Oh fair maiden, the one that teaches us how to attune our bodies to the rhythms of the Natural World. How contorted this energy can become by the standards of Empire. What is at its core a highly-evolved intelligence of organization and sustainability, has now become a cog in the wheel of capitalism. The True Heart of Virgo is as pure as the white bone of the moon, now blackened by the soot of unattainable perfectionist standards.

I have said it before & I’ll say it again; I believe that Virgo is one of the archetypes that is most susceptible to capitalist conditioning. The very narratives that are embedded into these standards of productivity + perfectionism, sink into the exact weak spot of Virgoian ideals. Because of this, Virgo is a sign that is most often misunderstood and cast off by surface-level interpretations of what is actually a very complex + painful internalized conditioning of serious oppressive ideologies.

As a person with a stellium in Virgo, I am speaking a bit from experience here. I have spent half of my life working to excavate and re-pattern these destructive tendencies, that lead one to believe their worth is based on how much they can produce or contribute to society. There is NO REST for the Earnest Heart of Virgo. It’s blueprint is oriented towards being of Service, a trait that is so quickly taken advantage of by a society that wants humans as machines to do their bidding.

When we peel back the many layers of conditioning + internalized patterns around these productivity standards, we see an intelligence that is highly refined and immaculate in essence. There is no other archetype as attuned to rhythms, nature’s cycles, and the literal organization of Creation as Virgo. It is an EARTH SIGN ruled by MERCURY. It is the LITERAL intelligence of the natural world, embodied.

At its core, this is a sincere gift to the world. Virgo is attuned not only to the body as the Earth, but the Collective Body that functions as a honeybee hive. Immaculate design organized within the patterns + cycles of nature. When applied to how we think about sustainable systems of growth + productivity, the intelligence of Virgo is the exact answer to the question of truly sustainable, cyclical growth. This is an innate intelligence, an offering of service to both the community + the Earth itself.

When our systems follow the rhythms of nature, they support not just the survival but the THRIVING of our communities. And when our individual bodies are also supported in their truly cyclical, seasonal nature, WE ourselves become more able to sustain our own energy + capacity, to truly be of service to the world.

BUT — the crux of it is, we live within a socio-cultural paradigm that exists in EXACT opposition to this cyclical intelligence. Capitalism demands productivity at all times, at all costs. There is no rest - we can’t afford it. The collective body (and thus the individual) is meant to function as a machine, another cog in the wheel. This is not sustainable, and intentionally creates burnout as a function of Empire. When we are resourced, energized, centered in our power, we are of greatest threat to the system. When we’re exhausted, we don’t have the will to fight back. We are being subliminally beaten into submission by a culture that asks us to earn our right to exist.

Our body has biological boundaries. It needs rest. It needs rhythm. It has seasons, just like the Earth. So what do we do when capitalism won’t let us rest during a Wintering season in our life? How do we survive?

These questions, in my opinion, are the large-scale inquiries this Virgo eclipse cycle is bringing forth. We will continue to excavate them over the next two years quite intensely, yet a lifetime of pattern-change unfolds from there. It will take generations to create this structural + systemic change, that we may not see fulfilled in our own lifetime.

When we REST, we rest for the Ancestors, both those that came before us and those that will come after us. A New Legacy of truly sustainable collective care is being seeded. Our task now is to identify the patterns, beliefs, and internalized oppressive ideologies that perpetuate this high-functioning productivity based capitalist paradigm.

We are not casting the Virgo parts into shame + exile; we are casting out the voices that have taken advantage of and coopted this energy for its own manipulative benefit. We are turing over the soil of the Virgo within us all, purging the destructive tendencies from our own body and thus the collective body.

It MUST start at the individual level. We must be able to identify the voice of the critic within, the part that polices our ability to REST without feeling guilty. The voice that holds a standard to perfection towards anything we do. The voice that tells us our worthiness to exist is directly tied to our productivity, or how much we can ‘do’.

We begin by transforming this relationship within ourselves, to then begin considering how we can transform the structures of the overculture to reflect this state of wellness. It ripples out into our communities, into the spaces we create, into our relationships, and how we choose to live our lives. Each drop in the pool creates an ocean of change. This is an embodied revolution.

REMEMBER: your REST is an act of RESISTANCE in a culture that functions in opposition to it. YOUR REST IS REVOLUTIONARY. When you rest, you are not only reclaiming this act of radical self-honoring for yourself, BUT YOU’RE ALSO RESTING FOR THE ANCESTORS THAT DIDN’T GET TO.

A note on the eclipse itself; this is NOT a time for Ritual Magick + Manifestation. This is a time for self-reflection, purging, catharsis, meditation, and EMBODIMENT. Move these patterns out of your body. They are in there. <3

I love you. see you on the other side.

xx TÆGAN

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