Sunday August 28th New Moon in Virgo comes just two and a half days after the Mercury Retrograde ends.
New Moon is always a time of excitement and possibilities. A new cycle is beginning, new visions are forming and it is an opportunity to move on and leave the past in the past. This New Moon is a particularly welcome opportunity, coming right on the heels of a difficult Mercury Retrograde.
The Virgo New Moon brings a focus on practical issues and problem solving – just what the doctor ordered for recovering from a retrograde that began in Virgo. It’s a good time to take stock of your situation, see where you have veered off track, and get yourself going in the right direction.
You have probably developed bad habits, quit making progress on certain projects, neglected your regular routines a bit… Under the diligent Virgo Moon it’s tempting to ‘get back to normal’, and put things back exactly as they were before the retrograde. However, in the spirit of evolution we move upward and onward. Even in the little things, change is inevitable, and going backward is rarely desirable.
To reap the benefits of a Mercury Retrograde, you need to use it as an opportunity to learn. You see things from a different perspective and the little glitches that come up often point out problem areas that were being ignored.
Those habits, routines, schedules, projects and good intentions that fell by the wayside during the retrograde have probably left some areas of your life in a bit of disorder. The benefit of disorder is it gives us flexibility. It’s time for new habits, routines, and schedules. It’s an opportunity to address those issues Mercury brought to attention. It’s a time to evolve and progress in the little ways.
