Finally, we can take a small breath as Mercury speeds up changing to direct motion…always refreshing! So the question is; on your internal channels what did you think about, reconsider during this retrograde? Did you map out adjustments to your plan, set a course ahead that includes these? If so, forward movement can now prove to be beneficial in the quest, whatever that might be.
On the mundane, how many heart stopping moments did you experience with communication…like hitting ‘send’ before double checking the addresses or deleting the thread of an oh, not so great, conversation about someone?….Or booting up your computer only to be faced with the ‘blue(or worse, black) screen of death’? You can thank Mercury’s retrograde energy meant to make us stop and think!
And now we have a new moon in Virgo exact on Sunday(28th) at approximately 10:04 p.m. CST. Leo’s full moon earlier this month was about our heart centered creativity; now Virgo is telling us to get down to brass tacks in an earthly way and get busy. Service is Virgo’s key goal, but like all of the signs it has its ‘shadow’ which can be hyper criticism, arrogance, over analysis, self-deprecation…take your pick. Virgo can easily ratchet up its shadow in us if we are predisposed to any of these tendencies. Self-deprecation seems to be a favorite that says we are ‘never enough’. I wrote on an earlier post under “Balance” about Dr. Bach’s flower remedy Pine…check it out for Pine is a perfect remedy to help us balance out this particular shadow side of Virgo.
And there is more! This new moon positioning itself in Virgo comes with a packed agenda. Venus, the planet of beauty and love is even closer to the Sun now, joined by the moon…reminding us that our interpretation of self-worth and loving ourselves is very important to our evolutionary soul growth. This new moon is also part of a earth bound Grand Trine to Jupiter(King of the Gods, planet of fortune and expansion), and Pluto(the alchemist, transformer, change).
Grand Trines are easy energy, but they can be deceptive because we can become too complacent with this ease of energy, waiting for things to happen without our input of effort. Virgo says, “get off your comfy sofa and put some elbow grease into your plan.” If you do, this Grand Trine energy can be a great support in letting go of outmoded beliefs and plans to be replaced by more useful ones that you may have ‘thought’ about during the recent Mercury retrograde.
In a chart there are no idle actors; the energy of every planet placement has a purpose on the stage, but it is up to us to participate in the script.
Chart calculated via Solar Fire software