Dear Friend and Reader:

Now that we are about a week and a half past the last of those three eclipses, we’re approaching the Gemini New Moon. This New Moon is the complementary phase to the Sagittarius Full Moon eclipse, a ‘first marker’ for whatever that energy set in motion, though the eclipses will keep unfolding for months. This New Moon is not an eclipse, but it is a ‘live one’, with several planets joining the Sun and Moon conjunction in Gemini. It will be exact at 11:56 am EDT on Saturday. (You can view that full chart here.)

Photo by Anthony Ayiomamitis.

In today’s Moonshine horoscopes below, Genevieve Hathaway has interpreted this Gemini New Moon for each of the 12 Moon signs. We’ll also be running her blog post on the New Moon in Thursday’s Daily Astrology column.

Your Moon sign is where the Moon was when you were born, which you can find out by entering your birth data into Serennu.com. It helps to have your birth time but often that is not necessary. You can also try reading these horoscopes for your Sun and rising signs for additional layers of insight.

In order of degree, the planets in Gemini for the New Moon are: Pallas Athene, Mars, the Sun, the Moon, Jupiter and Black Moon Lilith (actually a calculated point). That’s lot of activity on the mental plane. It could feel like having many options and ideas that are true for you all at once — and they may be.

This chart has stronger things to say, however. For one thing, the conjunction of the Sun and Moon is exactly trine Juno in Aquarius. Trines open up a flow of energy, and this one looks like it is opening up channels to give voice to our emotions, thoughts and desires about our relationship needs. This is an opportunity to start a new conversation about these things in the face of crystallized social conventions and expectations.

Juno also carries the theme of social justice, which is hugely important right now. For one, because the world so desperately needs us to stand up for social justice together as individuals while Uranus and Pluto continue to up-end governments and cultural institutions around the world. (Witness the latest protests and government crackdowns in Turkey this past week).

Also, the New Moon chart is asking us whether we’re being ‘two-faced’ or not. Mars and Pallas Athene are conjunct in Gemini and square Neptune in Pisces. If you really want to be sincere and live a ‘higher vibration’ life, you’ll want to examine the ways you may be perpetuating the lies of politics.

Most of us do so in one area of life or another, with varying levels of awareness that we’re doing it. But if you can dig in and reach some honesty with yourself on this score, the sky is offering assistance in making it count. The Gemini New Moon is also square Chiron: any crisis of consciousness can lead to healing if you’re willing to stick with it and act on it. And Pholus in Sagittarius, opposite the Sun and Moon, is playing Devil’s advocate, ready to take the ball and run with it if you give up the power of your thoughts to dogma.

What will you set in motion this weekend?

Yours & truly,

Amanda Painter
These Moonshine Horoscopes are written by Genevieve Hathaway. Genevieve is an astrologer and Planet Waves contributor. She is available for astrology readings. You can contact her at genevieve@venusinblue.com.

Gemini New Moon Moonshine Horoscopes | By Genevieve Hathaway

Aries (March 20-April 19) — The Gemini New Moon is highlighting how you think and the patterns in which your mind moves. Your mind is one of your most powerful tools. I suggest experimenting with a few new ideas and approaches to how you use it. When your mind and emotional body act in tandem toward the same goal, they shape your outer world. Have you noticed how well that works? Like a laser, you can focus your mind on exactly what you desire, shaping and creating your vision. It’s like a muscle; the more you work it, the easier it will be for you to employ with exact precision. Each new situation is an opportunity to apply your full mental capacity and emotional commitment. At first this might feel limiting — yet notice how much you actually do accomplish and initiate when you are working with your full focus and emotional resources channeled in the same direction. — By Genevieve Hathaway

Taurus (April 19-May 20) — Your sense of feeling good about who you are is shifting in a new direction. A new viewpoint is helping you peel back a layer on an aspect of your self-esteem that at times may have felt too slippery to grasp. Like shedding skins, you are working through the layers to reach the core of what it means for you to have an expansive sense of self-worth. Hint: it’s independent from external situations, including how much money is in your bank account or stashed under your mattress. This process may come with the feeling of being exposed. While potentially uncomfortable, this has pushed you to re-assess something you’ve been told in the past. Ask yourself whether you should believe it anymore. Remember, your truth has a distinctly different theme from what anyone around you holds true for you. As you settle into this viewpoint, you are building a strong foundation of self-confidence. — By Genevieve Hathaway

 

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Gemini Sun and Rising — a Reading for You

Dear Gemini Reader:

Your birthday reading for 2013-2014 has become the bestselling birthday reading of the year. I bring to life the truly beautiful astrology that you’ll be experiencing over the next four seasons.

