Instrument 05 — Eclipse observatory
When the light
hiccups.
Twice a year the nodes activate and the sky performs. Every date below is computed from the real lunar orbit — no recycled lists, no astrology-magazine guesses.
● Solar eclipses — computed
- February 6, 2027 annular solar
- August 2, 2027 total solar
- January 26, 2028 annular solar
- July 22, 2028 total solar
● Lunar eclipses — computed
- February 20, 2027 penumbral lunar
- July 18, 2027 penumbral lunar
- August 17, 2027 penumbral lunar
- January 12, 2028 partial lunar
The machinery
Why eclipses land where they land.
The Moon's orbit is tilted five degrees from the ecliptic, so most full and new moons miss the mark. Twice a year the alignment is exact — that is eclipse season. Astrologically, an eclipse acts where it touches: if its degree conjoins a planet or angle in your chart, that sphere of life speeds up. If it touches nothing, you watch the show with popcorn.
The 18.6-year wheel
The nodes keep their own calendar.
The lunar nodes drift backwards through the zodiac on an 18.6-year cycle — the Saros clock. Eclipses therefore revisit the same pair of signs for about eighteen months at a time, then move on. People born under one eclipse season share a strange kinship: the same sky-teachers, the same accelerating degrees.
Does an eclipse
touch you?
Cast your chart and check the degrees — or ask us in the synastry instrument.