Gemini
New Moon 2018
Do
You Believe in Magic?
Behold
there is magic all around us.
Behold
there is magic all around us.
Behold
there is magic all around us.
Awaken.
Rejoice and Sing.
Abby
Spinner McBride “Behold” Fire of Creation
This
Gemini New Moon plants the seeds generated by the Sagittarius/Gemini
Full Moon, which hopefully helped us release those old beliefs that
keep us from truly living our new story. What old beliefs were shed?
What heart truth did you need to incorporate? It’s time to plant
that seed.
What
did you learn about yourself? Accepting who
you are
leads to knowing what your real purpose is.
I
realized that I have to accept ME as I am – one characteristic
being that I’m not as organized as I
think I should be
(should
being the clue that it’s a societal expectation). I am so
right-brained! And while I have a strong left-brain, it doesn’t
take the lead. Nor should it for me. So what if I don’t
understand computer-eeze.
What
happens when you just accept who and what you are? I’m not talking
about sexual orientation, but accepting how you navigate the world.
How your mind works and how you see and understand your place in the
web of life.
My
Gemini Mercury swims in the 12th
house, and is quite happy playing with dreams, symbolic language,
myths, stories and intuitions and feelings. Yet I keep ragging on
myself when I can’t follow a schedule because each day is new and
fresh. My Mind has a hard time getting down
to business in a patriarchal manner.
I do things my own way, even when I nag at myself! Perhaps our
Mother, the World Soul, has a use for me just as I am.
And
if so, She has a use for you. She called forth a soul – the real
you – for a specific purpose. It doesn’t have to be big or make
you famous. It just has to be you vibrating your essence out into
the world. Check out what sign and house your Mercury/Mind occupies.
It will help you to accept yourself and your innate talents.
So,
are you ready to believe in magic? The magic all around us.
We
are living in evolutionary times. Jean Houston says this might be
the first time that humans are being called upon to collectively
evolve to a higher state of consciousness. That would be a unified
world consciousness, acknowledging that we’re all in this chaos
together. Not the New
World Order of
our corporate/political overlords, but a new unified Mind that will
be ready to meet the challenge of healing the Earth of our reckless
degradation of our home planet. We have to clean up the mess we’ve
created by our allegiance to uncontrolled consumerism if we want our
children to survive on this beautiful planet.
There
is a wonderful story about a world in crisis that has to unite if
they are to survive. It’s Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonridersof Pern
series.
I first read them in the 70s, but have just re-read the first few
and they seem more pertinent now than ever. Good stories feed the
soul. These absolutely do!
Pern
is a planet in the midst of change. When it was first settled, the
people were unaware of a rogue planet with an erratic orbit which
periodically swung by Pern and released deadly thread, which could
consume all growing life. Through the centuries, they bred dragons
who impressed with their riders to destroy the thread, as well as
other safeguards. But those other safeguards have been lost to time.
The
first story begins with the fact that 500 years have passed without a
close pass of the Red Star which heralds the beginning of these
thread incursions. People no longer believe there’s any threat.
But thread comes and except for the dragonriders, they’re not
prepared. Only one weyr remains of the original six, so the
dragonriders gather the rulers and craftspeople of Pern to find
solutions to dealing with the deadly spores. As time goes on, they
have to contend with ‘old-timers’ vs. ‘new-timers’.
I’m happy to report that the new vision wins out.
The
dragons of Pern act very much like an
aware
and
awake unconscious.
Bonding with their riders, they are a perfect combination of
unconscious wisdom and rational thinking. They know the need to
protect life. When the people later re-discover and impress
fire-lizards,
we
see another example of the unconscious – the collective
unconscious. For these new fire-lizards remember
both the Red Planet and the original settlers. With many people able
to impress fire-lizards, the whole planet becomes more aware and
awake.
It’s
the ability to communicate – between dragon and rider, person and
fire-lizard, weyr, craftshall and hold – that changes things and
ultimately saves Pern.
This
communication skill is Gemini’s gift to us. It’s not only about
the power of our minds and our thoughts, but about how we communicate
those ideas and feelings that matter.
We
too can connect to an inner dragon when we turn our attention to our
soul, which can be symbolized by a sleeping dragon guarding our
treasures. We have the ability to become conscious of how our
unconscious is communicating with us. And we also have the ability
to dive into the collective unconscious to access old memories and
abilities via the akashic records.
