Planting the Seeds of Change

We are about to enter Virgo season. This isn’t just any Virgo season —for on August 23rd we will enter a powerful portal during the new moon. The new moon in Virgo is a black moon because it is the third out of four moons instead of the usual three that we will experience this summer. It carries an energy of deep reset—a more intensified new moon. The new moon in Virgo will be at 0° which is a critical degree. It's a birthing point and as a result, it's an extra potent time to make intentions and plant the seeds of change. Consider starting a new ritual or habit for the next 30 days from August 23-September 21, 2025. Let’s see where it will take us because on September 21, the last day of summer, we will have an eclipse in Virgo at 29° the final anaretic degree or degree of fate. We are facing a huge turning point. It’ll be a time where we release so many things that no longer serve us and set out on a new path. So if you take time these next few days to really consider any changes you'd like to see for yourself this year it's a really powerful time to do so. I'd like to include some journal prompts here so that we can use them to explore these themes:

There is a prompt for each of the houses of the zodiac. If you know which house Virgo resides in your birth chart, focus on the themes in that house. You can also answer all of the prompts or just the ones that reach out to you!

1st House (Self, Identity, Beginnings)

✨ Who am I becoming when I release old labels and let myself simply be?

2nd House (Values, Resources, Security)

✨ What do I truly value, and how do I honor these values in the way I spend my time, money, and energy?

3rd House (Communication, Learning, Community)

✨ How can I speak my truth more clearly while also listening deeply to others?

4th House (Home, Roots, Inner World)

✨ What practices, memories, or spaces help me feel most at home in myself?

5th House (Creativity, Play, Expression, Romance)

✨ What brings me joy, and how can I make more space for play and creative self-expression?

6th House (Daily Routines, Health, Service)

✨ Which small daily rituals nourish my well-being and keep me aligned with my purpose?

7th House (Relationships, Partnership, Reflection of Self)

✨ What do my closest relationships mirror back to me about who I am and how I love?

8th House (Transformation, Intimacy, Shared Resources)

✨ What part of me is ready to die and be reborn so I can step into deeper intimacy with myself and others?

9th House (Expansion, Philosophy, Higher Learning, Travel)

✨ What beliefs or perspectives are ready to grow, shift, or expand so I can live more fully in alignment with truth?

10th House (Career, Legacy, Public Life)

✨ What kind of legacy am I building through my work and daily actions?

11th House (Community, Friendship, Collective Dreams)

✨ How do I contribute to the greater good, and what kind of community do I long to co-create?

12th House (Spirituality, Dreams, Subconscious, Release)

✨ What am I ready to surrender so that I can move into deeper trust with the unseen and the divine?

As the sun moves into Virgo, we are invited into an archetype that often is reduced to “the perfectionist” or “the organizer.” Can we see ourselves here in the over-planning, the relentless to do lists and our critical eye for detail? While it is true that details, the smallest actions — how we speak to ourselves, how we nourish, how we tend our spaces — often contain the deepest medicine, it is when we take it too far and try to control our outer world that we move from healing to becoming our own worst critics. 

When we shift our perspective a bit we see that at its core, Virgo is the healer — the part of us that seeks wholeness, that understands how details create structure, and that knows discipline can be a form of devotion. And as we explore the prompts, let us consider what type of discipline we can add to our lives to serve our highest purpose. Brene Brown illustrates a crucial distinction in her book the Gifts of Imperfection: “Healthy striving is self-focused: How can I improve? Perfectionism is other-focused: What will they think?” Our intention is what makes all the difference. Self-improvement is an act of love not a validation seeking behavior that eventually leaves us feeling empty.

When we learn to live with such care and attentiveness that even the smallest gestures become sacred. Virgo asks us to see that the little things are not little — they are everything — they are the breadcrumbs that guide us back to wholeness.

I hope that you take the time over the next few days to turn your gaze inward and discover what rituals and habits you can add to your daily life to set you on the path of your dreams. I will be walking the same path. Reach out, I would love to hear what you come up with and see where we will be in 30 days. Sending so much love! Lora