Our new lunar phase in Gemini kicks off
on May 22 at 1:39 PM EDT. The Sun and Moon are positioned rather
nicely. Each are still hanging on to a trine from Saturn newly Rx in
Aquarius. However, the ruler of this Moon, Mercury, along with Venus
Rx still hang in square to Neptune in Pisces. Mars, our third
“personal” planet, resides with the fishes, too.
For me, Neptune in any chart means
increased potential for vulnerability in a lot of ways. Wash your
hands. Be wary of known allergies and know that you are going to
“catch” things more easily. “Things” meaning germs, feelings,
whiffs, other people's energies, stray ghosts... That a standard
precaution I issue in readings when Neptune is coming on strong. I
also advise that You cannot fist fight Neptune. You WANT TO! But, his
waves will eventually wear you down until you cannot struggle. You
are forced to surrender to the tides...the flow...that which cannot
be controlled.
I am of the opinion that Neptune
increases permeability of all our systems. What I mean by that is, we
grow more sensitive. Not just in ways of the emotional but also in
physical ways. Psychic ways. Spiritual ways. Neptune's waters flow
through the cracks in our boundaries. Slowly eroding and washing away
their edges. Blurring our energies with those present around us and
the edges of reality.
Plus, Neptune's influence can put us at
risk of unconscious behaviors. The latter of which I pin on the
tandem Pluto influence. Pluto and Neptune have been in sextile for a
long time. If there is a major aspect from one there is some kind of
aspect from the other. They work together in many ways. When Neptune
puts our unconscious actions, feelings, thoughts into play without
our awareness in the material world, they are often the result of
something Plutonic. So, not only are our all our systems more
permeable and vulnerable at this New Moon; but, we are also at risk
of allowing shadow to lead our hearts, minds and actions. Channeling
sleeping parts of ourselves right into reality.
On individual levels, we rarely realize
these things are taking place. But, funny thing about Neptune, he
obscures our own view of something but makes it rather noticeable to
the outside world. Caveat of that in these days, no one is immune or
exempt from the potential. While we may be acting out shadow issues,
Neptune also creates upon our visage a mirror through which other
people will be working out their own shit. None of us will be fully
aware as it occurs. We are all thinking we are interacting with one
another when, really, it will be very difficult to see past the
psychological fog of our own darn selves. As if we were trapped in a
hall of mirrors. The Magician laughs...jokes on us.
Welcome to the season of Gemini. For
the next couple of years, the North Node will hold residence here. On
the North Node's journey, the syllabus will fluctuate syncing in tune
to the swift movements of it's ruler, Mercury. At this, the official
genesis of learning to work with the trickster, the magician, the
riddler and the chatty butterfly, we are going to learn the ways in
which our own minds, eyes, hearts and hands can play tricks on us.
The sign of Gemini is known for it's
duality. Represented by the twins, it comes with the adages, “there
are two sides to every coin;” “two edges to every sword;” “two
sides of every story;” and sometimes...especially when Venus is
involved, the mirror has more than one face as does the subject of
reflection.
Gemini's nature is light and
changeable. Answering to the element of Air, it brings focus to the
voice, the lungs, breath and the mind. It's duality is often joked
about. Some referring to the “good” twin versus the “evil”
twin. Heard referenced in regard to it's fickleness and
changeability. This is not unlike the duality found in the nature of
Pisces, represented by the two fish. Let me tell you, when you are
facing times in which changes must be accommodated, Gemini is a dude
you want on your team. The adaptability of Gemini energy is
astounding. The sign is equipped with ever reaching curiosity about
what it is that may come next instead. What can they learn next? They
cannot wait to tell all their friends about what they have just
discovered!
The shift from Taurus into Gemini,
causes energy to lighten which is always a welcomed relief. It's
mutations births us from the tender buds of spring into the growing
heat of summer in the Northern hemisphere. Taking life on that side
of the planet and setting it free to dance. It's pure magic. Some of
the tricks of the magician are that way. Gemini is the embodiment of
“many” but I've not experienced it to be an energy that commonly
turns cruel. It does things for laughs. To tell a story. To make a
point. To show us the fallacy in our thinking. To keep us from taking
ourselves so seriously. Mercurians love the machinations of the mind
and the magic of words. And, yes, they usually have a trick or two up
their sleeves.
Gemini is the Magician. Have you ever
been to a magic show? I used to love watching them. David Copperfield
all the way to Cris Angel. My fascination started when my older
cousin received a magic kit when we were kids. He had a table set up
to perform his tricks. The whole shebang. Black hat. Plastic Magic
wand. I wasn't allowed to play with his kit nor know how the tricks
were done. I had to be in the audience like everyone else. I
absolutely hated every notion of that. I have Mercury in
Scorpio..lol. I cannot stand a secret. I also have Moon in Pisces, I
100% believed in magic. Still do! But, in my young mind, my cousin
had the keys to the secrets of magic and was selfishly keeping them
from me. I was PISSED!
