Insights for Virgo
As the World Turns
These insights, are meant as contemplations. Astrology invites the muse. I offer them in the hope that you will reshape and fashion them into something of your own. Follow the links, where you find them for further musings on the planetary aspects.
Mercury will be retrograde on September 9th. To learn more about aligning with this energies join us here.
August 22nd
Sun enters Virgo: 11:37 PM EDT
Mercury trine Pluto
Don't even try to get it right. It’s not your fault that the wind rises and throws you off course just as you were almost there in your little boat. Or maybe that the Sun leaves you in the dark just as you thought you saw something. Maybe time itself is the issue. Things look so different in your twenties than in your 40s or 60s or 80s. And then there are those pesky planets, never in the same place twice, writing messages you can't quite decipher in the sky like dreams, always subject to interpretation, changing all the time. Mercury tells us to dig deep, not to worry about getting there but to put more energy into being there. Living is a process. Mostly it requires us to participate, to show up. All we can bring is what we have.
These are things to remember this month as the Sun squares Mars at the New Moon and trines Uranus at the Full Moon. It will oppose Neptune and trine Pluto toward the end of its journey through Virgo.
August 24th
Venus trine Chiron
Activate your noble heart. See if there's something good you can do for someone in distress (even if it’s you). Trauma and drama are good friends. Generosity eases the way.
August 25th
Mercury enters Libra
Here is a suggestion to be reasonable, to listen to the other person, to debate and if we must, to argue. Mercury will go retrograde in Libra reminding us all to measure twice and cut once.
August 27th
Venus Square Uranus
Sun Square Mars
New Moon: 4° Virgo at 4:17 AM EDT
None of the keys fit the locks today. We either ‘break and enter’ which isn't really that great or we consider other options. Not 'either/or', not even 'both/and' but something radically different. If you're wanting to make an intention keep in mind that, most likely, whatever it is, it isn't.
August 28th
Venus opposite Saturn
Once again and not for the last time, we are reminded of the rock and the hard place theme of ’21 and ‘22. The frustration of not getting nearly as far as we thought we could or should or would is alive and well. Have a serious talk with yourself or someone you love and trust. Debate the pros and cons of progress.
September 1st
Mars sextile Jupiter
A good day for warriors of all sorts to take on the enemy within. Imagine you are abundantly wise, at least as wise as Yoda or Marcus Aurelius who said,
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” And “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
September 2nd
Mercury opposite Jupiter
If everything is possible then there is bound to be conflict regarding which possibility is best. The sooner we abandon the ‘my way or the highway’ world the better.
September 5th
Venus enter Virgo
We don't wake up from the dream we wake up in the dream and we’re awake because we know we’re awake not because the dream disappears.
September 9th
Mercury stationary retrograde
Such a fuss we make when Mercury goes retrograde. As if we can only expect that we will cross wires, misunderstand each other and lose things. The gods, whatever they are, don't control us. Mercury retrograde is an invitation to listen, to pay attention, to let go in the sense that you don't have to be in control although you might have to accomplish things. This Mercury is retrograde in Libra. Opposing Jupiter 9 days later. What I find most interesting is that when it goes direct in October it will be essentially squaring the Mars station later in the month. Put it all together and it says something about thinking before we act; considering options; allowing for differences of perspective. What kind of power does information and the distracted wings it travels on have over you?
September 10th
Full Moon: 17° Pisces: 5:59 AM EDT
Once again we might consider that the challenge is not to wake up FROM the dream but to wake up IN the dream: The dream of life, yours and mine.
September 11th
Sun trine Uranus
The Full Moon continues to shed light. Look for every opportunity to awaken, to see something from a different point of view, to understand that you can't understand everything and you don't.
September 16th
Venus Square Mars
Sun opposite Neptune
Attachment, aversion and craving are on the loose in the worst way. Unless of course we remain still and listen to the swirl of desire and the longings of the soul. Then there's no telling what can happen.
September 17th
Mars sextile Chiron
Having managed to sail through the whirlpool and not hit the rocks (assuming that you didn't hit the rocks) now would be a good time to think about what you learned. And even if you did smash up against the rocks it still would be a good time for that.
September 18th
Mercury opposite Jupiter
Sun trine Pluto.
If you have something to say to someone in particular make sure that you're on solid ground before you speak.
September 20th
Venus trine Uranus
The last day of summer. What kind of arbitrary measurement do you use to measure time? Do you see time as pages on a calendar, tearing off one at a time or maybe a giant Ferris wheel circling around; always the same always different. Maybe like the poet says,
The stars and planets are my abacus
and the moon and sun are my zero and one