Details, details, details… perfectionism… orderliness and cleanliness being next to godliness, and yada yada yada.
But Virgoan energies run so much deeper than that—the very essence of Virgo—these energies seek improvement, ritual, and devotion.
Devotion has its roots in Latin, in dēvōtus (devoted), which is to be ‘solemnly promised’, from dēvovēre, ‘to vow’…
Ritual is necessary to sustain such daily devotion.
After enough time in ritual and in devotion—self improvements are solemnly promised.
It is something of a personal responsibility to practice ritual, to endlessly aim to improve oneself, and to devote oneself to something meaningful… ‘there are things to stand up for and represent…’
It’s an auspicious time to find yourself something meaningful to devote yourself to—to begin new rituals, to initiate steps in improving yourself… likely in ways that relate to the matters of the house Virgo is going within your nativity.
❝The heart can think of no devotion
Greater than being shore to the ocean—
Holding the curve off one position,
Counting an endless repetition…❞
—Robert Frost
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Today may be a day when ‘things seem a bit offbeat or strange and you may feel like you are trying to swim upstream against the flow of the river…’
Today may continue to offer upsets—particularly in communications and exchanges—as necessary exchanges will be that much more creative… and sometimes, creativity is hard to understand or appropriately interpret. Expect to be misunderstood—and, at the very least, when you do feel understood it’ll feel exceptionally delicious.
Today may ‘break the ice’ in more ways than one…
Today may seemingly initiate ways in which to do things differently—and this could be extremely inspiring, however subtle or silent this inspiration may be, and there might be reason to behave defensively.
Today may feel especially chaotic, truly—but it remains a moon-in-Virgo day, so… organization is essential, and sacred.
❝To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.❞
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The moon remains within the bounds of that third decan of Leo for most of the day, if not all of the day—depending on where you live and lay your head down—and so expressing last words, last rites, and last requests remain in order…
In fact, this need to express yourself—for better or, just as ambivalently, for worse—has likely even intensified.
It may even feel a little risky to say something now…
And it might be best to prepare yourself—or realize that others will share a similar sentiment: whatever it is you/others need to share at this point probably won’t be taken well, or it won’t ‘come out right’, or it’ll sound strange, unexpected, or simply out of character from whatever norm you/others typically entertain…
Whatever it is you/others need to express at this point might not be well received in one way or another… or several.
Hopefully the recent resemblances of forgiveness will echo throughout the hallways of the heart and the ability toward flexibility be foremost in focus.
Whatever it is you need to express—or whatever it is expressed unto you: allow it within the realms of your personal boundaries while protecting yourself from any psychic pain, find meaning in its message—in its essence, release it, and begin again… accordingly.
Thursday is a new moon—new beginnings are inevitable.
The moon will, through most of the night, move to apply an opposition to Saturn, exact after midnight on the west coast… despite whatever need to vocalize or otherwise express yourself you were attempting to satiate doesn’t come without its repercussions or consequences, and personal responsibilities…
Still, a new—however shocking—openness to something that wasn’t previously acknowledged or recognized could actually inspire new ways of relating, new avenues in loving, and new opportunities to grow, and evolve into more.
❝The tricky thing about giving opinions is that sometimes they cost you more than you wanted to spend.❞
—Stacey Lee
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As I mentioned yesterday, today’s main lunarly highlight—as several other planets work to build in aspect to one another beyond the moon—is its conjunction to Venus, now moving directly…
A moon/Venus conjunction is typically mostly lovely—agreeable, calming, amusing, relaxing—and a Leo moon, in general, is typically fun—loving, spontaneous, joyful, easy.
But this is a Leo balsamic moon the moon and Venus are connecting within—it is a moon, in other words, when we spontaneously (but not always so playfully) express ourselves most honestly in an effort to achieve a sense of agreeability within ourselves.
Something likely needs to be said in order for you, your mind, and your heart to relax.
Something needs to be admitted to, or revealed, amusingly exposed or even softly uttered…
Even in its dying phase, a Leo moon still wants to simply feel happy—but sometimes, particularly through a Leo moon, we need to feel as we truly are, we need to feel like ourselves in every way… and sometimes that requires a conversation.
The other highlight of the day: feeling out the best time to express yourself so very very honestly…
And may it be expressions from Love.
❝By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them.❞
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Today’s theme illuminates the quite dramatically heightened ‘intuitive weighing of alternatives…’
Personal objectives, potential consequences, and realistic solutions, then, are equally illumined.
Still, regardless of whatever alternatives you’re weighing—as it is a Cancer balsamic moon, it’s imperative you weigh your pros and cons from perspectives of forgiveness.
Once the moon moves into Leo the moon will not make any further aspects until tomorrow, when it moves in conjunction to Venus…
Today, the moon will simply apply this conjunction—building into an inevitable need to express yourself in unapologetically honest ways… if even only with yourself.
