Total Full Moon Lunar Eclipse at 5 Degrees Sagittarius on May 26 2021

Just days before Mercury stations Retrograde in Gemini, we will collectively experience a Total Lunar Eclipse in the opposite sign of Sagittarius. If you have planets around 5 degrees of Sagittarius or in any of the Mutable Signs (Virgo, Gemini, and Pisces), you may feel this Astronomical event the most. Since the ruler of this eclipse is Jupiter, perhaps take a look at the themes of your Pisces and Sagittarius houses and what they can "clear out" so that they can begin to work together. With this Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, in combination with the Mercury Retrograde cycle, there is a sense of letting go of something that relates to the topics of your Sagittarius house that no longer serves you before a period of turning in and reconsidering the topics tied to the Gemini part of your chart. In less technical terms, we are being called to let go before looking in. 

Full Moons are typically correlated with a fullness in general -  a fullness of ideas or of a momentum built around the intention set during the New Moon coming into full swing during this part of the Lunar Cycle. Conscious of it or not, we are animals who are cyclically tied to the phases of the Moon and we both individually and collectively rely on this moment of clarity every month. While day consciousness clarity becomes obscured during an Eclipse, this opens up the opportunity for diving deeper into the gifts of the night.

Eclipses are deviations from the norm and can stir feelings of heightened intensity. Most of us don’t really like to sit in the dark with our eyes open because it’s scary, just like Ancient people were wary of eclipses as one of their main sources of light went dark. Not only do your eyes start to play tricks on you, but issues that we shove into the darkest corners of our psyche begin to grow bright. 

This Eclipse offers a moment for flashing a light on your psychic space and looking for what needs a little clearing out. Since this Lunar Eclipse is occurring in the sign of Sagittarius, this might be a shedding of an idea, a belief, or an issue of morality. Through stillness, meditation, and sleep, take note of what the symbols are asking you to let go of. The clearing of this space will allow you to enter the Mercury Retrograde cycle with perhaps less mental chatter and with a little more ease.

Questions for each Rising Sign during this Total Lunar Eclipse (to find your Rising Sign, visit here)

Aries Rising: What beliefs have you been holding onto that no longer serve you? Where would this energy be better spent?

Taurus Rising: What beliefs about your sexuality and your psychology that are no longer true? What baggage inherited through your family line that you have unnecessarily taken on?

Gemini Rising: What are the beliefs about your romantic and work-partnerships that are not helpful? Is there a partnership in your life that is holding you back in some way?

Cancer Rising: What is a daily ritual or health routine that you need to let go of? What beliefs do you hold onto about your health or your body that you know aren’t true?

Leo Rising: Is there something you have been taking pleasure in that you no longer find that pleasurable? How much energy are you exerting on output versus input?

Virgo Rising: Is there some home organizing and decluttering you could do that will make you feel more relaxed? Is there something about your lineage or family line you are ready to let go of?

Libra Rising: What are you afraid to express? Do you need to get something off of your chest so that you can move forward with a little less weight? 

Scorpio Rising: How is your relationship to assets and finances changing? What are old ideas about your worth that are holding you back from your ambitious pursuits?

Sagittarius Rising: What is one habit that you could let go over that is impacting your physical vitality negatively? What do you tell yourself about how you look that is not true?

Capricorn Rising: What activity could you remove from your daily rituals that could be replaced with something more holistic or spiritually aligned? This is an interesting time to consider a fast or a break from an unhealthy habit to recenter yourself. 

Aquarius Rising: What about your community no longer matches your moral compass? Is there a way in which you are contributing to your friends group or community that needs adjusting?

Pisces Rising: What about your career life needs adjusting? What work ambition can you let go of in order to move forward more productively?