Virgo Solar Eclipse - 2025

On September 21, 2025, we will experience a Solar Eclipse at 29 degrees of Virgo.

The impacts of all Solar Eclipses can be experienced in your life both prior to and following the actual eclipse. The influence of this Solar Eclipse began around September 1 and will continue until around October 31.

Since you are likely already experiencing some degree of impact from this Solar Eclipse, let’s explore the themes contained in this archetype.  

The New Way – Virgo as Tending the Sacred Flame

All eclipses demand your attention! Directing your focus in order to wake you up to an aspect of life that needs attention.

A Divine Shove

At a fundamental level, a Solar Eclipse contains a powerful shove from the Divine that embodies a call to move forward and make progress.  And yes, if you are avoiding or resisting progress by clinging to old habits and old patterns of living, then a Solar Eclipse can mark an uncomfortable time of challenging circumstances.  That is why eclipses traditionally have a bad reputation. 

But it doesn’t need to be that way. 

The Old Way – Virgo as Crisis and Guilt

With the Solar Eclipse in Virgo, the shove from the Divine often energizes the twin themes of crisis and guilt. 

These two themes often create a circular pattern.  When you experience a crisis, those challenging and disappointing circumstances lead to the feeling of guilt.  When you feel guilty, the feeling promotes focusing ever more intently using the old habits that lead to more crisis.  So, while you may focus more intently and work harder, you may find yourself feeling like a dog frantically chasing its own tail.  That is the old way.

But unlike the dog that seems to enjoy chasing its tail, chasing your dreams for the future with old habit patterns is ultimately unrewarding. 

But it doesn’t need to be that way.

Opposition of Saturn

Releasing Control and Becoming the Architect

This Solar Eclipse finds Saturn at 28 Pisces and Neptune at 0 Aries with both opposing the Solar Eclipse in Virgo.  These two powerhouse planets provide three insights that support working with this Solar Eclipse.

First, Saturn and Neptune embody the wisdom to let go of what you cannot control.  There are some things that simply cannot be controlled!  If you have been trying to change a friend or family member’s perspective or opinion, consider accepting the idea that forcing others to change is beyond your control.

Second, Saturn embodies the message, “You are the architect of your life.  Choose wisely!”  With Saturn opposing the Solar Eclipse, his message is more than a suggestion, it is a demand!  You have the potential to embrace your inner wisdom and to make new choices for your life.

Third, Saturn and Neptune remind us of the wisdom in avoiding the use of “magical thinking”.  To be effective, Neptune’s inspiration requires both Saturn’s blueprint and his efforts in construction.

Balance in Life & Harmony in Relationships

Since the Solar Eclipse takes place at 29 degrees of Virgo, this eclipse embodies both the culmination of the sign of Virgo and the introduction to the sign of Libra.

With the culmination of the sign of Virgo, you make progress by building the new habit of tending to your Sacred Flame.  With the introduction to the sign of Libra, your progress tending to your sacred flame results in finding greater balance in your daily activities and greater harmony in your relationships.

Returning to the Sacred Flame, the Priestess of the Temple of Vesta had one goal that demanded her attention: to keep the Sacred Flame burning.  She needed to be blind to distractions that would divert her attention from her highest priority.  The same principal applies to you as you navigate life day to day and build meaningful relationships. 

The sign of Libra informs us that at times you will enjoy an inspired friendship or spend time sharing a celebration with family.  However, Libra will also remind you that other times will be just for you and your individual priorities.  Relationships are meant to enrich your life, not to demand your time and control your priorities. 

This is where Saturn, the ruler of boundaries, comes in.  Since the Solar Eclipse is opposed by Saturn, you may find that establishing and maintaining boundaries plays an important role at this time. 

For Libra, boundaries are a tool that bring balance and harmony in relationships.  Asserting a boundary means that sometimes you will need to say “No”.  Sometimes because you have higher priorities for your time and other times because the activity is not compatible with your priorities. 

The Sacred Flame of Virgo wants you to honor your priorities and Libra yearns for the relationships that connect with those same priorities. 

In the process, you will find greater fulfillment in life and greater harmony in your relationships. 

Who Is Most Impacted?

Your Personal Impact

House Impact - All of us are impacted by the fact that this Solar Eclipse is taking place and we will all feel it reflected in our life based on the qualities and themes of the house in which is takes place. So look to your birth chart and find where 29 degrees of Virgo is positioned to determine which house is impacted for you.

The following will help you determine how else your chart may be impacted.

The Sun - For those born from September 16 to 25, regardless of the year you were born, your Sun will be strongly impacted! Above all, your Sun demands to shine and this Solar Eclipse will energize your capacity to shine!

The Eclipse Point - A powerful impact will be felt by those with planets or chart angles between 24 degrees of Virgo to 4 degrees of Libra as the Eclipse will be directly conjunct these chart features for you.

Opposition To The Eclipse Point - The next strongest impact will be felt by those with planets or chart angles between 24 degrees of Pisces to 4 degrees of Aries as the Eclipse will be directly opposing these chart features for you.

Square To The Eclipse Point - Finally, the next strongest impact will be felt by those with planets or chart angles between 24 degrees of Sagittarius to 4 degrees of Capricorn -or- 24 degrees of Gemini to 4 degrees of Cancer as the Eclipse will be squaring these chart features for you.