🌑 New Moon 2026
New Moon in Virgo
Precision meets devotion — recalibrate your daily life with the most practical and purposeful New Moon of the year.
What This New Moon Brings
If other New Moons this year have asked you to dream, feel, or charge ahead, the Virgo New Moon on September 11 at 18°25' asks you to organize the results. Virgo is the zodiac's master of refinement — it takes raw inspiration and turns it into something that actually works. This lunation is a cosmic audit, and it's not here to judge. It's here to help.
Virgo's genius lies in the sacred ordinary. This is the sign that understands that your life is built not from grand gestures but from daily habits, small choices repeated a thousand times. How you eat. How you structure your morning. How you organize your workspace. How you tend your body. These seemingly mundane details are the infrastructure of everything you're trying to build — and this New Moon gives you the clarity and motivation to get them right.
There's a devotional quality to Virgo that often gets lost beneath its reputation for criticism and perfectionism. At its highest expression, Virgo is the sign of sacred service — to your body, your craft, your community, and your purpose. Intentions set under this New Moon are most powerful when they combine practical action with genuine care. Don't just start a diet; nourish yourself. Don't just organize your desk; create a workspace that supports your best work. The details matter because you matter.
Astrological Analysis
This yearly Virgo New Moon sets our minds on more practical matters- new beginnings at work, renewed health routines, new
errands and projects. We become more practical and detail oriented. Great time for upgrading routines, making plans, schedules and
inventories, organizing your environment, personal hygiene and grooming. Learning, education, studying and research are also
favorited now!
Active Retrogrades During This New Moon
How It Affects Your Sign
Select your Sun, Moon, or Rising sign for a personalized reading.
Aries
Your 6th house — Virgo's natural home — is directly activated. This is the New Moon to overhaul your daily routine with military precision. Set intentions around a fitness regimen that actually sticks, a morning routine that fuels your fire, or a work system that channels your energy productively. The details you've been ignoring are the bottleneck. Fix them and everything accelerates.
Taurus
The 5th house of creativity and joy gets Virgo's refining touch. Your creative work benefits from editing, polishing, and bringing a higher standard to what you produce. Set intentions around perfecting a creative skill, bringing more intentional joy into your daily life, or applying your natural taste to something you've been approaching carelessly. Craft and pleasure are the same thing for you right now.
Gemini
Your 4th house of home receives Virgo's organizational genius. Your living space directly affects your mental clarity — and it probably needs attention. Set intentions around deep cleaning, organizing systems for your home, or creating a domestic routine that gives you peace. A well-ordered home is a well-ordered mind, and this New Moon knows it.
Cancer
The 3rd house of communication and learning gets a practical upgrade. Set intentions around improving a specific communication skill — writing clearer emails, having more direct conversations, or learning something with tangible applications. Virgo says the most useful knowledge is the kind you can apply immediately. Take a workshop, not a lecture.
Leo
Your 2nd house of income and resources is analyzed with Virgo's discerning eye. Set intentions around financial housekeeping: budgets, expense tracking, debt reduction strategies, and finding where money is leaking through cracks. This isn't about austerity — it's about stewardship. When you know exactly where your resources go, you can direct them with royal precision.
Virgo
This is YOUR New Moon in your 1st house — a personal reboot focused on how you show up in the world. Set intentions around your health, your appearance, your daily habits, and the version of yourself you want to embody going forward. You have an extraordinary ability to improve anything you focus on. Focus on yourself now — not as a project to fix, but as a craft to refine.
Libra
The 12th house of the subconscious receives Virgo's analytical attention. Your inner critic may be loud right now — notice it without obeying it. Set intentions around healing perfectionism, bringing practical structure to your spiritual practice, or doing the quiet inner work that makes your outer balance possible. Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is rest with intention.
Scorpio
Your 11th house of community and future vision gets Virgo's service-oriented energy. Set intentions around contributing meaningfully to a group cause, volunteering your skills, or finding friends who share your commitment to doing the work — not just talking about it. The community you build now should be practical, purposeful, and genuinely helpful.
