August’s New Moon 2022 | Marie Kondo your Career by Iman the Alchemist
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August’s New Moon 2022 | Marie Kondo your Career
Article by Iman the Alchemist | @imanastrology on Tik Tok | @imanthealchemist on IG
When is August’s 2022 New Moon?
Saturday, August, August 27, 2022 @ 4:16 AM EST but you have until Sunday, August 29th to work with the Energy.
A new moon is the first phase in the lunar cycle and occurs when the Sun and the Moon are together in the same sign.
While you can begin actions, projects, and relationships at any time, aligning your initiating process with the new moon phase, supercharges your efforts and manifestations.
This month, August 2022, the Sun, King of the day, and Queen of the night, are spending time together at 4 Degrees of Virgo.
As a working Actress and consulting Astrologer, my mission is to help Creators like us, (Artists, Healers + Entrepreneurs) Manifest the Career Success our Higher Selves Desire and Deserve. Here are my suggestions to do so on this Virgo New Moon.
3 Tips to Boost your Career with the Virgo New Moon 🌙🪄
Tip # 1. Marie Kondo your Day
If you don’t know who this Japanese organizing guru goddess is, immediately stop, google her, then read her book, the life-changing magic of tidying up. After devouring it, binge watch every episode of her Netflix Series, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. It will legitimately change your life.
Once you're done with all that, Ask Yourself: How can I Upgrade the Shape and Structure of my Day in Service of my Future Goals + Visions?
All 3 Earth Signs, Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn want to create plans and get a crap ton of work done in order to obtain success in the material realm, however their approach and philosophies vary.
Virgo specifically, wants the process to be as efficient and productive as possible so we’re talking Automated Email Reminders for Clients, Self-Tape-Section-of-Home Set and Ready for Auditions, and even Carving out Monthly Time to Batch Content for Daily Publishing.
Whatever your end vision and goal, Virgo reminds us of the value of working smarter, not harder.
Since this is the new phase of the Moon, it’s an astrologically auspicious time to begin and create new daily infrastructure that supports your work on a weekly, monthly and even yearly scale.
There are 12 Houses on the Zodiac Wheel, each representing different realms of life and each directly connected to one of the 12 Zodiac Signs.
The 12 Zodiac Signs are further divided into 4 Elements: Fire, Earth, Air + Water. The Earth Signs are connected to the tangible work we do in the material realm and the money we earn to sustain our physical existence in this incarnation.
Specifically, the 2nd House rules the money you earn from the work that you do and is connected to Taurus. The 10th House rules your career, ambition and life direction and is connected to Capricorn. And the 6th House, rules the tasks, health routines, and systems one needs on a daily basis to reach alignment in this incarnation–which is connected to Virgo.
From your daily to-do list, to your scheduled 9 AM yoga class to your 11 AM team meeting– this is the realm of life in which all the details of your daily human existence, play out.
If you’re a Casting Director, your 6th House daily routine might include a Zoom check in with the director of the TV Series your casting. If an actor, your daily ritual might include allocating an hour to develop new accents. If a healer, making time in your day to serve yourself by giving yourself your own reading–the possibilities are endless.
When describing the higher expression of Virgo energy to clients, I often use my Manager, Josselyne Herman-Saccio, as an example. As a powerful and successful talent manager with a TED Talk, ABRACADBRA on how to manifest their dreams, Josselyne has quite a few employees on her team and clients to manage daily. It’s a lot. Somehow, she channels her Virgo super powers by seeing the vision of her clients, breaking that vision down into tangible goals, and then strategically creating systems to support the manifestation of said goals.
For example, as an actor, our job is to audition. And since COVID, the audition process has transformed greatly and mostly happens at home via self tapes. While this may sound easy for non-actors, it’s not. We now have to set up the tech, learn the lines, and make sure all footage is edited and submitted appropriately. Casting doesn’t have the bandwidth in this new age to hold our hands during the process and they shouldn’t have to. This Virgo New Moon is the perfect time to create the systems we need to hold our own career hands, throughout the day.
There’s a lot to juggle and it can rattle your nerves. Each audition is a rare and precious opportunity to move closer to manifesting your dreams and since they come through at the last minute, it’s smart to channel Virgo energy by having everything you need to make the job as efficient as possible, ready to go.
