New Moon in Virgo -

I'm one with the Goddess
and open to Her Wisdom."

1st Day of the 10th Lunar Cycle
Ruled by Persephone
Lunar Tree Cycle of Muin/Vine
7th Day of the Celtic Tree
Month of Muin/Vine
Moon Phase: New Moon - 6:29AM EDST
Moon rises: 7:08AM EDST
Moon sets: 7:31PM EDST
Moon in the Mutable Earth
Sign of Virgo
Blodeuwedd's cycle of the Moon
Lunar Meditation: "The freedom of
a decisive action you must take.
Sun in Virgo
Sunrise: 6:53AM EDST
Sunset: 7:42PM EDST
Solar Question for the Day: "What
traditional frameworks support you?"
Lughnasadh (Gwyl Ast) Quarter
of the Year
September 8th, 2010

New Moon - (or Dark Moon) rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. Astrologically, the Sun and Moon are in conjunction. Because the Sun's light overpowers the nearby Moon in the day, and the Moon is on the other side of the Earth with the Sun at night, she is not visible in the sky at all.  The New Moon is like a SEED planted in the earth. We cannot see her but she is ready to grow, full of potential and energy for her new journey.  Women who were born during the new moon phase are impulsive, passionate and intuitive. They are risk takers and pioneers.  The New Moon is the beginning of a new lunar cycle. Keywords for the New phase are: beginning, birth, emergence, projection, and clarity. It is the time in a cycle that you are stimulated to take a new action. During this phase the new cycle is being seeded by your vision, inner and outer. VISUALIZE your goals for the 29.6-day cycle ahead.

Vine Moon - Muin - M   "Wine is the true drink of poets," says Robert Graves, who found out that its original purpose was holy. The transformed grape induces altered states that give birth to poetic revelation and divine ecstasy. Today we know wine as a social ritual, and have almost lost its ancient uses. Muin is the vintage moon, a time of joy, exhilaration, and wrath. It is also the second harvest moon, containing the Autumn Equinox, often called the Witches' Thanksgiving.
[From: "Ariadne's Thread" by Shekhinah Mountainwater]

A Virgo New Moon - http://astrology.about.com/od/themoon/ss/New-Moon-In-Virgo-September-8th-2010.htm?nl=1

   This link to a New Moon Virgo with pictures is lovely to browse through get the idea of what kind of energies are flowing  around.  Check it out!

Also read this Virgo New Moon article:  http://www.owlsdaughter.com/2010/09/new-beginnings-on-this-new-virgo-moon/ 
  You can create a beautiful gift for yourself this month by making a bead rosary... look back through previous postings here at Owlsdaughter...

And in honor of our Virgo New Moon I am going a new feature regarding Healthy Witches... cackle, cackle... I will try for the next week or more to give a health tip here.  They will come from a news article that Yahoo ran a couple of days ago:  http://health.yahoo.net/experts/earthis/25-best-nutrition-secrets  

You are going to love this - 1. Drink that second cup of coffer - it might lower your risk of adult-onset diabetes, according to study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition...