by Silvianne K. Delmars | Dec 13, 2024 |
This Sunday’s Full Moon in Gemini is pregnant with possibility, beckoning us to a radical expansion of consciousness – a reorganization of perspective that starts by turning our focus inward, delving deeply into the hidden chambers of our own hearts.
Whether we hike out into nature under the rays of this potent Full Moon, or simply sit quietly in front of a candle that invokes its light, it offers us a tremendous opportunity to enter the portal of the magical realm within and return with new inspiration for the unpredictable, arduous journey of unprecedented transformation that awaits us in the coming year.
The Moon at 23 Gemini 52 will be illuminated by the Sun standing opposite, exact at 1:02 am PST on Sunday. This is the culmination point of the lunation month seeded at the New Moon in Sagittarius two weeks ago. As the archetypal sign of the vision quest, Sagittarius relentlessly explores new territory in its never-ending thirst for truth and meaning, in both the inner and outer realms.
Effervescent Creativity
The Gemini trickster Moon brings the antidote of cosmic humor and an ability to get the joke, even when it hits a little too close to home, mitigating Sagittarius’ sometimes obsessive one-pointedness. When brought into resonance with each other, this fire and air polarity is unrivalled in fostering effervescent creativity in brand new fields of endeavor. This month’s Full Moon potential is amped up by nearby Jupiter, the planet of expansion, currently in the middle of its year-long transit through Gemini’s multi-faceted territory.
Truth-seeking Intuitive Mind
Adding exponentially to the power of this Full Moon moment, Mercury will be stationing direct later in the day, marking the beginning of a whole new synodic cycle in adventurous Sagittarius. For the next 113 days, the planet of communication will be bringing the archetypal gifts of fiery, truth-seeking, intuitive mind to the world stage, as it careens around the Sun through the next four zodiac signs before ending up in watery Pisces for its next incarnation.
The Sabian Symbol for the seed degree frequency of this Mercury synodic cycle, Sagittarius 7, is “Cupid knocks at the door of a human heart.” Dane Rudhyar points to the possibility of emotional rebirth through the resulting intensity of feeling.
In the Pleiadean Symbol set (John Sandbach’s alternate channelling of the Sabian Symbols), this same degree is given a fairy tale vibe as “A glowing fairy flies into the realm of a sleeping maiden.” Sandbach’s commentary invokes “an innocent receptivity to magic and the life force of the universe, which subtly connects one to the vibrant forces of nature.” – from The Circular Temple, John Sandbach.
Our Authentic Voice
Underscoring this focus on communication, Leo overstory Venus, currently in the zodiac sign of free-thinking Aquarius, is activating the throat chakra portal in her evening star ascent phase this month, high and bright in the western sky after sunset. She offers us a generous invitation to contact the source of our own, authentic voice so that we may bring our gifts to the waiting world with new authority.
Pluto in Aquarius is within ten degrees of Venus at this Full Moon. It continues its long-standing opposition to sacred masculine Mars in sovereign Leo, now retrograde, preparing for its own synodic cycle rebirth next month. Yet another reminder that the outwardly focused energies of exploration and evolutionary, expanded consciousness – so abundantly present during this lunation – need the ballast of the journey to the depths if they are to bring true transformation.
To assert the full potential of our overflowing power to create from our own unique vision, we must be willing to squarely face the horrors that surround us on every side, as we seek to survive in a world seemingly gone mad. We must be willing to deeply feel the grief for all that we have lost. For true creativity is sourced in grief – grief for the loss of what we have truly loved. And its power to transform cannot be overestimated.
If we have the courage to follow the path of magical breadcrumbs left by the Gemini wise fool within, we might just find ourselves forging new, unforeseen paths with far-reaching consequences for the months and years to come, inspired by an expanded vision of what is possible at this time of both great chaos and great opportunity.