Dear Friend and Reader:

Thursday is the Virgo New Moon, exact at 7:36 am EDT. (View full chart here.) Genevieve Hathaway has interpreted this lunation for each of the 12 Moon signs in her horoscopes below.

This conjunction of the Sun and Moon in mid-Virgo is roughly opposite the centaur planet Chiron in Pisces. Eric wrote recently, “Because Chiron is so closely associated with the themes of Virgo and indeed tells us a good bit about Virgo, we have something of the perfect mirror.” It’s also the last New Moon before the Libra equinox later this month.

Photo by Anthony Ayiomamitis.

Chiron opposing the New Moon (and even just the Virgo Sun today) is a way of opening up to creative flow that may not seem like it. That is, inspiration can come in the form of a detour or unexpected idea (and in fact, Uranus is in the picture, so ‘the unexpected’ is definitely something you can use productively, even if it seems like it will lead you away from your ‘plan’).

Chiron in Pisces is also a reminder to balance out anything technical with something less linear. Every New Moon is an extended moment in which intuition and conscious, creative will blend together. Sometimes it can be hard to get a read on conjunctions (New Moons are a Sun-Moon conjunction) until after the fact, when you have a little distance and perspective on it. But if you set something in motion during a New Moon, it will likely have legs and keep moving.

Helping out this week is Jupiter, making a sextile to the New Moon from Cancer — the Moon’s home sign. Consider Jupiter in this situation to be like booster rockets — or maybe more like water wings. It’s offering its expansive energy for your use, but will only support what you actively put your creative energy toward.

Your Moon sign is where the Moon was at the moment of your birth, which you can find out by entering your birth data into Serennu.com. It helps to have your birth time but often that’s not necessary. You can also read these horoscopes for your Sun and rising signs for additional insight.

Yours & truly,

Amanda Painter

Virgo New Moon Moonshine Horoscopes | By Genevieve Hathaway
These Moonshine Horoscopes are written by Genevieve Hathaway. Genevieve is an astrologer and Planet Waves contributor. She is available for astrology readings. You can contact her at genevieve@venusinblue.com.

Aries (March 20-April 19) — Space is now opening up for you to make some changes to your daily routines. Think of these set daily patterns as a way to tend your energy and replenish your emotional space. As an Aries Moon, like a blacksmith utilizing fire to shape and craft a metal tool, you are able to use your internal fire — your desire and drive for action — to mold and shape your life. Working with this large amount of heat and energy, it’s important for you to have set routines, both physical and creative, to burn off some of this high-octane energy. Take time this week to re-evaluate the structure of your days and weeks, and then make changes to how you spend your time. Even small changes can have a substantial effect on how you feel in your day-to-day life.
— by Genevieve Hathaway

Taurus (April 19-May 20) — As a Taurus Moon, your creativity has a strong service component. By service, I mean that which you create genuinely benefits others. This incorporates both what you need and what others need. In your projects, there must be some positive influence reaching beyond you and affecting other people for you to feel a deep sense of passion and meaning in what you do. This week’s New Moon is highlighting this service angle, providing a new opportunity to help others in a way that may not have seemed possible before. I suggest approaching this new possibility as a blank slate — leaving behind past ideas and situations that did not work. Focus instead on creating what the situation and people call for rather than any preconceived idea of what that might be. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Gemini (May 20-June 21) — At the moment, your internal space is a very active place with what may feel like a heated internal dialogue going on — many voices pitching competing ideas. You are being presented with an opportunity to consciously shape the kinds of thoughts and dialogue that pass through your inner space. Examine each idea and decide whether you want it to color your experience of existence. You have a chance to decide what is true for you. By this I don’t mean living in denial of your actual situation, rather honoring that what you think and feel does have an impact on how you experience life. Take note of how your thoughts affect your emotions — ultimately you are finding a balance between remaining grounded in the here-and-now, while generating a good feeling about who you are through positive thoughts and emotions. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Over the next week, take time to de-clutter and clean out your environment — both your home and workspace. Your emotional space is a pretty full place at the moment. There are a lot of competing emotions moving through you. At times, this may seem confusing, especially since you are used to working with such clarity regarding your feelings. An organized environment will give an additional sense of structure, helping you find additional points of grounding even if you feel a bit off kilter in how you experience life. It’s important for you to live in a somewhat orderly environment. I’m not talking about an obsessively clean environment; rather, keeping your space tidy and the influence that has on helping you apply structure to your fluid and changing emotions. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) — You are moving through a number of deep internal layers of your emotional framework, bringing you into contact with your concept of value. How do you show value toward yourself? Toward others? You are working with a new idea regarding how you honor your own inherent value. Think of this as what you do to meet your needs, desires and boundaries. Part of honoring those needs is knowing which are authentically yours and which come from larger societal expectations. As you work with this new idea of what valuing yourself look likes to you, I suggest not worrying how others are responding. As you take the steps to respect your own value, close partners will follow your lead, understanding through your actions what they can do to respect your needs and boundaries. — by Genevieve Hathaway

