2015 Sun Conjunct Jupiter in Virgo – Work, Serve, and Grow

The Virgo Sun will bring the current status of our daily lifestyle operations to light – the best and the worst of the current operations will be seen as the glory and/or the horror that they are. Nothing remains hidden in the light of the Sun. We will see how the mundane, everyday routines, systems, and processes of our lives are actually functioning.

Virgo Jupiter will bring practical and purposeful expansion, and it will expand whatever is already in place. This is why it’s important to look at and truly see what is happening in this moment right now – whatever we are giving our energy and effort to is growing and expanding.

As the Sun and Jupiter combine their energies, it is an excellent time to notice the practical functionality of our own individual everyday lives as well as the daily operating procedures of the world around us in order to ask ourselves if we are truly making life easier or healthier for ourselves. Are our lives really functioning in healthy and healing ways? Are we really being of practical and purposeful service to ourselves and each other?

This Virgo Sun-Jupiter conjunction is felt from 24th-29th August 2015, but the transit is exact at 3:02p PDT today, 26th August 2015 – a numerological 6 universal day. Six is maternal and/or healing energy – a.k.a. “mommy energy” – and under the influence of Virgo, six wants to improve things. Virgo 6 works to solve problems in the everyday routine of life. Its objective is to nurture and restore the mundane operations of everyday life to their functional best – healed, healthy, efficient, and effective.

Much like a mother giving her nurturing energy to her child, we are nurturing certain elements and aspects of our lives by giving them our effort and energy. That which is given attention, energy, and effort will grow and expand. What isn’t given attention, energy, and effort to will diminish and decrease.

One word which sums up attention, energy, and effort is…WORK!

That’s right. Whatever you are putting your attention, energy, and effort into is what you are working for and toward in your life.

However, in the majority of the world, we have been conditioned us to perceive and believe work to be an exclusively external thing – externally focused and projected. Yet we often fail to recognize that our outward projections of effort and energy come from within us! The results on the outside are reflecting the energy and effort we are applying within ourselves!

We often think that hard work means do more externally – longer hours, harder labor, more complicated systems or processes, more money or materials, etc. Yet we fail to see that right now, the work we individually and collectively need to do is more internal than external. During this 2015 Virgo Sun period and especially under the influence of this Sun-Jupiter conjunction, we also get to look within ourselves to learn and understand what is (and isn’t) driving our external efforts in order to make our external efforts more practically efficient, effective, and purposeful.

We are now waking up to the fact that effective and productive external work is the product of effective and productive internal work. Therefore, we get to look at how we each and all go about applying our resources and efforts to create and manifest the lifestyles we want to live.

On an individual level, this means that you get to take a closer look at how you choose to practice life. Think about that for a moment – really.

• What or who are you putting your energy into?
• How are you going about the day-to-day of your life?
• Why are you doing the work you are doing?
• What is your intention in doing the work you are doing? What do you hope to accomplish?
• What or who are you working for? Is it for yourself, for others, or both?
• What or who works for you in your life? What or who doesn’t work for you?
• Are you putting effort into something that works for you…or maybe doesn’t work for you?

Those questions are paramount at this time because whatever (or whomever) you are giving your energy and attention to will indeed grow and expand…for better or worse. Therefore, it’s important that whatever you are putting work into is something and/or someone you want to have a growing and expanding presence or influence in your life for the better.

Consider the people and projects which support, encourage, and nurture your healing, health, and wellness; make the day-to-day needs of your life simpler and easier to meet or manage. Those people, projects, and practices bring joy and ease to your life, so there is joy in doing that work! That joy is what transforms work into service. Authentic service is what nurtures lasting growth and expansion.

Wherever and however you authentically serve is where and how you reap lasting rewards.

• For those of you who have been doing your internal work, your rewards may begin to make themselves known today.
• For those who begin or do your internal work today, you will likely begin receiving rewards for your efforts in the near future.
• For those of you who are aware of yet resist doing your internal work, you may find that it’s getting harder to continue as you have been and that you may be making it harder do the internal and external work later. Things may become more complicated or you may be more entangled in your difficulties than you are right now.
• For those of you who have no idea that you have work to do, you may begin to realize that you might actually be responsible for some if not all of you current life circumstances. Once you start to see how your work affects your life, you may recognize a need to make some changes in your life.

Doing the internal work requires that you face the reality of your life. Not the ideal you’re hoping will become reality, but the practical and tangible reality of what you are living and dealing with right now. You will need to see yourself and your daily life and lifestyle in real, practical, tangible terms. If you’re not willing to let go of your ideals to face the reality of what-is, this Sun-Jupiter conjunction may be a very difficult time for you.

