Virgo Full Moon: the mapping of our magical paths
Life begins at the edge of our comfort zones
Under this Virgo Full Moon, I am being called to take you behind the scenes of a project that is wanting to come through, a seed that's been lying dormant for a while but is swelling up and starting to emerge from the rich soil I’ve been tending to for the last few years on the pages of my journal, and mostly, as a true Virgo in every sense of the word, in my head.
But first, a little backstory.
A few months ago I had the most bizarre, heartwarming, and expansive experience at my day job.
Working at a public library, you never quite know who'll walk through these doors. And every single one of them has a story to tell. Kinda like this Substack community, you get to connect with some amazing humans that you might otherwise not.
One day a young lady wearing a heavy coat of smudged-up makeup and a rather hip outfit walked through them. She seemed lost, somewhat confused and hesitant, and very clearly distressed. I could feel her pain without knowing the words around it.
Turns out she was looking for the AA meeting and was running late. I could sense her desperate need for a safe space in her voice and her body language.
I grabbed her hand as we walked out of the library and approached the church next door. As we were nearing the door, a man was walking towards us. The woman seemed to recognise him. She had found what she was looking for. A surge of relief ran over her.
Unexpectedly, she turned towards me and gave me one of the biggest, warmest hugs I'd ever received. I could tell she had found her safe space. As we parted ways, something kept nudging at me. I felt elated and heavy all at the same time.
I felt relieved that she'd found the meeting and was receiving the help she needed. But there was real heaviness on me for the pain she must be experiencing. I kept thinking about what it was that had made her arrive at that point in her life. What were the stories that made her wanna escape this physical reality?
The experience made me reflect on my natal chart, specifically my Scorpio 3rd House and my Aries Moon in my 8th House, my Pisces 7th House, my Libra Sun and Pluto in my 2nd House, and my Cancer 11th House. In fact, I could pretty much name all my placements here because they all point to a common thread - the need to cultivate a safe space where we are invited to be with whatever is holding us from stepping out of our comfort zones.
I can see the gentle courage it takes to enter that space with oneself, let alone with others. That's where my personal comfort zone is - my 8th House Aries Moon is not afraid to enter my own dark caves but my 11th House Cancer would rather not do it in the circle with others. And that is exactly why I'm going to do that, even though my body is screaming at me that it’s not safe. (The flu and COVID all in the space of one month is a sure sign I'm really stretching my safe zone here.)
Back in 2020, I had a vision but I know now I was way ahead of it. I hadn't fully surrendered to my own journey yet. I hadn't closed the gap between where I was then to where I am today and where I'm going. I hadn't reached that point of return yet. You know the one where it is more painful to remain in your comfort zone than to step out of it. Jasmine from Erah Society spoke about it so beautifully in her recent podcast episode. To paraphrase, she said that fear is our request for safety whilst chaos is the courage to go for our own ideas.
I also hadn't gathered all my tools yet. In fact, I didn't even know what my tools were. But now I do. I'm now standing at my Magician's Table with all the tools laid out in front of me. The final piece of it all came to me rather recently which I spoke about in the recent Moonthly Letter. And I'm about to embark on a journey to workshop them out on other magical beings. Take that fear!
Back to that day at the library, an image of a wayfinder came to me. Although it made no sense in an embodied way, these were the words I wrote down later that day:
I am a wayfinder. I grab your hand and we will walk together.
We don't quite know where we are going but we'll know when we get there.
We will figure it out. Together.
I am a wayfinder. I am not afraid to enter the dark waters with you.
I am there holding up the light for you to find your magical path.
For now, I am my own wayfinder. I don't quite know where I'm going but I'll know when I get there. I'm in my dream space plucking up the courage to enter my own deep dark waters. I'm learning to support myself through this thing but also stepping out and inviting in a community space where it is safe to explore what this thing even is.
In a way, Lunar Invitations are a big part of that process and experiment. They're the water's edge I'm standing at - an intimate gathering with oneself, a wayfinding journey through the attunement of various modalities, and the practice of listening, noticing, and trusting that what’s emerging needs our attention. And then surrendering to the chaos to simply follow the threads.
I'm allowing myself to notice what's emerging through the Pisces season. I’m paying attention to the dreams which are frequent but fragmented. Water's edge. Tides. Waves. Seeking. The Maiden. The Mother. The Crone. The fear of being swept away by the current. The fear of dipping my toe into the water. The vulnerability of a bare body. It all feels very Neptunian, Piscean, very out of this physical world.
I'm feeling my way around the various elements and how creativity fits into all of it. I know I want to create art through these modalities. The further I allow myself to sink, the clearer it becomes that sacred geometry is all part of it. What excites me is the idea of weaving all these different threads together in a creative way with the aim of helping you map out your magical path.
