Virgo, by Jack Baddeley

The Great Work 

What is the rea­son you are here; what is your pur­pose here on the Earth, and what is your des­tiny? Some of the great­est minds have pon­dered these fun­da­men­tal ques­tions, as they wres­tled with the mean­ing of life, and what will be our fate.

For me, the Ancient Teach­ings, and with­in those teach­ings the lessons brought to us by the gift of Astrol­o­gy, point to the answer for these mysteries.

Why are we here; what is our pur­pose on Earth? It is real­ly so sim­ple, and yet so awful­ly hard, we are sim­ply here to learn to be bet­ter humans. In life after life, we encounter oppor­tu­ni­ties and chal­lenges, and each Zodi­a­cal Sign holds part of the answer as to how we should and will make our des­tiny, by the man­ner in which we meet each moment, one after the other.

In Aries we learn the les­son of pres­ence itself, of the pow­er of our atti­tude as we encounter each moment in the eter­nal now. In Tau­rus we learn the les­son of val­ue, of how all of Cre­ation is made from Divine Love, as we learn to live by love with one anoth­er. In Gem­i­ni we open our minds to the won­der of Cre­ation so that we may learn how to live as intel­li­gent cre­ators. In Can­cer we reach deep into the roots of our feel­ing nature so that we may be guid­ed to care for one anoth­er. In Leo we see the light of the divine in each oth­er as we are led by love to respect and hon­or one another.

Now we have arrived at anoth­er turn­ing in these, “songs of the spir­it”. At this time every year, and always and for­ev­er a most inte­gral part of your nature too, we turn to the gift that is held by the Sign we know as Vir­go. In Vir­go we observe, adjust, cor­rect and improve our­selves, because in order to grow there must be change, and our growth must be guid­ed by atten­tive intel­li­gence to the need to live a life of inte­gral bal­ance with one anoth­er and our world.

The gifts of Vir­go are clar­i­ty and focus, as we bring a crit­i­cal eye to our­selves, to our world and to one anoth­er. By our ser­vice and ded­i­ca­tion through all of our works in the world, from the most menial of tasks to the most mean­ing­ful sac­ri­fices, we strive to be bet­ter, to become bet­ter, to be that bet­ter human we are des­tined to be.

Yes, it is in this most spe­cial space of Vir­go, it is in this time and in this place where we seek and may find what we have always want­ed. Wise ones know that what­ev­er we may wish for or desire, what­ev­er it is that we think might make us hap­py and con­tent, what­ev­er that might be, there is no way to expe­ri­ence any form of hap­pi­ness with­out what you will find here in Virgo.

And what do you seek and what will you find in Vir­go? The great­est gift of Vir­go is to find your way to be at peace, to live as we were meant to be, which is to live in beau­ty and har­mo­ny with our world and with one anoth­er. It is by your self-cor­rec­tion and improve­ment, through your refine­ment and ser­vice, it is by this great work that you ele­vate your con­scious­ness and your actions so that you may live in beau­ty with­in your­self and with one anoth­er too.

Yes, in Vir­go you walk the path of self-mas­tery, sac­ri­fice and self­less­ness, of ded­i­ca­tion and grace to the great work of becom­ing a bet­ter human, and you will do well to remem­ber these words of wis­dom so that you will live your life as it was meant to be:

As I walk, as I walk

The Uni­verse is walk­ing with me

In beau­ty, it walks before me

In beau­ty, it walks behind me

In beau­ty, it walks below me

In beau­ty, it walks above me

Beau­ty is on every side

Sur­round­ed by Beauty

Liv­ing in Beauty

Lov­ing in Beauty

May you walk in Beauty

May you live in Beauty

For all your days

May you be at Peace

Sur­round­ed by Beauty

It is done.