August 2026 Eclipse Season: Leo Solar Eclipse + Pisces Lunar Eclipse Guide
- Savannah Rose Johnson, BA, CLC, RTT.P
- Aug 10
- 9 min read
Updated: Aug 11
August brings some of the most powerful astrology of the year: a season of endings, beginnings, unexpected opportunities, and profound transformation.
Inside This Guide
You’ll find:
Energy-cleansing suggestions
A mini eclipse-season ritual
Eclipse-season affirmations for every rising sign
Signs you may be feeling the eclipse-season shift
Tarot spreads for the Leo Solar Eclipse and Pisces Lunar Eclipse
Journal prompts for both eclipses
Crystal recommendations for each phase of eclipse season
You can also download my FREE Lion’s Gate + Leo Eclipse Guided Meditation HERE whenever you need a moment to rest, turn inward, and reconnect with yourself.
Enjoy, and Happy Eclipse Season!
A Little Background Info
From July 26 through August 12, peaking around August 8, the Lion’s Gate Portal overlaps with eclipse season, creating a beautiful blend of expansive, heart-centered energy. The portal gradually opens in late July, reaches its energetic peak on 8/8, and gently integrates as we move toward the Leo Solar Eclipse.
On Wednesday, August 12, we experience a New Moon Total Solar Eclipse in Leo. This eclipse is especially significant, with the Sun, Moon, Mercury, and Jupiter all in Leo, amplifying themes of creativity, courage, leadership, confidence, visibility, and authentic self-expression.
This is also the first Leo eclipse since the lunar nodes shifted into Aquarius and Leo, opening a new 18-month chapter centered around the Leo–Aquarius axis.
Then, on Friday, August 28, we close out the month with a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Pisces. As the final eclipse of the Virgo–Pisces cycle, this lunation offers an opportunity to reflect on and bring closure to themes we’ve been moving through over the past two years.
Eclipse seasons often correspond with rapid change, unexpected developments, and moments of clarity. Rather than trying to control every outcome, this can be a beautiful time to surrender, simplify, cleanse your energy, and allow life to unfold.
Prioritize rest, self-care, and reflection. Trust that what is ready to leave may be creating space for what is ready to arrive.
This eclipse season isn’t asking you to become someone else. It’s inviting you to become more fully expressed as the person you already are.
Cleanse Your Energy During Eclipse Season
Eclipse season is a beautiful time to release what no longer aligns and create space for what’s ready to arrive.
Cleansing doesn’t have to be elaborate. As a Virgo, I often say the most powerful shifts begin with simple acts of intention.
Here are a few ways to refresh your energy during this season:
Update your résumé or LinkedIn. Even if you’re not job hunting, this can help keep your career energy fresh while reminding you how much you’ve already accomplished.
Archive or delete old social media posts that no longer reflect who you are or the direction you’re moving toward.
Get a haircut or trim. Many spiritual traditions view hair as energetically symbolic, making a fresh cut a meaningful way to welcome a new chapter.
Cleanse your home with sage, palo santo, incense, or another cleansing practice that resonates with you. Open a window afterward to symbolically allow stagnant energy to leave while fresh energy enters.
Clean out your refrigerator and pantry.
Compost or discard expired food, wipe down the shelves, and make room for fresh nourishment.
Donate or sell clothing that no longer fits your style, lifestyle, or current season of life.
Declutter your camera roll.
Delete old screenshots, duplicate photos, and digital clutter that no longer serves a purpose.
Refresh your home.
Deep clean your floors, wash your linens, reorganize your closet, or finally tackle that drawer you’ve been avoiding.
Show your car some TLC.
Wash it, vacuum it, or schedule overdue maintenance as a symbolic way of creating clarity around where you’re headed next.
Nourish yourself.
Book an energy work session, Reiki appointment, massage, facial, or another restorative treatment that helps you reconnect with yourself.
Click HERE to learn more about booking an Energy Work Session with me.
Empress Reminder:
Cleansing isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about lovingly releasing what no longer supports the woman you already are and the life you’re growing into.
Every drawer you organize, every item you donate, and every moment you spend caring for yourself is an opportunity to create space for new possibilities, deeper peace, and greater alignment.
