It's September, and we've got that "Back-to-school" feeling. Do you remember preparing for this... buying backpacks, pencils and folders, empty binders, the promise of being MORE ORGANISED this year! If we were lucky- new outfits, new shoes, new haircut. The anticipation of new friends and experiences, perhaps a new romance was all so buzzy and amazing. As we grow up we lose that imaginative moment in time, and the electricity of something social and academic to look forward to.
Now most of us work year round, so all we have to wait for are moments like Halloween, Easter or the end of year holidays. I think it's important to try and plan that feeling for ourselves outside of the government holidays or school setting! For this issue of the To-Do list is a study of sorts, homework to inspire the mind. A back to school moment for grown ups using the magic of cinema. Enjoy!
first off, it's Virgo Season, your advice is from https://www.moonomens.com/virgo-season-2020/
Virgo season 2020 is starting: self improvement and healing will be the main themes. The Sun enters earthy Virgo on August 22, at 11:45 AM EST and the cosmic energy is going to ground significantly.
The shift is palpable: after the expansiveness of Leo season, we are likely to feel the need to introspect, reflect, and spend more time alone. As Virgo season begins, we will naturally shift our focus from the external world to our inner state: this will be particularly evident after Mars turns retrograde, on September 9.
During Virgo season, many of us may feel the need to write long to-do lists and implement practical actions to improve our health, diet, well-being, and work-life balance. Our ability to focus is likely to skyrocket if we use this energy wisely: we have the chance to make significant progress in our work, in our personal lives, and in our healing journey.
Virgo: Ongoing Self-Improvement
Virgo can be considered a transitional archetype: it represents the shift from a phase of evolution focused mainly on the self (from Aries to Leo) and the inclusion of other people in the picture (from Libra until Pisces).
For this reason, this sign has been traditionally associated with service to others: we learn to relate with people from a position of equality only through Libra. Learning to be humble and to serve is part of the function of Virgo, but it is not everything we are supposed to learn through this archetype. Its real purpose can be easily distorted if we see Virgo only through this lens.
The deepest mission of Virgo is committing to a process of ongoing self-improvement. Through Virgo, we strive to constantly get better, to develop the qualities and the skills we need to be able to relate as equals to those we look up to.
Virgo has a strong correlation with our physical body, in particular with our digestive system and with our diet: it is the sign related to health, healing, well-being, and wellness.
During Virgo season, we may notice we are developing hypersensitivity to our environment, or to what we eat: if we don’t honor our sensitivity, our necessity to rest and wind out, our need to eat healthily, to live in a quiet and neat space, we may be prone to all kinds of issues related to stress and overworking.
Virgo season represents an invitation to be careful about what we consume, not only in terms of food but also on a more subtle level: the information we take in, the people and the energies we surround ourselves with.
Self-sacrificing to the point of masochism, neglecting our own needs and desires, feeling guilty when we put ourselves first, or when we don’t help others in some way are huge shadows of Virgo. They represent distortions of the real mission of this sign we have to be aware of and try to keep in check during the upcoming weeks.
These attitudes can be exacerbated to the point of regularly doing too much for other people and too little for ourselves. Through Virgo archetype, we learn that sometimes helping others can have the opposite effect, as it may prevent them from helping themselves and learning their lessons.
Because of their need and desire for continuous self-improvement, Virgos are famous for being quite critical towards themselves and others. During Virgo season, we may lose contact with the awareness of the perfection of the present moment, with the unconditional acceptance of ourselves and of the way things are now, a theme related to the opposite sign, Pisces.
We are going to feel the conflict between these contrasting forces as Mercury and the Sun in Virgo are going to oppose Neptune in Pisces on August 30 and September 11, shortly before and after the Full Moon in Pisces coming up on September 2.
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