Do you feel your Virgoan angels (or demons) being stirred right about now?
How can you tell?
When Virgo facets and essences are activated — as they might be during a Virgo Moon time or when we have other Virgo-activating aspects like there are right now, we can be reminded of Virgoan themes, gifts, and ‘magicks’.
The earth-element Virgo part of us can devotedly tend to all that is sacred both in mystical realms and in the mundane, and lends the healing presence and sense of wellbeing, right where we are.
It may also be a lens through which we can more easily become aware of the sacred that is infused in the everyday matter which we often take for granted, or worse, dismiss or abuse when and if we’re acting from … how shall I say … the less savory demons of our nature.
But from the ‘better angels of our nature’, as Abraham Lincoln called them, our more Virgoan facets are the qualities and traits that allow us to devotedly tend to what’s around us; to recognize and thus invite out the sacred (whether it emerges or not is another story, but that’s not within our control, drat it all!).
Perhaps most of all, we can have the Virgo quality of seeing that small gestures and kindnesses can in themselves be big magic.
What’s more, that Virgo part of us also knows that each word, each detail, has its own magic (so knows that by changing one word, one detail, one element of practice, we make bigger shifts).
With Virgo archetypes, we have the theme of thought and word that comes forth from a mindful, heartful, wise place, and thus has the power to be healing and encouraging rather than cruel, diminishing, blisteringly critical, vulgar, or eviscerating (as heart-disconnected thought and word too often are these days!).
For now, remember Virgo’s message:
There is magic and sacred meaning in being attentive to and tending the sacred-heart of the smallest of things, both within and around you.
Everything is sacred at its core, because at the core of everything is the Divine Spark or flame.
At the center of everything is the opportunity for the welcoming hearth, and heart.
And we can find unexpected magic and meaning in tending that graciously and with devotion (and in the face of these very intense times, that can truly be ‘tall practice’ and challenge us to the core!
And yet doing so can also be healing to us as well as others, helping us to center into the present, call back our scattered bits and pieces, and focus with healing devotion on what’s right here … and what’s within (that’s where it begins, at heart and hearth!).
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step; one deep, nourishing breath; one kind smile; or one word that’s mindfully and well-spoken. That’s a very Virgoan message.
And so on. You get the gist.
Related Sophia’s Children musings:
Mystic Activists and Phoenixes Rising
Your Odyssey and Neptune’s Magic
The Heart, Core, and Magic of the Feminine
The Believing Mirror Reflection (and Being a Believing Mirror for Others)
Believing Mirror or Diminishing Mirror – What Gets Reflected Back?
Learn more about a the Virgoan posse of Mercury, Vesta, Chiron and Chariklo — and how these essences and leanings express in and through you — in the earlier version of this post.
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March 4, 2015 at 6:52 pm
Beautiful, Jamie. I have been acutely aware lately of the power of words and thoughts to help or harm, and interestingly enough, how thoughts and words change after engaging physicality and doing something with the body. Virgo medicine is potent for the body as well, I believe.
Thanks for sharing some of the Virgo magic with us.
Hugs,
Amanda
March 4, 2015 at 7:47 pm
Beautiful, Amanda. Discovering the real magic of words is an amazing thing, and for me at least, ongoing practice. 🙂 Yes, you’re right, Virgo medicine is potent for the body as well … mind, body, spirit. Thanks for visiting! Love, Jamie
March 7, 2015 at 2:46 pm
Another post which I think upon reading your words seemed especially tuned into me LOL..
” And we can find unexpected magic and meaning in tending that graciously and with devotion (and in the face of these very intense times, that can truly be ‘tall practice’ and challenge us to the core!”.. and then you went on to say…….
“And yet doing so can also be healing to us as well as others, helping us to center into the present, call back our scattered bits and pieces, and focus with healing devotion on what’s right here … and what’s within (that’s where it begins, at heart and hearth!).”
Here’s to our Healing, within our centres, within our Hearts.. We can only truly start within the ‘hearth’ of our selves.. x <3
Many thanks again for your guidance..
Blessings
Sue
March 7, 2015 at 4:05 pm
“We can only truly start within the ‘hearth’ of our selves.” So beautiful! Yes. Thank you, Sue. And needless to say, I’m glad the words that spirit their way through me have been good medicine for you today (sometimes it really does feel like they go out into the abyss and, well, they go out into the abyss! :)). Yes – here’s to our healing at the hearth of our heart-centers. 🙂 Thank you for stopping by for a visit. xoxo Love, Jamie
August 13, 2021 at 5:03 am
Hello!
Yes, tending to the details as if they are sacred does have a magical healing effect, and it’s lovely to know that one makes a real difference in the lives of those around us. That is the bright side of the coin.
The shadow side is that the motivation for doing so is often interpreted as competition; trying to make others look bad, in order to make ourselves look good.
Ouch. It really hurts to be so misunderstood… So un-seen.
And it hurts even worse when we start receiving the hate – the hate that would cheerfully kill, if they thought they could get away with it.
Do you have any thoughts on living through this conundrum?
Linda
August 29, 2021 at 6:46 pm
Hey there, Linda.
That’s such a tough one that you’ve shared. I’ve observed and experienced that the current super-sensitized and divisive environment and some other “energy weather” or archetypal astro cycles seem to only amp that reactionary element up. For sure, having hater-energy come at you — and it’s a real thing — isn’t helpful and feels awful.
Feeling misunderstood and unseen is so frustrating!
The power of the Word (thought, spoken, energetic!) is powerful, for better and for worse. That being said, there are things we can do about how we express, as well as buffering from reactions from others that we have precious little control over. It’s not a magical cure-all, but it can help a lot and is worth the practice and experimentation.
Thoughts on living through that conundrum … from lived-experience, sure, there are likely things I could share and things I continue to practice into and experiment with. 🙂
I’d need to have a little bit more information on your situation, though, and maybe even your astro chart setup, so offer some thoughts that might be really relevant.
Feel free to direct-email me and we can explore a bit further (where you might not want to share that info in a public comment section 🙂
xo
Jamie