New Moon in Gemini June 2013
The New Moon in Gemini June 2013
The New Moon in Gemini puts emphasis on its ruler Mercury and with it communication to speak their mind. Mercury, ruling the mind, is the planet of strategy arming Gemini with cunning, mischief and a bag of tricks up their sleeve. Mercury ruled Gemini is associated with the Magician in the Tarot. Mercury resourcefulness has a variety of tools in their arsenal, adroit with the gift of thinking with a rational, objective, impartial perspective given the task to work through and brainstorm the possibilities. Miracles and magic happen when we open our mind, get through the maze and past the puzzle.
Mercury is the messenger of the gods, a world between mortal and immortal channels, a networker connecting the dots between point A and point B. Gemini emphasizes the spoken and written word, the mimic, the copy cat, the talking bird and the parrot repeating what you said, the translator and interpreter and the one that spreads information or regurgitates it, spews it, gossips, in whatever language or communication you understand. To Gemini, its question everything and it’s no if you don’t ask.
New beginnings and activities emerge around the everyday hub and comings and goings of life, siblings, neighbors, short trips, learning, thinking, speaking, and ideas. Gemini is putting on the thinking cap with alot on their minds. Minds are active and thoughts are abundant (Jupiter Gemini). As Jupiter moves through the last trail of Gemini, the emphasis on the mind is ever more pressing with lots of talking. Meditation and mindfulness becomes a helpful balancer to keep the supple rhythm to thoughts from turning fickled and tickled, the scattered and racing variety is the spice of life kind, Gemini’s brand of curiosity that can’t sit still with restless jitters hankering for stimulation.
You don’t have much if your communications systems are broken down and as Mercury joined Venus, relationships (Venus) with communication agent Mercury are keeping things running relatively smooth as Mercury begins to slow down to retrograde motion the end of June. June 19th Mercury Venus and the Sun Jupiter conjoin just as Jupiter comes to the end of the Gemini cycle. Gemini rules over the lungs, the arms, hands and nervous system. We may be seeing the last emphasis in these areas before Jupiter leaves Gemini, where it has been in its detriment the last year as we move from racking our brains and talking too much (Jupiter Gemini) to smoother pastures and easing off the heavy weighing on the minds, quieting the mind to listen more and talk less as Jupiter moves into Cancer June 26th upon the Super Moon Full Moon in Capricorn June 23rd.
Youth was brought to mind watching gatherings as the school year ends and with it a tug of war game, fitting when Mars (war) moved into Gemini joining up all the other Gemini planets. Gemini is the sign of youth, puberty, youthfulness and being young hearted. If Mercury is strong in your chart, a youthful, slender, nimble-quick alert clever nature will always keep you with a youthful glow and girly figure or boyish cuteness no matter what age.
Mars in Gemini is light on its feet and takes sneaky steps as it strains Neptune and Saturn with subversive actions, hidden agenda or diffused anger, avoidance, deflecting, behind the scenes passive aggression. Mars is not on point in aspect to Neptune. The energy is diffuse and movement is diverted. Mars ruled by Aries is usually straight forward, direct, confident and decisive however at this time it’s with trepidation and the not so sure footed side stepping.
The New Moon wild tide washes away the debris and flushes out all the mess and the stress accumulated over the last few eclipses. Being south node eclipses show a releasing and clearing, any stagnation necessary to open up to fresh new beginnings. This New Moon brings the first of a few of the water grand trines turning energies into what I term flow motion. Before the first dip with Mercury moving into Cancer we have had clusters of energy the last while with Taurus, Gemini and now moving into Cancer. Many planets reached an anarctic degree 29 degree (last degree of the sign) which is a critical marker and often feels like sitting on a precipice ready to take a dive into a new sign, new beginning ending what no longer fits or works anymore.
Mercury Cancer just passed a trine to Neptune Pisces and Saturn Scorpio as Venus in Cancer currently trines Neptune Saturn with the Sun Moon Mars and Jupiter in Cancer following close behind soon to create the trine as well. With Neptune and Saturn as part of the grand trine, Saturn and Neptune are strange bedfellows as Neptune wants to surrender and float off into the ethers while Saturn tries to keep one grounded and in the material realm, a mix that can be dizzying, disorientating and potentially disheartening as easy aspects can bring in a sense of futility, laziness and giving up.
