross that they represent, forming an opposition, which means that the influencing energies can make for a challenging or intense aspect of energy but also a very potent potential as the Lunar & Solar (yin & yang) are in natural harmonic balance. In this case, the Virgo Sun and Pisces Moon are in opposition and in balance.
You can think of the Full Moon phase as a culmination point or a peak, and a powerful time to reflect, offer gratitude, honor change, and acknowledge the beauty and mystery of life. Energy is often heightened on a Full Moon, so you may feel a burning desire to express yourself creatively as a part of integrating all that you've learned which will support you to let go of any aspects of your life that no longer serve the grandest vision of your Soul.
Eclipse Energy
Eclipse season is not a time to manifest, rather it is a time to lean back, pay attention and listen deeply to your soul. Any prayers should be prayers of gratitude, rather than focusing on desired outcomes. Much of our days are filled with self-centered thoughts around the things we want. But during eclipse season, the focus should be on deepening our presence and listening for what life is asking of us.
Four to six eclipses take place every year and happen in pairs along a particular axis. Each one takes place during a New and Full Moon phase. Right now the eclipses are taking place along the Virgo-Pisces axis as they transition out of Aries-Libra. In 2026, they will begin to shift toward Leo-Aquarius.
Eclipses occur when the Moon reaches its upper and lower thresholds of its tilted elliptical orbit. These boundaries are the lunar nodes. The lunar nodes are not tangible objects but mathematical points in space where the Moon’s orbit intersects the Sun’s apparent path. When the Moon reaches these thresholds, it forms a perfect alignment with the Sun and Earth. It is here that a new Moon becomes a solar eclipse and a full Moon a lunar eclipse.
Pisces Full Moon Astrology
SYMBOL | FISH: two fish swimming in opposite directions but tied together. Symbolizes duality and depth.
PLANETARY RULER | NEPTUNE: God of the sea and is considered a planet of inspiration, dreams, psychic receptivity and illusions.
ELEMENT | WATER: element of emotion, depth, and intuition.
HOUSE | 12th HOUSE: rules imagination, subconscious mind, secrets, mysteries.
MODALITY | FIXED: represents the changing nature of life through shifting adaptable forces.
How the Pisces Full Moon Relates to You
The Pisces Full Moon + partial lunar eclipse arrives on September 17th at 10:34pm EST. The Pisces Full Moon occurs once a year when the Sun is in the sign of Virgo. Virgo season began on August 23rd and will end on September 23rd. The Pisces Full Moon arrives 6 months after the Sun and Moon were conjunct in the sign of Pisces on the New Moon (Mar. 10th). This means that the Pisces Full Moon always arrives during harvest season in early fall. This is important when contemplating the power of the Pisces Full Moon.
The Full Moon in Pisces is one of the more mystical Full Moons of the year. As a water sign, Pisces represents the ocean—vast, boundless, and connected to everything. This energy is the thread that ties the Universe together. This Full Moon illumination invites you to swim within the watery depths of your inner being: your emotional, intuitive and dreamy self.
As we move ever closer toward the dark time of the year, our hearts can feel full and tender. It's necessary to limit distractions and take time to be with all that's present emotionally (perhaps even heavy) in our hearts. Plugging into the loving source of the universe is what supports us to drop into the depths, knowing that we are held.
Moon Ritual Guide & Journal
This is a great time to revisit your Moon Ritual Guide & Journal, explore what themes were present in your life 6 months ago on the Pisces New Moon, review your Manifestation Desires and integrate the changes in your life following prompts for an Oracle Reading. Remember, your Manifestation Desires may show up in unexpected ways since your ‘feelings’ create something more beautiful, sacred & divine for your greater purpose on Earth.
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Pisces Full Moon Affirmations
May I sense the oceanic, fluid nature of my being, watching each wave of emotion move me into another wave. Wave after wave, may I allow the tides to wash through me without fear or resistance.
May I trust and compassionately gaze at each wave, intuitively knowing that each trough and crest is here to guide and teach me about the experience of being human.
