Horseshoe Bend; photo by Chad Woodward, September 2018.

New Moon/Annular Solar Eclipse @ 19 degrees Gemini 47’

June 10, 2021

12:53 AM PDT

3:53 AM EDT

This month's New Moon is also an annular solar eclipse in tropical Gemini. Additionally, it conjoins Mercury retrograde one day prior to Mercury's exact inferior conjunction with the Sun. In typical Gemini style, there can be a high influx of information/communication overload that can feel overwhelming. So, pace yourself and take your time in making sense of new ideas, perceptions, and data.

Gemini can also have an inherently scattered and meandering quality. Trying to focus on a single task, conversation, or project might be difficult, but there is sometimes an advantage to briefly sampling options instead of myopically fixating on a single one. Detours can often reveal new directions and insights you might have otherwise overlooked.

While New Moon's are beginning points, and north nodal eclipses direct us to the future, Mercury's retrograde conjunction pulls us to the past. Together, this solar eclipse/New Moon can correlate with renewing or rekindling the past or forging a new relationship with things that have been developing.

This New Moon's challenge is Neptune's square from tropical Pisces. Obtaining clear answers or a fully coherent viewpoint may not be entirely possible at the moment. Take time in gathering more information and careful in discerning the truth from obfuscations. However, Neptune's square can also stimulate the desire to push the limits of perception and deeply question reality.

Considering the nature of eclipses, and the Gemini/Mercury archetypes, there can be many new perspectives surfacing alongside this New Moon, all of which can alter what we believe and understand. And an accelerated pace of events and circumstances can make this lunation stimulating but also potentially aggravating. Step forward with caution and patience in the week or so beyond this eclipse.