Moon into Gemini

Thursday morning through Saturday afternoon

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Early Thursday (7:21am EDT), the Moon skips into butterfly Gemini, the sign that loves to connect. And connecting is what the Moon does during this crowded transit! After three very quiet days in peaceful Taurus, the Moon wants to talk to everyone.

Her first stop is a square to Neptune, newly arrived in Pisces. Where Pisces wants to bliss out on emotions, Gemini is all about ideas ... let's talk, Gemini says, tell me all about it! ... while Pisces happily floats on waves of pure experience. The Moon will also square Chiron, and then Ceres, in Pisces.

The potential here is for clear, innovative thinking and communication (Gemini) about emotional issues (Moon) supported by deep insights (Pisces) that lead to nurturing (Ceres) and healing (Chiron). If the issues being surfaced feel too threatening, though, the Gemini Moon might retreat into the nearest light-hearted distraction.

Later, come flowing sextiles to Uranus and Mars in Aries, which could show up as a bright burst of wonderful ideas you can barely record fast enough, or as an unstoppable torrent of words you might regret later. If in doubt, reach for the pen or the keyboard before going public.

Venus in Pisces reaches her exact inconjunct angle-of-adjustment with Saturn in Libra. This aspect brings focus to where relationships are out of balance, or where we're deluding ourselves ... which could provide the context for what the Moon is either exploring or avoiding during this Gemini transit.

Friday morning, the Moon emphasizes the awkward angle between Venus and Saturn by trining Saturn (supporting clear thinking), and squaring Venus (asking that anything vague or confusing be articulated).

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Friday afternoon, the Moon rejoins the Aries excitement with sextiles to Jupiter, the Sun, and Mercury. The Sun-Moon sextile marks the point in the waxing lunar cycle when the emerging shape of our New Moon wishes becomes clear. The Aries Sun and Gemini Moon certainly support clarity!

Jupiter, as always, makes everything bigger and more enthusiastic. Everything may seem wonderful and exciting now, so it's important to connect also with Mercury's retrograde energy, creating small moments of thoughtfulness in the midst of apparently blazing potential.

Early Saturday morning, Pluto turns direct, rather like having a very large, very powerful earthmover slow down, turn, and reverse itself. This is happening at 7 Capricorn; if anything in your chart is being aspected by Pluto now, you're likely to feel it. Pluto will head back to 4 Capricorn, reaching there in mid September, before turning direct again.

The Moon's final aspect in Gemini is a conjunction with the South Node of the Moon, and opposition to the North Node, a chance to look at, think about, and communicate about where we are on our life path. At 5:02pm EDT Saturday, the Moon steps through her own front door into her home sign, Cancer. Depending on how difficult the Gemini transit felt, she may lock the door behind her and hide for a few days.