Eric and his astrology assistant Jonah, who has Virgo Sun and Moon.

I begin with a discussion of what every Gemini should know about his or her sign, and then I cover a diversity of transits that you’ve read about elsewhere but may not have put into the context of your life.

Jupiter is in your sign now, joined by Mercury and Venus. Soon planets will move into Cancer, the sign associated with resources, money and self-esteem — that is good news on all of those topics. I describe what it means to have your ruling planet Mercury retrograde three times in water signs — covering seven months of the year.

I talk about Pluto going through your 8th house, which is raising all kinds of questions about the role that structure plays in your relationships — and your desire to burst free and express yourself. I cover Saturday’s eclipse of the Moon in Sagittarius, your relationship sign.

I have created my 2013 Gemini reading specifically to help you tap into the very unique energy coming your way — energy with the potential to transform how you feel, think and relate. This is a truly helpful moment in your life, one that can make up for some of the challenges of recent years.

The reading will be accurate, informative and fun for Gemini rising and Moon as well. You can listen to a short audio preview here.

Your reading is ready for instant access. The price for this hour of astrology plus tarot reading (and bonus materials) is $29.95. You may order your Gemini birthday reading here.

I know you’ll love this reading. Please do check it out.

Lovingly,

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Gemini (May 20-June 21) — This week’s New Moon takes place in your Moon sign, now a busy place with many planets and asteroids moving through. A number of personal planets, including Mercury, Venus and Mars, have either just been in residence in your sign or are moving through. Gemini is a multi-faceted sign, and with all these different additional energies present, it may feel like you are living with many versions of yourself. If you start to question which is the real you, try considering them all as parts of your complex nature. You are in a moment of seeing how these various aspects of yourself are more similar than different — merging them into what feels like a cohesive version of yourself. This is more about the feeling of being whole rather than any disconnect between the different sides of you. You are connecting with yourself in a way you may not have thought was possible in the past. — By Genevieve Hathaway

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — During the New Moon in Gemini, your 12th house is an active place — the Sun, Moon and a number of other personal planets are packed into this area of your chart. This may feel like something new is blossoming under the surface of your psyche, or like you have access to a well of energy you weren’t aware of before. There is plenty of energy here for you to tap into and apply to all areas of your life. At times it could feel like working the controls of your own sophisticated rocket. All you need to do is envision where you wish to go and it will take you there. I suggest riding this energy wave growing from within you and following where it leads. You can think of this as letting your powerful inspiration be your guide as to where you apply your time, energy and creativity. You will get some truly unique and innovative results. — By Genevieve Hathaway

Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) — Lately, you have been working through a doubt or question regarding your role in a particular group, and whether it is the right one for you. One of your emotional needs is for your voice and opinion to be heard and respected. I don’t mean that you must always be considered ‘right’, rather that people actively listen to and consider your ideas. You have an opportunity now to set a new pattern — of your opinion being valued by others. Those around us follow our lead in how we want to be treated. As you place a greater sense of worth on your thoughts, feelings and opinions, those around you will do the same. Part of respecting yourself is setting boundaries that others will also respect, and holding people to it. What you are gaining through this process is a greater connection and sense of belonging in the communities you are a part of. — By Genevieve Hathaway

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) — You are reworking an idea you’ve held for a while regarding the roles of work and passion in your life. You are coming up against something you were taught as a child that is causing you to question your approach to your career. What you are making contact with are a few outdated concepts that no longer serve who you have grown to be. Think of this New Moon as a chance to update your inner software, regarding beliefs your parents held and how they do not align with your own. Start there and work forward to what you believe today. The goal is an integrated concept: you give to your work by tapping directly into your passions. When the work you do to make money is based on your inner creativity, you fill a deep well of energy from which you can draw. As new options present themselves, you will continue to restructure this career/passion symbiosis. — By Genevieve Hathaway

Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) — At the moment, you are in a unique position to be able to see how the beliefs you’ve held have affected the choices you’ve made. Beliefs are ideas or perceptions that we judge to be true — it’s a feeling, not necessarily a fact. These internal sensations inform the degree to which we believe or disbelieve something. What we believe has a large impact on how we experience our lives. You are undergoing a process of re-orienting your relationship to belief and how you use it to aid your vision for your life. Over this New Moon, you will be able to move between emotion and detached observation effortlessly. View ideas from multiple angles. Enough distance will let you see if it’s grounded in truth rather than emotional attachment. By testing each belief this way, you will be able to choose consciously those ideas that have a strong foundation in accurate facts. — By Genevieve Hathaway

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) — Information is coming through regarding the motivations of a few important partners in your life. You intuitively know where others are coming from before they do, giving you a very clear picture of why a few key individuals are doing what they are doing. You can think of this as working with insider information, as though you get to see what is going on behind the scenes in their own personal world. The more you know about what drives a person’s actions, the easier it is for you to predict the reactions they will have and choices they will make. I suggest considering the view that this information is more useful for arranging mutually beneficial agreements than for manipulating the other party for your own personal gain. An arrangement where everyone involved benefits will move your personal goals much further along than an agreement where only one party benefits. — By Genevieve Hathaway

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) — During the next week try working with the concept that your approach to relationships is just that — your own, not dictated by others. Think of this as structuring your relationships to fit who you are as an individual. From there it follows that you hold space for partners to do the same. At the moment, you may feel like you need multiple types of relationships, or multiple relationships, to satisfy the different facets of your personality. I propose reimagining how you assess information regarding whether a relationship is a good fit. Start from the place of how you approach sex, looking for a fluid, growth-centered partnership rather than a strict set of rules and expectations. This is about bringing a willingness to experiment and hold space for personal exploration. Recognize everyone’s experiences and needs, including your own, as valid, withholding judgment. From these open and honest experiences strong relationships can be built with a foundation rooted in love and acceptance. — By Genevieve Hathaway

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) — As a Capricorn Moon, your Moon sign ruler is Saturn, a planet about time and honoring what we do with our time. New ideas and options equal new ways to think about how you use your time. Information is coming to light this week that helps you make some long-desired changes in how you structure your days, specifically in terms of what your personal energy goes into. This restructuring process is helping you plan things out so you have more time for that which you value the most. I suggest seeing time as a way to assign value to the things that are most important to you. I don’t mean that you shirk any obligations because they have less personal value, rather that you utilize the template of time to get done what needs to be done. This frees up time for the things and people that bring you the deepest feeling of meaning and connection with your life. — By Genevieve Hathaway

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — A project you’ve been working on for a while is about to take a big leap forward. This may seem to come suddenly when in fact it’s been building for some time. You are synthesizing a number of ideas, resulting in a quick advancement. Continue to work the edge of this project, stretching out further and further into what is possible. I suggest considering a final product that is better than what other people have produced as not really better, but different. To be different there must be a piece of the unknown involved — experimenting with what hasn’t been tried before. Crafting a project that pushes the boundaries of certainty involves boldness and calculated risk-taking, two of your biggest assets. If you encounter any doubts from others, continue proceeding with what you know is right. Out on the edge is where innovation happens and discoveries are made. For many it’s an uncomfortable place to be; you in fact thrive there. — By Genevieve Hathaway

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — You are currently working with some deeply personal ideas about who you are. This process is drawing you into an investigation of how certain adults’ opinions impacted you during childhood. They influenced what you view as possible in terms of sharing who you are with the larger world. Know that questioning these ideas is a healthy process. You are making contact with how these adopted concepts influenced what you reveal in public situations. As a Pisces Moon, there is a piece of you that will always have one foot in the psychic realm — the part of existence we can’t touch but can connect with emotionally and intuitively. For you it is a very real, tangible place. Over the New Moon, you are dissolving internal blocks that were in the way of fully believing you can share this more ethereal side of yourself. As you move through this opening and show yourself, take note of how many people arrive to connect with you. Quite a few will. — By Genevieve Hathaway