It's our second full moon in Sagittarius this year – the first was on the 21st May, at the early degrees of the sign. This one is at the final degree. The final, or anarectic, degree of a sign is where all its energy is concentrated. So this thing is fraught to begin with. Plus a moon in Sagittarius inflates emotion, for good or ill.
Plus it's a full moon, and those are intense. Plus it falls at the summer solstice, the height of summer. Plus we are looking at a nerve-wracking mutable grand cross during this, and Saturn squaring Neptune, which is all about reality dissolving under our feet.
All in all, it looks extremely tense – the culmination of a crazy, jangled-up month. Mental concerns are highlighted. Issues around communication, mental overload, truth vs. falsity, manipulation of reality, and reliability of information take center stage.
How fried do you feel right now? Do you feel like you're tripping?
How mentally exhausted are you? How much of a mess is your brain? How many little irritations are being thrown at you? How crazy are the people around you acting? How crazy are you feeling? How hard is it to know true from false or even what the hell is actually going on anymore?
There is so much stressful stuff happening in the sky right now, and our minds especially are under fire. And under this full moon, the mental strain and information overload are coming to a head. If you can avoid nervous exhaustion / collapse, you're doing well.
I think the key to getting through this lies with Jupiter conjunct the north node in Virgo. This conjunction will be exact for the full moon and solstice. It is all about keeping a grip on humble, everyday reality and the tasks that must be done. This focus on small stuff, necessary details, health, routine and service to others is immensely beneficial and grounding right now.
Another key is Mars in Scorpio, retrograde till the 30th June. This is a very sharp knife, in terms of intuition. Also the ability to cut ties that are energetically harmful or toxic. It can be pretty ruthless - but if you feel drained and depleted by certain interactions, or you have a sense of being lied to, trust your gut instinct.
This is tomorrow morning, the 5th June, 4 am (GMT).
Woo, it is MENTAL! Absolutely all over the place. That's the kind of month we are entering into.
Neuron-frazzling as it looks, I think it's also very exciting. Gemini is the sign of thought, communication and networking. And this new moon is the focus of a very tight grand cross involving planets in the mutable signs.
Meaning, a lot is going to shift this month – a lot of new developments and multiple confusing options will be thrown at us. It'll be important to stay flexible and open to change. Everything will be in flux – even circumstances that had seemed immutable are liable to change radically, in ways you couldn't have imagined.
So being open-minded and ready to grab whatever opportunities are thrown at you is key!
But so is staying practical and grounded, if that's even possible. Because maybe some of these new developments might not have a lot of substance behind them. Remember not everything is what it's cracked up to be.
“Cracked up” - what a great phrase. It has multiple meanings: to laugh, to go insane, to shatter...
We will be cracking up on multiple levels this Gemini season! It's looking kind of ADD out there – positively Jedwardian.
Maybe I should skip writing this up and just post Jedward videos. I think Jedward illustrate the cosmic weather pretty effectively.
It is bonkers. Fun, hyper, ridiculous, shiny, disturbing, irritating – all at the same time.
The new moon forms one corner of a grand cross involving planets in mutable signs. This is absolute, unavoidable flux. We will be dealing with it in various forms all summer, but I think this is the official kick-off.
So if you're being hit with multiple little irritating problems and adjustments these days, or if your mind is all over the place, or if you feel like jumping out of your skin with frustration – you're not alone. This is just the sky at the moment, and this kind of energy will be in play for much of the year. Everyone is affected in some way.
That said - despite all the chaos, this new moon is kind of nice! We'll have the sun, moon and Venus all conjunct at exactly 14 degrees Gemini. This is about multiple options, especially re. love and money. Something pleasant is bound to come out of this.
With Gemini, there's a need for variety, diversion, communication and mental stimulation. It looks kind of fun and sparkly: glitter everywhere!
We'll want to jitter around and party and explore multiple options.
The trouble is, this feeling of multiple options may be an illusion. Neptune squares the new moon and Venus from Pisces. This is some heavily delusive energy.
Plus retrograde Saturn opposes the new moon from Sagittarius, and this is a party-killer: a dose of heavy, uncomfortable realism.
So you might want to believe you're a free agent and can do anything you want, but this is actually not the reality. There are commitments (especially, as this involves Venus, re. love and money) that you'll have to honour. There are tasks which must be fulfilled and responsibilities which will constrain your future, like it or not. You do not actually have infinite options; you may not actually have that many options at all.
We also have Jupiter in Virgo squaring the new moon and Saturn, opposing Neptune. Jupiter magnifies things, so having Jupiter involved in this mutable grand cross magnifies the tension between dreams and reality, "options" vs. necessities.
The nice thing is, Jupiter also shows the way forward. He is conjunct the north node in Virgo, and this is about keeping our heads down and our minds on the tasks that must be done. Staying humble, grounded and realistic. Keeping to our commitments.
It doesn't mean you can't have a bit of fun with this and jitter around partying like Jedward! But don't go overboard, and don't forget your actual, real-life circumstances.
Reality is heavy at the moment, and staying attuned to it is favoured. We still have a grand trine in earth signs. It's in effect for the new moon, and therefore for the month ahead.
This involves Mercury in Taurus, Pluto in Capricorn and Jupiter in Virgo, and it is a grounding, stabilising, realistic influence on our minds. This is really lucky to have in the midst of so much flux.
I think the flux will be fairly unrelenting, though. Saturn squares Neptune this month on the 18th June, right on the heels of Neptune's retrograde station on the 14th June. It's going to be really hard to know what's real from what's false – it will take all the pragmatism and discernment we have.
We'll have a second full moon in Sagittarius on the 20th June. And we'll have another mutable grand cross for this, with Mercury in Gemini. There is just no letup to the insanity – not for a while.
It looks like we'll really be trying to parse truth from falsity this month – to distinguish between our real options and our illusions. Hopefully by the full moon we'll have a clearer idea of the reality we're dealing with.
Mars retrograde in Scorpio is a good bullshit detector, and this should help. You can rely on your intuition to guide you – and your innate sense of self-preservation.
Anyway, enough seriousness. Here is some suitably discordant music for the grand cross:
