virgo Iii - bruise violet

Written By Laura Joyce

Mutable earth: roses, funerary plants, secrets.

  • Atmosphere: Bruise Violet

  • Sign: Virgo

  • Plant: Rose

  • Planet: Mercury + Venus

  • Dates: 14 September - 22 September

  • Tarot: 10 of Pentacles

I find rose to be a tried and true ally for grief of all kinds. It has this wonderful ability to soften the heart and wrap us in its soothing embrace, almost cushioning the fall or pain associated with loss.

– Sarah Corbett, Rose Monograph, Rowan and Sage.

Virgo III is beauty and melancholy.

As with Blackberrying, Venus is the co-ruler, but this time she rules with Mercury instead of Saturn, so there is fast movement.

The sweetness of Venus, with the fast movement of Mercury, speeds up the border between ripeness and rot, and between freshness and decay.

This decan reminds me of the beauty there can be in the colour of bruise, the sweet pain of touching it.

Death and violence; containment and healing.

Pressing on a bruise reminds you that you are fragile, but you are alive.

Laura Joyce
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