Explore Your Dreams: The Virgo New Moon

The Virgo New Moon, exact on September 8th at 7:31am EDT/ 10:31am PDT, is interesting for a few reasons.  As Stephanie Austin points out, it’s the second of three Super Moons, meaning the Moon is very close to the Earth at this time, generating greater electromagnetic shifts within the Earth and within each of us.   On top of that, this Virgo new Moon makes no aspects to the other planets, which is unusual.  This means that it’s free to work on its own, drawing us down like a seed to germinate within our souls a fresh sense of who we are. That’s Virgo’s mission – to help us know ourselves and belong to ourselves.
 
Virgo heralds a quieter time of introversion after the bright, golden days of Leo.  Characterized by the virtues of patience and purification, Virgo puts great attention on technique and methodology, which is why it rules alchemy and the process of transformation.  Virgo’s ruler, Mercury, becomes Hermes the focused mind who purifies the unconscious mind and creates psychic wholeness or the Philosopher’s Stone. 

Virgo also rules ritual magic and supposedly the Celtic druid Merlin was a Virgo, born on September 4th (my youngest son’s birthday).  But it is the goddess Isis, the Virgin bearing the sheaf of wheat, who symbolizes the best of Virgo.  Isis is the mistress of magic and healing, and it is she, with her husband Osiris, who brought the gifts of civilization and healing to the ancient Egyptians.  Most importantly, it is Isis as Mother that is the essence of Virgo.  For it is only when we give birth to our wholeness that we can be of service to humanity.  The Virgin bears the sheaf of nourishment and new life.
 
This new Moon in the mutable earth sign Virgo offers us a chance to take the essence of what we learned at the Pisces full Moon two weeks ago and begin the process of self-integration – yet again.  The Pisces full Moon illuminated the state of your trust – in yourself and in life.  It probably brought up some old limiting beliefs as well.  Have you reverted to an old pattern of despair and depression or have you expanded your view of the possible?  Either way, you now know what you have to face and deal with.
 
Virgo is the sign of the zodiac that deals with how we bring together body, mind (intellect and feeling), and spirit in a balanced whole.  Virgo’s energy pushes us to know ourselves, both the good parts and the not so good parts.  Virgo demands we see the truth and stop lying to ourselves.  And we get to that truth through deep analysis of our behavior patterns.  With Virgo’s ruling planet, Mercury, still retrograde, we have the opportunity to really root out behaviors that no longer serve our life’s purpose.  These old patterns developed to protect the child ego, and as we’ve developed and grown in consciousness, these patterns get replaced by choices based on our values.  But the old patterns are deeply rooted, and they spring up again whenever we fall back into unconsciousness.  Now is a good time to finally weed them out.

Until next time,

Sweet Dreams!