The Wound, the Third, and the Healer: A Virgo New Moon Reflection

This reflective essay explores the middle east conflict, through a Jungian and symbolic lens, guided by the Virgo New Moon and the healing presence of Archangel Raphael. Rather than offering political solutions, it invites a deeper psycho-spiritual engagement recognising that much of the global discourse is shaped by projection, ancestral trauma, and collective shadow. Drawing on Carl Jung’s concepts of the Third, the Anima, and Chiron, the piece suggests that while the path to geopolitical reconciliation may be blocked, a healing space must first be cultivated within the individual and collective psyche.

It calls for discernment, humility, and the courage to hold paradox, to grieve both sides of the story, and to recognise how personal pain and moral injury are entangled in global reactions. The Virgo archetype, as a guardian of ritual, earth, and care, offers a path of slow healing through tending, presence, and sacred attention. The piece closes with plant allies Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) and Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) as symbolic and energetic supports for this inner work, yarrow for integration and boundary, rosemary for clarity and remembrance suggesting that healing begins not in resolution, but in the quiet act of soulful witnessing.