GEMINI SEASON: Embrace the magic of change and curiosity

This is one very big and important Gemini Season, especially for those of you with Gemini in your natal chart or any of the mutable signs: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces. I will be writing much more about this, but Jupiter, our planet of expansion, opportunity, growth, hope, and faith, moves out of earthy Taurus, where it has been for a year, and into Gemini. This happens in Australia on the 26th and will mark this Gemini season with buoyancy. Jupiter expands everything it touches, so along with Jupiter in Gemini, where it will be for a year, this particular Gemini Season is energetically a bit like Gemini energy on steroids. Change is in the air, and we are beginning a wider shift of the outer planets moving into Air signs.

Personally, we have welcomed the birth of Twins into the family. My beautiful stepdaughter gave birth to a boy and girl, and our family has expanded in the most wonderful of ways. My Gemini Husband is busting with Cancerian Moon love and my Leo moon is exploding with Joy. This is a lovely example of what  Jupiter can bring when moving into a natal 4th house, which is happening for me right now.  

To celebrate all things TWINS and JUPITER MOVING INTO GEMINI. I am running a special promotional discount for those of you with Sun, Moon or Ascendant in mutable signs. If you don't know if you have these placements, get in touch, and I will let you know. Otherwise, head to www.aspectastrology.com.au/bookonline and enter code JUPITERINGEMINI to receive a 20%discount off any reading.

The Sun moves out of earthy Taurus and into our mercurial, changeable, curious sign of Gemini on the 21st of May. We may not feel the initial rush of Gemini energy, as for the first few days, we still have a lot of activity in Taurus. But after the Full Moon in Sagittarius on the 23rd, Venus moves into Gemini, quickly followed by Jupiter on the 26th. This is when we will start to really feel the buzz in the air, our mental agility turn up a notch, and our need to satiate our curiosities become more apparent. There is much to say about Jupiter’s ingress into Gemini, and there will be a separate post on this. Suffice it to say, when we think of all that is represented by Gemini, it is all about growth via learning and sharing ideas, multi-tasking, stimulating one's mind, and feeling alive mentally and physically. With Jupiter added into the mix, this is abundant energy increasing our thirst for knowledge, our need to get our facts straight, an expansion of our thinking, and, of course, a possible explosion in the use of mercurial technologies such as AI. Jupiter will throw open the doorways we may have had closed while it was in Taurus, allowing us to explore new ideas, stretch our minds, engage in conversation, expand our communication style, learn new languages, and possibly even share discussions where divergent perspectives are honoured and listened to.

Prior to the move of Jupiter into Gemini, the Full Moon will be in Sagittarius on the 23rd. More will be written about this too, but given that Jupiter rules Sagittarius, this Full Moon might be laying some groundwork for what is to come. This Full Moon will illuminate the need to expand our beliefs, broaden our horizons, and combine curiosity with meaning. The day after our Full Moon and a day before Jupiter moves into Gemini, Venus also moves into the sign, beginning what is going to be quite a lineup of planets in this sign. Venus adds a dimension of appreciation and value to what ignites our curiosity. Our need to share our ideas and connect intellectually with our loved ones is heightened now. For a few days, Venus is also in close proximity to Jupiter, which expands this energy even more. Once Jupiter moves into Gemini, it will make a trine to Pluto in Aquarius, which is bound to spark innovation, thinking, and expansive communication. This is a perfect time for brainstorming, bringing life to new ideas, and finding unconventional ways of perceiving the world around us.

Networking is also the natural domain of Gemini energy, and when Mercury moves into his home sign of Gemini on June 3rd, the Gemini energy will be hosting the Sun, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury, who are all networking together in a combined energy to bring a very interesting period of intellectual stimulation, desires for connection, communicating and sharing ideas, and networking. If there was ever a time to bring new ideas to your community, launch new technology, communicate new messages, or connect with others, the period around the first week of June is energetically set up to enable all of this to happen. This is also an excellent time to get out and meet new and exciting people and share ideas. This period may lead to better discussions, as we are more likely to see both sides of a story. Gemini is dualistic, so this is an excellent period if you need to understand something from someone else's perspective. Attempt to actively listen to what others are saying to understand their perspective, enabling you to expand your awareness.

