New Moon in Virgo
Thursday, August 27
6-7:15 pm PDT
All Salome events are hosted online.
A link for the live event will be sent a day in advance & a recording will be sent following.
In Virgo season, the days become noticeably shorter. Still sunny and warm, the days remain longer than the nights, but Nature has an eye on the approaching darkness, the need for storage, and preparations for autumn and winter.
The constellation Virgo, the winged woman, stands in the sky as a reminder that nature’s rhythms require human attention for human purposes. It includes the star Vindemiatrix (Epsilon Virginis) as the grapes on the maiden’s shoulder, as well as the bright star Spica, a sheaf of wheat held in the woman’s hand.
Virgo is the only "female" constellation in the zodiac and one of only three female constellations in the entire Western sky (the other two being the queen Cassiopeia and her daughter, Andromeda). Virgo is an image of earth’s fecundity and productivity, but Virgo’s human form also reminds us: if it’s time to reap, get to it!
This attention to pattern and calendar is emphasized not only by the Sun and Moon entering Virgo together but by the planet Venus joining the asteroid, Ceres, in Leo, highlighting the yin task of sorting. Ceres—the root of our word “cereal”—is the mistress of grain. This emphasis on harvest rises strongly as Ukraine, the world’s breadbasket, struggles to free itself from the Russian aggressor, and as women too struggle with repressive/regressive cultures worldwide.
On September 5, Venus enters Virgo, starts an argument with Mars in Gemini (that old story), and begins collaborating with Uranus in Taurus. A plan for revolution may emerge after all the dithering. Finally, this lunation period ends with, yes, a retrograding Mercury.
Note: If you have a copy of your own horoscope, it will be possible to trace these currents to your own experiences. For more information on reading your own natal chart, you can purchase the recording of How to Read Your Own Horoscope 101.
About Carol Ferris
Carol Ferris is a full-time consulting astrologer, teacher, and private tutor of astrology with four decades of experience. She completed her MA in Interdisciplinary Studies at Marylhurst University. The title of her thesis, The Sky's Body: Constellations and Medicine reflects her ongoing interest in nature-based medicine and governance thinking of the ancient Near East and Chinese philosophers and astrologers. Carol's work with the multivalent symbols of astrology is interwoven into work with dreams and active imagination. Over the years, Carol has seen these two frameworks —astrological mapping and Jungian imagery —as mutually beckoning guides to understand how all life, in its exquisite specificity, rises from a unified field.
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