Transits · August 20, 2026 · 6 min read
Eclipse Seasons: A Practical Guide
Twice a year the nodes activate and eclipses land. What "eclipse season" actually means, which degrees feel it, and how to plan around it.
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The machinery
Eclipses occur when a new or full moon coincides with the lunar nodes — the two points where the Moon's orbit crosses the ecliptic. The nodes drift backwards through the zodiac on an 18.6-year cycle, which is why eclipse seasons arrive roughly every six months and visit the same pair of signs for about eighteen months at a time.
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Who feels an eclipse
Tradition reads eclipses as accelerants: they act where they touch. If an eclipse degree conjoins a point in your chart — your Sun, Moon, Ascendant, or a planet within a few degrees — that sphere of life tends to speed up around the event. If it touches nothing, you watch the show.
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How to use a season
Do not schedule a first date during an eclipse for gravitas, and do not hide from it either. Eclipse seasons reward flexible plans: leave slack in the calendar, expect one priority to jump the queue, and let the first week after settle before locking big decisions. Alfalaki's observatory lists every upcoming eclipse with its visibility path and degree.
