The Last Quarter in Gemini comes exact on Saturday, Sep 5 at 5:54am EST

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In this particular phase, the Sun in Virgo squares the moon in Gemini. The moon will rise at midnight, peak at dawn and set at noon. If you view the moon at midnight, the Sun will be positioned directly beneath your feet. Staring at the moon during this time will align you so that you are looking right out (approximately) along the forward path of Earth’s orbit around the Sun ^__^

The Last Quarter Moon in Gemini of autumn 2014 fell on September 15. Any themes/conflicts that predominated then will now resurface.

For those who are strongly affected by lunar energy, the quarter moon phases are extremely emotional. Square aspects are sharp, angular junctions that prompt change. As CafeAstrology notes, the quarter phases feel like a “crisis of consciousness.” Be compassionate with yourself I knew that the Virgo cycle would travel quickly but WOW this is intense. Many astrologers and new age theorists are talking about the stargate/portal we’re entering in September and the way in which this will prepare us for autumn 2016. l’ve been feeling lightheaded and exhausted for the last week and it’s not just from all the smoke hanging around the Rocky Mountains recently. First I thought the Supermoon would be tame, then I thought crazy, and now that it’s over I still don’t know, but I suppose that’s just the nature of Pisces energy.

The role of the Last Quarter Moon is to take information gleaned from the revelatory Full Moon and use it to mold plans and intentions at the New Moon. This is a time of sorting, discerning, assimilating - making sense of all that was illuminated. With this phase falling in Gemini, processing takes place through the intellect. Gemini is an interesting creature. When balanced, he lives in the mercurial creative flow - mind, voice and arms connected as one - prolific manifestation of the inner prism’s sights and sounds. However, he may fly away from everyone and everything at the first twinge of doubt. Gemini is the sign of twins and duality; what this means on a basic level is that he can hold two seemingly contradictory opinions/beliefs simultaneously. This works pretty well until he crumples beneath the spinning pressure mounting inside the brain. It is both Gemini’s greatest task and challenge to stay and confront - so tuck your wings back, my friend.

At this time our desire to wander, roam, write, travel, dillydally, daydream - all this speaks to the heart while the pull towards work and daily routines will feel like a duty. Virgo demands responsibility and discipline; Gemini demands absolute freedom to change anything and everything. In many ways, Virgo (number 6 in the zodiac) represents a more evolved version of Gemini (number 3).

But Virgo is not flawless. She turns her turmoil inward like Gemini, although she’s not a runner. Virgo internalizes with a dazzling display of dizzying anxiety and indiscrete perfectionism. With the Sun here, stewing in the pit of the stomach, and the moon racing between the clouds like a Gemini wind spirit, we’ll be careening through space faster and brighter than ever. However, I think part of the whole learning process right now is about allowing things to take their course. It’s all happening in hyperdrive so we don’t need to do much to expedite the unfolding. That’s how I would interpret this phase - a time to be alert, but not controlling. Gemini energy tenses up when change comes along, and then he just can’t stop thinking about the damn thing - don’t do it! Recognize when those thoughts bubble up and then go for a run or something else that gets you out of the mind and into the body. If you’re feeling imbalanced, treat this for what it is: a phase, nothing more. Mental energy levels will increase now temporarily. I suggest a ritual involving breath or some Gemini Yoga.

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Mantra: mindfulness