The New Moon in Virgo occurs in the form of a solar eclipse on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 2:03 A.M. PDT/ 5:03 AM EDT. This Thursday morning the Sun and Moon align at 9 degrees of Virgo forming the New Moon. This Solar Eclipse New Moon activates the Saturn in Sagittarius square to Neptune in Pisces. This can ignite issues over boundaries and limits, both physical and mental. Neptune in Pisces’ idealism versus Saturn in Sagittarius’ rather dark side creates conflict, backlash, and an urgent sense of needing to alter or block whatever we find in our path. The need at this time is to take both a protective stance to conserve and create peaceful, safe places while dealing with whatever challenges, threats, or conflicts (internal or external) might be raging at this time.
The New Moon in Virgo urges us to take better care of our health, to get our lives organized and in order, and to deal with whatever is in the way of our sense of well being and harmony. Because Saturn is forming as aspect with fixed star Antares, the classic struggle between good and evil seems to take form in many areas of our lives, including our own thinking. It is a crucial time to acknowledge what our limits are and to establish some new boundaries if we are letting in too much negativity or false doctrines/theology/spiritual practices and ideas. Find a sense of safety in how you form your opinions and make your choices. Remember to consider what is best for you in your key relationships. Sometimes we find ourselves so concerned for others or for the conditions we find ourselves in that we forget to take care of our basic health and safety needs.
This New Moon in Virgo calls us to use our healing energy and ability to envision and intuit solutions, answers, new pathways in making choices that are bound to affect us deeply for the next 6 months. Use your hands and daily practices (all related to heart chakra desires and the working out of grief, anger, and fear) to create pockets of healing and havens for safety and peace of mind and body. It is a time to bring the spirit into the body by grounding in the present with each task, movement, and decision we are engaged in. Mindfulness is one of the key practices that allows us to align our spiritual and physical energies. Slow down just a bit more, focus on what you are doing, and notice how your thoughts distract you from being present to each task or thought. Bring yourself into alignment through conscious thought and focus.
The Virgo New Moon and the Virgo Sun in 9 degrees are opposite Neptune in Pisces at 10 degrees. This placement can blur the lines between fantasy and reality. We may feel caught up in fantasies or feel our energy taxed and heavy. The exact opposition occurs ahead of the Neptune-Saturn square, and could signal the areas where we are most in need of some protective practices and life-affirming thinking. With Neptune, our spiritual guide, being activated in the square with Saturn, we need to use caution in how we use our power and talents. And we need to be careful about who and what we let into our experience and life. Exercise caution with any power exchange, and avoid pushing yourself or anyone else, beyond the limits. Be like Neptune’s watery element, and let yourself flow around obstacles. Let your energy go where it needs to go, and remember not to try pushing or stopping whatever is immovable in you or in others. The Neptunian element awakens our awareness, yet flows with ease even in dark and difficult places. We can refresh ourselves in Neptunian waters and ideas; we still need to be aware of whatever is blocking, challenging, or obstructing us from being free and whole. Let whatever is allowing you to flow beyond the rocky shore or the places of conflict, take you out of harm’s way. Avoid pushing back or insisting on changing the course that life is now flowing. Take care of what you can, and let go of the rest. Including, letting go of the feeling you need to fix something or someone.
On Monday, a few days before the New Moon and the Solar eclipse, Mercury and Venus conjunct in Virgo, and then Venus moves into Libra. The heavy earth energy begins to lighten up a bit. We feel somewhat of a relief from how hard we may have been riding ourselves over the last few weeks. We may find ourselves whistling while we work, and taking a lighter approach to even difficult jobs. We feel more like connecting with others for the sheer pleasure of enjoying one another’s company. We’re a little less stressed and nose-to-the grindstone-like.
The Sun is forming a sesquiquadrate to Uranus in Aries. Something completely unexpected may happen or come to the surface when this aspect happens on Wednesday. It may signal the need to handle something that we had not expected to have to deal with. This comes shortly before the New Moon and the Solar eclipse, and is an indicator of the kinds of situations and energy we need to deal with. View this as preparation or an early warning sign.
On Thursday, the same day as the New Moon and the Solar Eclipse, Mercury stations for her retrograde phase. So along with the New Moon, the eclipse, and the Neptune-Saturn square, we have a slow down in communications and/or a time to reevaluate everything. We are near the start of the Jewish High Holy days, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and this signals the start of the Jewish New Year. Using this gateway as a symbolic time to start fresh, take some time to slow down, take care of what needs tending in your own garden and in your own life, and set aside what is no longer working, needed, or appropriate for who you are and what you are meant to do and be. This is a time to examine your purpose in life and a time to decide how you can make whatever changes are needed to clear the path ahead. This week may seem like a lot is coming together or crashing down to be dealt with. The best way to approach a tumultuous or uncertain time is to treat yourself and others with tender loving care.
Support your own health and well being as you refresh and reinvigorate yourself for the journey before you. We are nearing the changing of the seasons. The trees are already beginning to change colors, the days are growing shorter, and the air is feeling more like autumn each day. In the South, the signs of Spring have started for your changes. When it’s time to transform, take some time to honor all elements of life, to find time to be grateful and appreciative of what gifts you have, and remember to let go of what needs to go. Learn from the past, let go of fear of the future, and summon up your courage to move ahead as a stronger, more courageous soul tender. Let love flow through the waters of your soul to seep out in all you do, perceive, and desire.
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