Your Week Ahead Astrology

The week begins with the waning intensity of the Full Moon on Sunday. Throughout the week we will continue to feel the energies of the powerful Full Moon. On Monday, the Sun enters Leo. Happy birthday Leos! During Leo season we have an opportunity to shine brighter. We can explore new ways of finding joy, pleasure and creativity.  We can be more playful and focus on creating more fun in our lives.

On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we feel the energies of the Sun in Leo opposing Pluto in Aquarius. Power struggles and differences in opinions may arise during this time. Power dynamics in relationships are highlighted during this time. Emotions may rise and fall like waves.Stay grounded. Tread lightly. Remain centered. Use your wisdom. Choose your battles wisely and don’t take anything personally.

On Thursday, we have a big shift of energy, as Mercury enters Virgo. This planetary shift in sign is beneficial for all Earth and Water Signs and provides great opportunities for growth and maturation for all Fire and Air Signs. Check out your Natal Chart placements or schedule a session with me to look in-depth how these energies may influence your life.

Mercury in Virgo

Mercury is exalted in Virgo. Mercury rules the mind, speech and self-expression. The mind is sharp and seeks to function effectively in Virgo. Virgo seeks accuracy and perfection. Words have power under this influence. The mind is skeptical, perfectionistic, meticulous and seeks to fix, repair, improve and organize life details. We can discriminate, analyze and correct mistakes and flaws. Under this influence, we are prone to perfectionism, worry and over stimulating the mind.

Mercury in Virgo provides us with a great opportunity to focus on developing new skills, sharpening our mind and getting our life organized. It is also a great energy to master new techniques and tools. Learn something new. Refine your skills. We can focus on improving our daily routines and creating new habits. We can tidy up our life. It is a powerful time to focus on health. Improving health and maintenance of your life. Start or restart healthy routines. Start a new exercise regime. Eat healthier. Rest and sleep more. It’s a great time to get a yearly physical or visit your medical providers. Mercury in Virgo helps us improve our mind and body overall. We can sharpen our mind. Start meditation or improve your meditation skills. Improve our speech and writing facilities. Great time to start journaling or began to write that book you’ve always dreamt of writing. Great time to learn a new language or read a new book.

Mercury in Virgo provides us with an opportunity to find what areas of our lives need to be improved on. Essentially we can ask, how can I function in the world more effectively? How can I improve my life? my thoughts? my words and my actions?

The shadow aspect of Virgo is that it can be highly critical, picky, skeptical and obsessive compulsive, so we can tone that down by focusing on being helpful and service oriented (which are other positive aspects of the sign of Virgo). During the Mercury in Virgo transit, focusing on service can help us step away from being too critical of ourselves and of others. We can step away from perfectionism and focus on being helpful.

Mercury in Virgo teaches us to be of service. It is a very humble sign. I read a powerful book in my teenage years that really illustrates Mercury in Virgo, it’s called “The Servant Leader.” We can be a service-oriented leader in our families and communities. By focusing on being of service to others, we can transcend the ego. We can find joy, meaning and purpose in all we do. Every action becomes an act of selfless love. Virgo teaches us to be a servant. Mercury in Virgo teaches us to be helpful. We can extend a helpful hand to those around us. The question then becomes: What can I do for others not what can others do for me? How can I serve? How can I help?

Every sign has an opposite sign. The opposite sign of Virgo is Pisces. Both signs speak of service, and surrender to the Divine. How can I surrender to my Soul? How can I connect more deeply to dictates of my own heart? How can I listen to the wisdom within my spirit? How can I listen to the Divine? Open your heart to your intuition during this transit as the mind will receive clarity and guidance from the Divine.

How to use these energies?

We have an opportunity with Mercury in Virgo to see what is not working in our lives and fix it. We can fine tune our minds. We can better ourselves. We can better our lives. We can become greater tools of service to the Divine. How can I use my life to help others? Every day we have an opportunity to step aside and let our Soul and the Divine guide our thoughts, words and actions. Every day we have an opportunity to love and bring more peace to Earth. This is a powerful time to notice how you are leading your life. Is your life a reflection of your true intention? Is your life really reflecting who you are at your core? If not, this is the time to make amends. This is the time to initiate change.

Many of the outer planets will be changing signs in the next couple of months. Big and powerful changes have begun to take place in our lives and in the world. The world is changing and so are we.

We have an opportunity to align ourselves with the greater purpose of our lives. We can live in purpose and find meaning in all we do. Every day we weave the tapestry of our lives. What are you weaving? You are the weaver. You are the story teller and the story writer. What are you writing? Know that you can turn the page at any time. You can start again. Write a new story. This is the time.

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