So, I went to work. Watching every move
he made. Hiding behind doors when he practiced. Looking very closely
at his toolkit when he was not looking. My curiosity in regard to how
it is magic could come from Hills (A department store back then) in a
little cardboard box with a few plastic pieces in it and bestow
someone JUST BARELY A YEAR OLDER THAN ME with the powers of a
Magician was driving me absolutely nuts. I was about 7. Well. By the
time my cousin was all ready, dressed with his black hat in front of
a fold out plastic table, I was ready too. After each one of his
tricks and our family's “ooh's and ah's”...I'd bust him out. My
typically very calm and logical Virgo cousin was furious. He didn't
understand that figuring out how it was done only made me admire him
more because his freaking technique in pulling that stuff off WAS the
magic! Not the trick! He was flawless. Both of our Mercurian natures
made themselves known that day. Our inner Magician's appeared. No one
noticed.
As the North Node travels through
Gemini and especially during this initial phase, while we have so
many bodies in the sign along with the fact that Mercury will also
enter his Rx shadow on June 2 AND due the fact the introduction of
this season occurs with Mars, Venus and Mercury all under the veil of
Neptune...there's a chance to meet your inner Magician too. You can
discover how your own mind may play tricks on you or how it is your
thinking can be manipulated to catch you off guard leaving room for a
successful act of sleight of hand.
For such an atmosphere, we have been
given a very appropriate guide at this lunation...the Seven of
Swords.
Trickery (perhaps even some
self-deception) is afoot. From whence it comes, we cannot be sure.
But, where your mind goes with that is most certainly all about you.
We aren't sure what to think. What to feel. What to do. Venus Rx is
dredging up things from our past and putting them in front of the
lens of our personal perspective for various reasons. We aren't sure
what is safe. Who is friend. Who is foe. What is true. What is not.
And, on top of that, we are uncertain of ourselves. Unmoored like a
ship cut loose from the dock drifting aimlessly out to sea. In some
instances, its as if we've woken up in entirely different
worlds...with a whole new set of realizations, fears, worries,
wonderings and questions.
We are unsure of our own world. Unsure
of many of the people we may have thought we knew. But, if you
listen....if you really, really listen to what is being said over and
above the word choice, you will hear the truth. Nobody has the
answers. And that's scary. As result of that fear, we are responding
in a variety of ways.
Most people think that fear is
something that causes you to hide in a corner or under the bed. Fight
or fligh is how the response is often described. But, the human
response to fear takes many forms. Uncertainty is something that will
stoke that feeling up right quick. Some folks use humor to placate
their fear. Some dig for information to offset the uncertainty..find
the advice they resonate with the most and start shouting it from the
tops of their lungs or repeat it over and over to assuage their fear.
Some people get angry, irritable and lash out. The sounds we make
are different. But, the message of fear is the same. In my opinion,
it is also justified. We collectively are not ourselves right now. We
are not hearing what we think we are hearing. We are not seeing what
we think we are seeing. On top of that, we've had to become expert
fact checkers just to read or watch sources of information that we
grew up trusting. We have grown ever more fearful within that dynamic
because we don't know who to trust or who to listen to. The residual
frustration of that playing in various form too.
Our confusion and fatigue is captured
within this New Moon. Unlike me prior to my cousin's magic act, we've
not been given the opportunity to do our research and discover the
machinations of the sleight of hand that was used in the trick of the
Magician (North Node in Gemini) as his curtain opened. From here, we
can begin to pull back the curtain. To inspect the tools. To assess
how it is our eyes were led to certain places at certain times so
that we ended up missing the sleight of hand. If we can train
ourselves to listen beyond words, to observe resisting the urge to
jump to conclusion or judgment, to see past what is visible, to
listen to the nature of the way we think and talk to ourselves,
even...we may be better able to understand what we are dealing with
and what it is we need to do on more personal levels.
What is given to us to do as
individuals is going to be diffuse and vary greatly. In order to
perceive the whole of it, we must step back and observe refusing to
get sucked into the show. Watching the periphery. Being unseen.
Unheard. Taking notes. Seeking to learn what is hidden both within
and without. Seeing who moves what where and when...as timing is
crucial in the world of the Magician. At the same time, we are given
opportunity to also observe ourselves. Take a step back and watch
where your thinking is prone to go. Say less. Listen more. See if you
can hear what the person talking is REALLY saying to you. Beyond
their words. Watch what they do. Remember the dual nature of
Gemini...flip the coin over, seek out the other side of the story,
watch out for the 2nd sharp edge to that sword.
Train your ears to listen...your eyes
to watch...to really see what it is that is going on around you. Keep
yourself quiet so that you do not influence what unfolds thus are
able to take the whole of it in. One way I've found to practice this
in my world is by learning about birdsong. Our home is not too far
away from the main road of our town. It's not a particularly busy
thoroughfare. But, there is traffic noise. However, the home sits far
enough off the road that we have a nice variety of birds visitng our
feeders. There is one particular birdsong I hear all the time but
have been unable to identify. My curiosity about that led me toward
trying to identify more of our bird visitors by their calls. What
I've found is that by tuning into the birdsong in my yard....the
traffic noises disappear. It's pure magic. As if an entirely new
auditory world opened up. But you have to be still. Quiet. Motionless
and ever watchful.
Be willing to see, hear and understand
in a different way. Observe the show. Learn everything you can. But,
don't get all caught up in the trick itself...pull your perspective
out a little so you can see beyond the stage. That's where you will
discover the secret of the Magician's sleight of hand.
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