holographic✦horizons
Helen Frankenhaler, Virgo Rising + Neptune in Virgo in the 1st House
The season shift brings the this New Moon into the yin/mutable Earth sign of VIRGO.
virgo new moon
✦ 8/27/22 4:17 AM est ✦
virgo new moon ✦ 8/27/22 4:17 AM est ✦
Jean Sibelius, Virgo Rising (Mercury/Jupiter conjunct in Capricorn)
VIRGO NEW MOON : crystalize
Information & ideas will arrive like rapid fire, in multitudes, over the next month. You’re being guided to prepare to journey into uncharted territory in regards to applied action & how you utilize your energy. This is the calm before the storm. Clear out your spaces, adjust to the hum… (similar to a southern cicada chorus)… can you discern guidance through the chaos? The chaos may be the world around you, or the world within you… or both.
This New Moon is a bit of a foreshadowing. A taking stock of your situation… discerning where/how you bring value central to your relationship to self worth, and where/how you’re in a state of lack or fear for what the future holds. Information will arrive through a variety of senses which will require you to push the boundaries of what you know and how you perceive… all of which begin with a connection to bodily intelligence & subtle stirrings of intuition under the influence of this lunation. To prepare, the foundations of how you function in the day to day must be solid, efficient, and able to uphold growth.
Questions will arise around loyalty, choices, and the ability to pivot on a dime while staying aligned. Can you discern what is true for you and deserving of your focus through a sea of opinions, ideas, possibilities? There is a call towards distillation, clarifying the way you communicate with your intuition & refining how you function under the pressure required to integrate the lessons that come with expansion. Can you shape-shift, multiply & hybridize as the plans change? Is the story you’re telling yourself aligned to the information you feel, sense, hear, see? Are you fractured, or fractalized? Fine-tune, Its a vibe check, a psychic life edit. What can be cut back, harvested, or released from your life that is taking up unnecessary space? Hone in on your inner voice, that guiding torch that links the passage from where you came to who you are becoming. It’s time to filter through the excess, devote yourself to an integrated upgrade. Its Virgo Season!
virgo wordplay
essential, charming, sympathetic, refined, intuitive, guiding, receptive, integrated, practical, perceptive, analytical, particular, regulated, detailed, attuned, calm, service oriented, perfecting, brilliant, adaptable, distilled, transformative, gut instinct, purifying, problem solving, clarifying, loyal, dependable, capable, multifaceted, reserved, distinct, magnetic, filtered, dedicated, connected, skilled, crafted, crystalized, dutiful, nervous, suspicious, detached, calculated, concise, cellular, stimulated, modest, critical, worried, genuine, dazzling, sacrificing, organized chaos, experiential, sensitive, conscientious, internal, process oriented, finessed, fickle, judgmental, virtuous, sensual, driven, intricate, moody, passive, synthesized, preserving, quiet, pensive, honed, functioning, regenerative, healing, thoughtful, high maintenance, digesting, assimilating, corporeal, honest, repairing, competent, detailed, observant, excellent, providing & nurturing, self-sustained, working, productive, careful, helpful, humble, selfless, ordered, nuanced, complex
Origin story
Virgo season uproots the collective energy, creating space for change. Mutable modalities adapts and transforms, guiding what is needed forward & releasing what is no longer important. Mutable Earth, Virgo represents the only zodiac symbol other than the three air signs that takes a human form: ‘The Virgin’. Don’t let that word fool you. In this case, “Virginity is to a woman what honor is to a man, the symbol of the fact that she is not a slave.” (1) The freedom Virgo claims is of becoming self-efficient and capable, offering themselves to service through their specific skillset as an act of love.
Being cool, calm & collected under pressure is just one facet of their multi-dimensional persona. Within each Virgo is a teeming synthesis of sensory input, capable of perceiving massive amounts of raw potential and shaping it down to a streamlined flow. High functioning Virgos greet chaos head on, knowing precisely what to do with it.
