NEW MOON 18º Virgo ♍︎ , September 10th, 2026

by DB Johnson

~Moment to moment, be present with yourself.~

The cry for a transformation of our current cultural condition resonates with those who listen with their Heart.

Pundits, diviners and spiritual leaders promise the New Earth has arrived and those who are worthy will reap the rewards of the harmony and abundance that are the natural expression of the love Mother Earth has for her children.

Astrologers look to the heavens for alignments that foretell of the imminent unraveling of the destructive power structures that harm our inner and outer world. We can point fingers and name the perpetrators whose unquenchable thirst for power has forced us into this predicament.

You are included in the dismantling and rebuilding within and without.

Recent planetary alignments illustrate the coming shift.

In July, Barbault’s Basket showed us a cradle, shaped by the precise alignment of four slow-moving planets, from which a collective transformation will birth a new civilization.

The Total Solar Eclipse in Leo on August 12th invited us to participate in the Divine Act of Creation and speak from the Heart about our most radical ideas. We can spin our unique thread of Being in this incarnation.

The second Eclipse in August had the red shadow of the Earth fall across a Pisces Full Moon awakening us to examine our daily actions and acknowledge that benevolent unseen forces help us weave our thread into the fabric of our collective reality.

Become a keystone of the New Paradigm foundation.

Astrologically, September arrives quietly like the calm after a thunderstorm, yet the call for transformation and the power of the Eclipses still resonate.

The New Moon in Virgo on September 10th is square the Ascendant and quincunx the Midheaven calling you to question the authenticity of how you show up day-to-day.

How do your habits affect your potential to realize new beginnings and shape the persona you present to the world?

Can you purify and eliminate all the burdens that hinder transformation?

Is your self-worth independent of other people’s opinions?

Only hours before the Virgo Moon-Sun conjunction,

Mercury, ruler of Virgo, ingresses into Libra and

Venus, ruler of Libra, ingresses into Scorpio.

Pluto the transformer rules Scorpio.

This spiraling chain of connection leads you to commune with the depth of your secret Heart.

Your Heart cannot lie.

Find the courage to face the darkness.

Listening with and to your Heart reveals your true feelings about your contribution to the fabric of collective consciousness.

Anger and fear feed the beast that is our consuming society.

No one can save you.

A new reality will not be constructed by others for you to inhabit. You must be one of the builders. Your contribution is essential for a successful metamorphosis.

Pay attention to how you engage with those close to you and strangers alike. Words spoken, gestures directed and thoughts hidden reflect your authentic self.

Expressions of love and gratitude help clarify your role in strengthening family and community.

Virgo purification is about discernment and refinement. Recognize the fine nuances of your habits and choose to eliminate those that do not serve your desired development. The polarity point of this Moon-Sun conjunction is in Pisces. With clarity and confidence, ask for Spirit’s help to ease the growing pain of transformation.

Plus, on the day of the New Moon, Uranus in Gemini stations joining Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, and Pluto in retrograde motion.

Jeffery Wolf Green says “The retrograde principle creates a reactive retreat from the status quo; from societal and collective definitions.”

With the planets Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Chiron and Pluto in retrograde motion, you are presented with the opportunity to internalize the nature of the structure of society, collective consciousness and unconscious desires.

Recognize your contribution to the current zeitgeist and “retreat from status quo” in order to become the change.

Further, the emerging new communal value structure must resonate with your inner sense of self-worth to avoid the internal damage caused by outside expectations and judgements.

Collectively, we will build something that has never before been realized.

Key Aspects:

September 10th

On the day of the New Moon, Venus, having just arrived in Scorpio, opposes retrograde Chiron in Taurus. Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius forms an out-of-sign trine with Chiron and a sextile with Venus thus setting a Sail pattern. This formation accentuates the realization that the wounds of the Earth are not separate from the deepest wounds of our Heart. And Lilith, being the point where the Moon is furthest from the Earth, represents our exiled or repressed wildest desires. Liberation from cultural restrictions can come by remembering that we are truly governed by Natural Law. We are born as sovereign Beings. Reclaim your sovereignty. In healing our wounds, we heal the Earth.

September 12th

As the Moon separates from the Sun she ingresses into Libra and conjoins with Mercury. This merging becomes the tail of the kite formed with retrograde Pluto, Neptune and Uranus. The English language has become common around the world. It is noun-based and categorizes based on the dominating five human senses filtered through the intellect. English words truncate comprehension and cannot express the true essence of our reality. This planetary Kite asks us to dream a radical new language that will accompany the Earth’s evolution. Maybe love, the language of the Heart, can become the core for the new vocabulary.

Sept 17th

An hour before midnight New York City time, Chiron returns to Aries further emphasizing the sentiment described above; our wounds are not separate from the wounds of the Earth. At this moment, the Moon in Sagittarius is trine Jupiter in Leo and Mercury in Libra opposes Saturn in Aries. Invite your closest friends and a few strangers to join you on a wilderness adventure. Dance, sing and tell your story around a fire that warms and protects. Rediscover the playfulness of childhood. Absorb the wisdom of the trees and stones. This is healing medicine.

Song recommendation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WkUgNKOtSE

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DB Johnson is a certified New Paradigm Astrology astrologer and recent graduate of the NPA school. His work weaves together shamanic and evolutionary astrology, offering grounded, insightful perspectives on the deeper meaning within planetary cycles.

We’re delighted to welcome him as an active contributor to the Lunar Planner, where he will continue sharing his interpretations with the NPA community.

Picture credit: Sagrada Familia: Building the Sacred One Stone at a Time

Edited by: Semrin Demirel, a certified NPA astrologer.

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