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| A Walk to Paradise Garden – W. Eugene Smith |
The New Moon in Gemini is about to arrive, shifting energy from the dark of the waning Moon into the dark of the waxing Moon––yes, the Moon is still shadowed and still, we can feel the shift.
Imagine you're in a cave, dark, close, with the sound of water dripping nearby. You came down here for an important reason, and now it's time to find the surface again ... but where is it? Which of these passages did we climb down?
We step into the entrance of each passage. Does it feel right? How will we know? Ahhhh! This one has a breeze. There's a slight push of air against our cheeks, and a fresher scent. Air is moving here. This is the way.
So it is with today's New Moon: Head toward where the air is moving. This is likely to be wherever Gemini and Mercury are focused in your chart, which could be a bit more complicated than it sounds, Mercury being a trickster and all.
Look where 28 Gemini falls in your chart. In my chart, this is the Eleventh House, suggesting this New Moon can shift, energize, reinvigorate my networks, organizational links, and groups of friends and acquintences––or possibly turn them upside down in some lighthearted but effective way.
Which planets in your chart are touched by this New Moon? Look at anything in the final degrees or early degrees of any sign, and focus on the strongest aspect patterns.
This New Moon squares my Sun, trines my Mercury–Neptune conjunction, sextiles my Pluto_Moon conjunction, semisextiles my Uranus–Jupiter conjunction, and is widely inconjunct Chiron. Gulp. I am anticipating a complete reset in how, when and where I think and communicate. A new me, just when I thought I was figuring out the old one.
Then look at your Third House, which Mercury and Gemini rule. Third House stuff like thinking, communicating, close neighbors, siblings, cousins, early learning experiences and trips close to home can all receive energy from this Moon.
I've got a loaded Third House myself––my Mercury–Neptune conjunction is there along with Saturn, Ceres and Venus.
Yesterday afternoon, I finished moving into a new apartment just a few miles from my last one. Lots of short trips and a new beginning today.
With everything in my chart lighting up like sparklers, I'm awaiting many breaths of fresh air in the weeks to come. This particular New Moon opens the door to a tremendous shift in energy:
• the Summer Solstice June 20 (astrologically, when the Sun enters Cancer, and Winter Solstice down south)
• first of seven exact Pluto–Uranus squares on June 24 ... revolutionary change at fundamental levels
• Saturn stations direct on June 25, moving forward and finally leaving Libra after a loooong time
• Venus stations direct on June 27, shifting into outward relating again
We live in active, some might say hyperactive, times. We're all standing in the dark sniffing the air to figure out which way the wind is blowing. At this New Moon, we're invited to stick our noses in as many directions as we like, testing the air, comparing, contrasting, communicating and playing.
This is a time for wishes and intentions that are lighthearted, youthful, and fun, not only about getting and sending the messages we need. It's a time to ask for curiosity, discernment, and new perspectives.
Speaking of new perspectives, Eric Francis at Planet Waves chronicles the amazing energies surrounding this New Moon while Dana Gerhardt at MoonCircles reminds us that intentional silence is also part of Gemini, and a wonderful way to connect with inner messages.
Our world is filled with an amazing interplay of the miraculous that is entrancing, exciting, exhilarating, frightening and never boring... perfect for a Gemini New Moon!
Based on my chart, I think my life is going to blow up during this new moon period. I hope it's in a good way.
ReplyDeleteI hope so, too, Elaine ... new journeys ahead.
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