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu;
350-340 B.C. Late Classical
Aestrea, the constellation of virgo
The myth of the goddess Aestrea is associated with the constellation of Virgo. “The legend of Virgo is found in the Greek myth of Creation. The story goes that before men or animals lived on Earth, a race of giants, called titans, ruled the world. Two titan brothers, Prometheus and Epimetheus, were given the task of creating human beings and animals. When this was done, Epimetheus set about giving various gifts to the animals- wings to one kind, claws to another, etc. He was so generous that when it came time to dispense something to mankind, he had nothing left to give, so he asked Prometheus for help. Prometheus went into heaven and came back with the gift of fire. This made man superior to other species, for with fire he could keep warm, make tools, and eventually develop commerce and science.
Jupiter, chief of gods, became so angry at the gods' secret of fire being given to man that he bound Prometheus to a rock on Mount Caucasus where an eagle constantly tore at his liver, though never entirely consuming it. He also sent a curse to Earth, brought by the first woman. Her name was Pandora, meaning "a gift of all the gods." Pandora brought with her a box, which she was told never to open. One day, seized with curiosity, she lifted the lid of the box. Out sprang terrible plagues to haunt mankind forever after: sickness and death for the body; anger, envy, and revenge for the mind. At the bottom of the box lay the one thing that had not escaped… hope. During the terrible times that followed, the gods deserted Earth one by one and went to live in heaven. The very last to leave was Astraea, goddess of innocence and purity. After leaving the Earth, Astraea was placed among the stars and became the constellation of Virgo. The legend is that one day the Golden Age will come again, and that Astraea (Virgo) will return to Earth.” (2)
black hole at the center of the supergiant galaxy in the constellation of Virgo
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole released in 2019.
virgo tendencies
Along with service, Virgo represents the dedication to refinement, articulation, and perfection. Practical, useful, trustworthy, deliberate, sensuous, patient, enduring (3) … Virgo ‘tendency’ is to immerse themselves in the analysis of life. Their fatal flaw lies in assuming that they can fix or edit a situation or person so that it meets their heightened standards. The truth with Virgo is that nothing will ever be perfect. Change through focused and intentional precision brings Virgo deep satisfaction, and this becomes their way of life. To see the material world around them functioning efficiently, and to have been of service to the process is their quiet victory. Their humble attitude reflects self-mastery. If Virgos do seem to finish something, it marks a distinct mastery along their timeline. They will likely carry the same questions into other projects, continuously refining and honing their skillset through everything they do. As they get closer to the center of their practice, the Virgo way of life becomes a crystal, purified by the pressure of their need to perfect and shape with precision along the exacting lines of their unique discernment.
The progression of the zodiac offers the feminine, yin energy of Virgo to calm the senses of the summer’s peak in Leo. Along the Leo/Aquarius polarity, inspiration & innovation surge forth. What follows is the axis of Virgo & Pisces, “the axis of practical imagination.” (4) Receiving that inspiration/innovation and distilling it to something that can be understood, practically applied, and received. Virgos create mercurial value, it is the value of knowing what something is worth before you begin, and making decisions based on that initial sense. .
The symbol of Virgo is also linked to the harvest. Carrying a sheath of wheat, the act of separating the grain from the plant and creating food from processing the wheat is a metaphor for the energy of this sign. It is the purifying of the nutrients, the ability to know what will bring us into the next season. Organizing the stores of grain, refining them to flour, and in doing so preparing to be of service for those who are in need.
Virgo is one of two mutable signs ruled by the planet Mercury, the other being Gemini. The nature of Mercury as understood through Virgo brings forth reason, thoughtfulness, and refinement of what is useful. Both Mercurial placements being mutable give us an insight on how this modalities links the initiation of what comes with cardinal signs to the inward motion or centripetal motion of the fixed signs. So for Virgo, this means linking the energy of the Sun moving through Leo, to the transition of the fall season when the Sun moves into Libra.. Another way this seems to express is through Mercurys direct connection to the Sun. As the closest planet to the Sun, and with an ellipitcal that allows Mercury to go further off the elliptical path of the Sun than any other planet, Mercury as the messenger of the gods takes on a specific role. Mercury becomes the teacher, the shapeshifter, the magician, the medium for divine information to traverse between worlds.