Given that Gemini energy is about communication, this is also a good time to literally 'find your voice' to express your inner thoughts and perhaps convey ideas you have thus far not expressed. What I love most about Gemini is its Peter Pan quality, the forever child who loves to play, be the trickster, and make a joke about anything. They usually love children and young people and are generally young at heart throughout their lives, laughing and being lighter in spirit. Use this time to lighten up, play a little more, see the funny side of life, and learn not to take things so seriously.

We take it up another notch when we have a New Moon in Gemini on the 9th, adding another gust of wind into the Gemini sails. Some of us may not respond well to this strong air energy. So much air can frazzle some nervous systems, and it is therefore important to stay grounded, which may become more possible when Mars moves into Taurus, adding weight to the end of that kite. During the New Moon period, it is also worth being aware of some of the shadow sides of Gemini energy, including the propensity to scatter our energy, being overly distracted, inattentive, superficial, or highly strung. Enjoy the energy to get your mental work done, write that piece you have meant to write, say and communicate those messages, but remember to take time out to do something grounding, and make an effort not to be too much in the head. The heart and soul will need taking care of too.

The buzzy energy may dissipate when Venus and Mercury move out of Gemini on the 17th and into watery, more emotional Cancer. This is the time when we are more able to connect with our emotional needs and not just satiate our intellect. The shift of these two will open opportunities for more self-nurturing and the ability to nurture others, to have more empathy for those we are in constant communication with, and to allow ourselves to rest. When the Sun moves into Cancer on the 21st, we may feel a little respite from the crazy, buzzy, but exciting Gemini season and take some time to go within and emotionally digest all we have had going on in our heads.

This season marks quite a shift, especially for the mutable signs, so I invite you to explore how a professional astrology session with me can help you best ride this huge wave of possibilities from Jupiter’s move through Gemini. We can uncover how it can bring opportunity into your life, and how you can best harness this once-in-a-12-year energy to help you navigate life with greater clarity and confidence. Together, either in person or online, we will explore the ways in which you can understand yourself more deeply, align with your true path, and bring a richer, more meaningful perspective into your world.

For this Gemini Season and to mark the ingress of Jupiter into Gemini, I am offering 20% off any astrology session for those of you with Sun, Moon, or Ascendant in any of the mutable signs: Gemini, Pisces, Sagittarius, and Virgo. Head to www.aspectastrology.com.au/bookonline to book your session and use code JUPITERINGEMINI upon checkout. If you don’t know if you have one of these placements, send me a DM and I will help you find out.

ENJOY THIS AMAZING GEMINI SEASON!

Taurus New Moon: Embracing Earth Magic

My amazing partner is on an incredible journey of innovation and sustainability, perfectly aligned with the energies of the Taurus New Moon. His focus is on merging technology and nature to cultivate sustainable and nutrient-rich food. As we were talking, it reminded me of how much of what he does is embodying the essence of this New Moon in Taurus, where innovation meets the earthly realms.

This is a pretty amazing New Moon for intention-setting toward manifestation, especially for evoking abundance on the material plane. It feels like a potent earth-based magical New Moon that can help us align our visions, ideas, and intentions for grounded and long-term success.

After the upheavals of the recent weeks, especially during Aries season, we now reach a softer landing New Moon, that can help us get back in touch with nature, our senses and everyday realities.

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The New Moon in Taurus occurs in Australia on the 8th of May at 1.22pm and falls at 18 degrees of Taurus. Look to see where 18 degrees of Taurus falls in your chart to determine what area of your life might be ripe for manifesting and intention-setting right now.

As the Taurus New Moon symbolises new beginnings, opportunities, and insights in earthly realms, this New Moon in Taurus offers us a powerful synergy for the potential for groundbreaking advancements and success in material and practical matters.

The New Moon is always about setting intentions and beginning new cycles, so this is an excellent time to get ones finances under control, start a new saving scheme, reassess how money and resources are working for you, or against you and make the relevant changes required.

Taurus is also about pleasure-seeking, so use this time to indulge your senses, whether it be receiving a massage, eating delicious food, playing beautiful music or simply enjoying nature and grounding yourself in the here and now.

This New Moon is connected with both Uranus and Jupiter also in Taurus which presents an opportunity to awaken our hope, our innovative thinking and ideas that are out side the box. This is opportunity to allign with our connection to the magic of the earth, to revel in the wonder of nature, of lifes cycles, of growth and re birth and let it inspire us toward new ways of thinking and doing.

However Uranus can still through a curveball during this time. As much as its presence can add and embellish a theme of innovation and new ideas into this New Moon mix, Uranus can also bring forth sudden and unexpected changes, changes that may not suit the comfort seeking energy of a Taurus New Moon. Uranus may bring forth sudden events that may necessitate us having to make changes towards our relationship with our material possessions, financial goals or even our stubborn attachment to things. The challenge here will be to let go of something that may not feel comfortable to let go of.

Uranus’s presence during this New Moon might also elevate or activate our physical bodies, perhaps making us feel a little jittery, uncertain, or discombobulated. If this occurs, the remedy is the earth itself, connecting with nature, planting the feet on the ground, hugging a tree…. ( no really, try it, it’s so good)

This is a perfect New Moon for working with the elements to activate new intentions and to innovate towards growth while remaining grounded in steadfast wisdom. It's a time to embrace new ideas, seize opportunities, and manifest positive change in our relationship with the land, our food,our senses and resources.

We are reminded that our planet is inherently abundant with magic power from its own resources and if we can tap into them, these resources can nurture us, ground us, heal us, support us and help us to be in the world with our feet firmly planted on the ground.

The sextile from Saturn will add an extra layer of support, emphasising the importance of grounding vision with earthly wisdom. This alignment offers us opportunity for innovative endeavours that are not only visionary but also firmly rooted in practicality and long-term sustainability.

The period of the New Moon reminds us also to immerse ourselves in the pleasures of being human in the physical realm, relishing in the richness of good food and reconnecting with the natural world. We should use this time to pause, to admire the beauty that surrounds us and to explore what truly brings us comfort and security on a deeper level.

Scorpio Full Moon: Journey to the shadows

How have we all survived the latest cosmic weather? It's been a bit of a ride, and l even got to a classic Mercury retrograde moment when my ex called me out of the blue; I had not spoken to them for 8 years. This also occurred whilst Jupiter and Uranus were conjunct in my third house of communication. Seriously, sometimes astrology still blows my mind. And so now, with the Sun in Taurus, it is getting colder here in down in the south of Australia, and we move into a rather heavy Full Moon in Scorpio. This Full Moon is a bit special, too, as the ruler of Scorpio, Pluto, makes a square to both the Sun and the Moon. This is the first Full Moon to be squared by Pluto in Aquarius and it might certainly up the volume on intensity and transformative energy.

I have also dived deep to put together my Scorpio Full Moon Workbook, which you can download here.

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The workbook offers in depth detail about this full moon. It also provides a carefully selected set of questions to help you work through some of the themes that might arise during this time. I have not trodden lightly. Some of the themes that my arise and that I have covered in the workbook are intense to say the least and may be triggering for some, so be warned. I believe very much that when we are called we should step into the darker places of our psyche and deal with what is there, this is one of the most profound ways we get to release, grow and transform, very much the themes of this full moon.

The workbook also includes an in depth overview of having your natal moon in the sign of Scorpio. So if you have a Scorpio moon this is the workbook for you. I have also included specific self reflection questions for healing and growth for Scorpio Moons.

The Full Moon falls at 4 degrees of Scorpio on April 24th 9.49am in Eastern Australia. The Sun and the Moon in opposition are also met by the ruler of Scorpio, Pluto who is in a challenging square aspect from its position of 2 degrees of Aquarius. This energy will be intensified for our Fixed signs of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius.

As with every full Moon, it is a time of release, of letting go. There is very much a theme of pattern-breaking of releasing what is old and no longer working for us emotionally, of dealing with what comes up from the psyche, from our past and how we will move forward. 