❝Life presents more alternatives than choices.❞
—ACH Smith
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The more patient and kind you are able to be—the better—but that may simply not be an option today, and so simply actively being a good human may need to be enough.
❝It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.❞
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Challenges abound today as the moon endures a square to Mars…
Still, as most squares do, this lunarly challenge offers a hefty reward if pursued with some common sense—and responsibility.
Today’s energies are offering a lesson—on a learning curve, for sure—a lesson in process, a lesson in perseverance, a lesson in patience… this learning curve is offering to teach you about aspiration and ambition, clarifications of values, positive thinking, and an unapologetic self-confidence.
It is important—if not crucial—to know how to properly articulate what it is you’re wanting and/or needing, your goals and/or ideals… the manner in which you intend these, I cannot be clear enough, is absolutely critical.
Further, and perhaps just as crucial, is the second step in intentions—the step that isn’t always shared—which is trust.
Today’s energies may have you battling concepts of trust—but you must find a way to envision this element regardless, it is the oxygen through which your seed will grow.
Further still, it isn’t merely the intention you will need to find a safe space for trust to be found and collaborated with—you will need to be, in most equal and honest measure, trusting within and toward yourself.
There’s a nearly unruly level of potential to be tapped into today but it is absolutely not intended for the distracted, the inauthentic, the vulnerable, the weak or the helpless… it is for the persistent, the genuinely confident, the doers and the bold.
It is for those of you who know you can do it even if you must learn to do it first through trial and error and not be deterred or thrown off course by feelings and or egoic notions of fear.
It’s a sort of Indiana Jones energy we’re dealing with here…
There’s no faking this kind of essence, this spirit—and there’s no wishing it into becoming either.
You’re either able to take this celestial opportunity on—or you’re not… but even if you are—you’re opening to learn much. It’ll be an adventure.
❝One must have it entirely within one… visualize… follow your vision quickly, pursue directly that which you see, as a falcon dives on the springing hare—the least slackening and it will escape you.❞
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Today offers opportunities offering an ‘expansion of consciousness’ and a ‘development of competency through outreach and learning how to cooperate with others…’
It’ll be important to be curious.
It’ll be essential to harbor enthusiasm.
It’ll be imperative to practice a beginner’s mind.
It might also be crucial to possess a genuinely true faith in yourself—particularly in regard to the ‘happily ever after’ ideal you’ve always imagined, imagined since you were eight.
It might also, even further, be downright necessary for you to hold a severely tight connection of trust—a trust in knowing, down deep into your bones, that whatever it is you’re needing these days will emerge in a way you’ll be able to grasp.
Still… it’ll also be somewhat reasonable to remember how to ask others for assistance, when necessary…
❝All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.❞
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Particularly, it’s a moon influencing information—a moon shamanic astrologer Raven Kaldera suggests we “think about censorship and about our attitudes toward people we think are too untrustworthy to have certain knowledge… consider the matter of power and the power that lies in information—the true Gemini source of power…”
Kaldera challenges the reader to consider, “how do you control power with information, for good or ill?”
Whether these more illuminated needs for more ‘informative’ modes of communication involve advice, guidance, gossip, or technical assistance—exchanges of informing wisdom will likely be widely noticed and greatly necessary.
However, I would advise against gossip (always, but particularly now) as any repeating of anything not entirely known to be truth could back at you in unfortunate ways.
Kaldera writes that the danger of this moon is “intellectual hubris… the kind of thinking that will eventually justify the use of magic to control others—it starts with controlling small spirits…” until one grows to the point of expansion, “to include anyone who annoys, disbelieves, or disrespects them—at that point, one is lost—and the crisis point comes to haunt them…”
Otherwise, most exchanges and informally informative conversations should prove to be a real boon in ways unimagined, though these may harbor a subtle—if not loudly obvious—sense of dualistic tendency, which is to say that there is likely two reasonable sides to any and every story.
Finally, a real need for truly informative help of some kind may be more real than one would care to admit. Ask.
Beyond today’s quarter moon, the sun is also involved in an inferior conjunction with Mercury, through a degree that highlights origins and traditions, as well as personal backgrounds as influence… and then squares Jupiter, somewhat stalled within its stationing to retrograde, by two degrees, through a degree that describes primitive urges…
And so this might look or feel like the reassessing of your own patterning, conditioning, and/or behavioral reactionary probabilities in an effort to examine your Now and your Not Yet through a fresh lens and honest perspective—through which you will have access to a healthy impulsiveness toward change… ‘using your head is your greatest advantage—think about consequences before you act—find constructive outlets for your energy…’
And finally, Venus’ stationing will be moving completely directly by tomorrow…
This degree of stationing resembles a very tender emotionality toward reflecting.
In particular—within this current retrograde phase through Venus—looking back to the middle of June…
Are you able to see something you’ve regarded as most important, or most meaningful, or most valued, or most desired entirely differently?
Why or why not? Either way—it’s extremely empowering when you’re honest with yourself.