Mini Eclipse Ritual
Enjoy this ritual during either the Leo Solar Eclipse or Pisces Lunar Eclipse. You can repeat it for both eclipses, adjusting your intentions based on what you’re currently moving through.
Before beginning, prepare a cup of ceremonial cacao, blue lotus tea, or another warm, comforting drink of your choice.
You’ll Need
A candle: yellow or gold for the Leo eclipse, blue for the Pisces eclipse, or any color that resonates with you
Journal and pen
Bowl of water
About 1 tablespoon of salt, traditionally associated with purification and cleansing
About 1 tablespoon of sugar, symbolizing sweetness, abundance, joy, and blessings
A spoon
Your chosen crystal (see the recommendations below)
Ritual Steps
Light your candle.
Take five slow breaths, allowing your body to settle into the present moment.
Open your journal and ask: “What is trying to leave?”
Journal for 5–10 minutes. Don’t judge, edit, or doubt what comes through. Simply let the thoughts flow.
Hold your crystal in one hand as you slowly sprinkle the salt into the bowl of water. Imagine yourself releasing any belief, pattern, expectation, or energy that no longer serves you.
Stir the water counterclockwise, saying aloud what you are ready to release. Continue until the salt dissolves.
Return to your journal and ask: “What is trying to arrive?”
Journal for another 5–10 minutes, allowing yourself to imagine what could be opening for you.
Create an affirmation based on your reflections and the energy you would like to welcome.
For example: I am open to new opportunities. I surrender to the Universe’s blessings. I allow my light to shine in the world.
Hold your crystal again as you slowly sprinkle the sugar into the water, imagining sweetness, blessings, abundance, and new opportunities flowing into every area of your life.
Stir the water clockwise, repeating your affirmation until the sugar dissolves.
Sit quietly for two minutes, breathing and allowing yourself to receive whatever comes through.
Blow out your candle with gratitude.
Keep your crystal nearby throughout eclipse season as a tangible reminder of your intention.
When eclipse season ends, pour the ritual water down the drain or outside somewhere away from plants, thanking it for holding your intentions as you release it.
Recommended Crystals for Eclipse Season
Carry these with you in your purse, bra, car, or keep them on your altar or nightstand.
Throughout Eclipse Season
Labradorite: Transformation and trusting change
Smoky Quartz: Grounding during energetic shifts
Black Tourmaline: Protection and energetic boundaries
Clear Quartz: Clarity and amplification
Selenite: Cleansing and reconnecting with intuition
Leo Solar Eclipse
With so much Leo energy surrounding this eclipse, consider crystals associated with courage, creativity, confidence, abundance, and self-expression.
Sunstone: Confidence, vitality, and joy
Citrine: Abundance and personal power
Carnelian: Creativity and courage
Tiger’s Eye: Leadership and confidence
Pyrite: Success, confidence, and grounded action
Rose Quartz: Self-love and heart chakra alignment
Pisces Lunar Eclipse
For the Pisces eclipse, lean into crystals associated with intuition, surrender, emotional processing, softness, and spiritual connection.
Amethyst: Intuition and spiritual connection
Moonstone: Emotional wisdom
Lepidolite: Calm during transitions
Aquamarine: Surrender and emotional flow
Blue Lace Agate: Gentle communication
Angelite: Peace and higher guidance
Eclipse Tarot Spreads
Leo New Moon Solar Eclipse Tarot Spread
Use this spread to explore what the Leo Solar Eclipse may be illuminating and the chapter it is inviting you into.
Before shuffling, place one hand over your heart and take three slow breaths.
Ask: “What chapter is ready to begin?”
Theme: Becoming the Leader You Are Here to Be
What part of me is ready to shine brighter?
What old identity or role is this eclipse asking me to release?
Where am I still playing small?
What wants to be created through me?
How can I courageously express my authentic voice?
What energy will guide me through this eclipse season?
Take the card from position #6 and place it on your altar or somewhere you’ll see it regularly.
Allow this card to anchor the energy of your eclipse season. Pause with it each day, thank it for its guidance, and notice how its message begins showing up in your life.
You may also place your written intentions beside the card.
Pisces Full Moon Lunar Eclipse Tarot Spread
Reflect on everything eclipse season has revealed, released, and transformed.
