The Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius on August 28th falls in Shatabisha, the nakshatra representing mysticism and healing.

This near-total obscuration sees the Earth’s shadow blocking the light of the Sun onto the Full Moon, at a moment to rediscover your emotional center and psychic security. A period of work and ambition culminates, where success gives you the desire to cut free and move on. This is the complementary eclipse to the Aquarius Solar Eclipse of February 17th, and events and experiences from that time may arise again, with a more emotional tone, especially if you have a natal planet in this nakshatra.

The focus is less on your career status and more on how you feel about your ambitions, and what makes you inwardly content. The Moon sitting closely with shadowy Rahu can also obscure your inner needs and create a sense of dislocation and passing anxiety. Mercury, the planet of the mind, also sits with the Sun close to the eclipse degree, and your powers of rationality may be obscured, or you see an issue in an unusual light.

You may be influenced by a powerful personality who is close to you, where you don’t have the space to express your thoughts freely. This is also a moment to affirm and set your intentions going forward, which may mean reconciling a past effort that has not rewarded you properly. An eclipse is a special opportunity for meditation, especially in otherworldly Shatabisha, and to become immersed in your yoga practice.

Donation and charitable work are good ways to honor and appease the eclipse energy, though be careful of long-distance travel and major decision-making for 24 hours on either side of the eclipse moment.