Right now we are in the throes of the August 2026 Eclipse Season, which included a South Node Solar Eclipse in Leo on August 12, 2026 and will also feature a North Node Pisces Lunar Eclipse on August 27, 2026 (or the 28th depending on where you are in the world). August 2026 has some really interesting astrology in general (beyond just the eclipses…though those are the focus of this blog post),and I wouldn’t be surprised if this month feels a little (or a lot!) all over the place. Eclipses are already pretty wild, unpredictable, and, well, all over the place, but something that might intensify any (or all) of the above is the fact that these two eclipses take place along different axes (the Solar Eclipse was along the Leo/Aqua axis, while the Lunar Eclipse is along the Virgo/Pisces axis).

Disclaimer – How and how much these eclipses impact you personally depends on your personal astrology chart and what they are doing to your chart (house(s) they transit, aspects they make to things in your chart, etc.) – you can’t leave your own chart out of the equation to know how/where/etc. this might play out for you. If you need any help with that (or any kind of astrology reading), you can get a reading from me here 🙂

WTF is an Eclipse anyway?!

⚡️A Solar Eclipse happens during a New Moon. A Lunar Eclipse happens during a Full Moon
🪄 Eclipses take place when the transiting Sun is within roughly 18° (applying or separating) of one of the Lunar Nodes during a New Moon or Full Moon
💥A South Node Eclipse happens when the transit Moon is conjunct the South Node. A North Node Eclipse happens when the transit Moon is conjunct the North Node. South Node Eclipses have some kind of tie (or pull) to the “past” and North Node Eclipses have some tie (or push) towards the future.

Solar Eclipse at 20° Leo on August 12, 2026

The Solar Eclipse in Leo was a South Node eclipse, meaning these “new beginnings” that New Moon’s tend to bring about might be steeped in SOMETHING from the past (or might be going back to something in the past in some capacity). Past issues coming up that fuck with your identity, ego, individuation, etc. seem possible. Something to consider with this one is how you seek out attention, validation, etc. and to ask yourself if it still serves you (and does it serve ONLY you?). Aquarius, where the North Node is right now, is very collective-focused.

Look, Leo Energy can be fantastic and warm, but it can also be too loud and proud for it’s own good (the signs can express themselves in “good” ways, in “bad” ways, and in every shade of way in-between). As a real world example of this eclipse in play (because it does, I think, illustrate one of the ways that this energy could/can go) is the whole Steven Forrest showing his ass on the podcast with Ricky Williams by saying a racial slur. I get they were discussing “the shadow” when this word was said (and how racism can and certainly is part of the shadow for some), and that he wasn’t directly saying this TO Williams (who is a black man), but the word (which I’m sure as fuck not going to repeat here) didn’t need to be said. On top of this (all of which was already gross), when people reached out saying how much the word offended them, how hurt they were by his use of the word, etc., he offered an apology that seemed…well….not like an apology. I’m not sure if it was pride exactly that caused the lack of apology, but certainly something like it (or that’s the vibe that I got from watching this whole thing unfold). A comment was also made by him that was something along the lines of “this word is not appropriate to use any more” (that is NOT a verbatim quote – I can’t remember exactly what was said), which is a call back to the past (the South Node’s involvement with this eclipse and a pull back to the past, perhaps). This does beg the question of “WAS IT EVER FUCKING APPROPRIATE TO USE THAT WORD?!” No. I don’t think it ever was. Still though, a call back to the past seemed to occur.
**Also, to add (which makes the whole thing even more disappointing and gross in general) – I don’t think SF is some kind of raging racist asshole. He (inexcusably) chose to say a really ugly word that hurts people, and never really appologized in any kind of meaningful way that didn’t center himself at helm of the apology. And this is a man who has read for people all over the world, from all walks of life, for 40 some-odd-years…meaning he KNOWS better (or SHOULD know better). So, like, WTF was he doing using that word?! In what world would that be okay AT ALL, in any context or situation?!

Honestly, this WHOLE thing grossed me out (and disappointed me) so much. Not only what happened and the lack of apology that followed, but also the responses from so many people which I watched and observed from the sidelines (and was grossed out by as well). THIS debacle is why I haven’t written about this eclipse until now and was absent from social media for the most part – sans reddit – for almost two weeks.