The water trines bring opportunity to get unstuck and release freeing and letting the tide take you instead of fighting the tide or going against the grain. The harmonious energy is already showing with pleasant weather although it is also showing a water shed with flooding with its release and other water related issues including tugging emotional pangs with sentimental tones and passing nuances that stir and touch tender spots. Water has the capacity to either slowly erode or fiercely push through as a cleansing, healing wash over, a release of a dam or all hell breaking loose with some emotional meltdown to a soaking mess.
Immerse yourself with water rituals and surround yourself with water. There is a gentle prodding with water that doesn’t blow like the wind, singe like fire or weigh you down with the weight of the earth. In water you float or sink or let it run over you or through you as it absorbs and moistens. Water doesn’t have boundaries or walls.
These water trines quickly turn and cushion between tense, unsettling tsquares as the Cancer planets create a domino effect tsquare with Uranus Pluto bringing out and triggering the square once again although Uranus and Pluto are moving out of orb a few degrees which softens the blow. Expect tensions most likely in communications, contracts, neighbors, siblings, short trips, traffic (Mercury) as Mercury will turn retrograde and remain in Cancer until August. Heated debates and conflicts or disagreement close to home, close to the chest, emotional, domestic and family with Pluto (rage, pipes, poison and plumbing), in Capricorn (careers) and Uranus Aries (friends, groups, new starts, shocking and sudden actions potentially violent).
Mine came up close and personal when the weed wackers weed wacked my tomato plants slicing the tops (heads) off! How fitting as Aries is the color red and I had the shock and sudden (Uranus) death (Pluto) of tomatoes. Kind of gives a new twist and meaning to killer tomatoes-tomoto killers. Cancer is a direct link to the emotions and I am very emotional about my tomatoes. If you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen and keep your watch for the wacko tomato decapitator.
Venus in Cancer takes relationships to secure and comfortable, warm hugs and nurturing. Venus in Cancer is protective, sensitive and seeks relationships that endure and promise a safe haven with visions of picnics in the park. In aspect to Neptune and Saturn expect this time for romantic, idealistic based fairytale type (Neptune) connections to blossom with the propensity of Neptune to run away with itself into fantasy kept in check by Saturn reality and discipline while Neptune gives Saturn the needed cutting of slack to relax into and bring down the walls of restraint and constriction and soften Saturn’s hard knocks. Venus in aspect to Saturn can also lay the groundwork now to establish long term partnerships (Venus) with sound boundaries (Saturn) and expectations.
Happy Birthday Johnny Depp-June 9. Johnny has been on my mind and in my dreams lately-maybe because its his 50th this year. Jupiter has been stationing over his Sun the last while (Leo rising-Sun is his chart ruler) showing the light over him with his new movie release, Tonto with eclipses over his career house although all is quiet and private with his love life. The relationship (synastry) between Johnny and Amber doesn’t show any powerful connection so I don’t see this relationship lasting. Their progressed composite chart is very intense now with transits namely with Venus tsquare Saturn Pluto which shows some barriers and limitation in love in the next year.
Johnny has many Neptune transits now which can instill much around fantasy and possible delusion. Once out of Neptune transits, the fog lifts and often what was loved or desired is seen in a different, more realistic light, often with the term, what did I ever see in that person. Johnny now has transit Saturn square his ASC/DESC which is setting in this reality check around relationship matters. Johnny has Venus in Taurus bestowing him with charm and good looks. Transit Pluto is soon square his Jupiter in the 9th (Jupiter rules his children) as Pluto travels over his Moon showing much energy surrounding those close to him in the next year.
As Uranus Pluto slowly start to unwind and ease off, the remnants of Uranus Pluto square are still showing up the strange, weird, chaotic, unusual with Ricin (poison-Pluto) letters into prominent hands and a few bizarre fatalities with wild zoo animals, another tragic shooting (domestic and family related-Cancer) and my cat killing another bird just in time as he did the last two hits of Uranus square Pluto.