Saros 10 North: Eclipse Family in Astrology

Strong emphasis on communication with frustrating or inhibiting events

There is a very strong emphasis on communication and, at the same time, frustrating or inhibiting events may come into the person's life via news, paperwork, or a young person. The person may feel tired and drained, and this is therefore a good time to take things quietly and work through the difficulties one at a time.

The New Moon is conjunct Mercury, and Saturn is on the midpoint of the New Moon/Neptune.

The 10 North family has activated in 1917, 1935, 1954, 1972, 1990, 2008, 2026, and will next occur in 2044. Its zodiacal path has carried it from Sagittarius through Capricorn and Aquarius into early Pisces.

The 1917 eclipse in Sagittarius coincided with America's entry into World War I, a period when wartime censorship and communication restrictions created exactly the kind of informational frustration this series embodies. By 1935, the eclipse had moved into Capricorn, arriving as the Great Depression forced governments worldwide to communicate painful economic realities to their populations.

The 1972 eclipse in Capricorn fell during the year of the Watergate break-in, when suppressed communications and deceptive paperwork would eventually bring down a presidency. The 1990 eclipse in Aquarius arrived alongside the early spread of email and digital communication, ironically multiplying the very information overload the series describes.

The 2008 eclipse, falling just weeks before the global financial crisis intensified in September, carried its usual theme of draining news arriving through official channels. The upcoming 2026 eclipse at approximately 12 degrees Pisces will bring the communicative burden into territory colored by empathy and intuition, potentially making the information more emotionally charged.

When this series touches sensitive points in your chart, expect your inbox (literal and metaphorical) to overflow. The practical response is triage: sort what genuinely needs your attention from what can wait, and give yourself permission to let non-essential communications sit unanswered for a while.

Pay attention to your physical energy during the eclipse window. This family carries a signature of fatigue that compounds the mental strain. Schedule lighter workloads if possible, protect your sleep, and resist the urge to push through exhaustion with caffeine and willpower alone.

The news that arrives during a 10 North activation is typically real and worth hearing, even when it carries responsibility or obligation. Process it gradually rather than trying to respond to everything at once. The most acute phase tends to run about six weeks on either side of the eclipse date, with effects tapering over the following three months.

The series was last active in August 2008 and will next produce an eclipse on August 12, 2026.

Across the 1900 to 2050 window, 10 North has traveled from late Sagittarius through the full span of Capricorn and Aquarius into early Pisces. The 1917 eclipse fell at 21 degrees Sagittarius. By 1935, the series had crossed into Capricorn at 3 degrees, continuing through that sign with eclipses at 14 degrees (1954) and 24 degrees (1972). The move into Aquarius came in 1990 at 4 degrees, followed by 16 degrees (2008) and approximately 27 degrees (2026). The 2044 eclipse will enter Pisces.

This journey through the winter and early spring signs has progressively shifted the communicative burden from philosophical terrain into institutional, then collective, and eventually empathic contexts.