I watched Amadeus last night and was struck by how vividly it illustrated the archetypes of Pluto in Leo and Pluto in Virgo.
I keep thinking about the natural zodiac and using it to find out why each sign is the way it is.
Mozart seemed to embody Leo — unapologetically creating from the heart, expressing life without restraint or question. Salieri, on the other hand, reflected Virgo — having that past Leo ego or love of something and even some talent but becomes bitter when he’s outshined or can’t create the life he wants, and a sense of being punished by God (negative of the Pisces polarity)
What really resonated for me was how crisis functions within the Virgo archetype. In moments of crisis, we’re often shown who we are and who we are not. Salieri’s tragedy, to me, was that he could not accept this truth. He could have recognized that he was not Mozart (humbled his ego and accepted/pisces), and instead devoted himself to serving the music of God through supporting Mozart. That would have been Virgo at its highest: humility, gratitude, and service. Instead, he defined himself through envy, which distorted his relationship to the divine.
This seems to be the 3h 9h square to Virgo. Could this mean giving negative definitions or meaning to the phenomenal world and carrying negative perceptions and beliefs from it?
This made me reflect on my own Virgo lessons. I see how easy it is for the Virgo mind to give negative meaning to experiences that don’t align with one’s ideals — creating belief systems around “not enough” or “less than.” And yet, the way forward always seems to be surrender and acceptance, which I recognize as the Pisces polarity. True Virgo service is not manipulation or self-criticism, but humility and discernment aligned with something larger than oneself.
It seems through crisis I realize who I am and who I am not. Is this the crisis of the 1h inconjunct? Through experience (aries)? It also teaches me to have faith somehow. Maybe the crisis creates objectivity (11h inconjunct) ?
It takes crisis to shake the leonine focus (evolution from 5h to 6h)
Also to look around for signs of the divine (synchronicity in Pisces) but maybe Virgo misconstrues everything (negative manifestation of 3/9) cause they can’t do what they want (Capricorn on the 5th!)
How funny that Capricorn is on the 5h and Leo is in 12h (a veil or hidden or unconscious)
I always wondered why 6h said enemies in other books. I think it can lead to enemies because of the envy and negative mindset that could happen.
I’m curious how others see this Virgo natural zodiac or if you could add to it or if you can see the archetypes in the movie?
Am I going in the right direction of understanding the natural zodiac?
:)
Hi Dominika,
Yes, these reflections are correct. From my point of view, 8th house/Scorpio/Pluto archetype also correlates to enemies and jealousy/envy. Virgo correlates to inferiority/superiority dynamic and how inner criticism or inner lack can be projected outwards, i.e we can become our own worst enemy/critic.
Namaste,
Deva