Cool Moon Facts by Whip

Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

Timing and relationships · Intermediate

Eclipses in astrology

Also called eclipse (astrology)

Solar and lunar eclipses read as especially strong new and full moons.

Eclipses happen when a new or full moon falls near the lunar nodes. From Babylonian omens onward, astrologers have read them as significant, historically often as portents; this site does not treat an eclipse as a portent for anyone.

  • Kind: Astronomy, Interpretation
  • Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
  • In this site’s birth chart: not used

Related: Lunation, Lunar nodes, Prenatal syzygy

Written for Cool Moon Facts in its own words. An astrology source documents what astrologers believe or practise; it does not establish that astrology works.

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