These are global energies of the Black moon in Virgo or in the 6th House which must be nuanced according to your birth chart, see the article Black Moon in birth chart; see also the article on the general interpretation of the Black moon.
It represents an important karmic factor, at the same time a seed of incarnation (see the Triangle of incarnation), a source of attractions, compulsions, and also of fears, introversions.
The black moon is one of the attributes of the Anima in the chart, and as such it can indicate a Projection of the latter…
As the black moon remains 273 days per sign, its position in the houses is more telling for the personality, the archetypal color of the sign modulates according to it. Consequently, focus on the house impacted in the interpretation, the analysis of the sign must be subordinated to it.
Compensation for inferiority
The black moon in the 6th house or in Virgo may emphasize these people’s need to find their “social utility,” something that goes even beyond their work so that they can discover and practice their “function,” but it may also easily bring people face to face with a feeling of uselessness and the fear of emptiness that this may lead to. There is a significant risk of overworking, as well as a risk of having complicated hierarchical relationships.
This is a position that in particular highlights the sense of duty that these people may have socially towards others, with a feeling of having quite a few things to prove in relation to their own feeling of social utility.
On the one hand, this may greatly promote a feeling of emptiness, such that these people feel unproductive and ineffective and have more difficulty finding and carrying out their function in society.
But on the other hand, this may also frequently highlight these people’s need to express their deepest ideals in the socioprofessional sphere and to practice a true vocation, something much more powerful than simple “work” that puts food on the table and pays the bills.
It is important not to lose sight of the fact that we are in the 6/12 axis of devotion here, which truly emphasizes the need to help, give advice, and serve, at the risk of also activating certain forces of sacrifice (intensely taking responsability on oneself and feeling guilt).
The planet Neptune may also be very interesting to analyze in relation to this situation actually, since it may clarify how this axis will be expressed overall, how it will evolve later on, and possibly what its excesses are.
Inevitably, the socioprofessional sphere may suffer more from instability, or even from real problems, domination, or manipulation, and in this way this black moon can be compared directly with Pluto in the 6th house or in Virgo.
The notions of subordination, of relationships with authority that these people are subjected to or in terms of them wielding their own power as well, or of achieving emancipation may be particularly sensitized for these people and may represent something to work on and develop over the course of their incarnation (in terms of the notions of domination/submission, the position that they decide to take within a greater framework, and how these people may use their power or rather avoid using it).
There may be various inferiority complexes that need to be sublimated, and given this it may be difficult to deal with everyday life, since the lines between a lack of confidence, aggression, and self-destructiveness can be rather difficult to determine, often on a razor’s edge.
See for example the terrific book “Adler’s Key to the Meaning of Life,” by Alfred Adler, who actually had a conjunction of the black moon with Neptune and postulated his entire philosophy and doctrine on humanity’s struggle with “feelings of inferiority,” with the goal of evolution and individuation.
See also for that matter the excellent book “An Astrological Study of Psychological Complexes” or “Astrology and the Modern Psyche” by Rudhyar, in which he directly talks about Alfred Adler in particular: these books will be extremly useful for people with this configuration.
This positioning may also accentuate more obsessive, compulsive, or anxious aspects, as this sector is attributed to perfectionistic, analytical aspects, which may lead to much intellectualization or various forms of mental restlessness.
Recognition and gratitude will thus be important for such an incarnation; getting recognition for the value of their work, their utility, and their function will be important for these people in terms of improving their overall personal value and gaining confidence.
Connections with colleagues or employees, as well as various other ties that are formed in the context of work, may be delicate, but these relationships may also be opportunities for confrontations that help these people evolve, that is, opportunities to catalyze particular patterns through evolutive violence (there is a need to break away from restrictive codes of the past that may have been inherited karmically).
In these people’s work environment and in the socioprofessional sphere, they may in fact be subjected to various forms of fatality or losses in connection with domains or sectors of activity that are known to be “difficult” or that highlight forces of metamorphosis.
What may be difficult with this positioning is being able to work without really having the impression that you are working and without really feeling the effects of the toil and the notions of constraints, onerousness, and submission, but this will be an important axis for personal development to try to put in place.
In some cases, this black moon may also be connected to dietary restrictions, diets, or forces that either are hypochondriacal or make it difficult for these people to get treatment; in any case, notions of psychosomatic difficulties will be more sensitive.
A good idea with this positioning may be establishing and following a rigorous structure for each day, whatever it may be, which means planning, organizing, not procrastinating, and creating structure, just as much corporeally as mentally. It will also be important to keep a closer eye on Saturn.
Some activities, such as yoga or certain sports, may be perfect for this in terms of clearing up the mind and emotions, allowing these people to put things into perspective, and dealing with pride, which is also highly connected to the notion of a lack of confidence in oneself and in others in the context of this configuration.
Celebrities with Black Moon in 6th House
Mahatma Gandhi, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marlon Brando, Edgar Cayce, Friedrich Nietzsche, Nikola Tesla, Stephen King, Albert Camus, Mel Gibson, Helena Blavatsky, Steven Spielberg, Zinedine Zidane, Barack Obama, Leonardo DiCaprio, Saddam Hussein…
Celebrities with Black Moon in Virgo
14th Dalai Lama, William Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, Alfred Hitchcock, Conor McGregor, Fidel Castro, Hugh Hefner, George Washington, Charles Baudelaire…