While I gave the example within the astrology community above, I have bared witness to similar themes come about for clients of mine in their own lives. The theme of someone who was/is important (either to them personally or in the sphere/world they “live”) doing something that causes the important person to show naked ass in a way that may not be flattering (to outright gross/disappointing/angering/etc.) for my client(s).

Lunar Eclipse at 4° Pisces on August 27 & 28, 2026

The Lunar Eclipse in Pisces does a different kind of thing. It feels like it could bring up thoughts of “where am I going (future-oriented notions with the North Node in Aquarius; this is a North Node eclipse) and “what am I doing” (or “what have I been doing?”) since the Moon in Pisces isn’t always super clear. Regardless of if you do know what you’re doing and/or where you’re going, I could see there being a “crisis” like moment which begs for clarification of things (or to make sure you actually DO know what you’re doing).
**The “crisis” part comes up because Virgo energy, where the Sun falls during this lunation, can correlate with crisis. Actual crisis could be the case for some, but it’s also possible that it’s just the sense of not knowing where we’re going, or what we’re doing, that can be crisis-fuel all on it’s own.

Since this one hasn’t occurred (I’m writing this on August 22, 2026), I don’t have a real world example to give you as to how I watched it play out. But! Going with the theme of the the astrology community, I can hope that we (the astrology community) collectively move beyond everything that transpired during the Solar Eclipse. When I say “move beyond,” that in no way means not holding people accountable for shitty things they do (not at all). What I do mean is for us to take what we’ve observed and learned from all of the stuff that went down a couple of weeks ago and flow (Pisces) forward into the future (Aquarius) to create a better way forward. Not sitting and nit-picking on what was was done…because what is done is done. That doesn’t mean to forget it or to excuse it or anything like that, but to move beyond it. The North Node in Aquarius is wanting us to be future focused, and collective focused; to do what’s in the best interest of the collective.

For those of you not in the astrological community, this can be applied to other things (the astrology community example is just so fucking literal that I couldn’t help but tie it in). If there was a person (or group/situation/etc.) who acted in an entitled, bossy, loud, arrogant, etc. way during the Leo Solar Eclipse, you have a choice about what you do next. Do you hold on to whatever happened? Do you decide to let it go? Pisces energy, where this lunation takes place, is very much about forgiveness & surrender (among other expressions). A person can “forgive” and float on without forgetting (because to forget is a fucking fools game, in my opinion….and yes, I realize opinions are like assholes); these things are NOT the same.

Another thing this Lunar Eclipse brings up in my mind when I think about it is the Eight of Cups in Tarot (illustrated above from the Hermetic Tarot, The Light Seer’s Tarot, and the Prisma Visions Tarot). Not only because of the themes OF this eclipse, also because this card has an affinity for Pisces energy (and specifically the 1st decan of Pisces (ruled by Saturn)…which is where this eclipse takes place; 4° Pisces is in the 1st decan of Pisces). This card can mean lots of things depending on the question at hand and the other cards that come up along side it in a reading, but the general theme is one of walking away from what doesn’t serve you or from things that just aren’t good for you. Under this Lunar Eclipse, some of y’all might find that it’s best to just walk away completely from stuff lit up during the Solar Eclipse (in this case it makes no-nevermind if you forgive or forget; the goal is to just the get tf away from whatever). The detachment, if one goes this way, is very Aquarius North Node coded. In other cases, some of y’all might float on from what was illuminated without completely cutting ties with the person, place, thing, situation….yet not forgetting what transpired and moving forward to accommodate whatever different reality was presented to you (which is another way the Aquarius North Node influence’s could be seen).

I can’t tell any of y’all what to do in whatever kind of situation that you may find yourself during this eclipse, but, I can give some advice:
-If there is something that, if you walked away from it, your life would be better, walking away is probably the way to go.
-If there is something that, if you “forgave” whatever (not forget!), your life would be better, this is probably the way to go.
-If where you are going or what you are doing isn’t clear (and sort of hits a “crisis” point, mini or major), it might be that something needs to be walked away from to lighten the load and/or clear the path forward into the future. It could also be that you’ve come much further than you think, and that you ARE more clear on what you’re doing and where you’re going (and this moment of “crisis” will pass).
-Keep your eyes and mind on the future as much as you can, it’s where we’re all heading whether we want to or not. We can either get with the program (even if we’re not sure what the program is yet or the role we play in the program), or we can let the program leave us behind. We can also choose to leave the people, places, things, situations, etc. that don’t seem to be able to get with the program behind as well.