The First Virgo New Moon is August 22

 

                              Virgo, , c. 1475; in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City (MS. G.14).

 

Virgo New Moon 

August 22, 2025 

11:06 pm

(00 Virgo 22)

 

Occasionally, there are back-to-back new moons in the same sign. 

Ask the ancient Romans, Babylonians and Egyptians how long is a month, and they would tell you 28 days.  That was the way it was for thousands of years, then with time; royalty, kingdoms, religions, you name the power, decided to construct calendars for their own reasons.  Eventually we ended up with a 30-day month.  This 30-day count causes a gap since the 8-phase cycle of the moon only takes 29.5 days. So, occasionally there will be ‘catch up’ (so to speak) moon at either zero or one degree of a sign which is followed by a new moon at the end degree of the same sign.   Thus, is true for this and next month’s Virgo new moon.  

 

Coming in at the end of summer in the northern hemisphere, Virgo is the sign of the harvester and is often depicted with a sheath of wheat.   Virgo’s nit-picking strength is perfect to separate the wheat from the chaff.   In the southern hemisphere where they are wrapping up winter, Virgo knows the ground will need to be prepared for upcoming seed planting season, again a detailed loving skill Virgo understands.    If you know Virgo energy, then you know they love to put that thing there and that other thing over there and so on and so on and so on….   Every container is ready for Virgo to use.  

 

Virgo is daily habits.   In the Virgo lunar month, we get real with our schedule.   How do we spend our time?   What does every hour of every day say about our life?    Virgo can go through the schedule with a fine-tooth comb and ask, “How am I utilizing every hour to improve my life?”  

 

The chart of this Virgo new moon is interesting.    As we have discussed in previous reports, Pluto, Neptune, Saturn and recently Uranus, have all entered new signs.   These planets will create a landscape of opportunities over the next few years as they form sextiles and trines with each other.   Great.  However, and this speaks to Virgo’s ability for exactitude.  This New Moon at 00 Virgo forms a square with Uranus at 1 Gemini and a quincunx with Saturn & Neptune at 1 Aries and Pluto at 1 Aquarius.Talk about threading the needle, this Virgo new moon got in that perfect place which forms tough aspects with all four planets!  With harsh aspects we can expect the challenging side of Virgo to be present all month.   

 

Virgo’s drive for perfection is legendary.   We get it and benefit by it in many ways.   However, what activates that perfection is a through line of insecurity and anxiety.  “Is this good enough?” or “Am I good enough?”    The square and quincunxes suggest we may have to work for opportunities especially when our insecurities pop up.  Do we just roll over when we get self-doubt?  Or do we pivot and move and figure a way through it all?   

 

Go to LINK for the rest of my article on Virgo New Moon #1 

There is a lot going on this cycle.  

Conscious Luck

 

In honor of yesterday's big ol' Venus Conjunction Jupiter in Cancer I want to offer up something cozy and big.

How about deepening your luck?

I started this book a few days ago. I am liking the process.

Here is a chapter to listen to if you desire.

Astrology Landscape: August 12- 22

 

Image: Llewellyn 

Disseminating

August 12, 2025

12:38pm  

 

     

 

Disseminating: Reflect on what has transpired this lunar month What have you learned?   How can you share some of your knowledge?  What past experiences are you sharing?  Are you in the need to teach?  Or is it find a teacher?   Maybe we find a rabbi or a minister or therapist who gives us more insight.   

 

 

Focus on:   How are you sharing the power in independent actions?   How are you sharing the value in being fiery?   How are you getting knowledge or sharing knowledge that supports actions for self-interest?  

 

 

 

Planetary Notes:

 

8/14: Mars sextile Mercury (5 Leo 05) Actions are clear.   Relationships that need clarifying conversations excel.  

8/15: Venus trine north node (18 Pisces 34).   Tender and misty get a boost from spirit.   Emotions meet the needs of our psyche.   We value space for things that are bigger than us.  

 

Last Quarter Moon Phase

August 15, 2025

10:12pm PDT 

   

 

Last Quarter moon:  Now we do the final adjustments to the seeds we planted on new. The final call, the final letters to send, we follow all the trails that came up that still make sense.  And we let the other parts lay fallow. It is a time of action but wise action.  It is a time for living “The serenity prayer” 

 

God, grant me the Serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change Courage to change the
things I can, and the
Wisdom to know the difference.

