May 10th, 2012
Dear Friends,
A Solar Eclipse at 00 degrees Gemini 21 minutes will occur at 7:47 pm on May 20th. We have had several South Nodal Eclipses in Gemini for the last year and a half. This has activated the qualities of the sign Gemini and the demand to pay attention to what is right under your nose. It is time to look at mental patterns that no longer work for you. Pay attention to your habitual thinking and what you create as the byproduct of those thoughts. Change your thinking about a situation and the situation will change. Change a habit and it creates the space for something new to happen. It has been interesting the last 8 months with the addition of Mars spending time in Virgo. Mars is the Planet of action and while operating out of the sign Virgo it has made us look at our habits, routines, schedules, work and health. Mars cuts out what is in the way. This has helped us face what we are doing that continues to bring the same results. These patterns no longer work for us. Maybe even forcing us to take a new look at what we do and how we take care of ourselves.
This South Node Solar Eclipse is letting us know where things have accumulated that we still crave but are no longer fulfilling. It is necessary to move in a new direction as required by the North Node transiting through Sagittarius. It is time to let go of the old mental chatter and learn something new. The South Node represents the past and what may coming up that requires healing and release. Gemini is the sign of the Zodiac that rules siblings, neighbors and all people that are around us everyday. It may be the time to heal any issues you may have with siblings and others in your daily life. The issues are old and need to evolve. The Gemini house in your chart is where there has been an accumulation of old patterns and it is that same area where a release will take place. Whew! The South Node eclipse in Gemini has started a process of clearing out thought patterns, beliefs and ideas that don't work for us.
Gemini is the sign of the Zodiac that rules everything in our life that is taken for granted. The siblings that we were born to begin our life with. The attitude we develop from early on in our life. The neighborhood and our neighbors; so, the people you see everyday along the way. All tools of communication and transportation which help you get from one place to another in your day to day life. Gemini is everything that is right under your nose. This New Moon/Solar Eclipse is focusing on those things. Do you need to learn something new?
The Planet Mercury is the ruler of Gemini; and therefore, is the ruler of this lunation. Mercury is at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the degree of the 20 year Saturn/Jupiter cycle that started May of 2000. What have you learned over the last 12 years? Taurus is the sign of practical tangible things and survival skills. We need to communicate what is important to us. “Put your money where your mouth is”, “The proof is in the pudding” or “There is no free lunch” may be the mantra for this period. The effects of a Solar Eclipse last for a couple of years. Jupiter is in Taurus and Mercury is keeping company with it. Mercury is the ruler of this lunation and her placement tells the story. We need to think in solid practical ways with a new set of values. Jupiter has been in Taurus for a year letting us know that what we value and how the world works now economically has changed and we need to get with it.
Mercury in Taurus is in mutual reception with Venus currently in Gemini. They are in each others home sign. Venus has been in Gemini since April 3rd; she went retrograde in Gemini on May 15th; she will transit the Sun on June 5th at 16 degrees Gemini as she makes a square to Mars in Virgo. Venus is making a statement and the information is flying back and forth between Venus and Mercury. We are learning very clearly what we need to do to have a happy stable life. We need to think differently and catch up with the times. Learning new things may be a big key to the situation. It is not time to be a know it all. It is time to listen. Venus is in Gemini deepening the need for us to give more value to what comes out of our mouths. Maybe we do need to learn something new... Communication, knowledge, and language skills improve our value. Staying the same is not an option.
The Planet Neptune entered Pisces on February 3rd where it will remain for 14 years. It is bringing compassion and understanding into our consciousness. It also unveils and reveals what has been unseen. Addiction, deception, and betrayal will be exposed to be cleaned up. All of this will take place over time. This New Moon/Solar Eclipse at 00 degrees of Gemini is square to Neptune. This will challenge us to know the difference between what is real and what is not. Do not exaggerate situations or gossip. Things can get blown out of proportion with Neptune. Let's trust and use our imagination in positive ways.
The Planet Saturn is now retrograde at 23 degrees of Libra. Saturn will resume direct motion at 22 degrees of Libra on June 25th. We are in the information age, and the ones who know will be the ones who succeed. A good vocabulary and good communication skills are the orders now. Especially with Saturn in Libra, encouraging us to get along with others; so, good communication always helps. You need to be smart, communicate well, and play well with others. Who you know and the relationships that you have developed in the past may be the key to the steps you need to take to move forward.
THE SABIAN SYMBOL: A GLASS-BOTTOMED BOAT IN STILL WATER. This is a symbol of man’s alertness to every ramification of experience open to him, and to of the necessity that he take definite action on his own account if he is to capitalize on any particular opportunity. The keyword is CURIOSITY. When positive, the degree is high competence in the estimation of life’s potentialities, and when negative, a lack of effective participation in reality because of continual indecisiveness. Sabian Symbols” Marc Edmund Jones.
Blessings, Brenda
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