Along the mutable axis, facts (Mercury) and faith (Jupiter) hold dominion. Specifically for the Virgo/Pisces axis, Material ‘Reality’ Vs. Imagination. As explored through some of the artistic work of native Virgo singer/songwriters linked below, the Virgo tendency bring into question a relationship with God, religion, higher power, music, vision, transcendence… (choose your own adventure), and the capacity to become a vessel (earth) for perception (water) of what they believe or question their own beliefs of. For Virgo placements, devotion to refining a craft arises from that little bit of hope left in Pandora’s box… that they might shape their life into an expression which aligns to that polarity of the micro/macrocosm. That through a developed skill set, the medium itself becomes the message. Though, Virgo would probably never tell you this. That is a part of their discerning magic. To gain the trust of a Virgo in itself is an act of devotion.
Andrea Bocelli Ascendant, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Pluto in Virgo (1st house Virgo stellium) + Mars in Gemini
It’s all happening
This New Moon arrives Saturday August 27, 2022 at 4:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, at 4° of Virgo.
credit: neil preston/paramount; Almost Famous (see notes at the end of this post about the astrology of this film released September 13, 2000 … a Virgo season 22 years ago!)
New Moons typically hold a specific energy for seeding intentions, but not all New Moons are necessarily good times to begin something new. As the Sun and Moon meet at 4° of Virgo, Mars will square this lunation from exactly 4° of Gemini.
A square from Mars is a very stimulating and provoking aspect, creating a tension that requires one to do something about it. With a New Moon in an exact square to Mars… which will go retrograde October 30, 2022 in Gemini and remain in this sign until March 26, 2023… this moment seems to arrive with a message (or a warning) for how to prepare and be of service through some aspect of our life for the upcoming months & the unfolding story of our evolution.
Mars is the planet of desire, willpower, extreme heat, separation, cutting, the sword/pen, the warrior, drive and motivation. Mars in Gemini is the warrior of wit, a wordsmith, sharp tongued and quick to debate. The sign that Mars is in provides the “weapon of choice”… in Gemini, ideas, data, and the dispersion of both the written and spoken word, become the sword.
With planets moving through the mutable signs in tense aspect, notice the conversations that arrive in this moment. What is being said, does it seem like there might be more than one side to this story? Mutable signs traditionally express in multiples. With this New Moon guiding the energy forward… discernment becomes a necessary tool to process the information that will come to light. With Mars, needing to cut through the data and facts available to better understand and integrate what is needed… with a likelihood for a few ruffled feathers along the way. One can anticipate an overstimulated surge through the ways we communicate with others and share information. Nerves will likely be on edge, perspectives guarded or already aggravated
cycles of the new moon / full moon in each sign
As the Moon moves into the heart of the Sun August 27, another 6 month cycle is initiated. What happens in this particular moment will link to the Virgo Full Moon (March 7, 2023) where Mars will still be in Gemini. The theme set in motion under the current skies will begin a very specific cycle of refinement for all planets along the mutable axis (Virgo, Pisces, Gemini and Sagittarius), and will color the rest of this year, as well as the first three months of 2023.
Jhene Aiko offers medicine from the Pisces polarity, cooling sound waves to wash over any heated moment. Pisces Sun & Moon, Mercury, North Node
messages from earth & air
Georgia O’Keeffe, Blue Flower, 1918; Mars & Midheaven in Virgo
Both Virgo and Gemini are mutable signs ruled by the planet Mercury. Mercury is the messenger of the gods, also known as the ‘trickster’ planet. In folktales this is the energy of the coyote, the traveller, the hawk, the shapeshifter. In Greek myth he is Hermes, winged-footed. Mercury holds a specific importance in the transfer of information. Often disguised, or revealing very important information with a twinkling laugh when least expected, Mercury represents the messenger. Mercury is the only god who is able to go between worlds, both collecting information and dispersing it along the way. Mercury has entered its retrograde shadow, and for the first two weeks up until the Full Moon will be moving forward through Libra.