 

 

 

Focus on:

What final actions are you taking from anything you started on new moon that benefit by practical actions?   What did you start three weeks ago that you can do now that is concrete and inspires you?   How are you learning about the power of creativity and drama?  What pragmatic action can you take now that speaks to what you have learned.   

 

 

Planetary Notes: 

 

8/17: Mercury sextile Mars (7 Libra 04) The mind and actions are in sync.   Dynamic energy is motivated by clear thinking.   

 

Balsamic Moon Phase

 

August 19, 2025 

8:37am PDT  

 

Balsamic:   We let go.  By releasing we can prepare for the new.  

 

 

Focus on:  What does it mean to let go of emotions, feelings and moods?   What is it like to release all of it?   

 

Planetary Notes:

 

 

8/19: Sun trine Chiron (26 Aries 59) Healing around being bold about independence.   

8/22 : Sun enters Virgo 

8/22: Venus square Chiron (26 Aries 55) Being too emotional deflates self-agency. 

 

 

Virgo New Moon August 22, 2025 11:06pm PDT (00 Virgo 23)

Mercury Direct: August 11. Can You Roar with Confidence?

 

Image: Lion Landscapes.   

Mercury Retrograde 

6/29: Mercury shadow (4 Leo14)

7/17: Mercury station retrograde (15 Leo 34)

7/31:  Sun conjunction (inferior) Mercury (9 Leo) 

8/11: Mercury station direct (4 Leo14)

8/25: Mercury exits shadow (15 Leo34)

 

 

At 12:29am PDT on August 11, Mercury stations direct.   I see you nodding your head saying, “Thank God.”   I know.  I feel the same.  

 

Mercury retrograde started on July 17 which feels about eight lightyears ago (ask the couple on the Coldplay Jumbotron).    

It has been a big ol’ bold experience for all of us as Mercury went from 15 to 4 degrees of Leo.    In these last three weeks what have we learned about our vitality?  As Mercury unwinds, we can continue good practices that we learned during the retrograde that uplift our ability to be bold.  Where have we stepped up and exhibited Leo strength?   How have we tapped our generosity?  How have we shown courage?  Where have we shown self-confidence?    What have we done to utilize our god given skills?   How have we tapped our self-respect?    

 

Our unwinding period lasts until August 25, when Mercury finally exits the shadow period which began June 29.  We may revisit people, places, experiences that came up since the end of June and now we bring a new self confidence that honor our gifts, skills and strengths.    Marvel on all you have experienced and where you did a major job of ‘showing up’.   And if you didn't,  now see if you can do it.  Great.   Hold all of it close to your heart just the way Leo likes it.   Also do yourself a favor and

learn why Lions roar    Then give yourself a gentle prideful roar.  

Astrology for August 5 - 11. An Attention Grabbing Week.

 

The major astrological configuration of the month and arguably the year takes place this week (the kite).    There is also the perfection of an outer planet sextile and the Aquarius full moon perfects.   This is a big week.  

In terms of moon phases, we start the week in First Quarter Moon that launched August 1 where we continue to act on ‘letting go’……

 

 

Focus on:   What actions are you taking that release the dead?  How are you removing dead ends?   What actions can you take now that speak to letting go?   How can you be replenished and tap your creativity?  How are you acting when you know you have no control?  How are you inspired by releasing? 

 

  

 

Gibbous Moon

August 5, 2025

7:00am PDT  

 

 

Gibbous:

We refine our information.  We pick and choose, we discriminate, and we organize to be ‘Virgo’ like.  We sort through details.  Have we missed something?  How are we sifting through the information?  Go back and make sure something hasn’t been neglected.  Refine our actions.   How are we perfecting our goals? 

 

Focus on:

How are you sorting through your opinions?   How do your opinions line up with your daily life?  Are they in sync?   What do you broadcast about ‘who you are’?   Are they in sync?   What is your spiritual practices and are they in alignment with your daily actions?   Are you walking your talk? 

 

Please read KITE aspect --the energy is starting to pull together.  

 

8/6: Mars enter Libra.  This will be a six-week journey with a lot of thrills and spills as we negotiate our relationships in ease and stress. 

8/8: Mars trine Uranus (1 Gemini 07) Actions that are inspired and maybe come from out of the blue.   Relationships get a boost. 

8/8: Mars opposition Saturn (1Aries 20) Tough aspect.   Cold reality around rough actions.   Tough aspect in general and then followed by a full moon could animate this in a complicated manner.   

