Virgo lunar cycle recap
My singular defined channel 35-36 means I can only know what’s going on in retrospect. In this post I review the notes I took during the Virgo lunar cycle and summarize the key points for analysis.
With only channel 35-36 defined in my system, it’s rare that I ever realize what’s going on in the story of my life while it’s actually happening. So a great deal of the work I do in my spiritual practice is taking notes and, later, reviewing the notes in an effort to understand the path I’m on.
This post will collate the progress I’ve made over the lunar cycle that began with the Dark Moon in Virgo, which wrapped up the two-cycle-long Eclipse Season. The Virgo lunar cycle was therefore the first step forward from whatever massive lifestyle shake up went down during the eclipse season.
As far as conscious awareness goes, I believe the most significant lifestyle change I made during Eclipse Season was harnessing the Lunar Eclipse to end my fifteen-year habit of all-day-every-day cannabis use. I had planned to taper slowly, but didn’t enjoy it and simply chose to cold turkey. The Dark Moon in Virgo happened two weeks later when I was still in the middle of the chaos of that transition.
10 September: Dark Moon in Virgo
Took my first walk around the neighborhood during the Fairy Hours with intentions of turning it into a daily habit. Booked a beach vacation and signed up for my first credit card, an American coming of age ritual.
12 September: Mercury opposite Neptune, grand air trine Uranus and Pluto
My baking steel arrived and I made my first proper pizza, changing my lifestyle irrevocably.
14 September: Moon conjunct Venus
Pleasure Principles arrived, and so did my set of Monk Manuals. Purchased riboflavin, CoQ10, and feverfew to start taking on a daily basis to manage my chronic migraines.
17 September: First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
Placed my Flamingo Estate copper Luxor symbol under my sleeping spot in an effort to fend off all the dreams about fighting monsters.
18 September: Mercury opposite Saturn
Opened the door to the screened-in porch for the cool season.
21 September: Equinox vigil 1 of 3, Moon conjunct Pluto
Finally ghosted my latest Oracle seeker and felt hugely relieved.
24 September: Moon trine Venus, Mars inconjunct N. Node
Realized I have to stop restricting my coffee intake to stop having migraines. Started drinking coffee normally again for the first time since the Lunar Eclipse on 27 August.
25 September: Full Moon in Aries
Cancelled my beach vacation because of the intensity of my migraine flares and felt immensely relieved. I don’t actually like traveling.
26 September: Sun grand trine Uranus and Pluto; Moon conjunct Neptune
Finally switched back to espresso after a month of drinking cold brew. Also started drinking gongfucha with intentions of turning it into a daily habit to fulfill the goal on my Capricorn profection year bingo board. Signed the contract I wrote up for my two partnered beneficiaries.
29 September: Sun trine Uranus, Moon square N. Node
Started doing blessings over the road again for the cool season. Also started drinking Liquid IV every day to balance out my electrolytes, in the hope of resolving my chronic fatigue and bad body feelings.
30 September: Moon conjunct Uranus, Mercury enters Scorpio
Mercury told me to cancel my upcoming plumber visit because I’m not well enough to disrupt my sleep schedule for it, and I complied. Purchased a new stainless steel pot (smaller this time), a porcelain pie pan, and two stainless steel gratin pans. Changed my “theme” in the Monk Manuals to prioritizing my well-being over goal orientation.
01 October: Mercury T-square Mars and Pluto
My Venus retrograde reel started getting me a massive influx of followers; I was not happy about this, but I tried to tell myself that I was. Walked over two miles, covering every street in my corner of the housing development – the furthest I’ve walked in years!
02 October: Solar-Lunar Arc; Mars opposite Pluto with Mercury T-square
In my dream, a fairy bartender clocked that I’m part demon on my mother’s side, confirming my long-held suspicions.
06 October: Mercury conjunct Venus Rx
Started culling people from my personal Instagram account, foreshadowing.
09 October: Moon opposite Neptune and Saturn
Removed over 400 followers from the Malefic Manach Instagram account and announced my more or less departure from social media in the caption of my Mars square Venus Rx post and my stories.
Analysis:
In my Instagram text post for the Virgo Dark Moon I described how this lunar cycle would focus on the theme of self-nourishment. I theorized that Virgo relates to us through the things we consume through the mouth to benefit and balance our health.
Over the following lunar cycle I did not really think about this on a conscious level, but it’s clear that my body was responding to Virgo on this level, because an overarching theme emerged: the way I manage my extremely disabling chronic migraine through the substances I consume.
This lunar cycle I reverted to my standard habit of drinking an iced cortado once every 2-3 hours. I also added three supplements to my daily meds, and I started drinking a packet of Liquid IV every day when I wake up. Halfway through the month I also started reintegrating daily tea to support my caffeine intake and my hydration.
At the beginning of the lunar cycle I was fielding a migraine every single day, and now I have them about once a week. So I feel pretty confident concluding that the changes I’ve made to my literal, nutritional self-nourishment have been effective.
Another, more diagonal, self-nourishment theme has emerged through my fraught relationship with Instagram. I often describe the social media “feed” as another form of food. Whatever energy is fed to us there circulates in the auric field, even if we choose not to digest it.
Over the Virgo lunar cycle I’ve become increasingly disgusted with Instagram and its community, and this has culminated in the decision I articulated in my previous post: my divestment from using the app as my primary workspace. This feels like a fitting conclusion to the lunar cycle, especially given the context of Venus’ retrograde. During the end of the pre-retrograde shadow it was already becoming clear to me that my energetic investment into social media was a divergence from my personal ethics. I’m pleased to return to a more faithful monastic habit of media fasting as the Libran lunar cycle begins.