*Retrograde Shadow covers the zodiacal degrees a planet will have to retrace during its retrograde cycle. Since Mercury will station retrograde at 8° of Libra- 24° of Virgo (moving clockwise in zodiacal order represent the retrograde movement and when direct the planets move counterclockwise), Mercury will be in its shadow phase from August 21- September 10 when it goes retrograde. I’ll cover the post-retrograde shadow with the next moon update. When a planet stations retrograde as Mercury will hours before the Full Moon in Pisces, its meaning is emphasized. It is noteworthy to glance back at the shadow period to see what information reappears through the retrograde cycle.
Mars, also gearing up to station retrograde, will move through Gemini for about seven months. In Gemini, information is pollinated through the sharing of ideas, the data and raw facts accumulated through gossip, passing conversation, and friendly banter. Intellect, the quickness of the mind, and its changing nature all reside here. This is the idea, the concept, the patterns that might mean something… and might not. There is a lightness to the information that Gemini navigates. With Mars, who likes to follow a straight line into a course of action… or spark a passion project with one of those circulating ideas… it can be difficult to discern which idea is best, or what is real and true, and there will be the need to redo and recalculate along the way. WIth Mars retrograde, this is emphasized even more. (I will go further into the Mars retrograde cycle and its significance in another post soon!)
Over the next week, notice what comes up for you. Journal more than you normally do. Make a new note on your phone for sparkly ideas… including the ones that get you a little heated or inflamed. Maybe this note is just for venting frustration that arrises. Try not to explain, or get caught up on any one point or meaning of it all.
With the Sun in Virgo & the New Moon energy, assess your inner dialogue. How do you speak to yourself? How do you process and prioritize? where does your inner critique fall on the spectrum of your personal standards. Have you noticed how your relationship with how you see yourself reflects through the world around you… ? How do you prioritize your needs before offering yourself to your work, your responsibilities, and those that depend on you… what can you clear in order to function more efficiently?
found beach stones via ‘equator journal’
digestion / Disciple / discipline
“Too often we forget that discipline really means to teach, not to punish. A disciple is a student, not a recipient of behavioral consequences.” Dr. Dan Siegal
Through this Mecury ruled Earth sign, messages arrive through material substance. The material form must be shaped in order to be meaningful and useful. Often Virgo’s are particular and perfecting. Their lives reflect this internal process, as the material world supports their need for reliability and function. The shadow side of Virgo can result in extreme criticism, overbearing perfectionism, and an overstimulated nervous system. When Virgo has been doing too much, their body tends to be the place that stress shows up first.
Specifically, as seen in the symbol of the only human bodied sign outside of the Air signs, the place of Virgos mystery and magic is within the body. The latin word ‘virgo’ translates to “self-contained.” Under its archetypal umbrella, Virgo rules the intestines and the messages that are sent between the nerves of the gut and brain barrier. Between the gut/brain connection, our body takes in information from our environment through the food we eat, the water we drink, and it sends signals to our brain. The system of the gut provides a filter for what will nourish the body, and breaks down the rest to be eliminated.
When the gut microbiome is out of balance, as mentioned in the podcast with Dr. Mark Hyman, the bodys’ primary filtration system isn’t able to prevent toxins from passing directly into the bloodstream and break down nutrients efficiently. This leads to a toxic overload in our system, and overtime accumulation of toxins and a lack of micronutrients from modified and processed foods weakens the immune system and the overall function of the body. When our body is deprived of nutrition or overwhelmed by toxins it cannot function properly and symptoms like brain fog, fatigue, headaches, and nervous system disorders such as anxiety and depression show up as precursor to disease.
Which makes me think of Sophie Strand, who writes mellifluous prose on the microorganisms within the earth and within our bodies that connect us to an intricate and intelligent earth… re-enchanting the earthly realm of the body as told through the stories of soil and ecological diversity. Her most recent Substack article, free to read here sheds light on a variety of archetypes that echo the mutable Virgo season and the shape shifter energy of Mercury. Her description of electrons jumping and leaving traces of light on their elliptical sounds very similar to the description of Mercury’s irregular elliptical.
Our relationship with bodily intelligence begins with a commitment to adjust the body back into homeostasis. When we reset our system, we are not ‘detoxing’ or ‘dieting’, we are teaching our body through the information we feed it. We are creating healthy & informed connections between our choices which provide nourishment on a cellular level. To teach is to learn, and through a conscious practice of the relationship with the ever changing physical expression of our bodies… we become disciples the innate intelligence available within.
