Miracle Healing




Here’s a chance to surrender to a crucible of healing, and emerge at the New Moon with a sense of wholeness. The New Moon in Virgo, the sign that examines the pieces, and comes up with strategies that fix what’s broken, heal the wounds and work off bad karma. Along with the two luminaries (Sun and Moon), Saturn and Mercury Rx are also in Virgo. These planets anchor us in the awareness of the physical, the reality of our daily lives. We can see what’s really going on, and visions at this psychic time show us how to ‘earth’ those visions.

Time to Rest

I love the dark of the Moon, when we’re pulled into the Great Mystery and can rest there. It’s a time to meet the void and allow it to work its magic on us. It can awaken us to new possibilities with messages, dreams, a sense of renewal. Virgo has an earthbound quality, as a sign that is about refining what is. Saturn’s presence in Virgo adds even more sobriety to the moment, and the stark reality might be hard to accept. But the New Moon allows us a chance to take responsibility, to live in the “real world,” no matter how tempting it is to stay in denial.

Grand Awakening

The bleak outlook (or just very challenging) is contrasted to Uranus’ sparking of a grand awakening in the heart of everyone. It’s waking us up to shared wonder. It’s cracking open our hearts, so they can be the guide from now on. This New Moon sees us planting the seeds of reconciling “what is” with the wonder of what could be.
The planets in Virgo are also square to Pluto in Capricorn. That’s why this is a crucible of healing that gets to the heart of what’s making us sick. We can more easily see cause and effect, and note what role our institutions (government, health care, agriculture, pharmaceutical) play in that dis-ease. We get past the surface aches to the core problems, some of which may have to do with how society itself is structured.


Moody Mars


Mars is in Cancer and this causes us to be motivated by what we’re feeling. This amplifies the outbursts that come with the heart shocks of Uranus. We may overreact, get defensive, act on imagined fears or retreat in wounded silence. The vital energy of our emotions takes us to the heart truth of situations. It may cause energy fluctuations, but it’s cardinal energy that is able to initiate from the foundation of that heart truth. It’s an ally in a month of healing and integration.


Venus in Leo/Opposite Neptune Aquarius


We’re warmed up with Venus in Leo, with an infusion to the heart. The desire to create and share our story is set against an awareness of the web of humanity. It inspires us to share our particular talents, in service to the whole. This New Moon is a great time to recommit to your creativity, with a promise of daily actions that help you hone your craft.


The Essential You


The bottom line is that this New Moon is a portal to integrating your many parts. It’s not easy, and you might walk through some pockets of physical-emotional-psychic pain on the way to healing. Gather up the tools that help you stay strong and focused. Make sure you have time to unwind, so you can benefit from the richest solitude of the year. Love your body, with all its imperfections. Resolve to evolve, both in the slow Saturnian kind and the Uranian leaps of faith way.



This New Moon asks us to see what we’ve got, right here and right now. And to drop whatever we’re carrying that is hurting us. It’s a pathway that requires us to discern which pieces we should leave by the wayside, and which are essential parts of who we are. But we are never alone, and can ask for spirit to show us the difference.


There’s an aspect of surrender both to Virgo, and to New Moons. That makes this a special time to release and rest your weary bones in the lunar darkness, and emerge brand new on the other side. It’s a kind of “last chance” Moon, before we’re swept up in the cardinality coming our way through 2010. This is our time to prepare, before being swept up in cosmic events greater than ourselves. You may sense it’s coming. So let this New Moon work its mutable magic, so the pieces fall into their right place.

When the Moon is new in Virgo the Sun is also in Virgo.
The New Moon is a time of beginnings. You can set intentions that grow with the lunar light and reach fruition at the Full Moon.


New Moon in Virgo themes:

wisdom of the body
purification
natural solutions
enjoying the process
putting things in order
the simple life
true essentials
finishing what you’ve started
practical wisdom
picking apart to discover what’s wrong
intricate systems and patterns
handling the details
finding beauty in the particular.



It’s a Good Time to: SIMPLIFY!; take a ritual bath; consult an alternative healer; give or receive massage, reiki, energy work; do a seasonal cleaning; purge the stale, rotten or useless from your closet, fridge, computer; work with your hands; put finishing touches on your masterpiece; edit that article, novel or play; buy some new stationery and pens; take a yoga class; go for a long walk alone.



The New Moon in this competent sign triggers the ongoing opposition of restrictive Saturn and innovative Uranus that has been rocking the world since last fall. This might intensify personal and political polarization, but it gives us a chance to recognize destructive habits, understand how they limit us and change them. The Sun and Moon’s union in fastidious Virgo could trap us in narrow prejudices when flexibility and open-mindedness are needed to reduce tension.


