3rd Quarter Moon in Virgo

December 16, 2022 | 0:55 am (PST) | Keyword: Overcoming

The Moon is traveling in slow motion through the sign of Virgo and stimulating your desire to serve others. Doing so may require the ability to analyze situations in order to find the quickest solution. You’re especially sensitive to those in need and may spend time caring for, willingly assisting, and giving of your time to help. However, this involvement may be with someone who refuses to help him/herself and that ultimately provokes a relationship dynamic of martyr or victim. Your challenge is to serve in sincerity rather than through mechanical displays of rote behavior meant to fulfill the “rightness” of a standard compelled by a moral superiority that drives your sense of obligation. The events that unfold during this cycle will include a person with strong Virgo in the natal chart (sun, moon, rising).

This is a cycle where you may be very private about your feelings, especially if you feel misunderstood or ignored when you attempt to share. It may be difficult for you to find words that can adequately express deeply complex emotions. As a result, you can feel isolated because others don’t understand what you’re feeling.

For some, this may revolve around a family circumstance. The Part of Sons is linked with a retrograde Chiron in the house of partnership. It can indicate differences in perspective due to an internal conflict in the struggle to individuate and the difficulty in breaking away from societal or parental strictures, especially if comfort or indulgence is supported by them. The refusal to conform manifests as rebellion, arrogant superiority, and the concerted effort to antagonize in order to demonstrate individuality. Ideas aren’t always well-grounded and intense emotions register as high or an unrealistic low when reality sets in. There’s trouble finding the middle ground and the lessons are in moderation.

A different motive for solitude may stem from a recent change in your environment where you haven’t yet established solid emotional connections. In other cases, the situation may warrant the restraint of your emotions. It may be your involvement in a secret or clandestine affair which requires discretion or a romantic situation that requires you to be alone because the individual you’re seeing may not want to go public with the relationship or get involved emotionally. Perhaps you’re hiding your emotions and putting on a brave face in order to protect someone who’s ill. In other cases, you may be trying to keep hidden the extent of some hurt you’ve suffered. It could also be that you simply don’t feel like socializing and prefer a much more reclusive lifestyle. You may need extra time and privacy to do research or pursue your own interests. Whatever the case, you’ll try to keep emotional secrets private due to the reaction such a revelation might cause. However, it may be important to reveal your innermost feelings to someone you trust.

The relationship axis in this moon’s chart emphasizes the need for peace and harmony in close relationships, but also independence and the freedom of personal choice. The experiences of this cycle are meant to teach you to stand up for yourself and make your own decisions to gain equal footing when feeling dominated by the strength of a partner or the character of others. When you’ve finally reached saturation point, you’ll decide to establish firmer boundaries and may even sever ties with those who continue to cross your lines.

In fact, the energy supports your wish to end a relationship or leave a job. It’s also auspicious for moving house. There’s a fine line between love and hate and while conditions can be fortunate in matters of romantic love, it can also signify conflict. You may need to remove yourself from an uncomfortable, restrictive, or inappropriate arrangement. In doing so, you must be wary of the impulse to fight with those whose temperament is opposite to your own.

The keyword for this cycle is overcoming which indicates rising above an obstacle. Rather than attempts by force, it promotes those who’re hopeful, kind, and sincere in the endeavor to overcome by love. Through the spiritual nature, one is inspired to help and will also receive aid despite struggles which seem insurmountable. There’s an inner knowing that the challenges will be conquered and are merely meant to provide lessons in the business of life–what is and what can be.

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