Virgo New Moon: Wholeness, Devotion & Sacred Beginnings

The Virgo New Moon arrives at 11:06 pm PST at August 22 (00°22 degrees) - a numerological alignment with deep symbolism.

Zero is the void, the womb of creation, the circle of life. It is the ouroboros, the serpent eating its own tail: the eternal cycle of endings spiraling into beginnings. At zero degrees, we are stripped bare - invited into the fertile emptiness from which all things emerge. Twenty-two is the master-builder number, tied to creation, abundance and the building of foundations. Together, 00°22 is both the blank canvas and the divine blueprint. It is wholeness returning to itself, the reminder that what dissolves makes way for what longs to be created.

And in many ways, this New Moon mirrors my own path, illuminating my Sun. Writing this for you on Savary Island, known by Indigenous Peoples as ‘Ayhus’ - the double headed serpent; rebuilding my own foundation, physically recovering from an ankle fracture and energetically from the last year few years of upheaval, change and major life tranformation.

As a natal Virgo Sun and Mars, I have been intimately apprenticing with this archetype my whole life. This lunation not only opens eclipse season, but also feels like it is initiating an important new body of work - one that is asking me to release perfectionism and control, while offering greater certainty around my purpose.

After a difficult season of injury, loss, change and grief, I feel myself returning - to ritual, to purpose, to wholeness. Coming home. This is the essence of Blooming Beyond Grief: a program born from my search for more, yet ultimately teaching me to find wholeness and home within. It is the alchemy of turning pain into purpose, of weaving tantra (the sacred practice of being with life) and astrology (a powerful energetic language tool) into a process of healing that bridges the earth and ether.

This is the bridge of Virgo & Pisces - my Sun & Moon. My masculine & feminine. The sacred union within. The journey through BBG reconnects us to our Lunar Selves and awakens the Inner Goddess. On the search to wholeness and home, it answers the soul’s call and teaches us to hold ourselves - and each other - through the deep emotional waters of change.

This New Moon whispers the same truth: wholeness is not something we chase. It is something we remember.

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Virgo’s Archetype: The Virgin, Whole Unto Herself

Virgo, often misunderstood, is symbolized by the maiden or virgin. Yet the original meaning of virgin is not “pure”, but “whole unto oneself.”

The Virgo glyph (♍) is an “m” with its tail turned inward - a serpent coiled, Shakti energy drawn back to the Self. It symbolizes the transmutation of sexual or creative energy into spiritual energy through devotion.

Virgo is the archetype of refinement, discernment and sacred service. Ruled by Mercury, it is the alchemist of mind into matter - the bridge between spirit and body, thought and ritual, the sacred and the mundane.

At its highest, Virgo reminds us that the divine lives in the details: that every small act, from cooking to bathing, can be devotion. Yet its shadow can slip into crippling perfectionism, self-criticism, and fixation on what’s missing. Virgo teaches that refinement is not about fixing what is broken, but about polishing what is already whole. This archetype’s gift is discernment: the ability to judge well what is worhty of its energy and what isn’t.

During a New Moon, we are often brought into the shadows of the archetype being illuminated, so this energy asks: Where are you judging yourself or your abilities too harshly? Where are you leaking energy into causes, tasks, or relationships that no longer fulfill you? Where is life inviting you to refine, not from lack, but from love?

Virgo vs. Pisces: The Balance of Devotion & Surrender

This New Moon also opens eclipse season, carrying us toward the Pisces Full Moon eclipse on September 7. The Virgo–Pisces axis teaches us balance: structure and flow, discipline and trust, devotion and surrender.

Virgo builds the temple through ritual; Pisces dissolves us into union with the divine. Together, they remind us that both energies are needed. Too much Virgo, and we micromanage life into rigidity. Too much Pisces, and we drift into chaos. The sacred dance is in weaving the two - grounding spirit into matter, and letting matter dissolve back into spirit.

Eclipses along the Virgo–Pisces axis (themes from Sept 17, 2024; March 13, 2025) have been rewriting how we live in relationship with body and spirit, service and surrender, ritual and release, order and chaos:

Virgo refines, orders, heals and creates the sacred through daily ritual.

Pisces dissolves boundaries, merges us with the unseen and asks us to trust what cannot be measured.

Together, they ask: How do we embody the divine in the details of life, while also letting go into the mystery of what we cannot control? How do we find balance between body and spirit? How do we integrate the mystical into the physical and vice versa?

As this New Moon initiates eclipse season, you may begin to feel the tension between: wanting clarity (Virgo) vs. needing to trust uncertainty (Pisces); refining the path (Virgo) vs. surrendering to the unknown (Pisces); devotion through discipline (Virgo) vs. devotion through faith (Pisces)

This polarity also governs healing and service. These eclipses may therefore reveal: where we’ve overextended in service without boundaries (Pisces shadow); where we’ve found imbalance between compassion and discernment; where we’ve been overly critical of ourselves or others (Virgo shadow); and where we can integrate the sacred into both the mundane and the mystical.

Ultimately, the Virgo–Pisces axis teaches us that true devotion is a balance: it is showing up with presence, while trusting the mystery to hold us. It’s about surrendering to the fact that there is a greater script that we do not have privy to, and to trust that the unknown isn’t inherently scary - it’s just unclear. With some faith, surrender, and deep awareness and embodiment in the present, we can maintain our sense of power through the dark corners of the underworld.

Uranus Square: Disruptions That Free Us

This lunation squares Uranus at 1° Gemini, shaking loose the rigidity of old systems and thinking patterns. Virgo craves order, but Uranus in Gemini demands evolution and variety. All of these energies are related to the mind, thinking and intellect - how we disperse and process information from our higher selves. Expect the unexpected: insights, downloads, disruptions, or shifts that call you to release control and welcome change.

Gemini and Uranus might cause disruption while Virgo wants to stay devoted to its pursuits - finding a balance between the two will take some effort and a shift of perspective… because what if disruption is not destruction, but refinement? What if chaos is the exact medicine you need to move forward with devotion and commitment?

Mercury in Leo: Creative Devotion

As ruler of this lunation, Mercury in Leo draws us toward the heart. Service need not be austere or self-denying; it can be radiant, joyful, and infused with creative fire.

This Virgo New Moon asks us: how do we channel our sexual, creative, and life-force energy into pursuits that truly matter? How do we make our devotion not a burden, but a love song?

Leo wants to express, to dance, play, laugh, create. It craves fun and brings a playful, creative balance to Virgo’s hardworking, committed energy.

The Virgin’s Flame: Vesta, Juno & Lilith

bringing us into depth and feeling, Vesta, Juno, and Lilith gather in Scorpio, forming a trine to the North Node in Pisces and Jupiter in Cancer. This is a dynamic blend of feminine archetypes: Vesta, keeper of the sacred flame, symbolizes dedication and devotion to self and sacred service; Juno, goddess of sacred union, reminds us of devotion to partnership and collective purpose; and Lilith, the wild feminine, insists we honor our power, shadow, and desire.

Together, they activate a current of sexual and creative energy - not as indulgence, but as fuel for divine union and collective nourishment. This is devotion as sustenance, the Virgin archetype whole within herself, yet offering her flame as nourishment for others.

A Sacred Beginning

At 00°22 Virgo, we are invited into both the void and the blueprint - wholeness and creation, ending and beginning. This New Moon calls us to refine our devotion, to ground our service in love, and to build not from lack, but from abundance.

This is also the path we walk together in Blooming Beyond Grief - remembering wholeness through the Lunar Self, awakening the Inner Goddess, and alchemizing life’s deepest changes into new life. If your soul is calling you to journey deeper, I would be honored to walk beside you. We begin Sept 6.

Because what is yours will never pass you by - and what you are here to build always begins from within.

Blessed New Moon,

xx Vanja

Check where 0 degrees Virgo is in your chart - reflect on the themes above in relation to this area of your life. What is beginning or returning to wholeness in some way? If you need help, consider learning astrology with me in Lunar Astrology Foundations. What first comes to mind when you look at these areas and consider the themes outlined above?

Where in your daily life are you being invited into ritual, devotion, or sacred presence?

How can you channel creative/sexual energy into pursuits that nourish the collective?

Where is Uranus asking you to welcome disruption as refinement? How do you balance the mystical and mundane? Body and spirit?

How can you invite more creativity, play and lightness into tour sacred work?

Surrendering Into Wholeness

Step 1: Seek Moss

Wander slowly through the forest, letting your body guide you. Notice the ground beneath your feet, the scent of the earth, the way light filters through the trees. When you find a patch of moss that feels inviting, pause. This is your altar.

Step 2: Arrive & Ground (Virgo)

Lie down gently on the moss, belly or back, whatever feels comfortable. Close your eyes. Take a few breaths, anchoring into your body. Feel the weight of yourself supported. Sense the clear boundary of your skin - the edges of where you end and the moss begins.

Step 3: Soften & Dissolve (Pisces)

With each exhale, imagine your edges softening. Picture the moss weaving into your skin, your breath merging with the air around you, your heartbeat syncing with the earth below. Allow yourself to dissolve - skin into moss, body into forest, self into All. Whisper: I surrender into wholeness.

Step 4: Return & Remember

After a few minutes, gently bring your awareness back to your body. Wiggle your fingers and toes. Feel your skin once again as a sacred boundary, but notice the subtle shift: that even within boundaries, you are never separate. You are always home, always connected.

Step 5: Integration

Sit up slowly. Place your hands on your heart and belly. Thank the moss, thank the forest, thank your body. Carry this remembrance with you: that wholeness is not something you seek - it is something you return to, again and again.