Integrating a New Methodology
Virgo new moon stories
I like a Virgo new moon because it provides an opportunity to work on our methodology for day-to-day living.
It’s an inner-handshake moment to use the analytical function of the mind to decipher if we’re supporting practical needs, or if we’ve been playing a game of head-underwater with ourselves.
I don’t believe there is anything wrong with escaping the hum-drum of daily life. I think it’s important for the soul, to wrap ourselves in a body glove, and shut off the influence of the jargon and discourse “out there.”
But with Virgo we need to develop a way to be sufficiently fed by reality and the imaginal — not starved and not stuffed of either realm. Because neither mode of habitual living is good for the brain or the stomach.
We need those organs to function.
When we’re super stressed from trying to make our lives appear utopian; when we’re neurotic because our penchant for denying life’s right to put dirt under our finger nails is in the lead of our lives, we know the want for a clean sheen on everything is the symptom of a missing ingredient:
Practical acceptance of the messiness of life.
Whenever Virgo is the focus, we’re asked to honor functionality and release the reigns on needing to be externally validated.
Atta boys and Atta girls come from within, and are best sourced from that location when we’re in this realm.
If you do a good job of something you can hang up the phone, hit post or walk away from a situation that limits your hearts functionality knowing you did your best — you were loyal to quality, not someone else’s view of your contribution.
It’s that dreamy state of not feeling terrible about yourself when you wake up at 2 am, recalling a missing comma, parent or kudos.
You put what you had into it, so if someone is antag-y in the comments section of your life, or if someone never hits reply, that’s their choice — not yours. Your overall effort and intention was tethered to where you were at, at the time. There’s nothing that can be changed about what resulted.
It’s over. Give it grace.
It’s easier to let go of a relationship or value system that’s run its course if we have access to a rational inner discourse, which knows thinking about what occurred in a healthy way requires courage. And a healthy connection with nature.
You might not have been at your best in the scope of your entire lifetime — the places in your mind you haven’t reached yet.
“Extra Extra — read all about it!” They weren’t either! Couldn’t be.
You can only bake with the ingredients you have in your cupboard, at the time.
Maybe you’ve got more ingredients to work with now (you do). Maybe you know how to make more nutritious meals with said ingredients now than you did then (you do).
You didn’t have the degree of awareness then as you do presently. And that’s OK.
You tried within the context of what trying felt like at the time.
Virgo would ask us to commit to being more practical and discriminating for the sake of the minds need for the hearts input. An ego is best used in loyalty to what the overall vessel pulsates for; what the fire burns for has something to say about the individuals present & future contribution.
The almighty “I am” has its say. And the stomach often speaks of our denial of the presence of spirit, and how it lives in every bit of chaos we consume, every deadline we procrastinate on to give our Anterior Cingulate Gyrus a kick in the pants; every cup of coffee we use to escape the dire need for rest; every effort we make to avoid the terror of wrapping ourselves in an invisible seal skin in order to a break from the work of habitual life.
“It’ll all work out if I just keep over-working it.”
No, my love. Not that way.
The way through is within. And I have to admit: I’m not entirely sure where I’m going with this. Virgo wouldn’t like that. Chaos is often feared.
But I’m going to trust because a big lesson for all of us — in our Virgo house and associated area of life — is to figure out how to accept the reality of chaos. Particularly its role in our capacity to habitually take care of our practical needs.
If you knew shit was gonna pop off on occasion, it would make sense to learn how to be loyal to the needs of your body and mind when it happens.
You’d have that support ready to use.
You could develop a relationship with your autonomic nervous system, get to know how your body absorbs nutrients, prioritize acts of mental hygiene, and really sense the head’s-up from the body that something or someone weird were coming down the pipe (the pancreas speaks).
You could scrub out the dirt from under your fingernails (best to enter a new phase with clean hands!); tend to the consciousness of your stomach (is it too awake or fast asleep?) & pay closer attention to the needs of your solar plexus.
It’s the way we’re all harbingers of the future, right down to our cells. We think it’s some superhuman feat to predict what happens. But it’s symbol reading and sensory perception that tell us something in the key of “holy-shit!” is about to enter our stratosphere.
You can feel it. So it’s practical not to avoid it.
Virgo is about making something functional. The blouse fits the shoulders, but not the bust. Virgo won’t have that. And at first glance you might think, “who cares if it doesn’t fit the bust just so? It was on sale!”
Well, if the chest is constricted by a shoddy fit, the breath is affected. And that’s just silly business these days. We need all the air flow we can get. Plus, dressing the body in nice clothes makes a love-pact with the bits of you that were never valued.
You know you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed when you forget to breathe. Or when you feel like burying your face in your version of wake-up powder. For some it’s food, some drink — some victim-hood or vitriolic judgement.
Whatever way you turn when you’re feeling like the chaos can’t be contained — north, east, south or west — sticking close to what is practical is “the way.”
And that’s the path for a new moon in Virgo.
Use the celestial energies to make a handshake with yourself, to clean up a chaotic area of life.
The sign lands in some area of your astrology chart. When you locate the house, check out this post with descriptions of the associated houses.
Since we’re all in the process of a final visit with what teared & reared its head in December 2023 & January 2024, paying attention to what your digestive system is up to is important right now. As is what the mind is focusing on.
We are letting go while trying to hold on.
We’re saying goodbye to one story, and trying to decide what we bring with us in the next scene.
Diarrhea and constipation. Yikes, right?
If you’re not sure what to do, ask yourself when the last time you ate some food was.
Maybe it makes sense to commit to detoxing what’s been poisoning your mind (it does). Or go back to basics to make something more efficient (that will help).
Perhaps this new moon you realize you need a new routine — a new habit of viewing you, and what you’re capable of.
Or maybe you just cut one cup of coffee out of the daily routine. And have some Gentian, Vervain, Ashwagandha or Dandelion tea instead.
We release in order to receive. So the ending isn’t as bad as you think.
The whole situation is a heck of a lot different than your most painful relationships would have you believe.
New moon in Virgo — September 2nd, 2024 @ 6:55 pm PST
