On Friday, May 22nd, 2020 (10:38 AM PDT & 1:38 PM EDT) the Moon begins a new cycle in the inquisitive and perceptive sign of Gemini.The sign that is full of energy and loves to see, learn, experience, and absorb everything that comes along her path. She’s quick in her thinking and is wired to move through topics a million miles a minute. Ideas? She has plenty. Curiosity? It drives her. Confusion? She lives it. Boredom? She despises it. Words romance her and if she feels like it, she’ll use them to romance you, impress you, challenge you, spin you, entertain you, and inspire you. Her shadow creeps in when the chatter in her mind starts to consume her. If this happens then it’s not long before the tension spills over and Gemini finds herself completely depleted from emotional exhaustion and desperately in need of some recovery time. 

So what does this mean for this New Moon?

A New Moon is the start of a new lunar cycle.There is no glow, only darkness, and so the energy of a New Moon contains within it the mysteries of the hidden and unknown. It’s the phase right before something is ready to be made visible in the world. So this is the perfect time to plant seeds, initiate a project, set intentions, or to even use this energy as a reset button.

With so much information zooming around, it’s certainly easy to feel overwhelmed. If confusion sets in try to stay in a place of curiosityinstead of choosing or claiming a side. Gemini wants to remind us that there’s more to the story than what we think we know, and if we can stay open to the more then we might be able to see new possibilities appear. 

Let’s also add that Venus is retrograde in Gemini right now and cuddled up closely to it is Mercury, the ruler of Gemini, and together they are making a challenging aspect to Neptune in Pisces. This suggests that the information we’re receiving right now is likely to feel a little bit blurry. I think most of us would agree that there’s been quite a bit of conflicting information floating around and if you listen to all the voices it’s hard to know who or what to believe. Since it might feel more difficult to find clarity at this time, keep your eyes peeled for anyone or anything that claims they know the absolute truth or if something shows up that sounds to good to be true, then it probably is. Use this Gemini energy to question everything and stay open to the multiple perspectives without needing to make up your mind.

 Neptune, the mystical, and ego less planet, can inspire us to enter more deeply into the land of the imagination, open us up to our dreams, help us dance with the transcendent, and feels compassion with anything and everything, but it’s also the planet that makes it really easy to get lost inside our inner world, so much so that we end up neglecting the world out there. You might want to pay attention to what or who is distracting you from your every day responsibilities and where you feel the temptation to drift. Oh and keep in mind that with this configuration it’s easy to misread or misunderstand a situation. So be careful about making assumptions about your significant other or friend based on what you “think they mean.” You’ll be better served by giving them the benefit of the doubt and ask questions if you need to gain more clarity. 

 Since Venus, the planet associated with relationships, what we value most, and our talents is retrograde, it is possible that past relationships or connections come back into your life right now. Maybe they reappear to help you work through some miscommunications or maybe it’s to tie up some loose ends, or maybe it’s to inspire you to see something from a different point of view. At the very least, the next few weeks are the perfect time for you to re-evaluate your connections and for you to reexamine what intimacy means to you. You also might find that your personal stories and memories from the past are more accessible to you now. 

 So take some time and consider: What is my story around intimacy? How have I been wounded in intimacy? What stories have I created to protect myself from revealing who I really am? What memories from the past are starting to resurface? What are these memories revealing to me about my life now? 

 Then there’s Mars, the planet associated with passion, intensity, and drive, and it’s making a challenging aspect to this New Moon. This energy can set the stage for more frustrations to brew, tempers to rise, irritability to ensue, and it can certainly trigger conflicts that put us on edge, but it can also fuel the fire for some new ideas and for going after what we want. 

So let this Gemini Moon motivate you to have conversations that open you up to a world full of possibilities. If you feel like you’re spinning in circles or if you feel that unwanted anxiety is creeping in due to all the extra mental stimulation, then pick one thing to focus on for now and know that all those other ideas will be there for you when you’re ready to return to them.

While we all might feel pulled during this New Moon to engage with some new ideas, we will each experience this lunar energy differently depending on where Gemini is located in your chart or if you have a natal planet associated with it. If you would like a more personalized reading,I’d love to set up a session with you.