Sunday, May 29 at 8.12am EST
Click here to learn about the Moon. Click here to learn about Pisces.
Square aspects are sharp, angular junctions that prompt change. The Sun in Gemini squares the moon in Pisces. 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 ^__^
Let’s look at the First Quarter in Gemini from mid-March, as this was a reversal of our current station (Sun in Pisces, moon in Gemini). Imagine the Sun as the journey master and Luna the hospitable hostess on the path of life. A few months ago it was Gemini who sat us down in the middle of Pisces’ spiritual/emotional whirlpool in order to teach us how to incorporate all of our new otherworldly wisdom in a scholarly, systematic fashion. Now it’s Pisces who welcomes us, and she’s going to remind Gemini how to get back in touch with the root of this wisdom. This time, rather than systematize the information, we’ll flow upstream to remember the wordless origins of ajna - insight - creativity. The First Quarter in Gemini refreshed the left brain, but now our inclination is to over-analyze and over-logic, so the fishes tug us under, back to our watery birthplace, the home within where flowers never crumple. Pisces: an abstract mural, swirling and swelling kaleidoscopically. Everything soft and amorphous, here but not really – instantly dispersed at the lightest touch.
Identify what is most important to you and then ask: how can I embody this in mind, body and spirit? How can I become it? We have much to gain from both Gemini and Pisces. They are surely different creatures but do share some core commonalities. I think this core is rooted in passion and what it feels like to get absolutely lost and consumed in passion. The twins and the fishes are very familiar with the bliss of surrender, but sometimes what they are surrendering to is insanity or addiction or pure fantasy. Together they wear a knowing smile. I see no conflict in this transit, despite these strange tales I’m twisting. I think this aquatic arrival will be a lovely plunge. Just as we craved organization amidst the Pisces season, we shall now happily invite the fishes in for some psychedelic rambling.
The purpose of this quarter moon is remembering our beliefs and divine connections (Pisces) as they are related to the minute details of waking life and the mental body (Gemini). Luna’s waning light represents gradual descent into darkness: a return to the proverbial womb. Gracefully bow your head. Release and forgive. Destroy useless internal edifices. The moon is asking you to empty yourself. Energy levels will decrease now, so give yourself more time to sleep and reflect.
Celebrate Luna with Pisces Yoga.
To ascertain your personal Moon sign, click here.
Mantra: feet on the ground, head in the stars