New Moon in Virgo 2025: The Black Moon and the Virgo Portal
In the dark hours just after midnight on August 23, a rare moon rises over the horizon. The New Moon in Virgo at 0° begins not only a lunar cycle but a corridor — a passage that stretches across two new moons in the same sign, opening a threshold we will walk until it closes with a solar eclipse on September 21.
This is the Black Moon — a moon of rarity, of intensity, of fate. When two new moons bloom in the same zodiac sign, their energy is amplified, focused, impossible to ignore. For Virgo, this is purification doubled, service multiplied, destiny sharpened to a fine point.
🌑 The First Virgo New Moon — Aug 23 at 0°
This first new moon arrives at the very beginning: 0° Virgo. Here the sign’s energy is at its most pure and potent. Virgo rules the sacred in the small things: the body as temple, the ritual in routine, the devotion in detail.
But this moon is not soft. It aligns with the South Node of Destiny, stirring karmic echoes, old patterns, attachments that have lingered too long. It calls us to release — not in grief, but in gratitude, honoring lessons learned and letting them go.
And in trine with Uranus, this moon does not cleanse gently. It may disrupt. It may shock. But what it clears, it clears for freedom. This is Virgo’s broom in one hand and Uranus’ lightning in the other.
✨ Spiritual Guides for this Moon:
- Elegua / Papa Legba — holding the crossroads as new paths open
- Babalu Aye — cleansing karmic wounds, healing through release
- Osanyin — herbs, medicines, and purification rites
- Obatala — clarity and divine order
🌑🌑 The Rare Virgo Portal
Between August 23 and September 21, we walk the Virgo Portal — two consecutive new moons in the same sign, rare and powerful. The first new moon opens the door; the second will close it.
This is a month-long initiation, a sacred corridor of endings and beginnings. The first moon clears the ground, pulling old roots from the soil of the spirit. The second will plant new seeds, sealing what has been chosen. Together, they form a Black Moon passage, a once-in-years alignment where Virgo’s medicine is doubled.
🌑 The Second Virgo New Moon — Sept 21 at 29° (Solar Eclipse)
The second new moon comes as a Solar Eclipse at 29°, the anaretic degree — the place of completion. Where the first new moon began at 0°, this one ends at 29°, creating a full arc, a cycle of opening and closure.
If the first was karmic release, the second is karmic sealing. What you let go of under the first moon is gone. What you choose under the second is binding. The eclipse makes this a fated turning, a moment where Spirit’s hand rests heavy on the wheel.
✨ Spiritual Guides for this Moon:
- Babalu Aye — closing cycles, healing final wounds
- Obatala — wisdom at completion, clarity of mind
- Ori — destiny, alignment with the divine plan
🌿 Walking the Corridor
To walk this Virgo Portal is to embrace devotion in stages:
- Release under the first new moon (Aug 23).
- Reflection as the portal unfolds — Mercury clears, Venus warms, eclipses stir.
- Renewal under the second new moon (Sept 21).
Think of this not as two separate rituals but as one long initiation. Virgo does not seek perfection, but alignment. And this portal offers just that — a chance to reset body, spirit, and path in a way that is both fated and free.
✨ Closing Reflection
The Black Moon reminds us: the darkest nights hold the brightest thresholds. Virgo Season 2025 offers not just a lunation, but a passageway — one door opening, one door closing, and in between, the sacred work of purification and devotion.
Step lightly, release fully, choose wisely. The Virgo Portal awaits.
In truth, in detail, and in devotion,
Mambo Jae Ashé