June 2024 - New Moon in Gemini
This month’s new moon in Gemini has a lot of beautiful puzzle pieces that form a heavy final picture. Pluto is deepening our thinking and offering mental resilience. Saturn puts that resilience to work as we’re confronted with our lived values. I encourage you to find one practice that recharges your ability to hold empathy for others.
Here’s a breakdown of the energy at play, and the challenges and opportunities this new moon brings.
The Energy
On June 6th we have a new moon at 16º18’ of Gemini.
There’s a number of other transits active at the same same time:
Venus conjunct the moon and Sun in Gemini 🧐
Saturn in Pisces square the moon, Sun and Venus in Gemini 📚
Neptune in Pisces sextile Jupiter in Gemini 🪄
Pluto in Aquarius sextile Neptune in Pisces 🥀
Pluto in Aquarius square Mars in Aries 🤜
Pluto in Aquarius trine Jupiter in Gemini 🪧
The Challenges
With the sun, moon and Venus all on top of each other in Gemini, there will be plenty of focus on communication, for better or for worse. Saturn forming a square (90º angle) to those three planets brings a challenging energy, and the strong Piscean influence in this chart can make you want to dissociate from difficult emotions.
The risk I see is feeling vulnerable at how uncertain things are, getting pissed off at something someone says, and angrily scrolling on your phone until you somehow feel worse than you did before. Watch the tone you communicate in, and whether you’re listening openly or defensively.
The Opportunities:
IF you can stay grounded enough to feel your feelings instead of escape them, you may find that you’re more able to communicate your emotions. We’ll all be a bit defensive and activated, so it’s a better time for journaling than processing with someone else.
Reflections and Activities:
Reflect on the things you spend your time and energy thinking about. If it’s something like how you look (very likely this new moon), how does that actually square up with what you value? Do you really think that changing your body is the most important thing? If that answer is yes, do you really want that to be the most important thing?
List the top 10 things you think about. Assign percentages of time to them. What aligns and what are you surprised by? If there’s changes to be made, this new moon is a fantastic time to start.
Go for a long walk, or another physical activity that helps you release energy, and then curl up with a film of book that makes you think. It can be about an issue in the real world, or an art film with layers of meaning and metaphor. The goal is to care for your body so that your mind can be active too.
This new moon is a fantastic time for starting a new practice that recharges you to stay associated with the world and feel empathy for those you agree with and (importantly) those you don’t. When we’re burnt out, it’s quick and easy energy to be frustrated by others or angry with the world. Take care of yourself this new moon so that you can engage with others and bring more sustainable kinds of energy — specifically curiosity, actual listening and grounded communication.
I hope this new moon brings you a good mental flow, the opportunity to buckle down and start something new, or simply a chance to expand your horizons.
As always, wishing you the best out there.
