Jeffrey Pang from Berkeley, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
New Moon @ 9 degrees Gemini 03'
May 30, 2022
4:30 AM PDT
7:30 AM EDT
This month's final lunation is a New Moon in tropical Gemini. It seals off the first eclipse season of 2022 and transitions us to the end of Mercury's retrograde cycle in Gemini/Taurus. The combination of eclipses and Mercury retrograde have likely correlated with significant changes in plans, expectations, and routines over the past two weeks. Getting thrown off course can be frustrating, but it can also illuminate aspects of reality we might have otherwise missed or ignored.
The Gemini archetype emphasizes perception and communication--how we perceive and understand the world and the reciprocal exchange of information between ourselves and our environment. With any New Moon in Gemini, especially alongside Mercury retrograde, new insights, perspectives, and conversations are likely to emerge, all of which alter our understanding of reality.
As with any Gemini New Moon, it's important to keep an open mind and remain flexible in revising what we know and understand. Especially with a sextile from Mercury to Neptune and trine to Pluto, there are many hidden or mysterious elements to things that could come to light alongside this lunation, all of which require keen perceptiveness to capture.
The challenge presented by this New Moon lies in Mercury's stationing square to Saturn. Mercury stations direct on June 3 and will sit in close tension with Saturn (also stationing retrograde June 4) through the second week of June. As a significant feature of this New Moon, Mercury's square contrasts significantly with Mars and Jupiter in Aries' desire to confidently charge ahead and embark into new directions.
While things can feel sluggish or lack momentum, there's an emphasis on taking our time to consider details, plan ahead, and strategize over the following week rather than giving in to impulsive action or hasty decision-making. As we move into the final phase of Mercury's retrograde cycle, we're reminded to commit only to things we can give our total energy and attention to.
Mercury's square to Saturn can also exaggerate pessimism, negativity, and depressive tendencies. Remember that over the next week especially, perception can become biased in the direction of limitations and negative thinking. Perhaps some of this is important to consider since it represents a real, albeit limited, portion of reality. Yet, don't let it consume the entire picture.
Consider that the most important message of this New Moon is that while there may be much we might wish to do, learn about, or take on, we have limited capacities and time restraints. Use this New Moon to narrow the focus, prioritize what matters to you, and eliminate the clutter preventing a solid commitment to a specific task, field of interest, or project. Of course, Gemini would rather do it all, so perhaps compromise with three instead of six (or twenty)!