Moon into Gemini: Cosmic Connections

Tuesday evening through Friday morning

The Moon joins Mercury in Taurus this morning, and enters her time-between-times. This time of reflection foreshadows the Moon transit through Gemini, which combines the bright mental energy of Mercury, the emotional sensitivity of the Moon, and the grounded practicality of the Earth element.

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At 7:56pm EDT, the lights come on, the sparklers are lit, a flight of beautifully colored butterflies soars into the sky, as the Moon steps into Gemini. Her first aspect is a square with Neptune, which offers several (possibly challenging) opportunities.

Neptune asks, can we still our chattering thoughts enough to sense the flow of intuitive guidance being offered? Can we open the doors of perception to embrace connections wider and higher and deeper than we ever have before? The Gemini Moon, at the same time, invites Neptune into a quicker, brighter dance, saying, Now! Now's the time, not a mythic past or an envisioned future, but now!

This connection with Neptune ushers in a night of marvel-filled dreaming, as the Moon sextiles Uranus, the Awakener, who might send flashes of insight. Early Wednesday morning, the Taurus Sun trines Saturn in Libra, lending a creative artistry (both Taurus and Libra are ruled by Venus) as well as a groundedness to our dreams.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Gemini Moon trines Saturn in Libra, Air sign to Air sign, sharing ideas, concepts, thoughts, and communication. Saturn's been in Libra a long time, and no doubt has lots to say about what is needed to bring balance, harmony and beauty into manifestation.

An hour later, at 5:17pm EDT, we reach the New Moon in Gemini, followed just a few minutes later by a partial Solar Eclipse. The presence of the eclipse gives this New Moon extra resonances and staying power. If you're making wishes and setting intentions at the New Moon (described here), know that the intentions set at an eclipse New Moon will carry forward not just this month, or until this New Moon next year, but for years to come.

detail from The Creation of Adam by Michaelangelo

This New Moon comes with extra mojo for manifestation and transformation, as Saturn trines the New Moon, and Pluto forms an inconjunct angle-of-adjustment. Mars, Venus and Mercury are all in Taurus, lending their calm, grounded steadiness to the proceedings.

Meanwhile, Uranus, Saturn and Pluto form a T-square, a bit wide but still a powerful sign of the unsettled times we're living in. Linda Hill writes of this New Moon calling us to stand up, claim our power and our voices, and speak out, as she explores the Sabian symbols of the planets at that moment. Joyce Mason offers ways to calm Gemini's sometimes overactive mind, and with radical trust, move into the space of knowing that we can make it through whatever comes.

The essays at MoonCircles for this New Moon offer themes of opening our minds (Dana Gerhardt), and preparing for a wild ride in which we may feel we're flying blind (Simone Butler). April Elliott Kent writes about how this New Moon, and the eclipses to follow, might affect us depending on what will be aspected in our birth charts.

Gemini is the sign of connection, so dive in and explore multiple viewpoints. Open your mind, let your eyes go into the soft focus that widens peripheral vision, and reach out. Thursday, Mercury enters into Gemini, his home sign, bringing attention again to the bright, light-hearted, communicative thought space of this mutable Air sign.

In the wee hours of Friday morning, the Moon's transit through Gemini reaches its close with a reprise of the Pisces-Gemini connections we opened with: Mercury in Gemini squares Neptune in Pisces. Thirty minutes later, Neptune turns direct, entering her time of reflecting on the move into Pisces she just completed as she traverses that ground again, dipping in to Aquarius one last time.

Soon after that, the Moon sextiles Jupiter, a scintillating conversation about philosophy, journeys, and the meaning of life. After a brief void of course time, the Moon steps into her home base, the sign of Cancer, at 4:36am. Phew!