A resource of sorts for us to explore the uncharted territories of your being, a kind of creative toolkit for your magical being. The words are still somewhat muddled but I know the framework is called our Sacred Work: practicing a mind, body, and spirit connection. I'm the Hermit meeting you where you’re at and shining a light on your Sacred Work for you to map out your magical path.
Our Sacred Work helps us close the gap between where we are and where we know we want to be one brave step at a time.
Our Sacred Work is as much about the journey as it is about the destination, the destination being our willingness to surrender to whatever our physical bodies want to be the vessels for.
In a typical 3/5 way, it has taken trial and error to get here. I’ve spent the last two years studying and researching and figuring it out on myself. I’ve gotten to know the pillars and yet the learning never ends. There’s always another layer to dig into. And the one that excites me the most right now is the physical aspect, the missing piece. In a way, I feel it is the physical aspect that will bring it all together. I can’t wait to share more in due time but for now, let’s have a look at the Virgo Full Moon Astro weather.
According to Demetra George, the Moon’s function is to offer a receptive container in which to give form to the Sun’s energy. With that in mind, Virgo Full Moon is here to give form to Pisces Sun. Astrologically, they are both mutable signs which means they’re flexible, adaptable, and not afraid of change. Pisces as water and Virgo as earth, they meet to give life to the seeds gathered during the previous harvest season.
This process is beautifully summed up through Alice Bailey’s words about Virgo:
“Virgo symbolises depths, darkness, quiet and warmth; it is the valley of deep experience wherein secrets are discovered and eventually “brought to light”. It is the place of slow, gentle and yet powerful crises and periodic developments which take place in the dark and yet which lead to light.”
According to my teacher Britten, Pisces is the end that creates the conditions for the new beginning. It is here to connect us to something beyond our physical body. In a true Virgo way, it is the sense of self within that body. We’re being invited to cultivate self-awareness through mind, body, and spirit.
What needs readjusting?
Where have we been abandoning our needs?
What part of ourselves needs a bit more dedication?
Where are we invited to cultivate our soil for the seeds that want to sprout?
How can we practice wholeness?
These are the main questions I’ve been pondering on lately and this Full Moon feels like the perfect time for that. The following transits supports us in it.
Firstly, the Virgo Full Moon itself opposite the Pisces Sun. Oppositions are generally potentials for integration through balance. This specific opposition invites us to find our own balancing point for the physical and the spiritual. How can we nourish our bodies as the sacred vessels that they are?
Secondly, we have Uranus in Taurus forming a sextile with the Pisces Sun and a trine with the Virgo Moon. Both of these aspects are harmonious, allowing the energies to flow freely. On the other hand, we are dealing with the rebellious Uranus who is here to release tension. Caroline Casey calls Uranus “the disciplined wild person”. Uranus comes after Saturn. Saturn is all about discipline and structure. In comes Uranus, and disrupts it but not to cause chaos. On the contrary, Uranus wants us to go our own way, to liberate us from our own shackles. What are the shackles we’ve been clinging to for the perceived notion of safety?
And thirdly, there is a lot going on in Aries at the moment. We have just had the Venus-Jupiter and Venus-Chiron conjunctions. Jupiter is still working its way toward Chiron which will occur on the 12th of March. As my teacher Britten says, Venus is here to give us what we want but we have to name it out loud. With Jupiter and Chiron in the mix, I feel like we might just be ready for some comfort zone stretching. I know I've been feeling it, especially all of it taking place in my 8th House where my natal moon resides. How can you lean into the expansive energies whilst still taking care of your physical body?
And as if all of that is not enough, couple hours after the Moon is at its fullest, Saturn will leave Aquarius and enter Pisces, the last stretch of its journey around the astrological wheel. In tarot, this energy is represented in Eight of Cups. In the RWS deck, we see a figure walking away from the neatly positioned cups.
Personally, I love the interpretation of this card in the Gentle Tarot. There’s a figure walking away from the seven cups whilst holding the eighth and drinking from it. This to me sums up Saturn in Pisces: what is the cup we want to drink from moving forward and what are the cups we are ready to leave behind? What are we willing to say no to? What are we ready to say yes to?
No easy questions to answer, right?
But this Virgo Full Moon might just illuminate areas where we’ve sacrificed too much of our sense of self. It does so out of love not to place blame or guilt or shame. That’s the compassionate Pisces light being reflected off the Moon and easing our Virgo inner critic. We’re invited to sow a seed of a dream of a new reality for ourselves and then start cultivating the soil from which it can grow.
Sending you all my love,
Silvia