MOON DRAGON of VIRGO

 

Demeter – Mother of the Wheat Harvest

What-ever is started under a New Moon will follow the lunar tide of energy until the following New Moon. This will generally occur in the next zodiac sign as the Sun and the Moon move forward in their orbits through the 12 zodiac signs as seen from Earth. These zodiac signs are the imaginary divisions of the imaginary circle called the Ecliptic, although they hold an affinity with the constellations of stars that hold the same names. 

 

Between two New Moon, the tide of energy reaches a peak at the Full Moon when the lunar orb reaches the opposing sign holding the Sun. This takes about 14 days from New Moon. 

The Lunar Cycle

The New Moon of the 11 September 2026 holds the 18^th degree of the zodiac sign of Virgo the Wheat Maiden or Demeter, mother of the Earth and Harvest. 

 

The Sabian symbol of Jones- Wheeler for the 18^th degree of Virgo is that of two girls playing with a Ouija board in order to contact the spirits. Its meaning is that of human desire for contact with the beyond in response to the restless desire of inquiry of how things are in truth. 

 

This is a very appropriate scenario for our present times in the light of all the unrest of the world and questioning of what is. Perhaps this New Moon of Virgo is advising us to give attention to how we are living day to day. Are we conscientious in our hygiene habits and what rituals we pursue; and how we do this with honesty and good humour, rather grouchy complaining at the way things are. Be hardworking and give attention to health, diet and exercise for a good working system both of body and mind. Look at the details; exercise your craft skills. Most of all, be efficient and apply your common sense to matters at hand.

Our enthusiasms and energy of the New Moon are well directed towards family and community activities and concerns, as we turn our mind to friendly communications. Perhaps we should modify this with less self interest over the following lunar month. Look for ways of adjusting in a positive way to our fast changing world.

 

Shortly after the New Moon, things may not be as clear as they should be and a few fantasies and half-truths may be bedazzling our conversations. 

 

The Equinox is between 22^nd and 24^th of September. Here is your opportunity to create more balance and harmony in your life by looking at what is fair and equal as the Sun moves into the sign of Libra and night or dark equals day or light. 

Full Moon over the Mountain

By Full Moon tide of 26^th September we will see how well we have done and to what degree we have been successful in applying all that energy and enthusiasm released at the previous New Moon. We are likely to be dealing with more big events as we adjust to the general paradigm shift. 

Look at how you can assist rather than fall prey to feeling sorry for yourself and be prepared to deal with more strong challenges as the lunar cycle wanes towards its next New Moon phase.

Ode to the Dragon of the Moon

LEO the LION

 

LEO the LION

23 July – 22 August

The Water Serpent

As the Sun enters the Tropical sign of Leo, the great and famous Sirius becomes the morning star to herald the day. The month of August breaks with the planet Jupiter looking at the planet Pluto across the vault of heaven reflecting on from the end of July. Those looking to improve their situation need to profoundly transform their current outlook on both big and small situations. By the end of July the Full Moon will reactivate this situation, which now reaches a high point. Those things that have been in go slow or stalemate  over the past weeks, as the planet Mercury dithered in its orbit, are now likely to get a move on, and early August sees us with the opportunity of making the necessary and practical adjustments to improve our situation. Integrate the old and the new with as little anguish and anger as possible. 

Around mid-August the fiery planet Mars is telling us to focus on domestic situations, its comfort or not.  Go deep and think about the situation.  How selfish and self-centred have we all been?

Rise like a Phoenix. 

Aberdeen Bestiary 1200 CE

Stone and Fire-Water

 

Everyone one seems to be getting a tad itsy about Saturn meeting Neptune in the sky. It happens approximately every thirty-six years but this time the pair of planets are moving together into a new zodiac sign, ARIES, the sign of new beginnings and new cycles. Aries is the beginning of the zodiac circle. This is causing all a bit of a stir, especially as AI is taking over quite a lot in all sorts of areas of life and business, perhaps redefining the space-time parameters within which we live. Externally we see this chaotic shift happening through the experience of the horrific wars going on around the planet, both national and personal. The intensity of this combination of planetary energies is about to ramp up as the conjunction of Saturn and Neptune becomes exact over the period 15^th to 21^st February 2026. But we don’t necessarily expect an immediate happening, although it can occur, more likely it will wait for a more precise trigger to set the big planets in motion but we will feel the growing energy of important changes. To prepare for a positive response to these coming changes look back 30 years or 300 years, to get a flavour of our present time and so that we can avoid previous mistakes and the potential sorrow of reflection on things not done.

Saturn bringing new foundations

The sign of ARIES is all about a new beginnings, beginnings in life and in cosmic cycles. These beginnings, in true Arian fashion, are not thought about but chased after with great unthinking enthusiasm – please don’t stand in my way cause I know what I’m doing and where I’m going and can be very forceful and careless in doing so. That is unless there is a degree of maturity and wisdom at play as well!!!!!! – to give guidance and the necessary direction to enthusiasms.

The planet Neptune hasn’t been in the sign of Aries for approximately 161 years, that is way back in the 19^th century when Queen Victorian of England immersed itself in engineering innovation driven by under-paid workers, or human robots, and there was pseudo spiritual awakening to amuse the wealthy hiding a more productive movement of human spiritual growth. Are we too on the verge of robotic slave labour and a tsunami of spiritual confusion? We are sure that readers can delve into more areas of mess-up!! Look out for new waves of colonisation during the power-shifts, as all the outer planets join Saturn and Neptune in moving into new signs of new influence.

Leonardo portraying wisdom

As we progress through the year, look out for those suffering, avoid the anxiety of irrational fears and anxieties growing due to too much self-centred navel gazing. Drop the ego and aim for humility, be extra diplomatic before making that heated opinion. Avoid drugs like the plague. Work hard and be self-reliant so that your ideals, imagination and intuition can find constructive and healthy outlets that contribute to progress however small or big. This could be a time of great creativity and successful business ventures or a time of losing control and spinning out in the chaos of confusion, scandal and defamation. Watch the sky as it goes through a kaleidoscope of change over the next two years or so. 

As the recent young Australian surfer demonstrated, may the heroic acts of personal sacrifice of time and energy made for the greater good of humanity, out run the self focused destruction of non-action and woolly thinking. May charity replace lack of awareness and consideration of the rights of ALL. May creative endeavour replace warped thinking. 

If the global weather patterns of wind, rain and tide settle down, then we will know that we are on the right road to recovery. If not, it comes to mind that the alternative might be a revisit to Noah’s Ark or that of Hindu Vaivasvata or Chaldean Nuah. 

The painter Hieronymous Bosch said it all way back in history:- 'Death & the Miser'

      

Astrological perspectives of this combination of planetary energies, seen in the past, are also indicated in what we are seeing and experiencing today. These are problems of finding a new combination of exclusive traditional form and inclusive universal principles. A new level of being and living needs to be found, one that balances clear focus and definition of goals with a broad idealistic perspective. Such may be accompanied by vast political changes that arise out of the objections to old institutions and established regimes living beyond their use by date. And yet let us not forget a balanced approach to solutions rather than swing too far in the opposite direction. Intellect must combine with spirit, the individual with the community needs, understanding with the demands of ‘rights’, then a new beginning can be positive. Many are trying to move in this direction and the impetus must be sustained. Can the young show us the way without too much arrogance.