I hear there was an eclipse in Virgo last weekend!
I suspect there was much online conversation about it and noticings of drama at the collective level.
For my part, I was knocked flat by an out of the blue allergy attack.
My deepest ponderings were:
Wondering why rubber ducks fail to float properly in water and end up upside down.
Managing to memorize the names of all the Pupstruction characters (Maya and Luna are my favorites).
Making multiple mental notes to buy hairspray for the pumpkins (yes, you read that right).
Speaking of pumpkins, in a convo with Gemini AI, it used the phrase “the irony of water” in response to a query about pumpkin care.
I immediately knew that would be my next blog post title, which is yet more evidence that writing is much more my thing than gardening.
Gemini used that phrase when explaining that water can both promote fungus growth when humidity is high and mitigate it after a heavy rain.
We are now in the midst of a grand water trine until December, which is a nice break from some of the intense energy we’ve had this year.
My favorite descriptions of water are in the Tao Te Ching. Here is one, from verse 8:
The best way to live
is to be like water
For water benefits all things
and goes against none of them
It provides for all people
and even cleanses those places a man
is loath to go
In this way it is just like Tao
The irony of a grand water trine is that, while a trine is an easier energy, stagnation can set in because there isn’t enough friction, calling to mind a funny phrase I heard occasionally during my youth: “there’s a fungus among us!”
Water is the opposite of the earth element, and fortunately the earthy energy of the Virgo eclipse will resound for many more months and bring some counter-balance. I managed to finish reading the magnificent book Raising Hare during the allergy-plagued weekend and will do my best to revisit its earthy wisdom:
Under the subtle influence of the hare, my own wants have simplified. To be dependable in love and friendship more than in work. To leave the land in a more natural state than I found it. And to take better care of what is at hand, seeing beauty and value in the ordinary (p. 266).
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