Lunar Eclipse in Pisces

Lunar Eclipse in Pisces ยท 28 August 2026

The Mirror Goes Dark

The Moon enters Earthโ€™s shadow and almost all of her ordinary reflected light is covered. In Pisces, the eclipse asks what remains when the edges soften, the familiar reflection disappears, and the old shape of things becomes difficult to hold.

A night for the deep water

Pisces is the least bounded sign of the zodiac. It belongs to dream, imagination, surrender, mercy, longing, and the strange desire to return to something larger than the separate self.

During a lunar eclipse, Earth moves between the Sun and Moon. The Moon darkens beneath our shadow, while a strange reddish light still reaches her after travelling through the rim of Earthโ€™s atmosphere.

The ordinary reflection becomes unfamiliar.

This eclipse is less about finding an answer than noticing what happens when the version of yourself you usually look at can no longer be seen clearly.

The Symbol of Pisces

Two Fish.
Opposite Currents.

Pisces has long been pictured as two fish swimming in opposite directions, bound to one another by a cord.

One moves toward the deep, toward dissolution, surrender and the desire to stop holding everything together.

The other remembers the shore. Form. Boundary. The body. The part of you that knows when surrender has gone far enough.

They remain tied because neither current can be removed from the whole.

Going under Release, surrender, dissolution, mystery, letting the old form soften.
Returning Boundary, embodiment, clarity, form, bringing something back to shore.

Which one is pulling at you now?

Pisces fish

A Reading for the Eclipse

The Two Fish Oracle

Lunar Eclipse in Pisces

The Two Fish

Bring one question to mind. Do not try to answer it. Hold it quietly while you look at the two fish.


Which one pulls at you first?

The two are tied together. Pull the cord until it gives.

Pull toward the far edge

Seven things have risen from the water. Take the one your hand goes to.

A Practice for the Eclipse

Take Something With You

If you would like to work with the eclipse rather than only read about it, we have taken one practice from this monthโ€™s Lunar Guide and made it available here.

It is for the quieter part of the night, when the lights are low and the ordinary noise has fallen away.

You will need very little. A little time. Somewhere undisturbed. A question you cannot answer yet, and enough patience to leave it unanswered for a while.

Save it for the eclipse, print it if you prefer working on paper, or keep it beside you as you move through the night.

Download the Eclipse Practice
From the Pisces Lunar Guide

A Practice for the Deep Water

A small piece of the guide, yours to keep.

The Witches Circle

We Follow the Moon All Year

This Pisces eclipse is one piece of the work we make inside The Witches Circle.

Through the lunar year, members receive original guides, narrated audio, astrology, ritual and practical workings, along with the collective practices we move through together.

The point is not to collect more information about the Moon. It is to notice the year changing, and to change with it.

United States ยท The Year-Long Edition

A Year in The Witches Circle + Secret Grimoire Volume Two

Enter the Circle for the full lunar year and receive the hardcover Secret Grimoire Volume Two alongside your membership.

12 months of the lunar work Hardcover Secret Grimoire Volume Two United States only

Monthly Membership

Prefer to Enter Month to Month?

Already have the book, live outside the United States, or prefer a smaller first step? Join The Witches Circle as a monthly member and begin with the current lunar work.

One eclipse passes. Another Moon rises. We keep following.

The Witches Circle ยท The Lunar Year