Explore Your Dreams: Virgo New Moon

Virgo New Moon, August 28-29, 2011

The Virgo New Moon occurs on Sunday August 28 at 8:04pm PDT/ 11:04pm EDT and on Monday August 29 at 3:04am GMT.

The astrological sign of Virgo is much more interesting than people give it credit for.  At its best, it is the sign of synthesis, where we purify our ego personality and bring all the parts of ourselves together so we can live out our higher Self and be of service to our world.   At its worst, Virgo can be controlling and critical, thinking she has to be perfect.  Virgo, with her image of the Virgin holding the sheaf of wheat, also represents the harvest, when we reap what we’ve sown. 

Virgo, the sign of the worker, the craftsperson, the perfectionist.  Virgo, the sign of the healer, the farmer, the technician, the environmentalist.  Virgo, the sign of the analytical, practical mind and the gift of discernment.   Virgo, the sign of the Virgin, the one who belongs to herself.  

Virgo is a mutable earth sign, suggesting that we use common sense to decide how to live our lives well.  Virgo, ruled by the planet Mercury, brings the divine messenger out of the air and down to earth and asks him to make sure our facts are accurate and reliable so we can actually use them to better our lives.  While Gemini’s Mercury has fun gathering information on the Internet, Virgo wants his knowledge to build something we actually need.  And Virgo wants it built right!

As we come around again to this year’s Virgo New Moon, what kind of new seeds do we want to plant in this sign of integration of body, mind and spirit?  Where have we come from in the past year in terms of our health, work, and practical common sense?  This Virgo New Moon asks us to do more with the information we gather – how are we organizing what we need to know and how well are we using it?  How are we dealing with our health issues?  Are you working, and if so, are your working conditions better or worse than a year ago?

Since Virgo, the Virgin, asks us to truly ‘belong to ourselves’, we first need to look within and find out who we are.  ‘Know thyself!’ is the first step to belonging to ourselves.  Virgo’s analytical mind can discern between who you really are and who you’ve been taught to believe you are.  As the world around us changes, the best security you can have is the knowledge of who you are and what you are capable of.

Until next time,

Sweet Dreams!