On June 6, at 08:37 AM EST, we experience a New Moon at 16º of Gemini, as the luminaries align, also tightly meeting up with Venus (just out of her cazimi with the Sun). This New Moon initiates a new understanding of our relationships and how these influence the duality within us.
As several planets align in Gemini, ushering you into a new cycle wherever this energy lands in your chart - your perceptions open up, and you may learn to embrace new ways of thinking, communicating and connecting. This energy stirs our curiosity and asks that we lighten up. Nothing lasts forever, which is why Gemini wants to try it all at least once.
As we shifted from the body-based energy of Taurus into the mind-based energy of Gemini, our nervous systems may be running at a rampant pace, attempting to keep up with the rapid change occurring after an intense eclipse season this spring. It’s important to allow ourselves to slow down, calm the nervous system, and ground into our bodies as new perceptions and information come flooding in.
Gemini’s ruling planet Mercury (currently conjunct Jupiter in Gemini) acts as the bridge between realities, this energy is here to remind us that we have the power to co-create our reality. Jupiter is freshly in Gemini after transiting Taurus for the last 12 months. These two energies are vastly different. While in Taurus, Jupiter led us to expand and grow in our self-trust and worth. He taught us how to stand our ground and be self-sufficient. With the recent shift into Gemini, brings us in connection with people and information who widen our perspectives and teach us to be adaptable and surrender to the flow.
Happening at 16 degrees Gemini, this energy will most intensely affect mutable signs (Virgo, Pisces, Gemini, Sagittarius) and air signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius). Find out if this is you by signing up to the Lunar Alchemy Collective, where you’ll get full access to this blog and instructions on pulling up your chart & learning how the energy is affecting you.
Saturn challenges us to face duty
With an exact difficult aspect to Saturn in Pisces, this lunation may be bringing up some feelings of restriction and the need to find the balance between lightheartedness and the duty or responsibility to be of service. At the same time, we may be offered some lessons around practicing non-attachment, embracing the mutable and changeable energy of late spring, and both Pisces and Gemini archetypes. As always, Saturn can be a difficult teacher, but his energy is pushing us to clear all the thought patterns that are not serving the dreams we're currently working towards.