SOLAR ECLIPSE GROUNDWORK

A powerful tool in a time like this is to live in integrity with yourself. And that means knowing what a life of integrity is for you, in its application, not just words. With the Sun in Virgo illuminating the South Node in Virgo, we have a clear and obvious time period of seeing where we may be 'leaking' our own energy and not living in integrity. I give my own mundane examples in this episode. You can book in for a reading or take one of my classes over here at my website. 

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Hi. I want to present some little glimpses of how Go-Go season. These eclipses are showing up in my own life as, I guess practical. Yeah, practical examples where it's not just theory, but it's like, how is this moving through me? And both as an astrologer and somebody who does have, uh, my moon in Virgo Natally, uh, I wanna keep this one brief as well. Let's see how I go at that. So we're in this in-between, aren't we? Where this morning I went out to stand on the grass and I was looking at the sun directly. In front of me. And then I turned to the left to, you know, a 90 degree angle and there was the moon. So we're in this quarter moon phase, the week between full and new. And then it's also in the week between new and full, uh, the quarter moon. So there we're, we're, we're out of the. Experience of the lunar eclipse, and now we're moving towards this second new moon and partial solar eclipse, which will take place next Monday. I'll, I'll speak to that, uh, as well. You know, again, this is the second new moon that we're having in Virgo. We opened the season with one at zero degrees and we're closing the season with one at the final degree, 29. Uh, the, I mean, the, the symbolism of that is strong and for me, I've been noticing a lot. Uh, one of the things I think I started to, or try to articulate yesterday is I've had a real. Things that have been in the distance have really come into focus for me in the last couple of weeks. Uh, as a mundane example, my child will be going to a really rad, super rad school next year, and it will be his first year of school and. With that comes holiday time. There's, it's like I am, I'll be receiving soon the structure of what our on and off time will look like for the next however many years, and that he'll be at school. So it's like I've gone from this sense of what that might look like to now it's becoming concrete. And how can I mold my work around that? You know, shifting from working on the weekends to working during the week, um, there's so much more that I'm having to contemplate and figure out how to bring it to life. You know, including what do, what do I want his, what do I want to curate for him in terms of. His holidays, his off time, where do we go? How do I make that possible? Um, in all, in all realms, you know, financially, um, you know, planning all, all of that, it's not just a, it's not a fuzzy thing to dream about. Now. It's like it requires Virgo, it requires. Grounded, organized, deliberate, strategic thinking, planning structure to bring it to life. And so that's one, one example I've certainly noticed, especially this weekend. Uh, and I have the chart for the, for today and then the chart for the solar eclipse, partial solar eclipse in front of me. And I was just noticing, um. I mean, that solar eclipse is gonna be on, on my moon. Uh, but right now the north node mercury, uh, and the sun are on my moon as well, you know, within 10 degrees. And a lot I've really noticed this weekend is, is the neuroticism, which is certainly a, a, a wing of, or a branch of Virgo possibility. And that neuroticism is showing up with like the planning of my daily life. Um, you know, my work is es essentially conducted over two days of the week. My work week is a two day thing, and I just had a, I've just had this excellent new writing project land, which will be dominating a lot of that time over the next. Four to five weeks, um, which is exciting and great. I have level two of astrology school starting, like there's, there's these thing next weekend. There's these things that are, that have just entered that are making me, and I've had to be, I've had to write to myself, this is the neuroticism, or maybe this is the Geminis. You know, I need to be. I often need to be in conversation with myself to, uh, figure things out, whether that's in written form or just out loud to myself, big fan of verbal, solo, verbal processing. Uh, but I've just had to really get clear on how am I spending my time when I, when I have it, and why. Why am I spending my time this way or on this thing and really looking at how can I cut the fat? Um, yeah, it gets, sometimes it just gets quite neurotic in, in my brain. Um, I feel like that's probably a bit of a universal experience, but something that I've been asking myself. To streamline my time and the conscious use of my time towards these things that are really important to me. A, because they're meaningful, but B, they're also, it's also my work. It's also what graces the wheels of, excuse me, my life. Um, but what is. What is integrity to you? That's been my question over the weekend. And then how do I live a life or how do you live a life that is in integrity? Like what does that look like to you? We need to understand these things that we define for ourselves, but then we live. That way, you know, that's embodiment. It's not, it's not integrity, I mean, integrity in your day-to-day, living far outside of your publicly stated curation of