At the New Moon, we get a triple dose of mercurial brilliance, with Sun-Moon at 21 degrees Gemini, and Mercury at 3 Gemini. It's likely to be noisy, with a high potential for mania, anxiety, panic, and other modern ills from constant TMI (too much information). Take care to avoid what/who makes you strung out, nervous, pulled in too many directions.

Mercurial Genius

The Greeks knew the magician as the God Mercury, with wings of pure spirit on his feet. That represents being sped along, when aligned with higher spiritual forces and wisdom. Gemini is the mischievous sign, often poking fun at set, controlled or pre-planned ways of thinking. At the New Moon, the re-set button gets pushed, and the mind is free and flexible again.

It's timely for seeing through any trickery and illusions created out of thin air, with no basis in reality. At the New Moon, we each rest in that place out of which language, symbols, visuals originate. If we commune with the center at this rich time, we emerge mentally renewed. We can then compute info at lightning speed, using both worldly and otherworldly info -- that's straddling two worlds.

Discernment

A key aspect at the New Moon is the Sun-Moon square to Saturn Virgo in a wide orb (6 degrees). This lends some level-headedness to all this fast thinking and talking. Saturn says "Keep it real." With the psychic doors flung open, Saturn's boundaries keeps us from mentally going off on useless tangents. It reins in the focus, so all that high speed intellectual energy can be applied in productive ways. It's timely for visualizing pathways to your goals that feel do-able.

In this chaotic time when there's so much static, Saturn aids you in lifting out what's useful. Saturn's presence in the mania is the B.S. detector. If something or someone doesn't have integrity, their game will be exposed. It's a time when talk is cheap, and those who live daily in alignment with what they're saying are taken seriously.

We can get some clues to the story line for the Sabian Symbol of that degree:



DANCING COUPLES CROWD IN A HARVEST FESTIVAL


This month is described as a celebratory festival. Men and women join together to "make a joyful noise unto the land”, as the Bible says, to enjoy the bounty and beauty of nature. This image speaks to the joy we can share in community working toward our common good. This image invites in the goddess Ceres, she who grows the grain, who oversees the harvest. She is fully present.



Sign of the Future

It is said that Gemini is the sign of the future. It scrambles old forms, and embodies change. Gemini's live that adage, "change your thoughts, change your life." And here, we've got Mercury in Gemini in a sextile to the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction, sparking a curiosity about what we can create, if we change our minds....quickly.

This is a time of quantum leaps, when it's possible to make sudden evolutionary surges forward. Mercury Gemini keeps up with, and conspires with the forces of change. These days are aces for creative visualization, questioning everything, and skipping out of any repetitive grooves of thought.

Summer of Transformation

What Gemini skips over lightly, is often deeply rooted in how we live. It's one thing to SEE anew, but another to dismantle the old, and live in the new way. The Uranus-Jupiter conjunction is squaring Pluto, and this is the big picture, against which the magician (Gemini) is playing out. The playful attitude - that life is a game - helps us step back to see with some detachment. The airy Gemini energies bring fresh winds that lighten things up.

Take notice of what comes to you in dreams or passing visions. It may be ahead of its time, to save away for later. Give yourself some space to hear what's coming through your higher channels. This means cutting out distractions, and resting if you need to. Gather up all you can, as this is the restful prelude to the intense Full Moon in Capricorn/Lunar Eclipse on June 26th. At that time, what the New Moon reveals as first inklings, become more fully realized.

 Possible Themes:
• Question everything -- it's liberating!
• Let it be ok that you don't know.
• Diffuse a tense situation with humor.
• If you've got creative blocks, try writing under a pen name.
• Research something thoroughly.
• Listen to or read vignettes.
• Shake off tired old opinions you no longer believe in.