This week we move into the last quarter moon in Virgo, which leads into the balsamic phase. This is a darkening, or a falling apart of the lunar cycle. It is here where we go into a more yin nature, a quieting. Introspective as the light fades, the work is done. We can now sit and reflect on what has been. This week also marks the last real week of the northern hemispheres own darkening, each night blacker, longer than the night before. Even this will reach an end, peaking on Winter Solstice.