Brooke MacQueen from Various Friends

23 August , 2025

THE COSMIC THREAD

Virgo Season

August 23 - September 23
Theme: Cleanse

Virgo season cuts through the noise like a clean line, sharp, precise,
unapologetically clear. After the heat of Leo season, Virgo brings us back down to
earth, back to what’s essential. This is a season of rhythm and routine, sacred edits
and quiet excellence, where devotion to the details becomes a kind of art.

 

Virgo Season is a reclamation of clarity. It’s not about fixing what’s broken; it’s about detoxing what no longer supports your growth. This is where you strip back the noise, get honest with your patterns, and refine your systems through daily acts.

 

Virgo isn’t here to shame your chaos; it’s here to make it functional. It’s the pulse that says: show up, do the work, and let your steps forward speak louder than your doubts.

 

Virgo invites you to honour what holds you, and to listen closely to what your body and spirit need.

"You don't have to be everything for everyone!"

This season asks youto discern what’s worth your energy, and to choose the kind of effort that feels
nourishing, not depleting.

 

Virgo arrives with hands ready. It’s time to tend, to edit, to sort what’s been left undone. To harvest what’s ripened. To make meaning of the mess. There’s work to do, but it’s sacred work. The kind that brings you back to yourself.

VIRGO SEASON & YOU

Self-Care in Virgo

Rituals for Virgo Season and the New Moon

Virgo season is a call to simplify and realign. Explore two grounding practices: one that begins with tending to your space—decluttering the physical and digital to create calm—and another that invites gentle shifts in your daily rhythms, choosing care, nourishment, and clarity.

New Moon in Virgo
Before eclipse season begins, the Virgo New Moon offers a quiet reset. It’s a chance to pause, soften, and live with greater intention, creating space for what truly sustains you.

Discover the full rituals and step into Virgo’s season of mindful refinement.

 

READ THE RITUALS

Self-Care in Virgo

Rituals for Virgo Season and the New Moon

Virgo season is a call to simplify and realign. Explore two grounding practices: one that begins with tending to your space—decluttering the physical and digital to create calm—and another that invites gentle shifts in your daily rhythms, choosing care, nourishment, and clarity.

 

New Moon in Virgo
Before eclipse season begins, the Virgo New Moon offers a quiet reset. It’s a chance to pause, soften, and live with greater intention, creating space for what truly sustains you.

Discover the full rituals and step into Virgo’s season of mindful refinement.

 

READ THE RITUALS

MOON MOMENTS:

New Moon in Virgo – 23 AUG 4:06 PM AEST

 

This New Moon invites a quiet reckoning. Virgo reminds us that healing begins with noticing what works, what doesn’t, and what you’ve been tolerating in silence. Under this lunation, small adjustments carry weight. It’s not about perfection, but about tending gently to the systems that support your inner life. Begin by listening closely.
Clear what clutters your clarity.

 

Full Moon in Pisces – 23 SEP 5:54 AM AEST – Total Lunar Eclipse

 

This Eclipse softens the edges between what is real and what is longed for. The Pisces Full Moon asks you to release the stories that have dissolved their shape, hopes that no longer carry truth, and roles that have become too porous to hold. Emotion may swell and overflow. Let it. This is a tide of integration, not escape. Surrender with discernment. What you let go of now becomes the fertile emptiness
for something more aligned.

 

New Moon in Virgo – 22 SEP 5:54 AM AEST – Partial Eclipse

 

This Eclipse plants a seed in the realm of repair. The Virgo New Moon brings sharp focus to where effort needs to become more intentional, where your inner systems are asking for refinement. It’s a chance to begin again, not from burnout or urgency, but from quiet devotion. Notice what sustains you. Rebuild slowly. This is the beginning of a new architecture for your daily life, one that honours your body, your boundaries, and your growth.

The Cosmic Thread

Align with the stars and navigate the unfolding cosmos—each month, Shemana’s resident astrologer Brooke MacQueen of Various Friends offers insight  into the planetary transits, lunar phases, and zodiacal shifts guiding your path.

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