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New Moon @ 26 degrees Gemini 46'
June 17, 2023
9:37 PM PDT
June 18, 2023
12:37 AM EDT
June's New Moon occurs in tropical Gemini, featuring a square with Neptune while Saturn stations retrograde. While the Gemini archetype is all about diversity of experience, stimulation, and information consumption, the New Moon vibes are inherently more inward-directed, as is the combination of Neptune and Saturn retrograde.
Experientially, this New Moon presents as a contradiction, though if there is any sign that understands paradox, its most certainly Gemini. As curious and seemingly knowledgeable as many Gemini dominant types seem to be, they often contain a deep sense of perpetual doubt, uncertainty, and incessant questioning of nearly everything.
There's nothing the universe despises most than a dogmatic Gemini. It's just not its fate to settle on any rigidly structured ideological pathway. Thus, this New Moon might present itself to all of us in this way, as Neptune is not an inherently clear or definable archetype in its expression, and most definitely not via a challenging square aspect to this New Moon.
A New Moon is a restart, a new beginning, and a seeding of various new prospects and inward processes--that time of the month to lay low and reflect rather than seek out too much external activity or excitement. Yet, Gemini thrives on the latter, though sometimes such excitement can be self-induced or through an entertaining or thought-provoking book or conversation.
Yet, a Gemini New Moon represents the emergence of new ideas, perceptions, conversations, thoughts, and various interesting things to think and ponder. This is a good starting point for setting off on a fresh path of inquiry, beginning a critical new dialogue, a writing project, or taking action with an exciting idea that's been brewing for some time.
However, in reflecting on these challenging aspects of the New Moon (Neptune's square and Saturn's station), consider that anything begun under this lunation requires serious commitment, tenacity, discipline, and follow-through. Also, it needs to hold up to reality and thus remain highly suspect and skeptical of anything that hasn't been thoroughly investigated or considered.
Saturn's station can correlate with an amplification of a somber yet potentially studious vibe, where focused time, energy, and motivation can go a long way with mental and intellectually demanding tasks. Also, some contradiction can be experienced here as Gemini wants to pursue it all, while the Saturn archetype demands a narrowing of choices.
Lastly, Neptune's square can also point to potential collective and personal disillusionment or confusion, where previous facts and information come under scrutiny or seem less reliable than previously believed. Reality can take on a more amorphous or less stable feeling surrounding this New Moon, as can many things that begin alongside it. Yet, Saturn's presence indicates the potential to bring intangible ideas or thoughts into solidity or to make the imaginal more visible and real.