Earth triplicity
There are three earth signs represented in the zodiac, one for each modality. Cardinal Earth = Capricorn. Fixed Earth = Taurus. Mutable Earth = Virgo. All of the Earth signs deal with material reality. Where Capricorn builds tectonic environments to hold life, Taurus sustains the natural world of plants and animals our relationship to cycles of nourishment, Virgo represents the most diffuse level of material experience: the micro-organisms. Cellular metabolisms are in a state of constant change in order to evolve life and transfer energy efficiently through intricate systems. For Virgo, the earthly realm is a teeming ecosystem of individual parts rapidly converting energy and information in order to continue the growth of all living organisms.
It is unique that Virgo is the only human form represented for any of the elements other than the social oriented Air signs. Although Virgo is a mutable sign, unlike the other mutable signs which are depicted by dual-bodied symbols, Virgo’s double nature comes in the connection of what it carries. It is the task of separating the wheat from the shaft that gives this sign purpose. Virgos are artisans, and it is vital they develop a skill to unlock their extraordinary gifts. The ability to see what is essential within form and bring that forward with refinement becomes the highest expression of Virgos service to humanity.
Stellar Impressions
New Moons hold impressions, (like bodies) and this one a shimmering glimpse of the energy that will guide us into the Mars Retrograde cycle. Might it be of what it means to be a highly functioning, self-contained, well resourced human being? What do you have to offer, what do you know? Sometimes we know more than we give ourselves credit for. What connects you to changing times, how might you become an essential piece to the puzzle… and where is relief/support needed for you to see this through? Is there a place in your life that needs your care and attention so that you will be able to evolve as the energy shifts?
Question & more questions as we move into the retrogrades
Begin to notice what information is coming from within you, and what information is circulating around you.
Where in your life are you fluent, capable, and skilled? Have you possibly down-played your own expertise in some area?
Note your habits.
Make lists of things that you are very good at, things that you do not like doing.
What do you do with ease… that effortless thing is likely your superpower.
Listen more gently to your body, what it wants and craves.
Develop a relationship with your intuition, and then test it out.
What does it feel like when you go against your gut instinct? Articulate it, notice the impression you receive, the sensation of how you just know something.
The same goes with sensations in the body when you are navigating relationships, work, and daily choices. Are your choice aligned with what your body needs, or do you spend more time ignoring your own needs?
MERCURY Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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A word to the wise for any Virgo placements, or those feeling particularly stimulated this month. Nothing will ever be perfect. In fact, perfect doesn’t exist. Learning when the analytical skills have exceeded the limit of helpfulness into criticism is in itself a valuable skillset.
Subtle, nuanced, and deeply loyal… Virgo’s possess a special kind of magic. It is that connection, that intuitive strength, self-contained, that when expressed in its fullness creates what is both efficient and transformative.
Virgo’s Mantra: always leave it better than you found it.
Virgo offers subtle refinement
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practical tools for virgo season
Between the New and Full Moon, here are some helpful ways to work with the energy of Virgo season, and the New Moon square Mars.
Notice what you are consuming. Is the information around you helpful? Uplifting? Calming? Restorative & nourishing? or is it distracting? Draining your energy?
Give yourself permission to let something go. Even if it is something you have been holding on to out of habit, or hope that you can make the situation or thing better. Sometimes it is just better to cut the cord and re-align your focus.
Begin to cultivate (or if you already have this practice, go deeper with) a somatic connection between your thoughts and your body. What does it feel like when you eat certain things, when you stretch a certain way? How does your mind filter the information your body is offering you, available to you at all times? Is there a process… journaling… spoken word… sensation or feelings… that brings you deeper into a connection to your bodily intelligence?
Be gentle with yourself. Clean out your closet, take extra care when making your meals. Clean one room really, really well. Get rid of clutter. Marie Kondo your life.
