VIRGO…..OH, DETAIL-ORIENTED, ANALYTICAL, AND ORGANIZED VIRGO! HOW DESPERATELY WE NEED YOU TO “CLEAN UP THE MESS” WE MAKE!! YOUR STRONG DEDICATION TO WORK/SERVICE GIVES US ALL THE INSPIRATION TO DO MORE OURSELVES. MOTHER TERESA, A MOST BLESSED VIRGO, GAVE ALL OF HERSELF TO HELP THOSE IN NEED. THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE LEARNED FROM THAT KIND OF DEDICATION.
SO AS ALL “WARRIORS,” ARIES THE LIBERATOR LEFT QUITE A MESS ON THE BATTLEFIELD! THE SUN IN LEO, AS WELL, TOLD US TO RID OURSELVES OF THAT WHICH WE NO LONGER NEEDED. NOW WE HAVE TO PICK UP ALL THE PIECES. IT’S TIME TO TAKE CARE OF OUR HEALTH WHICH MAY HAVE SUFFERED DURING THE BATTLE. SEVERITY HIT US HARD BRINGING TO LIGHT OUR FLAWS THROUGH CHALLENGING EVENTS OR IN OUR RELATIONS WITH THE WORLD AROUND US. IT’S TIME TO NOW CONCENTRATE ON BEING OF SERVICE TO OUR “SELVES” AND WATCHING OUR DIETS, EXERCISING, AND ORGANIZING A PLAN FOR OURSELVES WITH OUR NEWFOUND UNDERSTANDING. WE NEED TO DETOXIFY. PERFECT TIMING GOING FROM SUMMER TO FALL!! NOT COINCIDENTAL, BY THE WAY.
HOW DO WE DO THIS? SERVICE. THERE IS NO BETTER HEALING OF OUR MIND, BODY, AND SOUL THAN KNOWING WE ARE GIVING TO ANOTHER. WHEN ONE THINKS ABOUT IT, SERVICE IS HAPPENING EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY. THERE IS OUR MILITARY WHO SERVES WITH PRIDE ITS NATION. THERE ARE OUR PETS WITH THEIR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE SERVICING US TO RECEIVE AND CONNECT TO OUR OWN LOVE. THERE ARE THOSE ANIMALS WHO PROVIDE SERVICE TO US BY THEIR WORK…HORSES, CAMELS, AND OTHER SERVICE- ORIENTED ANIMALS. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. THIS IS WHERE WE “RECEIVE” FROM OTHERS TO HELP US GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OURSELVES.
BUT LIFE IS ABOUT GIVING/RECEIVING. TO RECEIVE, WE THEN MUST GIVE OR ALL THAT CONTAINED ENERGY CAN MAKE US TURN SELF-CENTERED OR DEMANDING. THINK OF THE TREE, AGAIN, RECEIVING ITS ENERGY FROM THE SUNLIGHT IN TURN GIVING OXYGEN TO US. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ALL THAT ENERGY CONTAINED ITSELF WITHIN THE TREE? WHERE CAN YOU BE OF SERVICE? KEEP YOUR AWARENESS ON SERVICE TO YOUR FAMILY, YOUR PARTNER, YOUR PETS, YOUR EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEES, YOUR NATION, THE WORLD, AND NOTICE WHAT YOU FEEL WITHIN AS YOU PERFORM YOUR ACTS. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, BE OF SERVICE TO YOUR “SELF.” TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. BE CONSCIOUS OF WHAT YOUR BODY IS TELLING YOU. GIVE TO YOURSELF SO THAT YOU MAY IN TURN CONTRIBUTE AND GIVE TO LIFE, THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT WE RECEIVE FROM THE HIGHEST SERVICE-PROVIDER!!
IN YOGA, VIRGO RULES THE LOWER ABDOMEN AND THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. SO THE MOST EFFECTIVE ASANAS TO PERFORM DURING THE TIME THE SUN IS IN THE CONSTELLATION OF VIRGO ARE THOSE OF DETOXIFYING THE BODY. THOSE INCLUDE FORWARD BENDS AND TWISTS, SQUEEZING AND RELEASING ENERGY. WHEN PERFORMING YOUR YOGA PRACTICE THIS WEEK, REALLY BRING YOUR AWARENESS TO PURIFYING THE BODY, FEEL THOSE TOXINS RELEASING AS YOU TWIST YOUR BODY AND HOW THE ENERGY FLOWS OUT WITH EACH EXHALATION INTO A FORWARD BEND. GROUND YOURSELF TO THE EARTH AND CONNECT TO THE ENERGY OF SERVICE AND DEVOTION TO THE BODY. BRING THAT SERVICE AND DEVOTION TO THE WORLD AROUND YOU.
AS WE SEE, THE CONSTELLATIONS WORK IN CONCERT WITH OUR PHYSICAL WORLD AND FORM A PATH FOR US TO FOLLOW TO BETTER SERVE OURSELVES AND HUMANITY. WHAT WILL FOLLOW WILL BE THE BEAUTY THAT WE FIND IN LIBRA!!
AS ALWAYS WITH LOVE, DEBBIE