Between two Eclipses
We are now in a liminal space — between two eclipses.
The lunar eclipse in Pisces, 4 days ago, cracked open the collective psyche, allowing hidden material to surface and spill out. Ahead of us, the sobering Solar Eclipse in Virgo on September 21 approaches, carrying the precision of a scalpel.
It asks us to recognize what has reached its natural end, what adjustments must be made, and what must be cut away from our lives with clarity and finality, so that a new cycle can take root.
At this threshold, Mercury in Virgo steps in as guide.
He is the sharp mind that analyzes, sorts, separates, looks for what’s useful, and discards what’s toxic. From September 11–13, Mercury, the god’s messenger, moves through an incredibly potent window: he conjuncts the South Node, comes into exact kazimi with the Sun, forms a sextile to Jupiter in Cancer and sextile to Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio.
This powerful alignment is like a spotlight on our mental and emotional patterns.
Mercury conjunct the South Node brings up old thought patterns, family stories, and inherited mental and emotional habits. The mind accesses the archive of personal and ancestral history, revealing beliefs and narratives that have shaped us, often without our awareness.
Mercury kazimi with the Sun gives us extraordinary clarity — the mind aligned with conscious awareness. Suddenly, what was hidden can be seen with precision. Insights arrive that cut to the core of old patterns.
The sextile to Jupiter in Cancer expands our understanding and allows us to feel the emotional truth of these patterns. Cancer’s energy connects us to ancestral roots and to what safety or “home” truly represents (and what it does not), making this a deeply sensitive yet transformative insight.
A sextile to Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio brings awareness of past or ongoing abuse, patterns of manipulation, shaming and emotional dynamics that were previously hidden. It is not necessarily that we are forced to relive trauma, but this alignment supports conscious recognition, clarity, and integration.
We have the mental and emotional capacity to see patterns, set boundaries, and transform our responses.
Mercury in Virgo asks for precision and honesty: to see clearly what is truth, what is merely an old story, what is imposed, and what we are ready to release because it drains us.
It’s about healing the mind as the foundation of the psyche.
The body, emotions, and symptoms can’t fully heal if our thinking is still trapped in past loops.
This transit opens a space for facing the shadow and recognizing unconscious patterns.
The upcoming Solar Eclipse in Virgo stands in opposition to Saturn retrograde in Pisces. It is a moment of sobering clarity — like a surgeon’s hand, it removes what keeps you stuck and opens space for new life to grow, setting the foundation for a healthier cycle.