Scorpio is our fixed water sign, the sign that does emotions deeply and extremely privately, even secretly. Scorpio as energy is not well understood by those of us who may not experience this sign predominately in our chart. It rules our deep unconscious drivers, those parts of ourselves that we would prefer to pack away and not have to deal with. Scorpio is all about the taboo subjects of life: sex, death, money, power, the occult and ultimately, transformation. We are mainly conditioned not to discuss or flaunt these areas of our lives; these important human condition subjects usually lie behind closed doors and often beneath the surface.

Scorpio does not do triviality; it is deep, intense, and yes, it can be dark, but when we consciously allow ourselves to consciously go into the darker parts of our psyche, the most significant transformation and healing can occur.

We are conditioned to avoid these parts of our nature; We are much happier in the Taurean realms of pleasure-seeking, security building and the practical realities of getting on with life. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that; this is all part of our existence, but so are deeper, emotional parts that we usually prefer to avoid, cover up or project onto others. This lunation may bring the subject areas that we may have avoided facing up to the surface now.

If you feel safe and willing, this is an excellent time to stop, take a deep breath and turn inward and explore what you may have been holding onto and holding off dealing with. This may manifest as a conscious choice to seek the counselling you know could benefit you; it may be writing to express emotions you have not put a name to; it may simply be deep meditation and allowance of what needs to come to you. The Full Moon can serve as a spotlight, illuminating the shadows within us and urging us to confront suppressed emotions and buried desires. Like a pressure valve releasing pent-up energy, this lunation demands emotional expression and release. It's a time for raw honesty and deep introspection as we confront the complexities of our inner world. The square aspect to Pluto amplifies this intensity, urging us to confront and transform any emotional blocks or patterns that hold us back.

It is worth remembering that Scorpio and Pluto are yes associated with the darker places within but they are also agents of transformation, that is the end game, renewal, re birth, catharsis, metamorphosis and ultimately powerful healing. It's a time to confront our deepest fears, embrace change, and step into our true power with courage and authenticity.

In the coming days and weeks, we may find ourselves drawn back into our past, especially as we confront unresolved issues and seek closure. It's a time to break free from emotional entanglements, cut cords, and move forward with clarity and purpose, which we will be able to better achieve after the 25th when Mercury turns direct.

Scorpio as an energy, can be quite attached to the concept of control. This need manifests as a necessity to keep intense emotions at bay. By subconsciously controlling our environment or others in our lives, we can keep the wolf from the door but we all know this catches up with us eventually. Both Scorpio and Taurus energy can become overly attached, obsessive and controlling, and when things are not going their way, the darker sides of their natures can surface. Whether these feelings lie within you or are triggered in others toward you, they are best to be dealt with and cleared during this Full Moon. This is a time to consider and to question how controlling or manipulative we are being to ourselves and of course to others?

Scorpio is also associated with secrets, mysteries, and hidden truths. When squared with Pluto in Aquarius, there's a potent energy for uncovering hidden information, personal or collective. This may involve confronting uncomfortable truths, facing shadow aspects of ourselves, or exposing hidden agendas within our communities or society.

On a more mundane level, this Full Moon will also bring up general questions about managing our finances and any shared resources we may have with others. The Taurus Scorpio duality highlights power and control issues around money and resources so that these things could come up for people. Having Jupiter and Uranus still close together in Taurus can help us release any financial habits that may not be working for us as well. So this can be a good time to let go of such things as excessive spending to accumulate things we don’t really need for the feel-good quick fix. It is also a time to explore where financial issues and especially how we share our finances, may be out of balance, overly controlled or fair.

Yet, amidst the intensity of Taurus season, it is wise to allow ourselves time, patience, and peace as well. Remember to treat yourself with compassion and self-awareness.  

This Full Moon is a reminder to allow ourselves the space to process our emotions, to seek support if needed, and to navigate the turbulent waters of change with grace and resilience. Ultimately, though the Full Moon in Scorpio reminds us that true transformation requires courage and honesty, a willingness to confront our shadows and embrace the light.

If you are interested in a deep dive into what may be lurking in the hidden realms of your psyche, consider booking a personal exploration of your astrology. You can explore the options here: www.aspectastrology.com.au/bookonline, or feel free to email me directly if you have any questions.