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) — At the moment, a dynamic with a close partner is helping you heal a wound you’ve been working through for a while. This relationship is helping you internalize the idea that you can choose whether you focus on your imperfections or on your strengths. Like a flick of your wrist or stepping quickly around a corner, you can swiftly shift your mindset to emphasize the things you are doing right rather than any small imperfections. This requires a conscious choice in where you place your energy. Allow yourself the grace of not always meeting your own strict standards. You are your toughest critic. What is on offer is a healthier, happier emotional state. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) — The connection between your internal psychic state and your physical health will be particularly clear. Notice how you feel physically when you are under emotional pressure. If you feel rundown or sick, check in with your emotional self. As you connect the dots between these pieces of information, a new idea governing how you approach your health will form. I suggest treating your physical body as an extension of your emotions, and your emotions as part of your physical self. This means eating well, sleeping well, drinking plenty of water, giving yourself nurturing down time, and spending time around loved ones who emotionally support you. Through this process you are learning to balance your emotional and physical health — spending time nurturing both aspects of yourself. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) — At the moment, a creative idea you’ve worked and reworked is now going public. This may feel like you are projecting something deeply personal onto a wall for all to see, coming with a feeling of being exposed. I suggest viewing this as an act of connection rather than anything in you being uncomfortably bared. What you are sharing is an idea that is very timely and will resonate throughout your community. There needs to be a certain level of visibility for the two to connect. This takes an intentional action of putting your vision out into the world and being patient while people find it. Ultimately, you are attracting many like-minded people who will provide emotional support for the creative concepts you are working with. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) — You are working with a few ideas about your father’s psychological and emotional experiences and how it negatively affected you growing up. These concepts likely involved pain passed down through many generations, stemming from dismissal passed down from father to son. I suggest acknowledging this and the wounds you carry from it. This is in fact a large step in the healing process. As you work through this material, remember that it has no bearing on your value and worth. Re-accessing parts of yourself that you shut down due to pain may come with the feeling of a distinctive new you. This is your clue that the healing has brought you to a new place, a new perspective. What you are ultimately receiving from doing this work is something that was built to last — a greater feeling of emotional stability. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) — For some time you’ve been reworking or re-envisioning how you see the larger collective and world. This new perspective has what many may consider a spiritual component — a sense of deeper meaning to existence for both you and the larger human race. The Virgo New Moon is helping you translate that larger picture into more tangible and grounded terms. Think of it as taking something that’s more conceptual and breaking it down into how the idea actually applies to you and your daily life. Theory only works so far; to really get inside a perspective you need it to relate to your life. As you narrow this new viewpoint down to something that is true and applicable to you, you will be able to more easily convey this idea, in easily understandable terms, to a few close partners. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — For the past month you’ve moved through what may feel like a series of doorways — each coming with a sense of completion. This process has made you more sensitive and tuned in to the multifaceted nature of your existence. What you’ve been moving through is a space of learning. You’ve discovered a lot about yourself and your needs. As the New Moon takes place in Virgo, you have a unique opportunity to apply all you’ve learned. A fertile moment is opening for you to use this new knowledge in your life. I suggest you proceed boldly, focusing on your vision of where you are growing. As you state your needs through your actions and words people around you will respond. You will be putting out a message that will attract to you people who will provide the support you seek. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — The Virgo New Moon is highlighting your relationships and the fine edge of a new concept you and a partner are working with. It may feel like a precarious balancing act, like you’re on the brink of breaking through a threshold. This can come with the feeling of no turning back. As you and a partner re-work your relationship, an aspect of a past relationship is coming up for healing. As you get clear healing this material, you will see your current partnership differently. There will be an expansion of sorts in your emotional connection that will lead to a key realization about what relating authentically to others means to you. Trust that a close partner is holding space for you to move through this process and share with them what you find. — by Genevieve Hathaway