Yet if you are willing to face and accept the practical reality of your everyday life at this time, you may find that opportunities for you to progress forward and upward begin to appear. The doors open to those who are willing to open them – if you are clear and serious about your desire for healing and wellness for yourself and all around you, though it may be difficult to face some hard truths at first, you’ll likely find that optimism gradually emerges and begins to influence your life perspective and choices. Your life has purpose when you’re clear about the work you get to do, and purpose brings joy, and joy brings authenticity to your practical works and service.

Work, serve, and grow. That is the message of Sun conjunct Jupiter in Virgo. take time to look at yourself and your life, and figure out how to make this the reality of your life…and experience the growth and expansion of joy in your life.

Thanks for reading and sharing Signs and Numbers. Until next post…

~ Light, Love, and Blessings,

Grace

2015 Mercury and Jupiter in Virgo – Practical Magic

In the last few days, there’s been a palpable shift toward the practical.

As we move just beyond the Leo Sun’s halfway point, we’re already starting to feel the practical, grounding energy of Virgo.

Virgo is mutable earth energy and is the sign of the practical healer. It addresses the functionality of our daily lives – everything that makes our daily lives work. This is the sign of health and wellness, of practical service, and of systems and processes. Whatever works is sustained. Whatever doesn’t work is adjusted until it does work.

 

Our introduction to this hands-on energy began when Mercury entered the sign of Virgo at 12:15p PDT on Friday, 7th August. When it did, it shifted the focus and intention of our thoughts and words to the real world day-to-day operations of our lives.

The 2015 Virgo Full Moon – “Making It Work” with Your Head in The Clouds & Your Feet On the Ground

The 2015 Virgo Full Moon is at its fullest making exact opposition to the Pisces Sun at 10:05a PST on Thursday, 5th March 2015 (14.84°).  During this Full Moon period (2nd-8th March 2015), it’s time for some serious reality checks after you’ve been aspiring to your ideals, visions, and dreams voraciously for a couple of weeks now.  For some of us, these will be mild shifts.  For others, these may be harsh grounding experiences.  Either way, get ready to have your imaginings and ideals brought into the critical eye of practical assessment.

In other words, it’s time for you to experience what it really takes to have your dreams become the actualities of your life.  Having your head in the clouds envisioning your ideals is one thing, but if your dreams are going to manifest you also need to have your feet on the ground.  That’s what this 2015 Virgo Full Moon is all about.

August 2014 – A Numerological 6 Universal Month – The Stage Parent and The Fixer

***Author’s Note***:Normally, I keep the numerological reports in the Life By Soul monthly e-zine which is exclusive to members of the Life By Soul mailing list.  However, I feel like it’s important to publish this today.  Most of this information is copied directly from the 2014 Leo E-Zine, so if you like what you read here, you may want to sign up for the monthly e-mailing.  And for those of you who already subscribe to the e-zine, I hope this post is more a reminder than redundancy, and there is some new stuff to preview the upcoming 2014 Virgo Sun Period.

The shameless promotion of the e-zine is now complete.  Now for the good stuff…

Today, the 1st day of August 2014, is not only the busiest astrological day of the 2014 Leo Sun Period.  It also brings a numerological energy shift from Leo 5 to Leo 6 Sun energy.  When we enter Leo 6 numerological energy for the month of August 2014, we may notice that there is moderate shift of focus to a more emotional motivation for garnering attention and instigating drama.

6 is the “mommy energy” of numerology, calling for nurturing, caring, and protecting. It is also the number of healing and wellness, and can be very practical in its approach to finding solutions to any problems or issues with efficiency or effectiveness.  6 energy likes to make sure things work so that life works as they believe it should.

Venus in Virgo opposite Neptune Retrograde in Pisces – Practical Magic

Ah, Neptune in Pisces – so dreamy, magical, romantic…and delusional.  This is the stuff magic and dreams are made of, and with Neptune in retrograde motion, we have the opportunity to take a really good look at how we can take ourselves willingly into a fantasyland.

But don’t despair!  You don’t have to do this internal exploration of your vivid imagination alone.  That’s where Venus in Virgo comes in!

Venus in Virgo brings our one-on-one relationships of all kinds into the mix.  Your counterparts in these relationships help you keep your feet on the ground, or at least help you get your feet back on it if you’ve already gone floating into the rose-colored ether.

Your relationships help mirror you, reflecting both your own beliefs and behaviors and/or awakening you to what you do or don’t want for your own life experience.  These revelations focus and inspire the next steps on your life journey, and with Venus in Virgo, they do this in very practical, efficient, and effective ways.

