New Moon in Virgo
August 22–23, 2025 @ 11:07pm PT/ 2:07am ET
A Threshold for Softening & Healing
By Astrologer, Eden Wine | IG: @Practical.Astro.Magic
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On August 22–23, 2025 (time zone dependent), there’s a potent stillness meeting our presence, as the undimmed Moon meets the Sun in 0 degrees of Virgo. This is a cosmic reset dedicated to devotion, sought clarity, and embodied renewal.
This New Moon arrives to meet us right as summer wanes, offering us an energetic crossroads between the freedom of summer’s adventure and the structure of autumn’s promise.
In Virgo’s language, we gather what has scattered, and we refine and reorganize both our internal landscapes, thoughts, feelings, subtle energies, as well as, our outer realities.
There is an inconjunct between this New Moon and Pluto retrograde in Aquarius. This aspect calls for exhumation of dated social paradigms and internalized conditioning through social structures.
There is also an inconjunct aspect to Saturn and Neptune retrogrades in Aries that is beckoning us to evolve through embodied sovereignty and aligned self-trust.
A square to Uranus in Gemini stirs the ground beneath our tried and true way of thinking and communicating. What we face is not about fixing ourselves, but about breaking open where paradigms have become outdated, no longer serving us.
This New Moon is a reclamation of personal authority encased in tender accountability. It arrives like a breath between songs, and the morning dew before daybreak.
Though astrology can often bring complex energy through aspects like squares and retrogrades, we are also brought clarity under this New Moon.
The invitation is to build our life in step with the rhythm of our soul. This is not a call to hustle, but to tend. Not to fix, but to free. It’s time to stand in our worth. This is our season of soft structure.
Themes for the Virgo New Moon:
Resetting Systems: Virgo at 0° signals initiation, the first brick laid in a new structure. This New Moon asks us to examine our highest pillars, including health, daily routines, mental patterns, inner climates, etcetera. Pluto’s inconjunct reminds us that our systems may have built power overtime, but they also contain hidden decay. We must consider where we have maintained habits that drain us, rather than nourish us. This lunation asks for gentle excavation followed by thoughtful reframing. It’s time for an overhaul and a shift in perspective.
Illusions of Power Dismantled by Inner Wisdom: This lunation points us toward a different type of strength that is rooted in softness and trust. Our habits may still lean toward chaos that is disguised as freedom, and our duty, here, is to embody strength by listening to our body, and balancing the reflection of external structure by listening within.
Stopping to Pay Attention to Self: Under the energy of this lunation, we’re being asked to rewrite our internal codex. We shall consider what we speak, how we listen, and what we repeat to ourselves.
Energetic Frequencies for the Virgo New Moon:
In Love: This New Moon’s essence helps cut back codependency and romantic fantasy through small, steady acts of care. Things like: refreshing texts, ritualized connection, and boundary check-ins.
In Friendships: Rather than expanding social circles, this is a week for pruning small talk and nurturing the connections that matter most.
In Finances: Small habits compound. Think of monthly saving rituals, nourishing movement practices, and integrity in spending. We are invited to rethink how stability can be both flexible and steady.
Spiritually: We shall honour even the smallest whispers, and meet them by moving forward.
Reflections & Journaling Prompts:
- What daily habit am I honouring that speaks to my body’s need for care? Which habits have I been avoiding?
- How have I hidden safety behind self-criticism?
- When did I last pause before agreeing to something or pushing forward?
- What silent revolution am I ready to lead through my everyday choices?
- What predominant thoughts am I recycling in my mind, rather than rewriting?
Who This New Moon Impacts Most:
- Virgo & Pisces (Sun, Moon, Rising): are at the threshold of choosing personal power. Both signs lead by example through embodied healing that radiates outward.
- Aries & Libra (Sun, Moon, Rising): are being asked to consider what inner armour needs to be softened and released.
- Gemini & Sagittarius (Sun, Moon, Rising): are asked to let go of the need to feel certain, and to stay curious to the potentiality and possibility that exists all around.
Virgo New Moon Ritual:
A ritual can be a fun way to connect with cosmic energy, while it is not required, it can offer such a luscious way to connect with ourselves and the themes of this energetic event.
Here is a simple ritual you might want to try, feel free to adjust it as you are inspired to:
Materials Needed:
– Small notebook;
– Pen;
– Green candle;
– Bowl of earth or sand;
– A sprig of lavender;
– Blanket.
Steps:
- Breathe into your body. Light the candle. Feel the ground beneath you (the safety and security of being held in this moment).
- Write two pages side by side. On the left, journal the habits that drain you. Then, on the right, consider aligned choices that feel nourishing and applicable to you. You may even reverse (or reframe) some of the outdated habits you’re ready to release.
- Journal your intention to commit to one of the happy, aligned habits you’ve journaled. Even the smallest commitment can create a big impact.
- Hold the lavender sprig, and inhale deeply. Whisper to the Cosmos: “May my growth be kind, steady, and filled with love.”
- Safely snuff the candle, and allow yourself to rest in a moment or two of silence. Carry your journal entry in your heart as reminder to your commitment you’ve made to yourself. Feel free to display or dispose of your lavender spring in a way that makes sense to you.