self. You know, one another mundane example for me on Friday. I had my hair tended to, I really struggle with spending. It just feels like, um, like dead time to me. You know, things like getting my nails done, which I haven't done for a long, long time, or going to get my hair done, you know, it takes so long and it just, yeah, it's a, it's a whole thing for me again. Probably just quite neurotic. Who knows? Um, who cares? And I had said when I booked the appointment, like I, I don't wanna get my hair blow dried. I, I, I genuinely hate getting my hair blow dried. Um, and then the stylist convinced me to do it on the day. So I did. And you know, I don't know. It was a, it was a range of things. But anyway, I woke up yesterday and I was so annoyed at myself because I'd gone against my own word. And I know this is so mundane and I know there are such gigantic things taking place in the world at all times. Um, and so it might seem so fickle to even discuss these things. But personally, this is in my sense as an, as an, maybe it's as an astrologer or just as me. These things count. Am I keeping my word to myself? What is my word to myself? How have I crafted it? Why is it there? Why do I want to stand beside it? In a, in a Virgo way, our like confidence and sense of worth comes from stating our word in a way that feels true and then keeping our word. And so, yeah. One of the things that I just noticed with that was where I had gone against myself and. Essentially leaked energy. The other thing that I've noticed this weekend is where I have been applying some of my thoughts and my eyes, my attention in terms of social media use, and it's just so, it's such a leak. It's so, you know, without even telling you what the thing is, but I'm sure you'll have your own examples of this, like it just. It just doesn't cut it. There's, I, so what I'm saying is there's just things more and more things that I'm noticing or that are really just because the sun is here in Virgo, this spotlight is here, the sun being consciousness, our attention, um, what is in view are these south node Virgo things, you know? Um. Misplaced time leaking energy, going against one's word, uh, uh, a a neuroticism that is a, a deep waste of time. For example, me planning my daily life or ruminating on how can I best do X, Y, Z. But spending that thinking time in on the thinking rather than doing the thing. You know, like getting up at five when I seem to be awake now and going for a walk versus debating it, you know, that these kind of things, they're just, it doesn't feel good. It doesn't feel, um, it just feels like a leaky ship. So while we're in this last week of Virgo with the sun here, with the south node here, this is our only, uh, experience of having the sun in this sign where the south node is for this round of eclipses over this 18 month period. So it's worth. Uh, noticing and utilizing these things that are coming up for you. But I think at the crux of it, what we're looking at is what is living in integrity to you, not to somebody else, not to a particular group, but to you. You know, I. Again, like to me, self-knowledge, self-awareness is always important. Um, I talk a lot about power, and to me, when I say power, I mean like consciousness being fully present in your body, in present time. Intentional, like alive here, not dissociating. Not on the phone, not being a keyboard warrior, but then living like a total jerk in your personal life. You know? Um, like what does that look like? How are you living in integrity? D one thing as well with this solar eclipse is partial solar eclipse. We have the sun and the moon, or we will have the sun and moon at 29 degrees and opposite that we'll be satin at 28 degrees. And so I just wanted to mention that or re-mention that Satin has moved back into Pisces where it will be until Valentine's Day next year, at least here in Australia. So we have satin in Pisces, which is systems structure, devotion, discipline within this realm that can be hazy to me, when I see satin there, it's like has the capacity to take vision and bring it to life. Through the tenets of Saturn, which is time and discipline and commitment, or we could say devotion. So that's interesting that it's also gonna be opposite Saturn as well, like where it just feels like a little, a little boot, you know, a little, um, kick. I don't. Not that it's violent, but it's like, come on, like stand up straight. You know? Can you stand up and, um, know that you are doing the best that you can? I think that's all I have to say. Oh, yeah. And, and so in closing, for all of you who have. Saturn in Pisces, whether it's your first Saturn return or your second Saturn return, I just wanted to give you that, the PSA, that you're in this final stretch of this experience. Always a great time for an astrology reading when you're in a satin return. Always, because it's not just looking at your satin, it's making incredible relationships to your entire chart. Um, I do have a couple of dates left this September. Yeah, that's it. I'll be back next week to talk more about the eclipse, uh, because we will a, a, a lot of our week will be in the after, after currents of that, and we'll also have the Equinox on Tuesday. So Monday partial solar eclipse, final degree of Virgo. Tuesday, we have the excellent, beautiful Equinox that begins at zero degrees. Zero minutes of Libra, one of my favorite signs. And yeah, I've got a lot to say about that. A lot to say about beauty, which I will over the coming weeks. Okay, goodbye.