Turning Inward..

“Doing those deeply unfashionable things—slowing down, letting your spare time expand, getting enough sleep, resting—is a radical act now, but it is essential. This is a crossroads we all know, a moment when you need to shed a skin. If you do, you’ll expose all those painful nerve endings and feel so raw that you’ll need to take care of yourself for a while. If you don’t, then that skin will harden around you.” Katherine May from Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

On September 3rd Venus turns direct in Leo after 7 weeks in the wilderness. She has backtracked from 28° - 12° Leo and between now and October 10 will re-activate these degrees for the 3rd time wherever they are in your chart. Since July 23rd when the Goddess disappeared into the wilderness, you have been faced with aspects of yourself that you normally keep well hidden. Now it’s time to start looking at what you’ve learned from pattern spotting self-sabotaging habits of intimacy, money and self-worth.

At the same time Guru Jupiter stations retrograde in Taurus until December 31st joining an unusual confluence of no fewer than 7 retrograde planets- Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Chiron, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.3 of the most recent retrogrades-Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus -are in Earth signs Virgo and Taurus.

There is no mistaking the theme-this Virgo season marks a deep inward turning, a time of intense personal focus, re-evaluation and reckoning in the approach to the midpoint of the astrological year at the Libra Equinox on September 23rd.

As the Sun and Mercury make a retrograde conjunction in Virgo on September 6th, align your priorities. To access the potential of this Earth magic:

pay attention to your body’s many messages

put down deep roots of belonging-if not to a place, to yourself

strengthen the pillars that hold up your wellbeing and health

clear the river of your personal ecology

set up mindful routines to strengthen your foundations and support systems

realise that what you stop doing, detangle and remove is as important as what you keep.

See this as a gift of long overdue physical healing, repair and integration -an essential crucible for next season’s growth.

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Art by Ksenya Verse