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Gemini New Moon:
Drilling with Gemini
By Dana Gerhardt
The Sabian Symbol for this New Moon is "Workmen drilling for oil." Did the visionaries know we’d be freaked out at gas prices this season? A late spring wind is blowing, and despite Gemini’s restless urge to get moving—Let’s jump in the car and drive like the wings of Mercury were the only fuel we’d need—we’re advised to do otherwise. We’re urged to roll up our workman sleeves and dig deep. And so, just as the sun entered Gemini, I found myself in a living room satsang, sitting for a long time in silence with a group of seekers, each of us drilling down toward some pool of dark treasure. One meditator brought up tears, another felt a strange buzzing in the body, another discovered old insecurities. "There is something to explore, right here, right now," urged our Zen teacher. "Nowhere to go," she said, "you’re already here." And to each physical sensation or emotional wounding that came up, she would offer, "Get curious. Be with it. Observe it, without trying to manipulate it into anything else."
Sitting still, in silence, with a curious mind, unwilling to invent or manipulate--this is a radical strategy for Gemini’s New Moon. You know the typical Gemini mode—busy. It drowns us in emails and ties up the traffic. It keeps 24-hour news channels going, writes all the internet blogs, circulates the latest office gossip, overwhelms us with books we’ll never have time to read. Gemini inspires curiosity, versatility, impatience and restlessness. Under its influence we’re itchy to learn, happy to socialize, forever on the go. New Moons bring us new zodiac signs each month, so we can renew our expression of its archetypes. This makes us rounder, more spacious, and keeps us feeling new. Yet how do we freshen our Gemini expression—when it’s never too far away?
Ah… through precious silence. Not dull silence, but a vibrant curiosity. Being with whatever is right now. So whether you’re happy, sad, harried, wounded, or somewhere in between, before you jump in the car and ride on the wings of Mercury toward something new, and you will, because that’s what we do in Gemini, promise me you’ll take a moment this New Moon to slow down and get curious about yourself. Give yourself fifteen minutes to just be with whatever is right now. Close your eyes. Listen to the sounds in the room or coming from the street beyond your door. Feel the air. Can you notice how it’s gently touching your skin? Tune into your body. Is there tightness anywhere? Numbness? Or are there pleasant sensations? Let your body communicate. It’s telling you exactly what’s going on in your life right now. Ah… how nice to be the one who is listening.
During Gemini’s transit, the Sun sails toward its northernmost limit on the horizon. North is a cardinal direction which in many cultures represents "knowledge and wisdom"—and so your journey in Gemini is also towards gaining more knowledge. Gemini takes us to the Summer Solstice (June 21), when the Sun slows to an imperceptible pace. That’s what "solstice" means—to stand still. Gemini, as the last month of spring, brings us to this cardinal turning point, when summer officially begins and the Sun turns southward again, to retrace its steps along the horizon line. As the days lengthen in Gemini, let your mind also stretch and soar. Reach for new information, enjoy stimulating conversations, and take your curiosity everywhere.
© 2006 Dana Gerhardt
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Dana Gerhardt,
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Dana Gerhardt
A popular columnist with The Mountain Astrologer since 1991, Dana Gerhardt is an internationally respected astrologer.
She has lectured extensively and written for astrology publications on several continents. Her ongoing passions are the moon and living the intuitive life.
Dana worked for many years in the corporate sector, where she observed the undeniable influence of natural cycles. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude from Occidental College in Los Angeles and did graduate work in literature at Columbia University and CSULA.
She is joined on her Mooncircles website by a community of accomplished astrologers.
Jean Hinson Lall
Jean Hinson Lall is a professional astrologer and psychotherapist who has been in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland since 1975.
A former Peace Corps staff member and Fulbright scholar in India, she holds an M.A. degree in archetypal studies.
Her writings have appeared in Spring, Common Boundary, and The Astrotherapy Newsletter. She has lectured widely on astrology, myth and archetypal psychology and is Director of the Institute for the Study of Imagination.
Julia Bondi
Julia has been a busy counseling astrologer, intuitive, teacher and writer for more than 30 years.
With degrees in clinical psychology and esoteric philosophy, Julia draws her wisdom and dedication to spirituality from her moon rising on her ascendant, her 12th house stellium in Gemini and her Pisces midheaven.
Pythia Peay
Pythia Peay is an astrologer and inspirational journalist whose articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including "George" magazine," Common Boundary," and "The Utne Reader."
She studied and taught meditation with the Sufi teacher, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, and is the editor of his book, Awakening: A Sufi Experience. She has also written Soul Sisters: A Sacred Way for all Women and Mercury Retrograde.
April Elliott Kent
April Elliott Kent is a practicing astrologer, writer, and web designer. Her writing has been featured in The Mountain Astrologer and Wholistic Astrologer magazines, and in Llewellyn's 2005 Moon Sign Book. Her specialty is wedding electionals. She recently graduated from the California State University at San Diego with a degree in communications.
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