☀️ The Sun moves into Virgo—analytical, methodical, sometimes critical. Okay, that doesn't sound bad.​
🪐 Saturn, planet of restriction and denial, hits the World Axis (00° Aries) again. Oof... ​
🌑 The New Moon in Virgo (Sat, Aug 23rd) is tangled up with Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto. Yikes on bikes. ​
💔 Lover-girl Venus tussles with cave-dwelling Chiron. Ay caramba!

Yeah, I'm not hungry. But while I'm here, I'll break it down for you.

In Hebrew, Yod is both a letter and a word meaning “arm” or “hand.” ✋🏽The idea is that humans act as the hands of God—channeling divine will into the world. In Tarot, Yod corresponds to the Hermit card. The Hermit is, well...a hermit, isolated and withdrawn, devoted. Focused on going inward, and being as opposed to doing. It's all very Moses in the wilderness. The Hermit corresponds to Virgo in the zodiac.

So, effectively, this New Moon wears the Hermit's robe and channels the energy of not one, not two, but three malefic planets (Saturn, Neptune, Pluto).

And the Saturn–Neptune–Pluto mix is intense. It's a combination for:

• “Shattered nerves.”
• “Serious illness.”
• “Instability, falsehood, danger through water, poison, or gas.”
• “Dark forebodings, heavy depression, grievous emotional suffering.”

So, what I’m saying is – there’s nothing gentle about this new moon. It's giving evil monk energy. A little incel-ish. Isolation and separation are the name of the game this month.

Now, rope the Venus/Chiron square into alllll of that, and the picture sharpens: grief, endings, breakups, relationship wounds that isolate, sick loved ones. With the Sun/Saturn quincunx, especially, it reads like the loss of a beloved or leading male figure, plus more job losses.

The only thing redeeming this week's horoscope is that Uranus is on the Jupiter/Kronos midpoint. It could bring sudden leadership, fortune, or opportunity. But it can also bring chaos, even police violence, or accidents happening in places that are high up. Surprises are part of the package whenever Uranus is involved.

Might the influence of Virgo help? Well, Virgo always seeks to restore order—but its success is rarely, if ever, guaranteed. I know plenty of messy Virgos who'd agree with me. Love y'all!
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I wish I could sugarcoat all of this for you, but unfortunately, I had to leave the sugar at the grocery store this week… because tariffs. I suppose the silver lining is that there will be other new moons, so we still have a chance for a happy ending with a better playlist.

🔮 Big Deck Energy: Tarot Card Pull for the Week

Welcome to Big Deck Energy—where I pull a tarot card each week on behalf of our collective to offer insight, reflection, or a much-needed reality check. Think of it as a weekly reset, a moment to pause and take in what’s unfolding. This week, I asked: What sacred assignment am I being handed in this season of loss and mess?

Here's what the Tarot had to say: The Queen of Wands

The Queen of Wands is a spicy woman, but she’s got self-control. She doesn’t waste her spark by setting random fires. She waits until the exact right moment, then channels her passion into something constructive.

She knows how to take volatile firepower and alchemize it into creativity, beauty, and meaning. She creates harmony and systems that work. She holds and nurtures what is fit to be born and willingly lets go of what has no ultimate use in the world she’s building.

👉🏾 Your sacred assignment in this moment is to boss up and be a creator. Contain the chaos, channel the fire, and use it to build the world you want to live in.