Waning Moon in Gemini

This note covers the Moon's transit through Gemini, which begins today and continues through Tuesday.

The Full Moon in Taurus, powerful in its own right, initiates a strong shift in energy. This Full Moon, taking place in the last degree of Taurus and Scorpio, begins the Moon's void of course time, a lull, a period of rest and reflection that lasts only an hour.

Geminid meteor shower

At 1:42pm EST, the Moon flies into bright, airy Gemini, ready to take everything the Full Moon offered and share it with the world. Gemini is the sign of thought, communication and networking ... linking people and ideas in new and intriguing ways.

This lunar time is for sharing, disseminating what we've realized and achieved. Today's shift into Gemini after the intensity of the Full Moon might feel like a burst of energy, like fireworks or a shower of stars. These Gemini days will be times for connecting our hard-won insights into new patterns of understanding, for sending messages, and for reaching out to others.

Tomorrow morning, the Sun moves into Sagittarius (5:14am Monday), sign of exploration and adventure. The Moon will trine Saturn in Libra (3:04pm), creating new connections of insight and energy for Saturn's steady work of manifestation.

Just after midnight, the Gemini Moon opposes Mars in Sagittarius, a reminder to keep an eye on the horizon as we continue our quest. Becoming too focused on one goal, we can miss important shifts around us. At 3:25am Tuesday, the Gemini Moon opposes Mercury in Sagittarius, reinforcing the message: Keep a sharp lookout and all lines of communication open!

Reaching the late degrees of Gemini, the Moon will challenge Jupiter and Uranus in square while flowing energy to Neptune and Chiron in trine. Once again, Gemini connects. Easy or difficult, it doesn't matter ... communication is vital, and messages that shake things up are sometimes the most valuable of all.

The Moon's final aspect in Gemini is a flowing trine to Venus in Libra, at 4:56pm Tuesday. Moving direct now, revisiting territory she last crossed in retrograde, this trine between Venus and the Moon offers more new connections. Venus wants to make sure we've gotten the messages she's been sending about our relationships, creativity and finances. Are we listening?

During this Gemini Moon, we might need to remind ourselves that communication needs to be a two-way street to be successful. We may feel so full of things to share, it becomes hard to listen. Or we might be so bombarded with messages, it feels overwhelming.

Perhaps we can remind ourselves that Mercury, Gemini's ruler, is also the patron of merchants, ruling exchanges of all kinds. This will be a time of communication, yes, but we want to spend as much time listening as talking. Checking that important messages have been received and understood will ensure that we're communicating in meaningful, productive ways.

At 8:14pm Tuesday, after a void of course period of about three hours, the Moon walks through her own front door, emerging into the security of Cancer.