The Eclipses of 2026
Eclipses of 2026
The eclipses of 2026 function as major pressure points within an already volatile year. Eclipses accelerate change. They remove what has become stagnant and expose imbalances that can no longer be ignored. In 2026, the eclipse story moves between Aquarius, Leo, Virgo, and Pisces, highlighting tensions between collective systems and personal identity, logic and intuition, service and surrender.
There are four eclipses in total, split across two eclipse seasons.
February 17, 2026
Annular Solar Eclipse at 28° Aquarius
This New Moon solar eclipse emphasizes collective systems, technology, social structures, and future-oriented thinking. Aquarius eclipses tend to expose where systems have become disconnected from humanity, prioritizing efficiency, ideology, or innovation at the expense of lived experience.
As an annular eclipse, this one carries an unsettling quality. Something is visibly altered but not fully obscured, suggesting partial resets rather than clean slates. New ideas emerge, but they may feel incomplete or unstable at first. This eclipse highlights the need to rethink how communities organize, communicate, and distribute power.
March 3, 2026
Total Lunar Eclipse at 12° Virgo (Virgo–Pisces Axis)
This Full Moon lunar eclipse brings culmination and release around work, health, routines, and service. Virgo emphasizes precision, improvement, and responsibility, while Pisces dissolves boundaries and demands compassion, surrender, and faith.
This eclipse exposes imbalances between control and trust, logic and intuition, productivity and wellbeing. Systems built on over-functioning or perfectionism reach a breaking point. Something must be released in order to restore equilibrium.
As a total lunar eclipse, emotional clarity is heightened. What has been quietly draining energy becomes impossible to ignore.
August 12, 2026
Total Solar Eclipse at 20° Leo
This is one of the most powerful eclipses of the year. A total solar eclipse in Leo centers on identity, leadership, creativity, visibility, and the right to take up space.
Leo eclipses force questions around authenticity and authority. Who is leading, and why? What roles are being performed for validation rather than truth? This eclipse often corresponds with major shifts in leadership, public figures, creative direction, and personal identity.
As a solar eclipse, this one initiates a new chapter. However, because it occurs through obscuration, clarity may arrive only after something old is eclipsed entirely.
August 28, 2026
Partial Lunar Eclipse at 4° Pisces (Pisces–Virgo Axis)
The final eclipse of the year returns to the Virgo–Pisces axis, emphasizing emotional release, spirituality, intuition, and surrender. Pisces lunar eclipses heighten sensitivity and dissolve illusions, while Virgo again asks for discernment and grounded care.
This eclipse highlights where boundaries have eroded or where sacrifice has gone too far. Emotional exhaustion, spiritual disillusionment, or escapist tendencies may surface. The work here is not control, but conscious release.
As a partial eclipse, this one suggests an ongoing process rather than a definitive ending. Awareness grows, but integration takes time.
Eclipse Themes of 2026
Across both eclipse seasons, the story is consistent:
• Systems versus humanity
• Individuality versus collectives
• Control versus surrender
• Visibility versus authenticity
These eclipses do not operate in isolation. They are tightly interwoven with the major outer-planet shifts of 2026, particularly Saturn and Neptune in Aries and Pluto in Aquarius. Together, they accelerate endings and initiations that would normally take years to unfold.
