Moon into Virgo: Preparing the Way

Saturday night through Monday night

The Moon stepped into detailed-oriented, organized Virgo just after midnight last night. In this sign, the Moon takes on the mantle of the helpful servant, one who prepares. During this transit, the Moon will be as self-effacing as the most humble of workers, as she spends most of the transit void of course.

in the cocoon

Overnight, the Virgo Moon opposed Chiron in Pisces, a meeting of healers in which cosmic energy and physical well-being could align and balance. The opposition is an angle of 180 degrees––a straight line, in fact, and not something we think of as an angle at all. We might imagine this particular straight line, Virgo Moon to Piscean Chiron, as the path of the chakras, reaching from the grounded first chakra, seat of trust, to the celestial crown chakra, opening to the cosmos.

Not long after, the Moon formed an inconjunct angle-of-adjustment with Uranus in Aries. This connection highlights our feelings of being ill at ease with the pace of change today, and looks for adjustments that allow us to not just survive, but thrive in these times.

Early this morning, the Moon formed a flowing trine with Pluto the alchemist, an acceptance that the only way out is through. We enter into the cauldron of transformation, as the Moon now moves toward a trine with Jupiter in Taurus, bringer of calm and peace.

The Jupiter trine is the Moon's last classical aspect in Virgo, and so she will be in a time-between-times until she enters Libra late Monday night, heading toward the New Moon in Libra (7:09am EDT Tuesday). During this void of course period, the Moon will square the Nodes of the Moon, suggesting we sit with the quiet of Jupiter the sage during this time, and contemplate our life path.

emerging reborn

This New Moon in Libra, arriving so close to the Autumnal Equinox, brings an intense focus in Libra: The Sun and Moon at 4 Libra, Mercury at 2, Venus at 15 and Saturn at 18. Libra is cardinal Air, initiating new ideas, actively seeking balance and harmony, mediating solutions to knotty problems. Libra is ruled by Venus, keenly aware of the needs of others, valuing fairness, creating beauty.

Where in our lives do we need a new beginning? This Libran New Moon can help create the concept. Where in our charts does this New Moon fall? This is where we may feel rebirth.

Once we reach the New Moon on Tuesday morning, our wishes and intentions can fly into the bright air like a cloud of butterflies. Now, in this time of the waning Virgo Moon, we rest in the stillness of the cocoon, preparing ourselves.