Eclipse Season Declutter: Preparing for Your Soul’s Big Move

Navigating the Virgo South Node Lunar Eclipse: Cleaning Up to Move Forward

March is a momentous month, filled with cosmic shifts that are setting the stage for our future. As the parade of planets continues to move through the Pisces/Aries portal, while Venus and Mercury dance back and forth in retrograde, the first eclipse season begins. This period is like signing a lease on a bright new future—except it’s not quite moving day yet. With two personal planets in retrograde and a South Node Lunar Eclipse in Virgo, March feels like the final days at your old place: cleaning up, clearing out and preparing for what’s next. And with Virgo overseeing this process, you can be sure it’s going to be done thoroughly and efficiently.

Eclipse Season: Breaking Patterns to Create Space

Eclipse seasons happen twice a year, spanning about five weeks. During this time, the typical cycles of new and full moons are disrupted.  The disruption of the rhythms of the Moon, which governs our daily energies, in turn disrupts the patterns of our lives. This South Node Lunar Eclipse in Virgo is no exception. The South Node represents karmic patterns and tendencies, and while its disruptions may feel uncomfortable, they are necessary for growth. Think of it as breaking old habits to make room for new, healthier ones.

This eclipse kicks off a new two-year sequence of Virgo eclipses, making it particularly potent. With the South Node emphasizing release, letting go and clearing out—and Venus and Mercury retrograde asking us to revisit and review—the focus is on the "old place" rather than the new. It’s a time for a massive cleanup, both literally and metaphorically. Virgo’s energy is logical and detail-oriented, but the South Node operates on an emotional, instinctual level. This eclipse invites us to break free from overthinking and tap into the wisdom of our bodies and intuition.

Virgo’s Refining Energy: Declutter and Reorganize

Virgo’s meticulous energy makes this an ideal time to declutter—physically, mentally, and emotionally. Pay attention to what feels outdated or unnecessary. Virgo helps us identify areas where we’re expending energy inefficiently. Cleaning up and clearing out old ideas, mental baggage and energy-draining habits is a priority. This is a time to refine and reorganize, ensuring that every aspect of your life is aligned with your evolution.

Retrograde Planets: Connection to the Past

The ruler of this eclipse is Mercury, which is about to station retrograde at the time of the eclipse.  With both Venus and Mercury in retrograde, we are required to reconnect with the past before moving forward. There’s something back there—a lesson, a memory or a pattern—that holds the key to our future. But here’s the nuance: releasing isn’t always about throwing something out entirely. Some items from your old place might still fit perfectly in the new one—they just need to be cleaned up, refreshed and integrated in a way that aligns with your new space. It’s not about discarding everything; it’s about discerning what still serves you and giving it a renewed purpose.

The Sun’s Influence:  Connecting the Old to the New

As the Sun moves through Pisces, it’s working closely with Saturn, the North Node, and Neptune. This process during eclipse season is shining a penetrating light of awareness on what is not supportive of this move. For our lifetime, this is the last time we will experience this powerful alignment of the Sun with Neptune in Pisces, offering us a profound soul-level opportunity to alchemize deep-seated patterns, illusions and karmic baggage into the building blocks of a stronger foundation. It’s not just about releasing what has held us back; it’s about transforming it into the wisdom and strength needed to step into the "new place" we’re creating—both internally and externally.

Trusting Your Intuition as Your True Guide

This Virgo South Node Lunar Eclipse invites us to trust our intuition as our ultimate navigation tool. While Virgo’s analytical energy can help us identify what needs to be cleaned up or released, the South Node reminds us to listen to our instincts and emotional wisdom.

As you navigate this eclipse, consider where 24 degrees of Virgo falls in your natal chart. This will show you the area of life where this cleanup and reorganization is most needed. Whether it’s your career, relationships or spiritual growth, trust that this process is paving the way for a brighter, more aligned future.

In the end, this eclipse is about creating space—physically, mentally, and emotionally—so that when moving day finally arrives, you’re ready to step into your new beginning with clarity, vitality and purpose.

Practical Applications: Supporting Your Body and Energy

With Virgo and the Moon both connected to the body, health and vitality, this eclipse is a powerful reminder to care for and nourish ourselves. Here are some practical ways to support your body and energy during this time:

1. Physical Detoxification:
• The Virgo eclipse highlights the liver, pancreas, spleen, gallbladder and upper intestines. These organs may experience slower function. Eat lightly and consider a gentle cleanse.
• The lymphatic system may slow, leading to fluid retention or toxin buildup. Drinking plenty of pure water supports your body’s detoxification process.  Or consider a lymphatic massage.
• Energizing water during an eclipse is not the same as energizing water under a Full Moon. Eclipses are disruptors, and water left out during this time is believed to hold chaotic energy.  Avoid drinking it.
2. Emotional and Energetic Cleansing:
• Saturn, the zodiacal authority figure, opposing the eclipse may amplify disciplinarian energy, enforcing the release of what no longer aligns with our path. Flow with these shifts rather than resisting them. These energies are foundational to the process of manifestation. 
• Emotional overwhelm is possible during this time. Practice grounding exercises.
• This time can feel very private.  Give yourself the gift of reflection and meditation.
3. Rest and Recharge:
• The energy on the day of the eclipse is low energy.  Reduce overstimulation and prioritize rest.  You have plenty of time to work with these energies. In fact, its best to wait 24-48 hours following the eclipse.
• Pisces rules the feet, so this is a great time to treat yourself to a foot massage or warm oil treatments to soothe and ground your energy.