September feels
September tends to bring a return to routine, a grounding, a sense of getting things in order. Is just for us parents who are getting kids back to study, or is it because we are in Virgo season; the sign of the zodiac defined by structure, rules, organisation, practicality and details. For years, I believed that the strong desire for a September reset was rooted in the school calendar, even before I became a parent and had the practical ‘back to school’ task list. What if the return to school after holidays falls in Virgo season because it’s what the season asks of us; order, reset, routine…
For me, I sit in The Space Between bidding a sad farewell to the headiness and spontaneity of summer, while also welcoming the first glimpses of the change in season, a return to more structure and order, and an overwhelming urge for order. I’m noticing the slight chill in the air, the colours beginning to change, the darker evenings and mornings, and I’m not sad about the desire to get cosier and hunker down! This Virgo season is bringing an urge to declutter similar to the urge I experienced during nesting when I was pregnant; if something isn’t nailed down right now, it’s in danger of being thrown out / recycled / repurpose / donated.
It’s only by clearing out that we can make space for the new. On a very practical and logical level, I want to make way for beautiful new storage in my bedroom, and to redecorate and update the space, it doesn’t make any sense for me to pack the new wardrobes with clothes I’ve been holding on to for far too long, for reasons I can’t fully comprehend, and it has led to the most ruthless clear out I’ve had in years. It has got me thinking too about what old habits and patterns that I’m holding on to which need cleared out to make space for something better.
My invitation to you this Virgo season (whether you believe in astrology or not) is to think about what clutter in your mind is holding you back? How would you like the place of your inner chatter, your heart centre, to look and feel, and what do you need to release or let go of to make space for that?
