The New Moon in Gemini 2018 -- Part 1
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The New Moon in Gemini arrived today at 1:43 PM (Mountain Time) ---> 7:43 PM UTC. So begins another step on the creative cycle for 2018. We phase out the focus on resource acquisition and management -- and begin a new focus on information gathering, data handling and public relations efforts. This lasts until the New Moon in Cancer arrives next month ---> July 12, 8:48 PM (MT) ---> July 13, 2:48 AM UTC.
During the time of the New Moon in Taurus, we took our new beginnings, new plans, new projects, new directions and solidified them, made them more stable as they went through a time of growth, development, and greater establishment in the physical world. They've at least got a toehold and a chance to survive now.
You may have even rustled up some resources to make sure you can support them ... and you for sure have laid some future plans on what kind of return on investment you want when finally you've brought them to maturity.
Gemini is the Spring Air Sign.
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Now, of course, it's time to build around this core, diversify, tell people what you think, pick their brains for nuggets of knowledge and new perspectives, and maybe do a little advertising.
That's where Gemini energy comes in ... and with the New Moon in Gemini comes a time of moving about both physically and mentally, gathering data and information, learning and studying, communicating viewpoints and beliefs, sharing advice and opinions, brainstorming, and collecting the intellectual resources to move the "solid new beginnings" into expanded growth and greater accessibility -- through the power of promoting an idea whose time has come!!
"Bouncing ideas" off other people in order to gain the advantage of their approaches and outlooks is one of Gemini's inherent strengths. It's one of the reasons Geminis love to talk; they're exercising those fabulous communications skills -- all in the name of research.
Gemini works with pairs ... and multiples
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Geminis exist to exchange information with the minds of those around them. They are like the honey bees flitting from flower to flower gathering those all important "raw materials" ... as they move from person to person, subject to subject, thought to thought, concept to concept.
In the end, they blend it all together and create something new from the various pieces they've collected. In this way, the greater benefit and education of all concerned ... evolves.
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Gemini energy is quick, clever, curious, imaginative, innovative, inventive, versatile, ingenious and quite often decidedly brilliant in its creations.
As arguably the most purely "intellectual" of the signs, it can be logical, analytical, reasonable, and diverse -- but also strangely impersonal and at times disturbingly lacking in "emotional involvement."
In the context of pure Gemini energy ... emotions are a virtual nuisance, often best ignored.
Gemini loves variety!
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Properly expressed, Gemini energy plays with concepts and variations ... searching for novelty, sparkle, sharp but graceful presentation, and the appeal that will attract the attention of other minds and expand the pool of intellectual diversity on a subject.
Thus do bits and pieces of facts and information expand into whole new ways of looking at the world. Where pure Gemini energy is concerned, there is nothing so wondrous, so lovely, nor so powerful as an idea "on the move."
Gemini finds lots of things "interesting."
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Whatever your sign and wherever Gemini is placed in your Natal Chart, this moment of renewed alignment between your sense of personal direction and your sense of emotional commitment -- represented by the arrival of the New Moon in Gemini -- marks the place where information, diversity, and communication skills are important to you.
Here is where you pay a lot of attention, where a multitude of things interest you, where you are easily bored, where your opinions are varied and often ambivalent, where you take in a lot of knowledge from the outside world, and where you may need to talk with others and exchange opinions -- in order to better form your own.
If you've always known there was more to Astrology than Sun Sign material and the three line daily horoscope in the newspaper, climb aboard and follow this blog. You'll find a world of wisdom detailing how you were designed to work with life ... and why you are the way you are -- all in quick-to-read, easy-to-digest-and-remember, written-in-plain-English essays that offer plenty of food for thought.
Little by little, I'm doing a set of articles that talks about all the elements in your horoscope and what they have to say about you. If you "know something" about Astrology -- or know something about your chart placements, that will help you get more from this material.
If you don't ... well, this is one place you can learn. We all have to start somewhere ... because we aren't born knowing this stuff. Meanwhile, if you've never seen your horoscope ... and don't have a clue how to work with it, maybe it's time to find out. There are lots of "chart services" on the internet -- some of whom produce decent, readable charts "for free" and some are so awful and confusing that even I can't read them easily -- and I've worked with charts for decades.
One extremely user-friendly chart site is here: AstroLabe. I recommend them if you want a simple, easy-to-read chart. I think they even give a reasonable little interpretive reading of your horoscope as part of the package. You'll need to know your birth information -- day, month, year, time and geographical place. Without all that your chart will have limited accuracy.
Or, if you want to get serious and really talk about this, upvote this post and start a conversation in the comments section sometime in the next six days from the time of publication. We'll go from there depending on what you want to know.
Questions about any of this? -- Upvote this post and talk to me in comments. It's a terrific way to build value for yourself and the community ... and it will give me ideas of what to write about in future posts. Believe me there is lots to say about the way The Sun, The Moon -- and all the other elements in a horoscope, all the other components of Astrology -- work together to interpret you and your story -- and what it all means to the person you've become.
Although sometimes the background pictures in our visual essays support the topic and text, they don't always. Sometimes the connection is clear. Sometimes it's symbolic and subtle. Sometimes, there's no connection at all.
The scenes depict landscapes and natural features, buildings and wildlife. They were chosen because they show something lovely or interesting ... or simply because the photo appealed to me.
Our spectacular and remarkable planet is changing at astonishing speed. Rarely are these changes for the better. Few people seem to know ... or care ... or have the will and power to do anything about this. It may not be long before the world humans have known and lived in for centuries is forever lost. We certainly won't be able to make repairs as fast as we destroyed it.
So a few years ago I began collecting pictures of the way things were ... and still are for now, a record of the beauty we have while it is still ours to love and honor.
The photos here are part of that collection, with sincere thanks to the artists who saw these moments ... and with their cameras ... preserved them. All of us at Enchanted Spirit are profoundly grateful to them for their generosity and skill ... and for the added grace, depth and dimension their art brings to ours.
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So we got us a new moon today, was the old one worn out or just needing a tune up?
It needed a new coat of paint and some new costume jewelry -- and with those, it gets a whole new lease on life, ready to parade through the phases one more time. Been doing that for eons now. Best of all -- the show is free.