The 2017 Virgo New Moon reaches its maximum phase at 10:30p PDT on Tuesday, 19th September 2017 (27.45°). For most of the world, this will be occurring on Wednesday, 20th September, but for most of the United States, this will be happening this day before.
This is a numerological 11 universal day for those in North America, yet for everyone else, this is a 3 universal day of growth and expansion. For those of us under 11 energy, this is an opportunity for us to pay attention to how we can contribute individually to something greater than ourselves, while for those under 3 energy have an opportunity to expand upon what they are already building (or destroying) in their societies. We are all experiencing a 1 universal month and a 1 universal year – the energy of new beginnings and fresh starts – so this is most definitely a continuation of what began or initiated during the August eclipses, and most of what we begin during this month will carry forward or through over the next 11 months.
Astrologically, the 2017 Virgo New Moon is part of a mutable energy T-Square configuration – Virgo 1 Sun+Moon square Sagittarius Black Moon Lilith square Pisces Chiron Retrograde (24-27°). This configuration is complex as it requires us to be honest with each other, but more importantly, with ourselves if we are going to effect change in any area or aspect of our lives.
The Virgo 1 Sun+Moon conjunction represents our conscious and emotional energies coming together to begin making efficient and effective progress in the functionality in our everyday lives. This is intentional initiative effort and energy applied to plans, systems, and processes intended to get things working in healthy and positive ways… or at least to make things work better than they did before.
But this isn’t just a practical intention – it’s also an emotional one.
The emotional component is amplified by the Virgo 1 Sun+Moon conjunction being opposite Chiron Retrograde in Pisces, which is making us aware of the emotional-spiritual pain and suffering that is occurring right now. This is no ordinary pain and suffering (as if pain and suffering are ever really normal) – this is the long-term pain and suffering of legacies and generations. This is the stuff we are invested in, heart and soul, and we are collectively crying out for healing like never before.
This is why Sagittarius Lilith as the pivot of this T-Square is so profound – it reveals the deep, almost obsessive desire for authenticity and truth needed in order to heal these long-present and long-denied wounds within our individual selves and within our collective Oneness. This is a desperate call for real, factual truth… yet our emotional pain has many of us seeking anything but real, factual truth.
Instead, many of us are seeking and chasing “truth” which validates what we believe we need to have be truthful in order to heal our emotional and spiritual pain and cease our emotional and spiritual suffering. We aren’t as concerned about actual, practical facts – we are concerned about hearing words which soothe our desperate needs for our delusions to be verified as reality, or even more so, words which validate our ego-driven righteousness. We need to know our world view is the right view, and when we are challenged to verify our truths with facts, we often shut down or shut people out, unable to deal with the fact that our facts maybe aren’t as true as we believed them to be. We can’t stand to hear anything not aligned with our hopes and ideals.
This is dangerous, as more and more of us are alienating each other, unwilling to be told we don’t have all the facts, or worse for some of us, that we’re just plain wrong – the more divided we become, which leads to increased fear of being on the wrong side of matters, which leads to further pain, which leads to further separation and alienation.
Yet as we continue along trying to be right about our positions, many of us find ourselves or our agendas being stopped – held up, held back, or just plain stuck.
What gives?
We aren’t in alignment with factual truth.
Real truth enables progress. Real truth moves things forward. That which is not aligned with what is actually and factually true keeps us in place, or in some cases, even sets us back.
For many of us right now, our personal and delusional truths are more important to us than real and factual truth, and that is why many of us are wondering why we can’t seem to get any forward progress…
… and this is what the 2017 Virgo New Moon gives us an opportunity to recognize – where we may be deluding ourselves, where we must face the true origins of our pain and be honest with ourselves about it in order to heal it. That healing cannot be done superficially or in authentically – it must be done with the intention of getting to the real and factual truth of matters so things are be healed in earnest.
That’s a lot of energy in one T-Square… but this is not the only T-Square of the day.
The other T-Square involves Aries Uranus Retrograde square Caner Ceres square Libra Jupiter (25-28°). This brings a much more personal focus which could be very revealing as it refers more to us as individuals rather than the collective whole of humanity. I’ve mentioned in previous blog articles that Uranus in Aries is calling upon each of us to claim our individualities and to identify what we each uniquely have to contribute to the greater whole. With this configuration, now more than ever, we are being asked what we as individuals value and what we are committed to bring to the negotiating table.
That said, under the influence of Uranus Retrograde in Aries, pay attention to how others are approaching you, interacting with you, and/or responding to you. These are clues or outright messages of how you can best contribute to others, even if you don’t think you can. Obviously, others are seeing something in you that you do not yet see in yourself. Embrace and investigate your findings, and figure out how you can develop your abilities and skills in this regard. What do YOU have to contribute to your community or even to humanity that no one else can bring? What is YOUR unique talent or abilities or combination of talents and abilities which can contribute to the world?
As you process the feedback you’re receiving, consider this most important question – how do you intend to use your unique talents and abilities to facilitate balance and peace?
That’s right. Jupiter is a growth and expansion energy, so in this T-Square, Jupiter in Libra is calling upon you to make your contribution to the greater whole in ways which address the growing awareness of the imbalances and injustices of our communities, societies, and the world. How can you be an ambassador of peace, one interaction or one relationship with others at a time?
The pivot of this second T-Square is Ceres in Cancer, which brings forth questions about what we value most in our personal lives. What do you value most in your life and in the world around you? This is especially important to identify on the emotional plane, as what are you emotionally invested in is what you are most likely to stand up for or defend when challenged.
There is one more opposition transit on this New Moon day – Virgo Mercury opposite Pisces Neptune Retrograde (12°). This is pragmatic communication balancing (or trying to balance) delusional idealism. People are so caught up in defending their ideals that the details of everyday life are being missed. It is of paramount importance that if you have been asking for answers or messages or signs about where to go or what to do next on your life path, PAY ATTENTION NOW! Mercury makes sure that nothing requested goes unaddressed, but you’ve got to be open to receiving the messages being delivered… in any and all forms in which they may come. Keep an open mind as your answers and insights will likely come in very practical or mundane ways, yet they will have the power to have a greater effect on your life than you could possibly imagine.
The last transit of note for this 2017 Virgo New Moon day is outwardly the most positive influence of the day – Aries Uranus Retrograde trine Leo Venus (27-0°). This transit represents personal connections enabling personal awakening and awareness of how you individually express or contribute to social and societal themes. We often hear the famous Gandhi saying. “Be the change you want to see in the world”. This transit provides you with an opportunity to see how you may not be being that change, and it gives you positive affirmation and direction to show you how to become and bring about that positive change so you can contribute to its manifestation in the world.
We’ll feel the effects of this 2017 Virgo 1 New Moon for about three days before and after its most exact phase. Do you best to take the steps to face and heal your emotional wounds, choosing to face reality to triumph over your fears so you can be the change you want to see in the world and move yourself and this world forward in a healed, healthy, and positive way.
Thank you for reading and sharing Signs and Numbers. Until next post…
~ Light, Love, and Blessings,
Grace