This isn’t to say the Neptune Retrograde in Pisces is rendered useless.  In fact, it’s anything but that.  Neptune is actually strengthened by this opposition in that you get to have your dreamy vision, yet you also get to create a real plan and take real steps to move it forward into manifestation.  By taking steps in experiential reality to make your dreams an actual reality, your dreams won’t get the better of you.

This Venus-Neptune opposition was exact yesterday, July 26^th, 2013 at 5:08a.  However, it will still have influence well through the “Star” configuration on Monday, July 29^th.  Therefore, it may be to your advantage to reflect upon the last few days to see where you tend to delude yourself in your life and who or what keeps you in check.  Identify the people you can count on to help you keep your “pie in the sky” from becoming “pie in your face”.

This is the practical magic of Venus in Virgo opposite Neptune Retrograde in Pisces.  Make the most of it over these next few days to bring your dreams into manifest reality.

Thanks for reading and sharing Signs and Numbers.  Until next post…

 

~ Light, Love, and Blessings,

Grace

Mercury in Virgo – Keeping Your Eyes on the Prize

Mercury enters Virgo this evening, August 31st, 2012 at 7:33p PDT.  With it comes a shift in our mental and communicative focus – away from the attention we draw to ourselves and what we reveal ourselves to be, and toward the implementation of the plans we have been creating to align our lives with the Truth of who we are.

Virgo is about organizing, systematizing, and practical implementation.  It is also about healing and wellness, clearing out what is toxic to us and bringing things back into integrity and good health.  Its practical and purposeful nature often associates Virgo with your works, service, and daily routine.

Mercury joins the Sun in the sign of Virgo for an amplification of this practical and purposeful energy.  With our minds and communications now shifting into this realm, you are likely to see a stark contrast between the theatrical drama of Leo we’ve been experiencing over the last few weeks and the nuts and bolts approach of Virgo.  Things will almost suddenly become pretty simple and straight-forward, and there will be a more cut-and-dried approach to getting things started and/or done.  There won’t be much tolerance for drama or excess over the next few weeks.  If it isn’t effective or efficient, it’ll probably be discarded or ignored. The intention in the next couple of weeks is to “keep your eyes on the prize”.

That said, Mercury’s journey through Virgo this time around will be a quick and useful one – it will be in direct motion its entire time in Virgo, moving into Libra on September 16^th.  Ideas and thoughts and our communications of them will likely be clear, concise and very deliberate.  They will also serve the dual purpose of 1)  helping us implement plans and intentions, and 2) healing the wounds that may surface as we start letting go of all that no longer serves us well.

This Virgo 5 Sun-Mercury cycle is a time of clearing away who and what distracts, discourages, or otherwise detriments us in the pursuit of our goals and dreams.  We clear away the negatives to create space for all that is practical, tangible and positive to come into our live to assist us with the manifestation of our plans and intentions.  Though there will be some tangible and physical actions taken, the majority of this work done during Mercury in Virgo will be done through words more than any other means.

Some questions to consider over the next 16 days:

• Who and what supports you in “winning the prize(s)” in your life…and who and what seems to distract you or take you away from it?
• What do you need to get what will support or encourage you in manifesting your goals and dreams? What and/or who stands in the way of getting what you need?
• Is it really someone or something else, or it is your own beliefs and behaviors and thoughts that need to change?

We aren’t done with Leo entirely.  Venus enters Leo on September 6^th, and will bring a little drama back into our lives as others begin to respond and react to the communications we make.  We are likely to have our ‘drama moments’ as well – after all, we aren’t the only ones who are making changes.

Everyone in our lives is under the influence of this Virgo 5 Sun-Mercury combination.  So we’ll need to deal with our feelings and thoughts about being on both the giving and receiving end of the changes we are all undergoing.  For some of us who are already well-aligned with our inner Truths, the changes we are called to make may be small and barely noticeable.  But for some of us who have found ourselves to be more out of alignment with our inner Truths than we may like, we may find ourselves called upon to make some pretty major life changes in these next few weeks.  And of course, as we make these changes, they inevitably have an effect on not only us but those closest to us.  Our relationships will be affected, and the relationship effect will only be more pronounced once Mercury moves into Libra on the 16^th.

But for now, we focus on implementing the details of our plans.  We focus on getting ourselves and our lives cleaned, cleared and organized for the new and wonderful people and things we are bringing into our lives – all of whom will help us “keep our eyes on the prize” so we may manifest and fulfill our goals and dreams.

Thanks for reading and sharing.  Until next post…

~ Light, Love and blessings,

Grace