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The Ascent: Virgo Season Forecast
Ascent is never easy. Elevation takes energy to achieve. After the labors of individuation we find ourselves weary, looking for retreat. Virgo occupies an interesting place in the evolution of the zodiac: Leo teaches us the true meaning of heroism, strengthening our identity and instilling us with the generative force required to make our mark in the world, but Virgo is the cocoon in which strength transforms into service. It’s a place of purification, a distillation of the soul. Like the Hermit of the tarot, we find ourselves climbing the mountain path, retreating into isolation in order to be one with the darkness and sit in the quiet of the spirit. The comfort we cultivate with ourselves is the only way to assure we can serve the world around us.
When the Sun enters Virgo on August 22nd the storm begins to break. Just hours after the year’s second Full Moon in Aquarius, the season’s isolation is a relief. Like Atlas, we’ve carried the weight of the world for too long and the collective shadow is so heavy it required two releases. On this second Full Moon, the Sun instructs us firmly: put it down and walk away.
The Pilgrimage of Virgo does not happen in a vacuum: it may represent a spiritual hermitage but our modern world is not quite so literal. We live, work, and speak with an ever-going number of others every day and contact must continue. Mercury in…
