Wednesday brings us a New Moon in Virgo. Virgo is ruled by Mercury. Since Mercury influences the power of the mind, this is a good time for intellectual pursuits, but more for those requiring critical detail rather than innovative creativity. It's also a good time to work on assimilating new information. The Moon in Virgo helps us effectively manage anything requiring painstaking attention. It's time to roll up our sleeves and get down to some serious work, and to set up specific routines that will help us manage our lives in constructive and mindful ways.

Virgo encourages us to handle the "little" details of our day-to-day life in an organized, step-by-step fashion so that we can free our minds of clutter. Many people feel an urge to clean up our homes at this time, which is a good way to channel Virgo energy. Health and work goals take on greater importance now, making it an opportune time to start (or re-commit to) a health and fitness regime or a new work project.

At this time of year, Virgo's influence is manifesting as that back-to-school preparation we never quite grow out of. A perfect symbol for this New Moon could be a bouquet of sharpened pencils!

Emotionally, Virgo makes us more concerned with getting things accomplished. We crave organization and practicality and anything that works contrary to having everything in its place will get on our nerves. We are discriminating, fastidious, and can be overly critical if we're not careful. We tend to be more concerned about food and health as Virgo rules the intestines. This can be a healthy reminder to take advantage of summer's harvest to eat better, but we should be mindful not to go to unhealthy extremes.

Spell Work

For any of you who plan to use the Dark of the Moon to perform banishment spells or rituals, you'll want have things wrapped up before 2:19 tomorrow morning. The Moon will be void of course from 2:19 am EDT Wednesday until 2:08 pm, when it makes its move into Virgo. Midnight would be perfect!

The New Moon happens at 3:10 pm on Wednesday. After that time, the Moon will move into its Waxing phase, which is the best time to perform all types of magick for healing, attracting good luck and increasing or advancing things. Mercury is used for guidance and protection with all forms of travel and communication, including cars, planes and electronic devices. Do you need any of these things? Maybe this New Moon energy, influenced right now as it is by Mercury, would be a good time to work some magick for a new car or a new computer! Mercury magick is useful for assimilation of information or to pass tests. Mercury energy is particularly effective for spells involving business, buying and selling, cleverness, communication, contracts, creativity, information, intellect, memory, perception, science, wisdom, writing. Virgo rules the intestines, pancreas and gall bladder - this is a good time to do healing work for these parts of the body for yourself or someone you know.

Correspondences

Correspondences that can help make your New Moon in Virgo magick more effective are listed below.

Color correspondences for a New Moon are silver or white. Goddesses with particular New Moon associations are Artemis and Nimue.

Virgo correspondences:

Planet: Mercury

Element: Earth

Incense: narcissus

Colors: pastel blue, peach, yellow, gold, black

Metal: platinum

Crystals/Stones: cornelia, jade, jasper

Flowers/Herbs: rosemary, madonna, lily, valerian

Tree: elder

Birds: magpie, parrot

Body: intestines, bowels, pancreas, gall bladder

Archangel: Hamliel

Mercury correspondences:

Element: Air

Color: orange

Crystals/Stones: opal, moss agate, aventurine, sodalite, and flourite

Flowers/Herbs: almond, anise, clover, dandelion, dill, hyssop, lavender, lemongrass, lilac, mace, peppermint, rosemary, vervain.

Posted by Angela-Eloise at 5:39 PM