Before shuffling, place one hand over your heart and take three slow breaths.
Ask: “What am I taking with me one eclipse season ends?”
Theme: Integration, Release & Trust
What has shifted since the Leo Eclipse?
What emotional pattern am I finally ready to release?
What lesson am I taking forward?
Where am I being asked to surrender control?
What gift has this eclipse season given me?
What energy am I stepping into next?
If you’d like a more in-depth tarot reading, click HERE to learn more about my Energy Reading services, or apply to work with me HERE.
Eclipse Journal Prompts
Use these prompts in one longer journaling session, perhaps during your mini eclipse ritual, or choose one or two each day throughout eclipse season.
Need a new journal? Get your Empress Embodiment™ journal HERE.
Leo New Moon Solar Eclipse
What wants to be expressed through me that I’ve been holding back?
If fear of judgment disappeared, what would I create?
Where am I still dimming my light?
What kind of leader do I want to be?
How do I want people to feel after interacting with my work?
What version of success actually feels nourishing to me?
What identities no longer fit who I am today?
What am I ready to be known for?
Where in my life am I ready to take up more space?
Pisces Full Moon Lunar Eclipse
What surprised me most during this eclipse season?
Where have I grown emotionally?
What am I finally ready to forgive?
What am I still trying to control?
What chapter is naturally coming to completion?
Where have I been forcing instead of trusting?
What feels lighter now than it did two weeks ago?
What do I want to carry into the next season?
What am I finally ready to trust without needing proof?
Eclipse Season Affirmations for Each Rising Sign
If you don't know your rising, your sun sign will also work!
Aries Rising: Lead with courage, not urgency.
Taurus Rising: Build security from within first.
Gemini Rising: Speak your truth clearly.
Cancer Rising: Trust your worth and your gifts.
Leo Rising: Become more fully expressed as who you already are.
Virgo Rising: Rest, reflect, and release.
Libra Rising: Find your people and trust your vision.
Scorpio Rising: Own your leadership.
Sagittarius Rising: Expand your perspective.
Capricorn Rising: Let transformation strengthen you.
Aquarius Rising: Create relationships that honor who you are becoming.
Pisces Rising: Honor your sensitivity without losing yourself.
What Surrender Can Look Like During Eclipse Season
Eclipse season gives us permission to loosen our grip and allow the Universe to take the lead.
But surrender doesn’t mean giving up.
It might look like:
Letting a conversation unfold instead of rehearsing every possible outcome
Saying no to something that no longer aligns
Taking a nap instead of forcing productivity
Releasing a timeline you’ve outgrown
Trusting that clarity will arrive when it’s ready
Allowing yourself to change your mind
Leaving space in your schedule for the unexpected
Accepting that you do not need every answer today
Sometimes surrender is one of the most courageous actions we can take.
Signs You May Be Feeling the Eclipse Season Shift
You may notice:
Sudden endings or beginnings
Unexpected conversations
Feeling more tired than usual
Changes involving career or relationships
Vivid or emotionally charged dreams
A desire to declutter or simplify
Feeling emotionally “between chapters”
Strong intuitive nudges
Creative inspiration arriving unexpectedly
Unexpected opportunities or changes in direction
Remember: not every eclipse brings dramatic external events.
Sometimes the most meaningful shifts happen quietly within and reveal themselves over the weeks and months that follow.
Empress Reminder
You do not have to force your next chapter into existence.
Your job during eclipse season is not to control every outcome. It is to become receptive enough to recognize what is already making its way toward you.
Release what feels heavy. Nourish your nervous system. Trust your intuition. Allow this season to reveal what you could not have planned for yourself.
Sometimes your greatest act of manifestation isn’t striving harder; it’s creating enough space for life to surprise you.
Want More Personalized Guidance?
If you’d like additional support during eclipse season, here are a few ways we can work together:
May this eclipse season gently clear what is ready to leave, strengthen your trust in yourself, and open doors you never imagined.
May you have the courage to release with grace, the wisdom to recognize new opportunities, and the confidence to step fully into the next chapter that is already unfolding.
Thank you for spending this sacred season with me. I’m cheering you on every step of the way.
Happy Eclipse Season! ✨
Love,
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