❝It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.❞
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The substance of something ‘getting real’ can be taken in countless different ways in limitless directions for a myriad of responses and/or reactions…
So, even more so, it’s essential to try to remain calm.
Even when you’re unable to control anything—or even one single seemingly little thing—you always have authority over yourself.
I realize that self-discipline is something of a skill, something that requires much time, if not a lifetime, to master… the connection of one’s mind into the matter of something, deep into the clockworks of something, of anything, of all things—this is no passing fancy and is not for the faint of heart.
Self-control is powerful, it is thoroughly empowering… it is everything.
Further, beyond yourself, you are able to take actions in preparations and preparedness…
And even then, if you’ve taken measures of preparation and preparedness—self-control requires an ever aloof emotionality, an ultimate detachment from expectations or irrationalities otherwise.
Disappointments, then, are simply a trespass upon an expectation.
There are various ways to prepare yourself for what might come your way, whether that’s a tough work project, a crisis, the loss of a loved one, an argument with your partner, or the zombie apocalypse.
One way is to get everything ready for anything that’s likely to come: get all your survival equipment, prepare your skills, plan for your work projects, get your affairs in order, think through your arguments, and so on.
The trouble with this is you don’t know what’s coming. And so you’ll spend your entire life preparing for various things, and not really be ready. And who wants to spend their life just preparing?
Babauta references what he refers to as:
The Survival Kit of Living…
1. Mindfulness. This is the foundation—without practicing mindfulness, you won’t be able to do the other skills regularly enough for them to be useful. You can practice mindfulness simply by meditating—focus on your breath for a few minutes every morning, to start with. As you get better at mindfulness, you will get better at noticing what’s going on inside you as external events happen. For example, if someone is yelling at you, you might be mindful of your body at that moment and notice an increased heartbeat, a panicky feeling in your chest, a hot flush in your face, or something like that. Mindfulness of your body’s responses alert you to what might be going on in your mind.
2. Watch your internal response. As you start to notice your mind’s responses to external events, you can begin to guide your response. For example, if you are given a large project at the last minute, you might notice your breathing getting shallow and your chest tightening, or your jaw clenching … you can then see that you’re extremely anxious about this, maybe resentful that you’re being asked to do this on a short deadline. You can then examine those responses—anxiety, resentfulness—and decide how to act, rather than being controlled by them.
3. See what you’re holding onto. When you have a difficult feeling, like anxiety, anger, resentfulness, fear (including procrastination) … there’s something you’re attached to that’s causing the feeling. It can be difficult to spot this at first, but with practice you can see it in an instant. If you’re angry or resentful, there’s an ideal situation you would like, and are holding onto, that doesn’t match up with reality. For example, maybe someone has said something mean to you … you might be angry because (ideally) they shouldn’t treat you that way. It doesn’t matter if you’re right or not—if you want things to be different than reality, you’ll be angry or resentful or frustrated. Noticing what you’re holding onto is an important step.
4. Let it go. It’s impossible not to ever hold onto certain ideals … but if you see that the ideal is causing you pain, you can be compassionate with yourself and let go of the ideal. Sure, people should treat you nicely, but that’s an ideal that’s not always going to be true. Letting go of the ideal means embracing the reality that there’s a wide range of behaviors that people will have, and that’s a part of life. Humans don’t always act ideally. We need to accept that, and not force an ideal on reality.
5. Respond appropriately. Acceptance of reality doesn’t mean you do nothing. It means you let go of the ideals causing the painful feelings, and then figure out how to respond without the anger, frustration, anxiety, resentment. Responding to a person or situation in anger or resentment (for example) doesn’t usually result in a skillful response. If you can let go of the ideal and let the painful feelings go, you can respond more skillfully. When my child breaks a dish, for example, I can get angry (“They shouldn’t break dishes!”) and yell (not skillful), or I can let go of that ideal and the resultant anger, and see if the child is OK, and then calmly and compassionately talk about how to avoid that in the future. That’s a more appropriate response. When we respond in anger or frustration, we only compound the problem. Responding calmly and compassionately means we’re going to be able to deal with anything that is in front of us, whether it’s a crisis or a loss or an angry loved one.
6. Stay in the moment. We make situations worse when we replay the past in our heads (“How can they have done that?”) or think of all the things that might go wrong in the future. In the present moment, things are OK. We can meet the present moment with calmness and compassion, if we can stay in the present. That means being mindful of when our mind is stuck in the past or speculating about the future, and returning to the present as much as we can.
7. Be grateful & accept the moment for what it is. Reality can suck, if we want it to be different … or we can accept reality for what it is, and be grateful for it. This takes practice, because it’s hard to be grateful when you feel you’re being treated badly, or you’ve lost a job, or you’ve lost a loved one, or you’re battling illness. But this is the reality you have, not the ideal you wish you had. And it’s a reality that contains beauty, if we choose to see it. This skill makes us much more at peace with whatever we need to deal with.
❝Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.❞
—Marcus Aurelius
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