Have you felt the tension and the pressure? Many are saying they have felt pushed and rather drained from their responsibilities and the energy has been pretty full on. There’s so much to say about this new Moon that it’s a bit hard to know where to start…

This new Moon is a doozy - exactly conjunct Saturn and opposing Uranus = it is a new Moon largely defined by and constrained by the current Saturn Uranus opposition. The new Moon occurs on September 18.


The Sabian Symbol is Virgo 26:


A Boy With a Censer Serves Near the Priest at the Altar. The ‘Boy’ doesn’t have the experience or social position of the ‘Priest’, but that shouldn’t put him off his duties or what needs to be done. His position and responsibilities are still important. In a Catholic church service, wine is drunk as a symbol of the blood of Christ. Wafers are placed on the tongues of the believers as the representation of the body of Christ. How the ‘Boy’ reacts to the ritual or ceremony will depend on his upbringing, beliefs or temperament. He could be rapt with fascination at what is being played out or he could be indifferent, bored and really preferring to go home. It is unclear whether the ‘Boy’ wants to eventually take the position of the older ‘Priest’, or colleague, or not. He may grow up to do other things, but right now he’s got his position or duty to fulfill. This may be less than he’s actually able to do or is truly “qualified” to do.


This Symbol brings up feelings of being second best, playing second fiddle; feeling like one has no authority. Of course, one can be ‘The Priest’ – you don’t have to be ‘The Boy with the Censer’, however it is very likely that issues of having a position will come up. Are you fulfilling your duties, your karma, your desires, so completely that you will be able to take your position as the authority in your life? Are you living your life with people that talk down to you, abuse you, don’t give you credit, don’t listen, don’t care and are only there to fulfill their own feelings of aggrandizement and glory? It could be time to stake your claim to those things that will reward you.


I would be remiss if I didn’t bring up the Symbol of Virgo 27 as the new Moon falls right on 25Virgo59 = the very last minute of Virgo 26.


The Sabian Symbol for Virgo 27:

Aristocratic Elderly Ladies Drinking Afternoon Tea in a Wealthy Home. This definitely has the spirit of feeling ‘at home’, feeling amongst your peers, taking time out, being able to relax, handing responsibilities on to others. So, this is a fine mix of having to do and finding time to just relax and catch up with others. The pic to the left is my interpretation of this degree (love it!).


The Saturn Uranus opposition is asking for big changes, big let goes and for us to take charge of a sense of personal authority that can (and will) move us into new life, new possibilities, new realities. We must accept the rewards that personal authority can bring, of course, and we may have to stand up and be firm about it.

This is made more manifest by Pluto’s placement at Capricorn 1:
An Indian Chief Claims Power and Recognition From the Assembled Tribe. This clearly speaks about claiming power and recognition from those around you. Still, we often find that others are doing this at our expense. How to rectify this? Check out the parameters of your own influence, your own sphere and stick to those with a sense of authority, grace and strength. Your ‘Assembled Tribe’ can be the disparate parts of yourself that can contain differing messages; your career self may feel very much in charge while your relationship self is floundering (or vice versa). You may be quite strong when it comes to issues to do with your family and those close to you, but like a fish out of water in social situations (or vice versa). This placement of Pluto asks that we line up the various parts of our personalities and get them to work in concert. This is an empowering placement for Pluto, but we sometimes have to face what we fear before the rewards come flooding in.


Mercury is retrograding back into Virgo now.
The Sabian Symbol for Mercury on this new Moon is Virgo 30:

Having an Urgent Task to Complete, A Man Doesn’t Look to Any Distractions. We all feel ‘distracted’ from time to time, this is quite normal. Distracted is an interesting word; going off the tracks, going off the rails, not being on target. We need one pointedness of application with Mercury here, staying true to yourself and remaining on the path or on the job. Mercury asks that we don’t look to things that derail us. There’s a reward here as well – Mercury will very soon head back to


Virgo 29: A Man Is Gaining Secret Knowledge. From an Ancient Scroll He Is Reading.

This is a wonderful degree, particularly for Mercury to be going over. During the coming week, Mercury will retrograde over the degrees that Saturn is currently highlighting:

Virgo 25: A Flag at Half-Mast in Front of a Public Building
Virgo 26: A Boy With a Censer Serves Near the Priest at the Altar.


It’s certainly time to be letting go – big time! Along with letting go is the acceptance of personal authority.

All of the above can relate to your relationships, of course, and the issue of relationships comes up pretty quickly with Venus on Leo 29: A Mermaid Has Climbed to the Rocky Shore of a Bleak Coast; She Awaits the Prince Who Will Bring Her Immortality.


This speaks of coming into conscious form, new ways of being, transformation, looking for love and a relationship that confirms rather than denies your sense of integrity. This is particularly interesting because in this last week Saturn has been on Virgo 24: Mary and Her White Lamb.


This speaks of dependence and co dependence and asks you to examine the spaces you have between you and others, particularly significant others and close friendships. Allowing that space for everyone to be more authentically who they are meant to be can bring wonderful rewards and realizations.