Devil in the Details

This New Moon in Virgo occurs on September 15, and  is far different then other new moons. It carries the hint of urgency, and you can really tell because it has no other contact to any other planet other than its ruling planet, Mercury. There are no distractions or anything to pull your attention from what is ahead.  

What that is happens to be the amount of work that needs to be done. Stuff of the everyday variety, cleaning, cooking and making sure we have our ducks all in a row. If you find yourself pulling out all your old crap from your closet and filing old paper work that you just always meant to get around to, then you are making the most of this energy.

Warning: if you find yourself dusting pens and scrubbing at something with a toothbrush, you may have gone a lil’ too far.

It’s easy to get caught up in the details here and not quite see the big picture.

Also Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo; Mercury is the planet that deals with siblings and cousins. This is a New Moon that truly shows us that we all are our brother’s keeper. It also hits the north node of the upcoming eclipse series in Scorpio and touching on Mercury; what this does is shows us what we should all ascend to.

This is a rather optimistic New Moon with lofty intentions with a great deal of grounding and focus. Perhaps it’s the idea that charity begins at home or that we need to take care of the nitty gritty of life and of family details. There is something about Virgo energies that can make people more philanthropic than usual.

This New Moon is also a prime time to begin new projects that demands focus and diligence, and of gleaning over what has occurred over the past year. Basically one of the requests that this Virgo New Moon asks is for you to pick over the good and the bad; to discard the bad feelings, appetites, modes of being and attitudes. After that, reap all the good you have done, and store it away for the coming cold. After all, Virgo is not only known as the Virgin in Astrology, but also the Wheat Barer/Bread Basket; separate the wheat from the chaff and nourish the goodness you have created and have in your life.

And for goodness sake….

Ditch the bad habits.