Gemini
is concerned with how the Mind perceives things. We have been caught
up in a powerful complex that rejects the unconscious’ knowing and
only validates the rational mind and its vision of how the world
works. But that very mindset is killing us. It is so out of
balance.
We
need to let that old perspective die and open up to new ways of
understanding and imagining ourselves and the world. Because the old
world order
will keep us hidebound and stuck. It is fighting back at our new
vision, fighting to retain its power over us. The only way to find
our freedom from its delusions is to step out of that story. Each
and every one of us. Like stepping out of the Matrix. It’s time
to go into the forest of the heart and open to the magic of life and
death and rebirth.
Evolution
happens!
So,
do you believe in Magic? For magic is part of our new story. It’s
about communicating with all of life – to learn how you fit into
the web of life energies. Behold
there is Magic all around us!
Are
you willing to listen to the voice of your unconscious, the voice of
Mother Nature, the voices of those people, animals and plants which
are calling to us for help? Can you step into the world of magical
thinking without losing your way? Can you see both the magic and the
practical reality?
Gemini
New Moon 2018
This
New Moon in Gemini gives us that opportunity. We associate the Tarot
card The
Lovers
with
the sign of Gemini, for lovers unite themselves to one purpose, one
heart – or at least that’s the goal! The same goes for something
we love that we want to create. We unite our head and our heart, our
feminine
being
with our masculine
doing
to unite all sides of ourselves to create.
And
if Gemini is symbolized by The
Lovers,
a united Mind, then Mercury, the ruler of Gemini and the Mind, is
symbolized by The
Magician.
If we know how to focus our intention (left-brain), we can create
what we imagine (right-brain). And we use our reptilian brain to
give us the life energy we need to accomplish our goals as well as
our mystical brain to connect us to the collective unconscious. We
operate out of the whole
brain.
This
Gemini New Moon occurs on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 12:43pm PDT/
3:43pm EDT/ 7:43pm GMT.
The
Sabian symbol for the Sun and Moon at 23* Gemini is: Three
fledglings in a nest high in a tree.
With 3 as the number of process and birds symbolizing the higher
mind and its messages, we get to be inspired, original, inventive and
imaginative in our responses to life. These fledglings are young and
so need time to develop. Don’t rush things – there are many
retrograde planets around now. It’s all about seeing through
magical eyes now. The tree of life will protect these visions until
they’re ready to fly. Plant those magical seeds and see what
develops!
This
New Moon squares Neptune in Pisces, which itself is trine Jupiter
retrograde in Scorpio. These two spiritual energies combine to
strengthen our inner connection to our soul. We are challenged to be
inspired and inventive, using our creative imagination in ways that
open new avenues of experience, which Gemini craves. Magic qualifies
as new
avenues of experience.
The
New Moon also inconjuncts Pluto in Capricorn, which is setting the
stage for our cultural transformation. So how do we integrate this
need for a new cultural story with our Gemini Mind? Gemini makes no
judgements. Inconjuncts call for minor adjustments. We usually
first ask the magic for our own benefit by setting that intention
that begins with I
have, I am.
But
this new story is really about all of us together, so it’s about
how we each sit at the Round Table and work together.
This is the time to ask the magic for help with our society, with
our communities and with our families and tribes. It’s
not just about me but about us.
That
in itself is a new story, isn’t it? For too long our patriarchal
society has been all about the ‘rugged individual’ who doesn’t
need help, who can pull himself up by the bootstraps and make a
fortune. The
new story is that we’re all in this together, so we help each
other. And
that means, our individual purpose will be supportive of that.
You
don’t have to see the whole picture or know the whole story yet.
Just step onto the road and see where it takes you. And open your
vision to see things in a new light.
Mercury,
the ruling planet of Gemini, just moved into the sign of Cancer the
day before this New Moon. And it is a powerful Mercury, ready to
think outside the box. This Cancer Mind is geared toward the
emotional body and its messages and needs. It is creative and
nurturing. It is opposed by Saturn retrograde in Capricorn. While
these two planets together usually indicate a serious mindset, it
feels more true to see that Saturn picks up on his responsibility to
make sure that Cancer’s needs are met. Saturn in Capricorn helps
us release old karma and get on with building our new world. Take
the time to listen to what your emotional body needs.