May I find an anchor in the essence of who I am, leaning into the unwavering presence of my inner spirit, calling upon guides that are with me so that I may harness the witnesser and be with the experience of my watery existence with deep devotion and trust in the ocean of life.
May I direct my attention and deepen the felt experience of my intuition, this mysterious sense of knowing that dwells within me that is often speaking quietly.
May I lean into the place of my intuition, and know that I am in co-creative process with the mystery. I carry within me visions, dreams, and an imagination that moves vital force into creative expression. I carry the power to manifest.
My presence is a ripple within this watery planet, constantly changing and being changed.
Pisces Zodiac
THE MUTABLE CROSS
PISCES - VIRGO AXIS
GEMINI-SAGITTARIUS AXIS
Anticipation, movement, change, adaptability, flexibility
This Mutable Cross is one of the three zodiacal crosses. Following the determined stable forces of the Fixed Cross comes the changing nature of life in its mutable form. The purpose of this cross defines the shifting adaptable natural forces of the elements.
"Mutable signs are represented by sattva in the Hindu system. Geometrically, they are expressed by a spiral, which combines the inwardness of a circle and the thrust of a straight line." - Vicki Noble, Motherpeace
Pisces is the mutable Water sign (circled in the diagram here), opposing it is the mutable Earth sign of Virgo which creates one axis of the Mutable Cross. The two feminine elements (Water and Earth) always create an axis and the two masculine elements (Air and Fire) create the other axis. Each cross contains each of the four elements. In this case the mutable signs are represented by: Sagittarius (fire), Gemini (air), Virgo (earth), and Pisces (water).
ELEMENT: WATER
WATER: PSYCHE / EMOTION
SIGNS: SCORPIO, CANCER, PISCES
Water is the element of emotions, instinct and the mysterious realm of the psyche. It is the element of the dream world, adaptability, fertility, receiving, healing, fluidity and change.
"We can see water’s unique ability to change form as it ranges from liquid to ice to gas. Water flows and adapts to the space it’s in. Water is also the element of cleansing and purification, and is often used for spiritual purposes to cleanse the soul and other spaces —physical or otherwise. The ‘wave of emotions’ reminds us of the watery realms of our emotions that can transform and change like the element of water." - Kayla White
Water signs feel at home in depths of emotion and have a strong connection to the unseen. They are highly intuitive and have strong ties to the lunar currents, thus dreamscapes may be particularly vivid. As deep feelers they are emotionally moved to action.
RULING PLANET: NEPTUNE
Qualities: creativity, sensitivity, dreams, imagination, illusion, escapism, psychic receptivity, compassion, confusion, naivity
Neptune is one of the "modern" planets, together with Uranus and Pluto (although pluto is no longer considered a planet). This expression refers to planets that were unknown in antiquity, at a time when it was not possible to glimpse them with the naked eye.
Neptune is the farthest planet from the Sun, so it receives little light and cannot heat its atmosphere. Its intense blue color is due to methane and an as-yet-unknown compound. Neptune has the fastest winds in the solar system.
CONSTELLATION
Pisces the Fish is a constellations of the zodiac, which means that it lies on the ecliptic, or path of the sun and planets through our sky. Currently, Jupiter lies within the constellation’s borders and will remain there until mid-May 2023.
According to EarthSky:
Generally, the best time to view constellations in the night sky is when they’re opposite the sun in the sky. They rise at sunset and are up all night. So, if the sun is in Pisces in March, then the opposite side of the calendar, October and the following months, is a good time for observing Pisces. Indeed, in December, by the time the sky is dark, Pisces is already high in the southern sky for us in the Northern Hemisphere. Pisces is at its highest for the evening at about 8 p.m. local time in December. (Source)
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Is it possible for a breakup to happen during a full moon? I have my natal moon in Pisces in the 12th house, and when the full moon occurred, I ended up breaking up with my partner. This had never happened to me before. Could there have been other astrological factors at play as well?