The Quiet Before the Shift
- Sarah Gowns
- Aug 17
- 3 min read
17 - 23 AUGUST 2025
We are standing in the still, fertile air between cycles. The Lion’s Gate Portal (8/8) and Aquarius Full Moon (8/9) cracked us open; last week’s Venus-Jupiter heart expansion and Mercury turning direct brought waves of clarity and emotional truth.
Now the pace slows just enough to integrate, but there’s a hum beneath it all. Eclipse Season is stirring. We will officially step through its doorway with the Virgo New Moon on August 23, a lunation that is both a beginning and a prelude.
This week, you may feel pulled inward. The body wants grounding. The mind seeks order. Your spirit knows something is coming, but for now, your work is to prepare the soil.
Please know, you have crossed thresholds you once feared you could never step through. The storms of August so far have not come to break you, but to strengthen your roots.
The Lion’s Gate poured light into your system. The Full Moon washed away what was false. And now, the New Moon offers you a clean page, the kind only given once you have proven to yourself that you are ready. Do not rush to fill the page. Sit with it. Breathe with it. Touch the texture of possibility. Write only from the truth of your soul, not the noise of the world. You are not waiting for change anymore. You are the change. And the Universe is listening.
Astrology highlight of the week - Virgo New Moon
Eclipse Season is now in session. This is the first of two Virgo New Moons; the second will be a Virgo New Moon Eclipse on September 21.
Only part of the story: This lunation may feel incomplete, with threads that will weave together next month.
A blank slate: Falling at 0° Virgo, it’s one of the most potent degrees in the zodiac, the ultimate reset point. Imagine the future is not fixed, and you’ve been handed the paintbrush. This is your chance to consciously imprint your desires into the fabric of reality.
Personal + collective creation: Your intentions matter not only for your life but for the collective frequency. Focus on abundance, healing, and the highest vision for all.
Saturn + Neptune influence: These may bring emotional uncertainty or a sense of heaviness. Virgo’s mercurial nature invites you to journal, organise your thoughts, and get clear on your inner truth before taking action.
Ritual Tip: Meditate with the intention of planting seeds for the next six months. Visualise your ideal life as if it’s already here, and write it down in the present tense.
How we may feel this week: A pull toward grounding, simplification, and preparing the energetic field for the September Eclipse. The focus shifts from expansion to integration.
Soul Guidance Moving Forward
Honour your body’s need for rest and routine.
Create small daily rituals that anchor you.
Treat the New Moon as a sacred reset, plant seeds you’re willing to nurture.
Let Virgo’s energy help you clear clutter, refine systems, and get precise about your intentions.
Journal Prompts
What reality do I want to imprint onto my life right now?
What “unfinished business” needs closure before the Eclipse?
How can I bring more healing and integrity into my daily rhythm?
✨ Affirmation of the Week
"I plant seeds in fertile ground, trusting they will grow in perfect time. My future is mine to create."
This week is about listening for the whispers. The Virgo New Moon won’t give you the whole picture, that comes with the September Eclipse but it will hand you the tools, the blank canvas, and the quiet space to decide what’s next.
Tend to your roots. Keep your energy clean. The ground beneath you is already shifting, and what you plant now will grow far beyond what you can imagine today.
I can see the vibrations of this earth shifting and rising, there is more light coming in, and my friends, there is magic is the air, if you let go, you will rise up to feel it.
I love you,
Sarah
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