Reflect on all that has occurred since the Sun moved into Cancer on June 21, 2022. What happened over the past three months that you would like to bring with you as the season shifts? Release the need for everything to always ‘make sense’. Sometimes the greatest wisdom is the quiet, internal knowing that you have come this far and will continue… just as the myth of Astraea, with hope and humility. And like the goddess, there does come a time that it is okay to walk away from something that you are trying to fix but just simply cannot be helped. The power of walking away means being able to return when the timing is right, if you decide to return at all, with a fresh perspective.
current key transits
August 20 Mars ingresses into Gemini
August 21-September 10, 2022 Mercury enters pre-retrograde shadow between 24° Virgo- 8° Libra
August 20 Sun ingresses into Virgo
August 24 Uranus Stations Retrograde at 18° Taurus
August 27 New Moon (Sun and Moon conjunct) at 4° Virgo exactly square Mars 4° Gemini
September 9 Mercury Stations Retrograde at 8° Libra
September 10 Full Moon at 17° Pisces
plant medicine: borage
‘borage for courage!’
restores hope when one is burdened by responsibilities
confidence to move through obstacles
stand on your own as a whole and integrated being
grace in the face of difficulties
strength to heal ones relationship with trauma and stress
gentle release of deep seated sorrow, self-criticism, and exhaustion
Borage is a cooling + nourishing nervine tonic which strengthens the nervous system. Energetically it supports one by lifting low spirits during times of burnout, overwhelming responsibility, or feeling depleted by impossible standards. Borage invites one to reconnect to their emotions, an invitation to transform sorrow or blame of one’s life circumstances through genuine self-expression... aiding in the courage needed in times of change.
Borage flower is like a prayer, its flower pods bowed before they open towards the sky… reaching its brief star shape bloom upwards like a nod to the heavens, then lowering its petals back towards the earth to return to the task at hand focused & revitalized.
Virgo Records
exploring the vibe of the sign
and a very, very long compilation of virgoan artists linked here…
✦music✦
When the Sun is in Virgo, the planets Venus and Mercury can only ever be up to 30° on either side of the degree of the Sun. This means there are three kinds of Virgos- Virgo with Mercury in Leo, Virgo with Mercury in Virgo (where Mercury is exalted and well-resourced), and Virgo with Mercury in Libra.
Venus is in detriment in Virgo, requiring Venus to express in ways that aren’t typical… at times creating the friction for a certain kind of genius. The artists/albums selected explore these themes and astrological placements.
Virgo sun / mercury in leo
Florence Welch
Madonna
Shania Twain (sun+uranus+pluto virgo)
virgo sun / Mercury in virgo
Wiz Khalifa
Wale
Freddie Mercury
Kygo
Blyxt (sun+mercury+jupiter)
virgo sun / mercury in libra
Beyonce
Faith Hill ( Sun+Pluto+Uranus)
Otis Redding (Sun+Neptune)
Virgo placements with mercury in fall/detriment
Jay-Z (Virgo rising, Pluto in Virgo+mercury in Sagittarius)
Bjork (Virgo Midheaven+Pluto+Uranus, Mercury in Sagittarius)
Yelawolf (virgo mars+jupiter+saturn+NorthNode, Mercury Sagittarius)
Regina Spektor (virgo mars+jupiter+Saturn, Mercury Pisces)
virgo moon
Marvin Gaye (moon+neptune)
Aaliyah (moon+saturn+northnode)
Lizzo (moon+south node)
Lorde (moon+mars+mid heaven)
Baby Keem
Y.G.
D.J. Khalid
Virgo venus
Sting (venus+mercury)
Lil Wayne
Rick Danko (venus+mars)
John Mayer
Pop Smoke
Jack White
virgo mercury
Donald Glover (mercury+ascendant)
Trey Anastasio (Mercury+Uranus+Pluto)
Jersey (mecury+Venus)
Whitney Houston (mercury+Uranus+pluto)
Adam Yauch (mercury+uranus+pluto)
virgo mars
Stevie Nicks
Rico Nasty (mars+northnode)
Jerry Garcia (mars+neptune+northnode)
Tom Yorke (mars+jupiter+pluto)
Gucci Mane (mars+jupiter+Saturn)
Nick Drake
Joni Mitchell
Mike Gordon (mars+Uranus+Pluto+ASC)
Roddy Rich
Shaggy (mars+jupiter+pluto)
Britney Spears (virgo mars+ mercury in sag)
virgo jupiter
David Grisman (retrograde)
Mac Miller
Selena Gomez
T.I.
