The New Moon Virgo aka “Black Moon” arrives today! New Moons always provide the opportunity to begin again and to set new intentions for the month and year ahead in the Moon sign’s energy. There may be a strong impulse to tie up loose ends of Summer and start Fall cleaning, to discard things not needed, and organize for the colder months ahead. This energy also pays close attention to details and making adjustments with even just the changing weather alone. Virgo is restless-earthy energy and the nervous system may feel more active the next few days with the hustle-bustle in getting things done. New Moon Virgo’s shadow side though is a tendency to catastrophize things and make mountains out of molehills. It’s important to be constructive when criticizing others and not over analyze to the point of making oneself sick. But being a New Moon too, this is an inspiring time to begin new projects, fix-solve problems and create a new order of things, or to pioneer a creative healing purpose that serves others with spot-on skills. In addition to this New Moon Virgo is a Yod configuration where the Moon is in a state of crisis with Pluto Aquarius and Saturn-Neptune Aries which are both in good accordance with one another, but the New Moon is also squaring Uranus Gemini, pushing New Moon Virgo into the unknown, a place where Virgo doesn’t like to go. Yods are significant patterns in charts that hold a “Finger of God” destiny energy, and because the Moon is at the apex point here, the tension felt is high with these outer planets. These forces can twist and turn internally and externally, thus are crisis-oriented energies and in order to harness them, it’s important to keep the bigger picture in perspective and consider focusing things that serve humanity as a whole, while at the same time surrendering to these larger forces at work. This is also the beautiful Maiden who ‘separates the wheat from the chaff’ and holds high discernment and discrimination from the things that belong to us and the things that don’t. Patience is key and learning to make adjustments not always welcomed. Also there’s a need to have forgiveness and compassion to self and others. Best wishes during this New Moon Virgo, and may you not feel knotted up inside! Peace and Love. 