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Virgo New Moon 'Scope
What wants to grow this cycle? Virgo qualities, of course! Discrimination. Love of Perfection. Studious. Exacting. Clean. Humble. Service-oriented. Methodical. Industrious. Unafraid of the details. Efficient. Useful. Organized. Archetypes for Virgo include the Virgin, the Servant, the Perfectionist, the Critic, the One Who Brings Order. Popular astrology has diluted these images with more role-based ones: the Secretary, the Librarian, and Bookkeeper. Though there’s nothing wrong with these occupations—I’ve happily worked at two of them myself--they’re generally offered as unflattering stereotypes. Virgo is typically seen as plain-dressed, uptight and bespectacled, in supporting rather than leading roles. I think this speaks of our diminished imagination of Virgo in the world… a world infatuated with the performance and super-stardom of Leo. Virgo follows Leo in the cyclic order, not just to do its clean-up, but to evolve us. Search for this energy inside yourself now and see what archetypal image fits it best. (The Goddess keeps coming to my mind!) To get more specific about what you can best grow this cycle, know that astrology typically answers “what” questions by looking at houses. Look to the house of your birth chart where the New Moon falls: here’s your personal seed bed. Here lie opportunities, old and new business that have been waiting all year for this moment to start their germination. Chances are that the Sun’s transit through Virgo (since August 23) has already been revealing what needs to develop for you this cycle. How can you be successful this month? Astrology typically answers “how” questions with signs. Signs suggest the kind of energy we need to bring to our endeavors. We all find some signs more comfortable than others, so at each New Moon we’re challenged to either further develop a sign (or style of being) that’s easy for us, or to explore and deconstruct our resistance to an inherently more difficult energy. Your ease expressing the qualities at the top of the previous section can help you to assess where you’re beginning in the Virgo journey this cycle. Negative Virgo qualities include being critical (especially self-critical), complaining, worried, overly cautious, prudish, judgmental of others, and nit-picky. If you find these as part of your Virgo expression, call on the Virgin to help you transmute them! © 2002
Dana
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"Exact on September 11th, expansive-hearted Jupiter in Leo and spiritual idealist Neptune in Aquarius reach opposition, lighting up the heavens with a visionary message. These two planets aligning on such an historic day send a cosmic signal that a collective gateway of consciousness is opening, allowing higher spiritual energies to rain down healing balm onto the suffering caused by the horrific terrorist attacks. Despite the all-pervasive media-hyped sentimentality, it is just possible that a genuinely profound deepening of the American soul is at hand. ..." (New Moon Meditations) "Then last night I overheard it. The nine-year-old said to the ten-year-old, “This year I’m going to do all my homework as soon as I come home from school. I’m going to study real hard.” The ten-year-old replied, “And I’m going to get good grades.” So they did have Virgo’s hunger for personal transformation! ..." Season Teachings
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