256 | Pisces Lunar Eclipse: Looking Back, with Healing and Forgiveness
This week, the eclipses are here! Should you be terrifiiied?!?™ Maybe not, but buckle up, because it is a busy sky this week! The Pisces Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse brings a shift toward healing, forgiveness, and releasing grief. Mercury’s aspects with Jupiter and Saturn examine group communications and slowing our minds. The Sun aspects Uranus (your unique self is acknowledged), Neptune (confusion), and Pluto (handling power), and then bursts into Libra season. On the day of the Libra equinox, Venus’s square to Pluto leads to a deep examination of values, before it sinks into mysterious Scorpio. And April answers a listener question about the second Saturn return. Plus: Unconscious patterns are…unconscious, slowing the monkey mind, and your Saturn report card! For a closer look at this year's eclipses, order April's personalized eclipse report. Full transcript Sign up for April's mailing list Support the podcast! Links: Astrology of Midlife and Aging by Erin SullivanSpeakpipe for listener questions Timestamps - For full show notes, go to the website [1:25] Moon Report! The Pisces Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse (Sep. 17, 7:34 pm PDT, 25º40’ Pisces [3:35] Past eclipses near this degree: Sep. 16, 1997, March 19, 2007, March 20, 2015, Sep. 16, 2016. [4:53] This is the Full Moon in a lunar phase family cycle (LPFC) that began with a New Moon on March 21, 2023, at 00º49’ Aries. The First Quarter Moon in this LPFC was on December 19, 2023, and the Last Quarter Moon in this LPFC is on June 18, 2025. [6:23] Void-of-Course (VOC) Moon Periods: Sep. 18 (2:02 am PDT), Sep. 20 (1:39 am PDT), Sep. 22 (3:14 am PDT). [9:55] On Sep. 18 (1:50 am PDT), Mercury opposes Saturn at 15º15’ Virgo-Pisces. [11:05] On Sep. 19 (7:04 am PDT), the Sun trines Uranus at 27º07’ Virgo-Taurus. [13:00] The Sun opposes Neptune on Sep. 20 (5:17 pm PDT) at 28º30’ Virgo-Pisces. [14:27] Mercury squares Jupiter on Sep. 21 (1:50 am PDT) at 20º48’ Virgo-Gemini. [15:17] On Sep. 21 (11:12 pm PDT), the Sun trines Pluto at 29°44’ Virgo-Capricorn. [17:03] On Sep. 22 (5:44 am PDT), the Sun enters Libra (through Oct. 22). The Sun's ingress into Libra marks the Libra Equinox. In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the beginning of fall. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is the beginning of spring. [19:00] On Sep. 22(2:14 pm PDT), Venus squares Pluto at 29º43’ Libra-Capricorn.[19:33] Venus enters Scorpio on Sep. 22 (7:36 pm PDT), through Oct. 17, 2024. [21:49] Listener Lisa asks about the second Saturn return. [27:22] If you’d like to have a question answered on a future episode, leave a message of one minute or less at speakpipe.com/bigskyastrologypodcast or email april(at)bigskyastrology(dot)com; put “Podcast Question” in the subject line. [27:57] Free ways to support the podcast: Subscribe, like, review and share with a friend! [28:20] A tribute to this week’s donors! If you would like to support the show and receive access to April’s special YouTube videos for donors only that will be coming out over the course of the next 12 months, please go to BigSkyAstropod.com, contribute $10 or more to get access to those videos as they come out. You can make a one-time donation in any amount or become an ongoing monthly contributor.