6.6 - Sun in Virgo and Moon in Virgo (New Moon in Virgo)

Glyph for New Moon in Virgo

New Moon in Virgo: From 18.13 GMT, 29 August 2011 to 18.25 GMT, 30 August 2011 both the Sun and the Moon are in Virgo. This is the time when the two luminaries are conjunct - i.e. when from Earth the Sun and Moon appear to be in the same part of the sky - which will be precisely at 3:04 GMT on Monday 29 August 2011 in 5° Virgo 27’.

With this New Moon, the previous cycle started in Leo on 30 July 2011 ends and the lunar cycle based on Virgo begins. Each lunar cycle starts with the New Moon, reaches its climax with the Full Moon and ends with the next New Moon.

The sign where the Moon is located at the initial New Moon determines the energy and Intent of the entire cycle. Hence, with this New Moon in Virgo, the whole lunar cycle may be characterised by Virgo topics such as efficiency, healing, pragmatism, purification, selection, service, etc.

The previous New Moon set in motion a cycle based on Leo’s traditional associations with the heart and solar plexus. Here the questions were: “What allows me to open my heart and respond to its calling? What brightens up my eyes with love and passion? What am I called to express, create and display in the drama of life? What can I generously and playfully dispense to the world?” Leo is related to the Sun and reminds us that we are stars, unique beings with a role to play on the stage of existence.

The point where the previous New Moon fell in your natal chart (7° Leo 16’) gave clue on the point where the show started for you. The following Full Moon in Aquarius shed light on the areas where risk could be taken in the above respect. This New Moon in Virgo shifts the attention on the details and the pragmatic implications aimed at supporting the previous developments.

The degree of the New Moon, or Lunation point, indicates an area of life that will operate as Intent and driving force during the next cycle. In this New Moon it is 5° Virgo 27’. Astrologically this position is first identified in the natal chart by noticing in which house of your chart is located and if there are planets nearby. The next step involves establishing a direct rapport with the Lunation Point by positioning in the corresponding Sector, staying there for at least five minutes and opening up to what comes to your mind, emotions and body, taking note of whatever calls attention, no matter how trivial or distracting.

In the subsequent days, as the Moon progresses in other signs, you can follow its path and position yourself in other Sectors, opening up to further insights and taking note of them. As you do all this, I can be aware of the position of the Sun and of your experience on the binary relation of both Sun and Moon.

At New Moon a novel process is conceived. The seed is present at the Lunation point, yet it exists merely as a potential without definite shapes. The Moon is unseen, cloaked by the radiance of the Sun, and the seed abides hidden in the obscurity of consciousness. At this stage dreams or insights, and also prominent situations developing at a physical, emotional or mental level may provide indications about the upcoming process.

The New Moon sponsors a new awareness and a shift of perspective. The general questions here are: “What do I truly want?” or “What is my Intent?” With the current Virgo New Moon this may be a time of practical assessment, organisation and discrimination. Virgo questions in this respect could be:

What is truly essential in order to manifest what I have chosen to create?

What is unnecessary in this regard?

What needs to be amended and restructured?

What practical work is required to serve the Intent?

A major challenge in the Virgo process is to accept the limitations and imperfections in oneself, as well as in the environment. When I give myself permission to go into areas of crisis and consciously stay in the friction of that space, then the primary step of healing is set in motion and transformation decisively begins. Another crucial point here is pursuing one’s Intent, getting down to work and completing the desired task despite the limitations. This is one of the major lessons Virgo can teach.

At New Moon there is the opportunity of authentically tapping into the energy of your Intent. This may be encouraged through ritual practices and shamanic experiences, such as the Basic Ritual of the Sacred Cone, the Sacrament of the Bridal Chamber[i] or whatever you choose to do of your own playful accord.

Here please be aware of the Intent, no matter whether it appears a childish fantasy to your ordinary mind or the outer social environment. This is not the time to be practical or concerned about how to achieve things. It is the moment to open up to your uncontaminated Intent, as you fully envisage it without limits. Later, as the cycle progresses, there will be chances to filter the Intent, understanding its practical implications and working towards manifestation.

“Let us hesitate no longer to announce that the sensual passions and mysteries are equally sacred with the spiritual mysteries and passions. Who would deny it any more? The only thing unbearable is the degradation, the prostitution of the living mysteries in us. Let man only approach his own self with a deep respect, even reverence for all that the creative soul, the God-mystery within us, puts forth. Then we shall be sound and free. Lewdness is hateful because it impairs our integrity and our proud being.
     The creative, spontaneous soul sends forth its promptings of desire and aspiration in us. These promptings are our true fate, which it is our business to fulfil. A fate dictated from outside, from theory or from circumstances, is a false fate. [...] Nothing that comes from the deep, passional soul is bad, or can be bad.”
D.H.Lawrence (6.7.8), Foreword to Women in Love

 

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[i] The Sacrament of the Bridal Chamber is described in the Gospel of Philip and other Gnostic texts as the ultimate practice and the means to attain Christhood. This may be described as the final union of opposites, an ecstatic intercourse based on virginal innocence, which allows the soul to receive all its fragmented pieces and be released of grievances.  The result of such a process is a condition of supreme power. "When you make the two, one...and you say, ‘Mountain, move away,’ it will move." (Thomas 11,2:106).