Ozempic, Mounjaro & the Illusion of Shortcut Healing
- Karen Di Gloria
- Sep 9
- 2 min read
Welcome back to Virgo Season Detox. In part one, we exposed the illusion of “smart glasses” and how tech marketed as progress is actually disconnecting us from truth. Today, in part two, we’re looking at another false fix: the booming weight-loss drug craze.
We’re moving through eclipses on the Virgo–Pisces axis. The South Node in Virgo is dragging up our obsession with perfection, quick fixes, and control. The North Node in Pisces is calling us to release the illusion that we can engineer our way into wholeness, and instead remember: healing is about depth, trust, and compassion.
So let’s talk about the craze for Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Trizepitide. Weekly injections to make you thin. I’ve got to say it: people are rejecting vaccines but saying yes to drugs that paralyze their stomachs?
Make it make sense.
Here’s the raw reality:
Physical side effects: nausea, vomiting, constipation, gastroparesis (stomach paralysis).
Accelerated aging: “Ozempic face” — hollow cheeks, sagging skin, muscle wasting, bone loss.
Deeper risks: nutrient deficiencies, arthritis, and even increased risks for eye disease.
Counterfeit dangers: fake versions already on the market, with people landing in ERs.
This isn’t healing. This is body mutilation disguised as wellness.
And here’s the deeper truth: If you’re unwilling to face your shadows, regulate your nervous system, expose your skin to the sun, move with intention, and actually integrate your trauma — no injection is going to save you. Because the problem was never just food or exercise. It was disconnection.
The South Node in Virgo has us clinging to logic, fixes, and control. But the eclipse portal is asking us to step into Pisces: trust, integration, surrender to real healing.
So here’s your ponder:
Where are you outsourcing your healing instead of trusting your own body’s wisdom?What would it look like to stop controlling and instead surrender into deeper alignment with what your soul is asking?
Virgo wants perfect. Pisces wants whole. And wholeness is where your power lives.
This was part two. In the next post, we’ll go deeper into the Virgo shadow of over-labeling and over-medicating, asking the hard questions about ADHD, distraction, and whether a diagnosis is really a disorder — or a soul signal.
I’m grateful you chose to spend a few moments here with me. If this sparked reflection, let me feel your presence — comment, tap the heart, or pass it on to someone you love. Together, we’re harvesting health at the root.
On the journey back to wholeness,
Karen Di Gloria ✨
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