Although I'm an astrologer, if you've read my previous entry, you know that I'm not afraid to look at this craft that I love with skeptical eyes. And while it's not my intention to alienate anyone from this truly valuable craft and worldview, I think this week is one of those where a good dose of skepticism can go a long way.
The reason why I think it's important to keep an agnostic mindset this week is because of the Pisces Lunar Eclipse happening tomorrow, September 17th, 2025. You'll notice that while Kyle and I didn't shy away from addressing the eclipse in this week's episode, we kept things pretty brief and veered away from overemphasizing the importance of this transit, because truly, it's just a transit like any of the others we covered on this week's episode.
Eclipses are always one of those transits that get people glued to their screens, waiting for what astrologers have to say about this time of the year. The hype can at times be so grand that it's easy to forget that eclipse season happens every year—two times a year at that!
I've also noticed that Eclipse Season typically brings a huge wave of readings, many of which end up being damage control from anxious clients who heard somebody on the internet cast a cataclysmic prediction for what the eclipses could bring into their lives.
When I first became an astrologer around half a decade ago, I thought that was just astrology at work. Eclipses are said to bring about life-changing events for people, and so I thought that was just what was happening. But through my years of experience in the astrology industry, it increasingly became clear that this was not the case. While astrology was indeed hard at work in the lives of some clients, the great majority are typically victims of sensationalist marketing.
Now, this is not to say that you shouldn't trust your astrologers. I've also worked in this industry long enough to know that most astrologers who resort to these marketing techniques are also victims of a larger problem at hand: capitalism—but this is an issue that I'll have to address at a later date. The key takeaway that I want you to walk out of this article with today is that, while astrology works, astrology on the internet is not the same as an actual consult with an astrologer. So whenever you see a YouTube thumbnail or a headline saying X-sign will win the lottery or be mauled by wild bears because of Y-transit, just think twice before opening yourself up to what the content is about to offer you. Last week we tackled the limitations of real in-depth astrology, and if that has its limits, imagine what online entertainment astrology has to offer!
Why Not Every Transit Pans Out
While I'd love to sit here and complain about capitalism and the state of new media with you all day long, I know that that's not what you're here for. It's great to open up this article with such a hot take, but I'd hate to leave you without anything practical to do about this whole ordeal.
So, yes! The eclipse is tomorrow, and probably nothing will happen to you. But that can be said about basically any transit. Eclipses won't always turn your life upside down, a Venus-Jupiter trine will not give you all the money in the world, and a Mars-Saturn conjunction won't send you straight down to hell with no warning. The key thing to remember is that you're not the only one going through an astrological transit. Those transits are the same ones for everyone in the world, and if we were all to have our victories and losses simultaneously, the world would be a much more chaotic place than it already is.
The main way to distinguish whether a transit is relevant to you or not is by paying close attention to what degree of the zodiac a cosmic event is taking place in. This Pisces Eclipse, for example happens at 25 degrees Pisces. And the rule of thumb is that if it's happening at a degree that is populated within your chart by any major point (planets & angles like the ascendant and midheaven), then it's LIKELY to bear some significance to you. I really would like to emphasize likely here, though. Because even that is just a small piece of what astrologers typically do before casting their predictions and insights to a client one-on-one. This is totally arbitrary, but I'd say even if a transit is happening exactly where you have a planet in your chart, the likelihood of it panning out is probably only about 60% if no other factors in your chart corroborate that event actually happening.
However, I find that with eclipses, there might be an easier way to verify their potency for yourself without the help of a professional astrologer.
When Should I Care About an Eclipse?
Contrary to what headlines will have you believe, the eclipse is really not just happening tomorrow. Eclipses are better thought of as events that take about 18 months to unfold. With that in mind, that gives us a very clear and easy way to decipher whether or not the effects of an eclipse are significant to you: Would you characterize your past 18 months as cathartic? If yes, then this eclipse might be relevant to you; otherwise, probably not.
However, it does get a little more complicated because you can't just use any random set of 18 months to examine this.
Like the planets, eclipses also move through the signs; the only difference is that they move backwards. We're soon closing up a series of eclipses that happened across Aries and Libra, and we're moving to the signs that follow those two—Pisces and Virgo. These sign changes can be used as the threshold of these 18-month-long cycles. For that reason, eclipses like the one tomorrow might be a little trickier to determine the potency for you, because it lies at that very threshold. This means that a group of people will be getting up from their seat at the dramatic, eclipse-driven opera that their lives have been for the past year or so, and some are just about to claim their seat at the show.
This means that paying attention to what happens tomorrow is more important than anticipating anything. Because chances are, you're one of three people:
The first are our eclipse veterans, who pretty much already know what to expect. Most of the curveballs the universe could've thrown at them have already been thrown, and now it's really just about counting the final score.
The second group of people are the new eclipse pioneers. If you're in that camp, it's probably too early to even anticipate anything, and chances are tomorrow will only give you a glimpse of what your next 18 months will look like. Either way, this first Pisces Lunar Eclipse is more about setting the stage than anything, so use this time to pay attention, take notes, and prepare rather than freak out. Whatever happens, you'll have more than enough time to figure it out.
The third group of people (and the biggest group at that)—nothing, literally nothing significant will happen. Maybe you'll just order fish and chips at your favorite restaurant only to find out they ran out of fish. That too can be an eclipse story.
Anyways, I hope this serves to calm down some of the marketing-induced eclipse nerves. I can assure you most of you reading, if not all (my audience is still not that big), will have just a good old average Tuesday. But even if this eclipse is relevant to you, it's also very likely that you either know what's coming your way, or it's too early to know anything. So moral of the story: Just live your life like you would if the planets weren't watching.
Have a great week~
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