Each day/time we receive an audition from our agents, Josselyne’s team and the systems they maintain, generate a thorough email outlining the instructions, details and requirements. Everything is clear, orderly, and concise–key Virgo significations. I don’t think most of us even realize how much work it is, that's how functional and supportive her daily systems are–Virgo at its best.
Tip #2. Pace Yourself– Keep your Energy Balanced and Protected.
Ask Yourself: How and When will I include time for Work and Rest throughout my Day?
Mars, the planet of action, initiative and aggression, is forming a challenging angle to the Virgo New Moon. Mars is at 4 Degrees of Gemini Squaring the New Moon at 4 Degrees of Virgo and the two are toe-to-toe, just staring each other down. It ain’t pretty.
They are both motivated by getting work done, but their vibes and approaches are at odds. Virgo wants a logical systemized approach while Mars only knows how to jump in and Go, Go, Go. Mars wants to do all the things, even if they aren’t entirely purposeful and neither side is willing to make adjustments.
Ima be real witchu, my planetary homie–Mars, will have you out here thinking you’re the Energizer Bunny, but guess what–you're not. Even if you’re feeling like you can clean all the rooms, organize all the closets and tidy up the core areas of the home, you’re not a battery-operated stuffed bunny rabbit. You’re a spiritual being having a human experience and it’s a temporary one so protect and conserve your energy. You’re in a physical body which needs a daily balance of healthy meals, rest, exercise, work and fun in order to thrive.
Virgo, a mutable earth sign, along with Pisces, a mutable water sign, form the Polarity of Health and Healing. Mutable signs are ones that are flexible, adaptable, and open to change. So in your own life, channel your flexibility by trying new routines and rituals that honor your overall wellbeing.
Under Mar’s influence, you’ll be in your head like “I gotta make this deck on canva, then finish my website, oh yea also. And also and also–I want to make a new tik tok series focused on how to heal with make-up—OH I’ll do that after I film my first YouTube Video that I know will never have time or energy to start.”
…When your thoughts begin to sound like the ones above, get grounded and take a break and say to yourself:
“Work, Chill, Repeat.”
Again:
“Work, Chill, Repeat.”
I can’t hear you!
“Work, Chill, Repeat!”
I was a cheerleader back in the day. Like, an official one for my college and I miss it–but that’s a story for another time. I have tales.
Okay so back to balancing and protecting your energy–
–Think, batch social media content for 2.5 hours, then watch the new GOT series for an hour.
Or 90 min writing your monthly newsletter, then a 30 min walk in your Hood.
Or put in 2 hours of cleaning and organizing your home, then an hour break featuring a glass of wine and facetime call with your BFF.
You get the idea—Work, Chill, Repeat!
Tip # 3: Get out of your Head
Ask Yourself: Am I Overthinking things and if so, How can I get out of my Head and into my Body?
Not gonna lie, the possibility of experiencing complete mental exhaustion during this Lunation is real AF. The new moon in Virgo is ruled by Mercury, the planet of mental activity including communication, cognition and commerce. Mercury will have you all in your head, overthinking, analyzing, crafting wild narratives that never have and/or never will happen. Don’t surrender to his B.S.! You have a choice.
When thinking about your career right now you might be worried if you're on the right path or timeline or you might be obsessing over how much more money you need to make to sustain the lifestyle you envision for yourself. Whatever the specifics are, don’t surrender to Virgo low vibrational energy of criticism.
If you read my biweekly new moon and full moon blog posts, you know I always have a meta moment during my writing process and It’s looking like it's about that time.
Between us, I’m on draft #562 and I’m not exaggerating. Okay, I’m definitely exaggerating. I’m unsure who else I think you might tell but I’m feeling classic Virgo anxiety vibes right now. I want this post to be clear and resonant for you but I’m getting stuck on the Virgo wheel of perfectionism so I’m actually going to take my advice from Tip #2 by pacing my energy.
Work, Chill, Repeat.
Help me decide…Should I Watch the New GOT or Law & Order Reruns?
—K. I’m back and feeling super refreshed. Now where were we?
Oh, yes! Getting into your body is a great way to get out of your head. Tangible ways to do this include Yoga, Hiking, Deep Breathing, or even Body-Scan Meditations. My go-to hack to get grounded instantly is to place your feet in soil or on grass to recalibrate your energy field. You can also spend time in nature or spend quality time playing with a kid in your life. Children know how to instantly and organically take you to the present moment.
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