Russ
Rod Stuart (Virgo jupiter, mercury Sagittarius)
Yoko Ono (Virgo Jupiter, mercury Pisces)
virgo saturn
Luther Vandross
Sylvan Esso (Saturn+Pluto)
Adam Levine (Saturn+NorthNode)
✦featured album✦
I prefer apple music for sound and extended tracks!
Florence Welch- Virgo Sun, Gemini Moon, Leo Mercury
Her most recent album, Dance Fever, moves us through an anthology of her intimate music making process. In conversation with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, “When I make records, I make them with the idea that no one else will hear them… when you get to the realization that this private dialogue is going to be completely public, its like I’ve tricked myself again.” Florence has her Sun in Virgo & Moon in Gemini, with Mercury ruling both luminaries in Leo. “I feel like I have managed to take everything I learned in the last 15 years and consolidate it into this record, into the art, into the videos.”
Dance Fever was released May 13, 2022, during the days leading to the Scorpio eclipse of the first full eclipse series on the Scorpio/Taurus axis. Personal Virgo (and undeniably mutable Gemini) themed favorites… Choreomania, the idea that we must change according to the times in order to be received. Cassandra… the energy of the mutable signs move things into the future, prepare the seasons to shift into what will come next.. This process of evolving disrupts and uproots stability, and can be unsettling for those who do not welcome change. I think this song thematically approaches the kind of process one must go through when change must happen but the outcome is unclear. Heaven is Here because of this line, “Every song I wrote became an escape rope, tied around my neck, to pull me up to heaven…” The Bomb… linking her previous records to this album as a refinement of her own creative process…
“There’s a lot of nods, I think, to the previous records. All three of them are in this album, which is nice. Because I feel like somehow I’m bridging the gaps between all of them on this record, like all the things I’ve been interested in. This song is nodding to what I was thinking about, in terms of unavailability in people, in high as hope, in songs like ‘Big God,’ with like the obsession of someone who’;; never text you back. Why is this person who creates the most space and gives you nothing the most appealing person? And really that’s because if you’re a songwriter, they give you the most enormous space for fantasy and you can write anything you want because they don’t really exist. Every time I think in my life I’ve been in a stable place, something or someone will come up and be like, ‘How do you feel about blowing all this up?” Its also a fear of growing up and a fear of getting older, because if you regenerate yourself constantly, throug other people by blowing up, changing everything, you never have to face aging or death.”
✦film✦
credit: neil preston/paramount
'I hear what you're saying, but in the end, I'm just going to wing it.'
-Kate Hudson
Almost Famous was released September 13, 2000, moments before a Pisces Full Moon during Virgo season… with a Gemini Rising chart. The studio must have known something about astrology… Jupiter and Saturn in the 1H, the north node 2H, Sun 4H, Moon 10H on the Virgo/Pisces axis, Pluto 7H conjunct Chiron in an exact opposition to Jupiter… spells cult classic, big money! A grand air trine with the MC conjunct Uranus in Aquarius trining Mercury/Venus in Libra and the Jupiter/Saturn Ascendant in Gemini… a film inspired by a personal story that promoted itself through its popularity & Mars in Leo in the 3H for the hero’s journey as the writer who documents the daily lives of performers! And of course, iconic Kate Hudson, who’s Venus in Pisces & north node/Saturn in Virgo mastered the role of the muse Penny Lane, the foundation for the films success.
“Isn’t it funny, the truth just sounds different.”
✦food for thought✦
Brian Cox is English Physicist and Professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester… he has Uranus and Pluto in Virgo, ruled by Mercury conjunct Venus in Aquarius.
Xx,
Alexandria
References
1) How to Soothe a Virgo, Mary English
2)The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need, Joanna Martine Woolfolk
2) Astrology & Yourself, Demetra George
3) https://mountainastrologer.com/scratch-some-virgo-find-some-pisces/