Sagittarius
The 10th house of career is refined by Virgo's quality-over-quantity approach. Your professional reputation benefits from being more precise and less scattered. Set intentions around professional development, skill certifications, or bringing a higher standard to your daily work output. The promotion goes to the person who masters the details, not just the vision.
Capricorn
Your fellow earth sign activates your 9th house of higher learning and philosophy. Set intentions around practical wisdom — learning something you can actually use, studying a subject with rigor rather than casual interest, or traveling with a purpose. Virgo and Capricorn together say: knowledge without application is just trivia.
Aquarius
The 8th house of shared resources and transformation receives Virgo's practical attention. Financial partnerships, insurance, debts, and investments all benefit from a thorough review. Set intentions around getting your shared financial house in order. On a deeper level, Virgo helps you do the quiet, methodical work of emotional transformation — progress measured not in breakthroughs but in steady healing.
Pisces
This New Moon opposes your sign, activating your 7th house of partnerships. Virgo asks you to be more practical about what you need from relationships — not less dreamy, but more discerning. Set intentions around choosing partners who show up consistently, communicating your needs clearly, and bringing the same devotion to your relationships that you bring to your spiritual life.
Intention Setting
New Moons are for planting seeds. Set intentions with these practices.
The Systems Audit
Take a piece of paper and divide it into four quadrants: Health, Work, Home, Relationships. In each quadrant, write one system that's broken or missing. Then write one specific, implementable fix for each. Virgo doesn't want your dreams — it wants your action items. Post the paper where you'll see it daily and check off each fix as you implement it over the coming lunar cycle.
Body Gratitude Practice
Virgo rules health and the physical body. Lie down comfortably and mentally scan your body from head to toe. At each area, silently thank it for what it does — your eyes for seeing, your hands for creating, your legs for carrying you through the world. Where you find tension or pain, offer gentleness instead of frustration. Then set one health intention that comes from gratitude rather than criticism.
Harvest Herb Bundle
September is harvest season — Virgo's time. Gather fresh herbs (rosemary for clarity, lavender for peace, mint for renewal) and bind them with natural string. As you tie the bundle, speak your intentions for daily improvement. Hang it in your kitchen or workspace. Every time you catch its scent, you'll be reminded that growth is happening in the small, quiet, everyday moments.
Mercury's To-Do List Ritual
Virgo is ruled by Mercury, the planet of the mind. Write a to-do list — but not an ordinary one. Each item should begin with "I am ready to..." followed by a practical intention: "I am ready to walk 30 minutes daily," "I am ready to meal prep on Sundays," "I am ready to respond to emails within 24 hours." The phrasing transforms tasks into declarations of readiness. Place the list on your desk as a daily invocation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is the Virgo New Moon ideal for health intentions?
Virgo is the zodiac sign most closely associated with health, the physical body, and daily wellness routines. When the New Moon falls in Virgo, the cosmic energy is specifically tuned to supporting new beginnings in these areas. Whether you're starting a fitness program, changing your diet, scheduling overdue medical appointments, or establishing a self-care routine, the Virgo New Moon provides both the motivation and the practical clarity to make it stick.
What kind of work intentions should I set during the Virgo New Moon?
Focus on process rather than promotion. Virgo cares about how you work, not just what you achieve. Set intentions around improving your daily workflow, organizing your workspace, developing a new skill, automating repetitive tasks, or refining the quality of your output. This is the New Moon for becoming genuinely better at your craft — the career advancement follows naturally from the improved daily practice.
How is the Virgo New Moon different from other earth sign New Moons?
Taurus New Moons focus on abundance, material security, and sensual pleasure. Capricorn New Moons emphasize career ambition, legacy, and long-term structure. Virgo New Moons are about the daily infrastructure — health habits, work systems, organizational methods, and service. Think of it this way: Capricorn builds the house, Taurus furnishes it beautifully, and Virgo keeps it clean and running efficiently.
Should I try to be perfect during the Virgo New Moon?
No — and this is important. Virgo's shadow is paralyzing perfectionism. The highest expression of this New Moon is devotion to improvement, not flawlessness. Set intentions around progress, not perfection. "I will move my body three times a week" is more aligned with Virgo's true energy than "I will never miss a workout." Sustainable, compassionate discipline is what this lunation actually supports.
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