The
square from Chiron in Aries to both Mercury and Saturn challenge us
to change our perception of ourselves – to heal the I
am
in which we see ourselves as initiators and leaders.
Uranus
in Taurus supports this New Mind and awakens our StoryMind and brings
new landscapes
into view. While
we are all in this together, a lot depends on each of us. We are the
ones who have to meet the new realities and make the changes. Our
first clues come from our emotional bodies. If we can’t figure out
what we need, how can we figure out what others’ need? Our Mind is
especially open to new realities now. So don’t be afraid to talk
to yourself and everyone around you.
The
other big energy at play during this New Moon is a tense aspect
between Venus in Cancer opposite Mars in Aquarius with both
challenged by Uranus in Taurus. The Chinese fortune cookie version is
Wake
up and smell the roses!
Mars
is about to enter its retrograde on June 26th
so
he is extra potent. If you go outside at sundown, you will see him
rising in the East, very bright now. Mars in Aquarius is energizing
our ideals about the Masculine. Mars is conjunct the South Node.
Will we learn from our past mistakes? Will men learn they are not
the
bosses of the world?
It
is time and past time for this old masculine attitude of disdain and
domination of the feminine to be left behind. We want and need the
New Masculine energy to emerge. What this New Masculine energy will
be like is still a mystery, but it will support and balance the New
Feminine energy emerging in our world. For we need them to be equal
in all ways – both literally as well as psychologically and
spiritually. Both ways of seeing and understanding the world are
necessary.
So
ask yourself these questions. What makes a Man? What is masculine
energy? How can we renew it, especially now that our society is
acknowledging how abusive men have been to women and the Earth. And
how we’ve rejected our feminine right brain wisdom. What makes a
Man?
Venus
is also at her brightest in the western sky at sundown. She is at
the last degree of Cancer, moving into Leo a few hours after this New
Moon. Opposites not only attract, they compliment each other. Venus
offers Mars a chance to understand (Aquarius is smart!) what our heart
needs are. If he’s willing to understand our feminine need to
support and nurture each other, when these two planets finally oppose
each other on June 21st,
they will have a chance to really rock together. Uranus just adds
the spice!
If
the New Queen (Venus in Leo) is supported by the New Masculine (Mars
in Aquarius), we’ll have a real chance of attaining not only gender
equality, but the balanced and proper use of our awareness. And from
there we will recreate the world!
Neptune
goes retrograde on June 18th.
The
Sun goes into Cancer on the Summer Solstice on June 21st.
Mars
goes retrograde in Aquarius on June 26th.
May
you walk in the Light!
Cathy
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haiku
-- Masahide
barn's burnt down;
now I can see
the moon
barn's burnt down;
now I can see
the moon
Since
Gemini loves Twins!
Morning
Poem
Every morning
the world
is created.
Under the orange
sticks of the sun
the heaped
ashes of the night
turn into leaves again
and fasten themselves to the high branches ---
and the ponds appear
like black cloth
on which are painted islands
of summer lilies.
If it is your nature
to be happy
you will swim away along the soft trails
for hours, your imagination
alighting everywhere.
And if your spirit
carries within it
the thorn
that is heavier than lead ---
if it's all you can do
to keep on trudging ---
there is still
somewhere deep within you
a beast shouting that the earth
is exactly what it wanted ---
each pond with its blazing lilies
is a prayer heard and answered
lavishly,
every morning,
whether or not
you have ever dared to be happy,
whether or not
you have ever dared to pray.
~ Mary Oliver ~
(Dream Work)
Every morning
the world
is created.
Under the orange
sticks of the sun
the heaped
ashes of the night
turn into leaves again
and fasten themselves to the high branches ---
and the ponds appear
like black cloth
on which are painted islands
of summer lilies.
If it is your nature
to be happy
you will swim away along the soft trails
for hours, your imagination
alighting everywhere.
And if your spirit
carries within it
the thorn
that is heavier than lead ---
if it's all you can do
to keep on trudging ---
there is still
somewhere deep within you
a beast shouting that the earth
is exactly what it wanted ---
each pond with its blazing lilies
is a prayer heard and answered
lavishly,
every morning,
whether or not
you have ever dared to be happy,
whether or not
you have ever dared to pray.
~ Mary Oliver ~
(Dream Work)
Copyright
2018 Cathy Pagano
