Today is a quietly buoyant day. This
morning, we wake up to Moon still in Taurus but void having just left
a sextile with Jupiter in Cancer at 5:10 AM EDT.
Moon is Void ALL day until she enters
Gemini just after Midnight.
This is a good day to do one final
sweep, clearing out, purging (physically or emotionally) prior to
getting ready to set our intentions for the New Moon on Thursday.
The New Moon occurs at 7 21 of Gemini.
My first thought when looking at the degree/minute is “Oh, those
are lucky numbers!” My second thought is, “Hmmm, isn't Neptune at
7 Pisces?”
Yep. It sure is. This New Moon is
nearly exact in square to Neptune. The square from Moon to Neptune
occurs at 3:03 PM tomorrow—mere minutes after the perfection of the New
Moon.
The next thing that stands out to me is
that Venus and Mercury are still in sextile and both are getting
ready to jump into new signs. This New Moon marks the end of the
passage of Mercury through Gemini and Venus in Aries.
Mercury, who rules the New Moon, is
currently in his retrograde shadow. When he dives into Cancer, it may
feel like you are zipping along on a speedy motorboat and then stop
suddenly. If you have ever been zipping along on a speedy motorboat,
you know what it feels like when you stop suddenly. It's not like
slamming your brakes on in a car. It's more of a slow drag/slosh and
even then you don't come to a complete stop. You still drift a bit.
With the shift of Venus from Aries to
Taurus, we stop some of the ambitious pursuit of what we want and
focus more on what we have.
Still yet, Venus and Mercury are
holding hands getting ready to jump together. One will land on Earth.
The other will land in Water. One will be steady and dependable
(albeit a bit stubborn). The other will be hard to pin down.
Information/communication will change from fickle and chatty to
watery and colored with intuition. AND WONKY—we are approaching a
Mercury retrograde. The first part of which will be quite nostalgic
(in Cancer) and the second part of which we will have an opportunity
to re-wire some of those memories or adjust the way we think about
them.
Venus enters Taurus on May 28th
and Mercury enters Cancer on May 29th.
In the meantime, if you set intentions
for the New Moon, you are going to want to ground beforehand. The
square to Neptune demands that. Also, it wouldn't be a bad idea to
pay homage to the Great Sea King by bringing in water or ocean
elements to your altar. You can go all out and even have the whistles
of Orcas and Dolphins singing in the background.
It's so easy to disregard Neptune. He
is often forgotten. But, that doesn't mean that he isn't out there
doing his job which very often means making things nebulous and
confusing. Grounding and specifically inviting Neptune into your
intention setting ritual may keep some of the confusion at bay. Head
slowly into the fog. Let the mist shape and form around you. Allow
yourself to be a bit lost in the ethers. But, bring some grounding
activities with you-- a trail of breadcrumbs if you will. This way,
you can find your way back out. Nevermind. You'll forget the
breadcrumbs. I already know.
Sun and Moon also find Mars in Libra
via trine during the New Moon. Black Moon Lilith in Leo hits a
sextile between each. Mars and BML together create a yod with Neptune
at the apex. BML is wild and unihibited. In Leo, she gets center
stage.
Mars in Libra has finished his
retrograde and is still hovering over his stationary degree. He will
leave this degree soon and he will leave the inconjunct to Neptune
behind him as well. This, for Mars, is a time of integration and
sorting through the chaos that occurred while he was retrograde.
Neptune tells us that confusion seeps into an area of your life
because that area needs definition or re-definition. Motives, energy
and drives are befuddled right now as we sort through all we
encountered during the retrograde. This New Moon marks the ending of
that befuddlement, too. Neptune stations retrograde on June 9.
Every new beginning is some beginning's
end. In this instance, we have at least 4 endings marking the
opportunity to set intentions for 4 new beginnings. Where are Mars,
Venus and Mercury transiting your chart? You can set intentions at
this New Moon stating how you would best like to work with these
planets moving forward.
How would you like to work with Venus
in Taurus? How will it impact your chart? How would you like to work
with Mercury in Cancer and the upcoming retrograde? How will that
impact your chart? How would you like to handle this third and final
direct passage of Mars in Libra?
How can you work with Neptune Retrograde? Fish while standing backward? Or, BE the fish and cast out of the water trying to catch a land dweller.
How can you work with Neptune Retrograde? Fish while standing backward? Or, BE the fish and cast out of the water trying to catch a land dweller.
For Mars in Libra, look to what became
prominent in the retrograde. You were surely shown modes of operation
that are no longer effective. Now is the time to change how you
operate in relationships for both the betterment of your own life and
to improve your interactions with others.
The New Moon is in Gemini. Gemini rules
the 3rd house—thinking, socializing, communicating,
siblings---The Twins. Writing. With Neptune involved and deliberate
intention, it could be magical writing or a work of fiction. If you
are an author, this would be an excellent Moon to begin writing a
fiction novel.
If you are NOT an author, you can still
dream up (Neptune) how you would like the rest of your life to go.
You can write (Mercury/3rd house) the story of your
“life-to be.” What does that future self that you want to be look
like? Write it out. Describe it. Give yourself a mutable template
(changeable according to your whim) of who you want to be and how you
want to live your life. Begin at the beginning—which would be NOW.
Chances are there have been some areas
of your life that have been obliterated or changed completely after
April. Decide how you would like to fill those now empty pages.
With BML involved, the Universe is
encouraging you to go all out with this. Let your imagination run
wild write or speak of the life you dream of. If you are already
living that life, rejoice and keep dictating how the future will look
like. Aim for the Moon, land in the stars. I dare you to dream. Start
a conversation (New Moon in Gemini) with your soul (Neptune).
The pen is truly mightier than the sword |
The Sabian for 8 Gemini is “An
industrial strike”
Blain Bovee says the theme is “Enough.”
And, indeed, you may very well find yourself at that point of “enough
is enough” these days. Call a halt to the things in your life you
have had enough of and write in your own storyline.
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