Virgo New Moon

August 23, 2025

“The Pearl: From irritation to priceless beauty ”

The natural beauty of a pearl. A pure, white, single, jewel hidden within an oyster or sea scallop. The goddess Venus in Botticelli’s famous painting stands on a large scallop emerging from the sea. The pearl’s worth is due to its rarity and the time it takes for the pearl to manifest. There’s no instant gratification here. The work it puts in to create a pearl within itself produces and reveals its worth.

The pearl actually “becomes” from an impurity, something that is inside the mollusk as an irritation, a parasite, piece of shell, a “dislike.” It causes the scallop to react to protect itself and clean itself. It DOES something about it.  It keeps itself healthy by actually accepting this bothersome aspect, holding it, working on it, by covering it over and over again with a kind of calcium. Over time, it transforms from an irritation to a beautiful gem, a negative to a positive, imperfection to purity, from dark to light. 

Sometimes there are parts of us on the inside that need attention and continued assessment and work. Sometimes life presents us with irritating things that poke at those inner parts of ourselves that need to be accepted, worked with, worked on, adjusted, cared for and transformed. It’s not a hurrying process either. This is work that people might not see or know what you are personally working on. That covering calcium becomes very hard and permanent with dedication, what is that for you?

A challenge to raise the bar for yourself. Do something new for yourself. Initiate positive change and new paths. Break away from “I'm not ready yet!” “I don’t have everything I need yet” and start with a step forward without all the details.

A pull and resistance to improvement and mental self-criticism can hold you back.

Push through. Think independently. What’s right for you now?

Virgo is cleaning up after the party Leo just had. “I still have to do this and do that.”

Feeling guilty about that party. Feeling guilty when you asserted your ego self. Time to come down some and humble yourself. What can you do to help? In what ways can you be useful?

Give yourself a self-assessment, or ask a trusted friend, what they see as well, in regards to how you are. The process of doing is in motion, from the inside out, initiating practical action and practical subtraction, like the sculpture artist removing material to reveal a new form.

Think of the hard work, effort and time to make something beautiful like a piece of fine crafted jewelry. Pay attention to the details. Even the gemstone is cut, tumbled, polished and set just so within a foundation.

Trust that your path is something that is unique to you. Acts of discernment and removal sculpt out your brilliance.

This new way that you’re going to work on to go for, is it practical? Or what practical steps do you need to do to make it happen? Write out what you want. Get it out of your head and onto a page to begin its manifestation. Make a “To Do” list. 

Discern what you want to put your energy into. What deserves that energy? Honor your time and energy and how it is used. Start creating your personal pearl with time, energy and continued dedication. Purge out the unnecessary. Your old roles, old ways of thinking, old beliefs, issues with the past that have been hanging to can be assessed to choose what is best for you now..

Use Virgo precision to pinpoint what needs to be improved, or worked with, within yourself and enable your self-discipline to carry that out. New ways of being take daily practice and dedication. What aspects of healing, within us, need attention and action towards.

Self-improve by starting a new daily routine. Anxiety, worry, and too much mental activity needs energy movement. Move your body. Get into some sort of exercise routine. Balance your racing mind with doing something physical. Picking up on healthy routines and a new diet help support you in being healthy so that you can take on what it is you want to be doing with your life. Give your body and mind proper fuel for that.

Start organizing things in a way that better supports your daily action and that is supportive to a lifestyle that is healthy for you.

Have a good Journey!

Christopher

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