New Moon Impulse Worthwhile

What is ‘worth’?
This is the central question posed over the next 29 day Lunar Cycle.
It corresponds with the vibration of the zodiacal constellation Virgo.

In the sky, Virgo stands in full recognition of harvest.
We see a woman, who, depending on the viewer’s perspective,
holds either a sheath of wheat or a fresh stalk of corn. But Virgo's harvest is not just the timely September work of farmer and gardener. The Virgo sky woman represents purity, and her harvest, the worth of both an inner and outer crop.

The global backdrop for the September New Moon is one of angst and distrust. Since the collapse of money markets, we have heard much, experienced much, and are forced to consider our self-worth in terms of job, home, health care, and retirement funds. The list represents material concerns where we can assign a definitive monetary worth.

Virgo has much to say on this topic. The sky woman representing ‘purity’ of harvest is asking us to assess our motivation and actions regarding how we harvest our fears. She tells us if our motives are altruistic rather than self-serving, then our self-worth is brightened, akin to the stellar harvest.

We receive in kind.

This is one kind of Virgo measure of ‘worth’ and one kind of harvest return.

Virgo, through her ruling planets, Mercury and (my choice) Chiron, energize another kind of ‘worth’. The sky lady stands between Leo the lion and the scales of Libra. Our harvest is promised healthy seeds for Spring planting if we are able to balance (Libra) loving-kindness (Leo) with wisdom (Chiron)- mind (Mercury).

Concerning the return for our actions, or karma, a wise man once said that we should "work hard, as if our hair were on fire". If we employ the fiery energy of Autumn's red-orange flame, we have the opportunity of knowing for ourselves the experience of worth beyond our self-interest, offering a bounty that is immeasurable.

New Moon, Saturn, Sun, Mercury in opposition to Uranus, issues an important alert. Oppositions offer awareness and perspective, both necessary for worthwhile actualization. Be in readiness to recognize all situations as opportunities, be they large, small, pleasant or unpleasant. Uranus tells us that all situations are moments created to open the way, offering us passage to transpersonal experience that ennobles individual and planetary life.