 

Planetary Notes:  

 

August 9, 2025

Full Moon – Aquarius 

12:55am PDT 

16 Aquarius 59 

 

 

Focus on:   What do you see is your role in your friendships?  What is your role in your groups?   Do your groups that you belong inspire you?  How are you showing up for others?   Is it a fresh experience for you?  Or has it become stale?  Is it group thought?  Is that working for you?  

 

Read separate post. 

 

  

Planetary Notes:  

 

8/9: Mars oppose Neptune (1 Aries 50) Actions and energy melt around relationships.  

8/10: Mars trine Pluto (2 Aquarius 12) Actions and energy with groups and friends refresh relationships. 

8/11: Mercury station direct (4 Leo 14)  (separate post to come) 

8/11: Saturn sextile Uranus (1 Gemini 12) (see separate post) 

8/11: Venus conjunct Jupiter (14 Cancer 03) (see separate post) Love and joy and big and abundance, and lots of flowing emotions.  

 

August 9: Aquarius Full Moon

 

                       Aquarius , watercolor, Germany, c. 1464; in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

 

Aquarius full moon

August 9, 2025

12:55am PDT

(16 Aquarius 59)  

 

In this weird week, in an unusual month in a cuckoo year, the Aquarius Full moon rolls out on August 9.  If this was any other year, month and week, where the astrological landscape was average, teasing out the Aquarius full moon would be a bit, shall we say, easier. 

 

Instead, we have this moon doing whatever it is going to do in a very juiced up astrological environment.     Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus and Pluto have got their own thing going on in this week's  KITE aspect, rife with both stress and opportunities.   At the same time, the full moon has zero aspects with any of the KITE planets.  So, while all that big astro theater is playing out, the Aquarius moon is having its own adventure.   It’s as if the Aquarius moon opposing Leo sun is its own theater in the middle of another play.    Kind of like a planetary  Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is happening in the KITE while the full moon is Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz and Guidenstern Are Dead”      How will the kite and the full moon speak to each other?   Unclear. 

What we do know is that the Aquarius full moon is always the halfway point of the Leo lunar month.   Whatever energy that was launched July 24 on the new moon, full of Leo bigness, boldness, heroism and heart driven enthusiasm can hit pause at the Aquarius full moon where some of us will be reminded that we are not the only person on this planet.    Egos can get checked.   Or at the Aquarius full moon there can be a feeling for some of us that we are paying a price by sitting on gifts, skills and talents out of fear of not being good enough or believing we don’t add any value to a situation.    This is the conundrum of Aquarius/Leo energy.  Not honoring a skill by not bringing it to a community, piques the shadow of both Aquarius and Leo.  Is the group not worthy enough to put personal fear and judgy aside?   Or is the group so intimidating it suppresses those with heart driven impulses and talents?   Us versus me.   Me versus us.   Us versus us.  Me versus me.   That’s a lot going on in a simple lunar month.  Putting that in our current astro steroid world is harder to navigate. 

Luckily, there is one aspect that the full moon is making that may offer some insight.  Even if it is a bit janky.    In January the lunar nodes moved into Pisces and Virgo bringing in new lesson plans with the eclipses of 2025.   Over at Chani.com there is a super smart write up on the nodal work of Pisces and Virgo(  I recommend going to the link for the full read for greater depth) here's a snippet:  

The ancients conceptualized the North Node as the head of a hungry dragon, activating a ravenous appetite wherever it shows up. With the North Node in Pisces for the next 18 months, we’ll experience an upsurge of creativity, empathy, and broad-minded, bighearted imagination in this part of our charts. By contrast, the South Node is the dragon’s tail; it represents releasing, letting go, and catharsis. In Virgo, the South Node will help us ditch any unproductive habits or overanalytical, perfectionist tendencies hemming in our lives.

The first eclipse to highlight the lessons of Pisces/Virgo was the lunar eclipse of March 14.  Now, this Aquarius full moon is in quincunx aspect with the nodes.   It is a smaller aspect but still it has some punch.   The quincunx is like putting on a pair of pants or a jacket and it feels ‘off’.   Astrologically, Leo’s vibrant energy and Aquarius accent on groups can both feel disconnected to Pisces faith and Virgo’s almighty facts-on-the-ground.  Question:  Did anything come up around March 14 that now seems pertinent and has you wondering about community & humanity?   And your place in both?  Did something start talking to you then that did not make sense on one level but now is more meaningful in context to your heart desired and God-given skills and your groups? 

During the full moon, we may look around at friendships or groups and feel a need to shift patterns.  Are we quieter than usual with friends and groups?  Or are we bolder?   Do we still fit with our peeps?  Are we feeling we have gone the distance with friends or a group?  Or perhaps we are feeling we need to change our approach?    Or maybe we don’t have a real handle on it, but we are just vibing something is changing that is unknown.   Saturn and Uranus who both rule Aquarius will be sextile on August 11.  These two planets are working on something new that is bold and productive and inspiring and perhaps any shift in awareness at the full moon is important to whatever the work being done by Uranus and Saturn.    Additionally, Neptune which rules Pisces and the landlord of the north node for next year is conjoined with Saturn.   We may have or see a practical application to synchronicity.  

Synchronicity is the simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection.

Maybe this full moon will highlight a lot of synchronistic moments.   “Oh, wow, I was just thinking, talking, remembering ___(fill in the blank) __ “

It is worth noting that if there are any bumps in this full moon we have Venus conjunction Jupiter on the 11^th that may offer some kindness.  

August 11: Venus & Jupiter Conjunction in Cancer

 

1517-18 Sanzio Raffaelo Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome

Venus conjunct Jupiter 

August 11, 2025

10:33pm PDT 

14 Cancer 03 

 

 

 

The sea changed on June 9, when Jupiter exited Gemini and entered Cancer.    Jupiter, after a year buzzing around in the world getting informed on endless pieces of data, is now pointing us in the direction of our homes, where making a good meal, going over old photos, memories and reaching out to a friend who remembers us ‘then’ is highlighted.      On August 11^th we get one of the early aspects of Jupiter in its new sign, when Venus forms a conjunction to Jupiter at 14 degrees of Cancer.    

 

Venus and Jupiter in Cancer reminds us of the power of family, emotions and nurturing.  How we get nurturing will be highlighted.   Pets may be ruled by Virgo but when they are on our lap purring or racing to greet us when we get home, that feeling of pet family is Cancer.  Of course, lying in bed watching streamers and YouTube that take us into other worlds is also Jupiter in Cancer and can for some people be nurturing especially those who don’t always slow down and rest.      

 

Prior to the 11^th we have aspects that are both good juju and big strum and drang, in a short window of time.    Having that many aspects can be a lot to process.  By the time Venus conjuncts Jupiter, we could emotionally need a soft-landing place.   “Hello, Instacart” “Hello Netflix.”   

 

Just to remind you…..

 

 

Aug 6:       Mars enters Libra 

Aug 8        Mars trine Uranus (1Aries)

Aug 7 :      Moon enter Aquarius

Aug 7 :      Moon trine Mars (0 Libra)

Aug 7 :      Moon trine Uranus (1 Gemini)

Aug 7:       Moon sextile Saturn (1 Aries)

Aug 7:       Moon sextile Neptune (1 Aries)

Aug 7:       Moon conjunct Pluto (2 Aquarius)

Aug 8:       Moon oppose Mercury (4 Leo) 

Aug 8:        Mars oppose Saturn (1 Aries) 

Aug 9:        Mars oppose Neptune (1 Aries)

Aug 9 :       Full Moon (16 AQ 59) 

Aug 10:     Mars trine Pluto (2 Aquarius)

Aug 11:    Mercury stations direct (4 Leo)

Aug 11:     Saturn sextile Uranus (1 Gemini)

Aug 11 :    Venus conjunct Jupiter (14 Cancer 03) 

 

 

 

 

Venus in Cancer gets it that humans have needs.  Jupiter, which is the planet of opinions can be super judgmental.  During its time in Gemini, Jupiter may have believed the person with the smartest meme or joke or snappy comment was the human worth valuing.    Now, in Cancer, Jupiter may see the needs of self are the same for others.  

 

Jupiter knows how to build a bridge.   Perhaps Venus will coax an understanding born out of needs.   

 

Those of you with water sign planets around 14/15 degrees will no doubt feel the extra bounce and welcome it.  Family and friends (who are like family) will be pronounced in some manner and opportunities of nurturing can open for you.    Great. 

 

Those of you with planets at 14/15 degrees of cardinal signs (Cancer, Libra, Capricorn and Aries) may feel tension.   However, Venus and Jupiter are benefic planets, and the tension is not as tough as with other planets.  Although, having said that, Jupiter and Venus when they are misbehaving are too indulgent.   Spending too much money, eating too much food, demanding too much love and reverence can be troublesome.   Given this is in the sign Cancer there could also be too many emotions and or family demands (especially mothers).  Additionally, watch any indulgences of fitful moods.    

 

The last time Venus formed a conjunction to Jupiter in Cancer was August 5, 2001.