It’s a new moon in Virgo, and the Goddess of harvest, of nourishment, of abundance is here. Goddess of health and herbs and honesty. Goddess of transition from Summer to Fall. We begin a new lunar cycle with the Great Mother, the grain mother, and we’re invited to plant seeds in her soil.
What will you grow in her garden?
What beauty will you make?
She walks barefoot on the earth and arrives at the scene. She is practical and punctual, nurturing and attentive, discerning and detail oriented, economical and efficient. Virgo is here, and the magic that grows when we clean up and organize our lives is ready to root itself into our bones, rise into our hearts, and radiate through our hands as we show up in the world, offering ourselves in the ways we are most needed.
She loves beauty and knows how to craft it with her own hands. The beauty she brings to the world is not a lavish outburst. It’s not minimalist either. It’s an expression of skill and meticulous attention. It’s the Goldilocks taste for “just enough.” It’s the careful clarity and precision that give birth to the most exquisite form. Virgo invites you to clear the clutter and call on the important parts of you to come forth intentionally. “Ground yourself in what matters,” she says “and make it superb, make it gorgeous, make it flawless!”
When something is meaningful, we tend to it with care. Virgo reminds you to make life meaningful. Your life is your art. Put your heart in it fully. Clean the clutter, weed the garden, organize the space – the inner and the outer – and make it beautiful, show up to yourself and to what you care about most. Gather the fruit that you’ve grown and share it with the world. Collect your pieces and make yourself into an art piece, into an offering, into a sanctuary.
With meticulous precision, her attention to detail, her obsession with creating impeccable things, and her exceptional coherence and accuracy, Virgo will want to do everything perfectly. And this is where we need to be careful! Break the spell of perfectionism, witch! You are not here to get it right, you are already sacred. There is no such thing as perfect. You are not complete, you are an ever unfolding story. Life can never be faultless, so make it meaningful!