Did you also have a very deep and heavy, yet enlightening and tear-filled weekend full of new realizations about old occurrences and patterns? Because I certainly did, confirming my deep, energetic connection to all that is, above and among us. The mental trips that I've been experiencing, and quite likely what many of us have been going through this last week, is aligned with the current energy under the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Gemini.
Eclipses are extra potent New and Full Moons that magnify the need to deconstruct and create anew. They signal endings, beginnings, and inescapable change. In this eclipse's case, the Moon is slightly shadowed by the Earth's covering the light of the moon that's stationed in Gemini. An air sign ruled by planet Mercury, Gemini is the astrological representative of information exchange, curiosity, expression, and double perspectives. Its cosmic contrast is the Sun which is stationed in Sagittarius until December 21. Shoutout to all fiery, Jupiter-ruled Sagittarius' everywhere, boasting a freedom-loving air of philosophy and an association with law, religion, and medicine.
All of these cosmic movements, and the ones we have yet to get it into, exist in deep-rooted evolutionary energies that we've been navigating all year round. But thisâŚis it. We are meeting the second to last eclipse â the second to last cycle of endings and new beginnings â before the end of 2020, a year that has experienced a whopping seven in total. For context, we usually see four or five eclipses at most in one year, adding to what seems to have been 2020's rally cry all along: expect the unexpected. That certainly doesn't change now, so let's get into it and how we can best navigate all of this cosmic energy for healing, practical mind, body, soul self-care, and divine alignment.
Let's talk about the opportunities at hand.
A Gemini Full Moon Eclipse is bound to make us get in our heads and our feelings. All Full Moons pull on our emotions, but mixing it with Gemini energy is a recipe for weird focus and faulty communication, both internal (in our heads and hearts), and external as it relates to the relationships and goings-on around us.
Now, a Gemini Full Moon Eclipse opposite a Sun in Sagittarius after all we've experienced as human beings, as Americans, as citizens of the world, and on the heels of the end of THIS year, in particular, is huge. Again, eclipses are extra potent New and Full Moons that occur when the planes of the Sun, Moon, and Earth meet at two specific points in space, called the Lunar Nodes. These nodes are believed to be energetic points which show us the lessons that we need to learn while here on Earth, both by what we need to leave behind (the South Node in Sagittarius) and what we have to acquire (the North Node in Gemini).
All eclipses have a mystifying way of helping bring to light what was previously in the shadows, but as this has been happening all year long, this is likely one of the last chances we'll have to end unnecessarily repetitive cycles before they begin again.
Being the great interrogator and truth seeker, the Sun and South Node in Sag is re-encouraging us to evaluate the belief systems and behaviors that no longer serve us. The Full Moon and North Node in Gemini are surrounding us in an undeniable force that urges us to focus on how we communicate with ourselves about these belief systems and behaviors.
Basically, the Universe is both supporting us and urging us to cut the shit and stop wasting our human hours and divinely-orchestrated moments making excuses for why we accept certain things, people, and behaviors in our lives. With these two signs linked through the eclipse, the past could come back up to both be examined and released, helping us make sense of our current realities in order to clarify what we need to do for the realities we're striving to create.
Whether it's a lingering relationship with a person that we can't seem to part with, a poor behavior that has been a loyal part of our repertoire, or a destructive or limiting thought pattern that we've filed as a fact in our mindsâŚit's all being challenged as you read this. So if you're watching something crumble in your pseudo-grip of reality, trust that the highest powers that be know what they're doing. Do like the Gemini twins and focus on one perspective vs the other. Why feel stripped and fearful when you can feel grateful and energized? Hone into that.
You need to know that your next step of evolution depends on your ability to eclipse your own mental pathways and go to a place beyond human reasoning in order to surrender to the flow of miraculous rearrangement occurring in your life right now.
Let's talk about going forward with caution.
The Full Moon Eclipse is making a tense aspect to the Jupiter/Pluto conjunction we've spoken so much about throughout the year. As a reminder, Pluto, planet of death and rebirth, and Jupiter, planet of expansion, have been separating and coming together again, creating cosmic ripples that've been urging us to focus on this time as breaking into the past in order to break free for the future. They've been supporting us as we acknowledge that old responses to new problems won't work, calling on us to accept the call for a new way of being. This time, this tense aspect could influence more rationalization of the forces that no longer serve us, resulting in a power struggle with the cosmic energies at hand.
I'll be the first to tell youâŚstop. I've been going on Instagram Live a lot more lately and using the analogy of the pebble and the boulder. The Universe will throw pebbles at us, trying to get us to see the next step in our journey and the lessons appearing to us in the forms of life's shifts. Our tendency to over-identify with our humanity causes us to rationalize our problems and come up with what we think would be the best solutions. We hoard the issue, spiritually bypassing it as âit is what it isâ or âeverything happens for a reasonâ and we don't learn the lesson. The cycle of evolution being incomplete, the pebble gets thrown at us again and again in the form of the lesson we need to learn until the boulder comes along to really knock us down because we've chosen not to react in the way that would align us.
We've experienced enough resistance to flow, enough turmoil, enough war, enough pain, enough suffering. Don't make excuses for what no longer fits or feeds you. You deserve to be free, to be healed, to make space for what deserves your energy. Lucky for you and for all of us, the Full Moon is also making a healing aspect to Chiron, the planet/comet that orbits the sun and is named after the Greek god of healers/teachers. Known as "the wounded healer," Chiron is perfectly named. Its energy represents awakening and is encouraging our healing by urging us to see different perspectives and do the work that is actually best for us, not just what feels best to our ego.
Let's talk about self-care.
These energetic patterns are extra harsh on our minds right now, so practicing self-care that nurtures our mental health at key in this moment. That can look like actually trying to meditate by tuning into a guided meditation that you connect with (yes, I'm talking to you). It can also look like putting your phone on the other side of the room before bed so that you can wake up and stretch, take some deep breaths, and channel gratitude before letting digital notifications flood your consciousness.
Do like Gemini and express your highs and lows creatively. Being the air sign Gem is, you might crave light junk like potato chips in times of stress, but opt for heavier root vegetables for grounding. If you want to honor Sagittarius season through self-care, make use of the prompts below this email and journal, get into a good book, or tune into a documentary on Netflix.
All in all, the best self-care you can always practice is stillness. Close your eyes, take a deep cleansing breath, and center yourself in gratitude for where you're going because ourâŚyour evolution is not only crucial but imminent.
If you have any questions or insights, reply with a note, but know that this email was sealed with the highest of healing intentions.
Sending love from NYC. đż MS.
