A Celestial Conundrum

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This week we are under the guiding influence of the waning phase of the Gemini lunation cycle gently turning our conscious  awareness toward introspective self-reflection. Each waning phase of every monthly lunation cycle necessitates a time when we integrate the external activities of the preceding three weeks by ingesting the illumination of the Full Moon in anticipation of sharing our acquired insights with others. This waning Moon  is in Pisces square the Sun in Gemini and if we consider the elemental marriage of water and air we quickly realize the inherent conflict reflected in this waning Moon: how to integrate an open, spacious self with the unfathomable depths of our psyche without drowning the one and disconnecting from the other?

Adding a rich complexity to this celestial conundrum are ruler and co-ruler of Pisces, Jupiter and Neptune conjoined and retrograde in the spacious breath of Aquarius, also shifting our conscious awareness toward self-reflection. If we then consider that Mercury the ruler of Gemini recently entered the sign of its ruler ship we begin seeing the unmistakable imprinting of our boundless self elevated high above the Earth, and from this aerial perspective we can easily deduce that the myriad connections our unique individuality has been making under the tutelage of Gemini may be ready for a deeper experiencing of ourself unbound by the burdens of physical limitation.

Pisces is the visionary aspect in each of us dissolving boundaries, obstacles, and structures separating rather than uniting us with the Oneness of life; while Gemini, the madcap adolescent in each of us, refuses to be boxed inside prescriptive expectations of our past and demanding personal freedom to roam unencumbered is ever ready for an extra-ordinary experiencing of life that wisely adds buoyancy to our experience of ourself. Gemini is often called the “butterfly” of the zodiac flitting, flirting, and philandering from flower to flower with an innate awareness of the preciousness of life and the urgency of experiencing every moment with abandoned judgement.  Perhaps the gift of this waning Moon is the reflection of our unbound self shimmering upon the watery surface of our psyche much like looking at a passing cloud reflected on the surface of a lake helping us to see what lives within.