Virgo

VIRGO

Keep the faith

Give that detail your complete devotion

Detours to dreams reveal shortcuts to satisfaction

As the Yuletide carol invites us: Oh come, all ye faithful. Faithful to dreams of the heart. Unlike other signs who find the concept of delayed gratification hard to grasp (I name no names!), you along with your fellow earth signs, intuitively understand it makes the prize so much more satisfying when it’s won. You especially, are the Retro Magician. You see retrogrades not as speed bumps or party pooping snafus. But as opportunities to refine those plans and reassess how you are going to manifest those desires. Often this results in that apparent delay or detour turning into a short cut to your dreams. And the Mars retrograde in your 12th/11th will prove to be just one of those, Virgo. But the thing is – you always knew this outcome was yours. You never lost your faith.

Ruler Mercury is now direct once more in your 4^th. But it will take until the start of ‘25 to clear away the retro cobwebs. You will be happy to work with that as well as the Sun in your 4^th until the 21^st, t-bones Neptune in your 7^th. Highlighting something that most definitely needs your attention before you power ahead once more. If you had been at full throttle, ‘instant gratification take too long’ mode (Leo, Sag, Gemini – okay, I named names), you may have missed this. And it would have turned into a major delay further down the track. Now you get to craft a solution thanks to the Mars retro opposition Ceres (20^th). Although you are not in a rush – don’t procrastinate over this, Virgo.

Sweep away the shadow of the past with confidence. Also, be prepared now to step up and re-take the reins of life. Your 5^th house is now Pluto free for the first time since 2008! No more feeling you are like Play-doh being reshaped in whatever image the cosmos decides. Harness your joy, your optimism and passion as the Sun lands in your 5^th – now free of Pluto’s shake and bake influence for the first time since 2008!

When it comes to love, what you love to do, creativity, what you effortlessly shine at doing, creativity, luck, conception, babies and children, you can explore these not only free and unbounded, but in any way you choose. The boldest, most heart-starting new beginning in decades lies just days away. Face forward and don’t look back. And now you see any delays and slowdowns were merely designed to speed you on your way from this point forwards.

In a nutshell: The road to love, gratification and fulfilment may have been riddled with speed bumps or even detours, Virgo. But what appeared to be delays or u-turns now work in your favour. Watch for a highway to heaven opening up and re-enter the fast lane this solstice season!

18 Dec 2024 Sun in Sagittarius square Neptune in Pisces (4^th to 7^th)

20 Dec 2024 Retrograde Mars in Leo opposition Ceres in Aquarius (12^th to 6^th)

21 Dec 2024 Sun enters Capricorn (5^th) (Winter Solstice Northern Hemisphere, Summer Southern)