23 August – 22 September 2025
On 23 August the Sun moves out of social, outgoing and proud Leo and into the refined, grounded and organised energy of Virgo. So, we are moving from fun times into focussed times.
Leo Season gave us a great opportunity to let our hair down, put ourselves out there and have some good old-fashioned fun times! But now it’s time to get back to work.
Virgo energy is a very organised, perfectionistic and practical energy, therefore whenever we are under this influence it is a great time for housekeeping on every level. This means not only tidying up and organising your home, but also your life, workplace, friends and interests as well. You see Virgo energy is very good at showing us where we might be “lacking” in life. And not lacking in the way of not having enough in our lives, but more lacking in what we expect from ourselves and whether we live up to it or not.
Under the influence of Virgo, we aim high and don’t settle for anything less. However too often we set the bar too high; at unachievable heights that no-one can achieve, and then we give ourselves a hard time for not being able to get there. Or, we can feel so challenged or threatened by a new opportunity of experience that we choose not to go there at all and then miss out on valuable learning.
You see Virgo energy demands perfection, and it won’t settle for anything less BUT the big challenge is that, under the influence or Virgo and wherever Virgo energy sits in your Chart, you struggle to see your own perfection. What is SO important to understand is that the only perfection there is in life is doing your best, and none of us can do any more than that. Yet, that Virgo energy – and all your Virgos reading this will know exactly what I mean – keeps you from seeing and believing that of yourself. Rather it keeps telling you that someone else is better than you, or that you need to work harder, or, that you are failing in some way. And it is SO important that you don’t listen to this negative story from your Ego and instead focus on being the best version of yourself you can possibly be, without fear.
So, when its Virgo Season it’s our opportunity to get ourselves organised and get the proverbial ducks in a row. We feel a great need to be more diligent, hardworking and attentive to our work and responsibilities in particular. And the more we can do during Virgo Season to organise ourselves and our lives the better off we will be as the year goes on. Virgo Season is very much our yearly opportunity to do our due diligence; tackle the filing; reorganise the kitchen; polish up on our skills and to basically prepare ourselves in the background for what may be coming in our outside worlds. If there are jobs, and usually the boring jobs, that you have been putting off for forever, Virgo Season can be the time you find the motivation and enthusiasm to get them done!
We have a New Moon in Virgo within 24 hours of the Sun moving into Virgo this month which is quite an unusual thing. The Sun gives us our monthly focus and New Moons are our opportunity to set our intent for the month ahead so it’s very powerful when the Sun and the Moon are together at the very beginning of their journeys. The New Moon on 24 August 2025 is a powerful time to set our intentions for being more organised and prepared within ourselves for what is around us. We can set the intention to be better organised, or more efficient at what we do, or to just be more punctual or attentive, and the Sun and Moon will take our intentions and manifest them into our reality.
Uranus, the planet of change moved into Gemini energy last month and is now well installed there. On 7 September he moves into Retrograde motion joining Saturn, Neptune, Pluto and Chiron. This will mean 5 of our biggest and most powerful generational planets will all be in Retrograde motion. This means slowing down on the inside and taking our time to consider and process ALL that is going on around us.
Saturn in Retrograde is asking us to look at how we can structure our lives for more success.
Neptune in Retrograde is asking us to focus on our highest ideals and dreams and to work confidently on these things in the background.
Pluto is encouraging us to explore our inner worlds and where we dare to be different and to think outside the box.
Chiron is asking us to deeply heal any and all issues we may still have of feeling not good enough or confident enough in ourselves.
When Uranus moves into Retrograde motion in Gemini, we all get a bit of respite from the busyness and chaos around us. We get to go within and use our imaginations and curiosity to explore more. The whole transit of Uranus through Gemini will, I believe, help all of us to think more confidently and assuredly for ourselves and to believe in who we truly are, so much more. However, while he is in Retrograde motion it can be like doing an internal stocktake of all the things that make you, YOU. And then deciding which of these you would like to expand upon or make real when Uranus moves Direct in February 2026. Virgo Season is also a great time to put in place better health and self-care routines and schedules. Because Virgo energy loves to organise and take care of things, this is a great time to put yourself at the top of the organisational list and get your life in order in some way. It could be anything from a new health regime to a new de-cluttering plan. But what you will find is that those “chores” that are usually incredibly tedious and not what you enjoy, you will suddenly have energy for them and want to get on to them.
Now one thing I would like everyone to be aware of when we are in Virgo Season is the deep need of Virgo energy to “serve” others. Virgo and Pisces are opposing signs of the zodiac, but all the opposing signs of the zodiac always share something in common. These two signs both share the need to “serve” others in some way, but for very different reasons. Pisces loves to serve because they want everyone to get along and everything to be easy-going and happy. Virgo’s love to serve because they like to organise and put things in order behind the scenes. However, whether you use the Pisces energy or Virgo energy, when you “serve” you put yourself below another person and this is not the right way to be. I feel we need to change the energy of “serving” to one of “sharing”, because when we share, we are all equal. So, as we move through Virgo Season be aware of where you might be giving too much of your energy away or feeling like you are taking care of things too much for others. We all have our own paths to walk and being there or helping others too much simply stops them from learning what they have come here to learn.
Now we started Virgo Season with Saturn in Retrograde in Aries, but as he had only been in Aries for a short time he had not moved very far within it and so from 2 September until 28 November 2025, he will Retrograde all the way back into Pisces once again, giving us all a big reminder of the importance of “what YOU want”. Neptune will also Retrograde back into Pisces in late October to align with Saturn once again. This brief Retrograde by these 2 powerhouses is a deep reminder to us all that our dreams and beliefs are important and purposeful, but if we want them to become our reality we must focus, do the work and discipline ourselves to be the Spiritual Warriors we came here to be. We get one more look at the longing; the dream; the desire that is for our highest good and we add to it and breathe more magic into it, and then when both Saturn and Neptune are Direct in Aries again, after February 2026, it will be time to put our dreams into action and make them real in every way.
And now back to Virgo. One of the other major challenges that many Virgo people have to overcome is a crippling fear of failure. For many Virgos the thought of not being able to do something perfectly, or not do it well, is terrifying, and therefore many Virgos will not challenge themselves to do anything that makes them feel fear or that they might fail. And I have met many many Virgos who look back at their lives and are really disappointed and annoyed with themselves when they realise how many things they let pass them by rather than taking a chance on them.
So, I would like to challenge everyone reading this Post to do something, just one thing, this Virgo Season that challenges you or that makes you feel fearful in any way. It could be anything from asking for a pay rise to learning to swim – but the object is to step outside of your comfort zone and of your fear, and just try something, anything, new, and see where it takes you!
Most importantly however, is that you use Virgo Season to get your life in order and to do all those boring yet necessary things that you have been putting off or denying for too long. You will find that under this influence it will be easier for you to focus and apply yourself, so make use of this energy while it lasts.
And just one more thing. Virgo energy can be very controlling and this need for control comes from a knowing of how things should be done to get the best result. However, too often this is not how it comes across to others. Your Virgo need to take charge and organise everything feels to others like you are controlling them and telling them what to do. Try to be more aware of this right now and take a step back to see how it might look to another person, BEFORE you say it or do it, and allow others to do things their own way – even if you do think it’s the wrong way!! It’s a lesson in not sweating the small stuff.
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Wishing all you down to earth, hardworking and perfectionistic Virgos out there a very happy new journey around the Sun and many blessings for a magical year ahead. Blessings xox
