Full Moon in Virgo: Heal & Deal

Full Moon in Virgo: Dealing & Healing

On March 17th at 9:17 pm HT (March 18th, 12:17 am PDT) the Moon will be full in the sign of Virgo. Virgo is the feminine earthy side of Mercury, and the sign of health and healing, indicating a strong need to take care of our bodies. Here we are quite sensitive to pollutants, loud or abrupt noises, messy environments, or toxic chemicals. We are partial to natural healing and plants medicine and we want to create soothing and peaceful spaces where there is plenty of greenery and organization/minimal clutter. In Virgo we are here to organize and purify and first and foremost is our body, and then the environment our body is in, but the body is so affected by the environment that the two become one and the same. This is also a place in the sky where we can become over-zealous about the details and our desire to put everything in its place. The inherently messy nature of living life is the issue that Virgo natives must always deal with. Nothing will ever remain clean, pure and organized and so their job is one that must be done again and again and sometimes they can drive themselves, and others, crazy trying to make everything perfect. The lesson here is to recognize the ease and beauty that comes from a clean and clear body, mind and space but to also know when enough is enough and stop. The desire for this illusory perfection Virgo seeks creates a personality where we can spend a lot of time seeing what is wrong, especially with oneself, so it is important to actively account for all that is right too.

The specific star that this Full Moon is blessing us in, is called Uttara Phalguni, the “later reddish lady,” indicating the romantic courtship phase of Purva Phalguni is passed and that the need to make contracts and put things into agreement has come. This pair of Phalguni stars are indicated by a bed and this shows us the romantic nature of them both, as well as the quality of Uttara Phalguni that it is the marriage star. Marriage is much different from courtship, in that it is not all romantic. It is in fact, more about creating agreements than it is about love and without these agreements it will be impossible to have lasting pleasure and enjoyment that the previous star brings. Things will eventually become hard and showing up for another person for the long run is work and requires guidelines and the blessings of family, friends and God. The deity here is Aryaman, who is the groomsman, specifically the friend who asked the woman to marry the man. Note that contracts and agreements are necessary in any partnership, business, otherwise (and with ourselves!) and as such this star is where we learn that without these agreements, we will surely run into later problems.

With the Sun fresh in Pisces across the way, we are going to experience more and more the energy of “checking out” or allowing all the details to merge into one, so this Full Moon is offering us a chance to mitigate this energy before it even fully begins. Virgo is where we are organizing details, and creating lines and boxes to put those details in; Pisces is where we erase the lines and find faith on a level that is even beyond religion or spiritual dictates of man. It is the place where we swim in the waters of emotion and devotion and trying to find the ultimate freedom and peace. Notice where you tend to fall on this spectrum and adjust accordingly. Simple routines, charts, or other “man-made” tools can help channel all of our energy into easy to digest parts that make functioning in the material world flowing better than just trying to flow without any guidelines.

Mercury is quite close to Jupiter now in Aquarius, offering us an opportunity to let our wisdom and intellect influence each other. Since Mercury is in stronger dignity in Aquarius, the discernment will be stronger than the wisdom, but note that Mercury in Satabishak nakshatra can focus on the darkness and what is corrupted or wrong. Shatabishak is also the star of “100 Healers” and Mercury the ruler of Virgo. It is said that if you fall ill under this star, not even 100 healers can cure you but if you find the cure under this star, you will be fully healed from anything that ails you. This is a good time to look into true healing techniques and begin implementing them! Jupiter is in his own star of Purva Bhadrapada which will carry him into Pisces April 13th, so the wisdom here is the recognition that we are more than our bodies and that true soul-level healing happens when we connect to Source.

Mars and Venus are getting closer to Saturn in the sky and yet have finally pulled apart from each other. As they move farther from each other, we might find ourselves more willing to compromise with others again and our relationships will find some healing too. Mars in his exaltation is helping us have the self-discipline we desperately need and Venus in positive dignity as well, has more realistic expectations of other people and what they can do for us. As they inch closer to Saturn, some fear or detachment may occur, and also commitment and humility. Mars is in particular, will be challenged by Saturn’s presence as the two malefic planets are opposing in their presence. Mars is fight, or action and Saturn is fear, or hesitation. Even with Mars exalted and Saturn in his own sign, we can see that there will be disturbance between our fight and flight tendencies. In fact, Saturn’s presence makes Mars more uncomfortable by virtue of the fact that he is the ruler of the sign; he is the landlord and that stilts Mars’ ability to do what he does best in Capricorn, move forward in a steady pace towards a measurable goal.

Finally the Nodes have just moved into their new axis for the next year and a half. Rahu is now officially in Aries and Ketu is now in Libra. To get the full download, check your inbox for the report already sent to you as a newsletter subscriber!

Many Blessings on this Full Moon!

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Easy Ayurveda: Morning Routine

1. Put 2 teaspoons of coconut oil (or sesame) in your mouth and swish around for 2 minutes before spitting it out. This technique is called “oil-pulling” and it will draw harmful bacteria out of your mouth before you wash it down your throat with water, tea or coffee.
2. Put on the kettle and warm up some water for both a cup of lemon water and a neti pot. Hint: Use filtered water and pour it off when ready into the cup, letting the regbbvst boil past steaming for at least 3 minutes for distilled water for the neti. Pour the distilled water into your neti pot and add neti salt (pure, non-iodized, pharmaceutical grade) and let it sit to cool.
3. Drink your lemon water while heading to your yoga mat. Sit and do 3 minutes of Kalabhati breathing (Breath of Fire).
4. Do some yoga postures if you have time. Specifically, an inversion, a psoas stretch like crescent or a low lunge, and a little movement such as sun salutations or some vinyasa sequences. Hint: Even 3 minutes is better than no minutes;-).
5. Go get your neti pot and head to the bathroom with the rest of your lemon water and flush out your nostrils!
6. If you have time, give your legs, arms and torso self-massage with Sesame oil. This is called Abyangha. (also great at night, before a bath!)
7. Hop in the shower and continue on your day as you always do!

Namaste