Virgo New Moon with Solar Eclipse
body-led ambition
Virgo new moon
with solar eclipse
september 21st, 2025
12:54 pm (pst)
Hi friends,
The Virgo New Moon arrives in the very last degree of Virgo on September 21st, carrying the energy of both closure and new beginnings.
Virgo energy always loves making things feel extra real, but because this lunation is also a partial solar eclipse, the stakes feel even higher than usual.
Eclipse energy has a way of amplifying what’s already stirring inside us, nudging us toward necessary change—even when it feels a little uncomfortable.
This Virgo New Moon is here to help us step into fresh cycles of work, health, and personal growth, while remembering that true ambition, along with true satisfaction, lives in our bodies.
This is actually the second Virgo new Moon in a row (our last new Moon was also in Virgo) and this lunation offers us a clear and crucial message of trusting ourselves and our capacity to both create and maintain a life that allows us to achieve our dreams without sacrificing ourselves.
Read on for more:
about the energies of this Virgo New Moon with solar eclipse
on how to work with this lunation
Virgo’s Body-Led Ambition
This Virgo New Moon asks us to bring our attention back to our physical selves, not as afterthoughts but as guides.
As the mutable Earth sign, Virgo energy is grounded, attentive, and practical. She teaches us that progress is built through sustainable habits and strategic and consistent actions.
With this particular Virgo new Moon we’re encouraged to quiet the endless chatter of the mind and listen to the wisdom stored within our bodies - our muscles, bones, breath, and nervous systems.
This Moon reminds us that our bodies (and nervous systems specifically) are not separate from, or hindering our dreams— that in truth they are the very vessels that carries them. It is through our bodies that we act on our thoughts, and through our bodies that we feel the satisfaction from our actions.
When we honor our bodies’ needs, rhythms, and limits, we unlock deeper pathways to our own expansion.
This lunation also reminds us that our bodies are extensions of the greater Earth body. Just as the Earth grows in cycles, so too do we.
Ambition shouldn’t be about forcing progress. What it instead, true ambition is about aligning with nature’s timing and recognizing when to plant, when to rest, and when to harvest.
Equinox Balance
This Virgo New Moon also arrives right before the Autumn Equinox, that sacred turning point when day and night are almost equal in duration (which is happening on September 22nd). The Equinox is a reminder of life’s natural balance— the necessity and “goodness” of both day and night, light and dark, action and rest, yin and yang.
As we step into a new season, the Equinox teaches us that growth doesn’t come from endless striving, but from honoring both motion and stillness. The Autumn Equinox in particular encourages us to begin to slow down from the busy productivity of Summer, and ease our way into the colder, darker, cozier days coming.
The balancing energies of the Autumn equinox are definitely flavoring this Virgo new Moon eclipse, amplifying the theme of letting our bodies lead our ambitions.
Our bodies, like the Earth, thrive when we respect balance.
Listening to when our body calls for focus and efforts, and when it longs for rest and replenishment, ensures that our ambitions are not just achieved (too often at the expense of our health and/or happiness) but also sustained in harmony with the rhythms of Nature and the rhythms of our own life.
some Astrology…
This Virgo new Moon eclipse opposes Saturn and Neptune, bringing tension between what we must do (responsibilities, commitments & challenges of Saturn) and what we long for (rest, inspiration & spiritual renewal of Neptune). It can feel heavy to balance all of our obligations, but this pressure is clarifying. We’re learning where our energy is being drained and what needs restructuring to make space for our own growth.
At the same time, the New Moon forms supportive aspects to Uranus and Pluto. These are planets of innovation and transformation, and together they add power and momentum to the shifts we’re ready to make.
Expect unusual ideas, inventive solutions, and a drive to overhaul old routines. Whether it’s your work, your health practices, or your self-care rituals, something wants to be reborn within you under this Virgo new Moon.
Do keep in mind, eclipses have a way of distorting our perspective. We may feel an urgent impulse to act quickly, assert ourselves, or leap toward a goal.
But discernment is key: is this move arising from a grounded sense of embodied confidence, or from reactionary fear?
Remember: an eclipse doesn’t show the whole picture. Something is temporarily obscured so that another truth can be revealed. Trust that clarity will return when it’s meant to.
For more on Eclipse energy and flowing with the energies at play please check out the FREE MOON MAGIC GUIDE BOOK HERE!
May this Virgo new Moon, with solar eclipse, ground into the wisdom, desire, motivation and satisfaction of your body and may you remember your body as an extension of Earth’s body as well.
with infinite love,
Rachael
journal PROMPTS
What does ambition feel like in my body? Does it feel expansive or contracting? Is there a shape, color or texture that arises with it?
How does my body tell me Yes? How does my body tell me No?
What signals is my body giving me about my current routines, work, or habits? What is ready to end and what is ready to begin?
How can I align my goals and actions with Earth’s cycles and rhythms of creation, incubation, growth, harvest and renewal?
Themes to Work With
Embodiment: Let your body guide you. Notice where it says yes or no, and follow its wisdom.
Sustainability: Growth that ignores the body’s needs is growth that eventually collapses. Anchor your goals in practices you can sustain.
Cycles: Honor your natural rhythms—rest when needed, act when energized.
Discerning ambition: Move from healthy confidence, not from urgency or pressure.
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