When is the next eclipse?
Eclipse calendar
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What is an eclipse?
The Moon's orbit around Earth is tilted about five degrees against Earth's orbit around the Sun. That is why there is no solar eclipse at every new moon and no lunar eclipse at every full moon: the three have to line up closely enough, which happens two to five times a year. A solar eclipse occurs at the new moon, when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth. A lunar eclipse occurs at the full moon, when Earth casts its shadow across the Moon.
What does it mean in astrology?
Astrological tradition reads eclipses as heightened new and full moons whose effect is not confined to a single day but spreads either side of it. The sign and degree matter to the reading too: an eclipse is taken as more pointed for someone whose birth chart has a placement near that degree. Those are interpretations, not measurements — the dates and times on this page are the measurements.
Where does the eclipse fall in your chart?
If the degree an eclipse falls on sits close to a placement in your birth chart, it brings that area forward. Cast your chart to see which degrees are occupied.
Times are computed with Swiss Ephemeris and give the moment of greatest eclipse. Nobody types them in, so they never go stale. Times are in UTC; whether an eclipse is visible from where you are is a separate question, and this page does not answer it.
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