The inclination may be to share too much. 'Conquest' by Lavery 1882 {{PD-Art}}

8 AM PDT the Gemini Moon trines Zeus, sextiles Vesta, and squares Pallas. This Moon may bring forward a lot of emotion-driven talk, especially about ambitions, goals, and desires, and about what we find sacred, and this will in some way be unwise! Perhaps we’ll talk in front of the wrong people, making ourselves vulnerable, or we’ll come off as naive or unrealistic in our desires–in any case, a time to examine our wants in the light of our values, but not necessarily to share them.

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'Six Studies of a Cat' Gainsborough c1765 {{PD-Art}}

6 AM PDT the Gemini Moon squares Neptune, with the possible effect of making us doubt ourselves; with Merc retro, Neptunian fog rolls in and makes us feel lost, or maybe deluded, even when we can’t say just what it is we’re being fooled by. Don’t allow uncertainty to plague you, and don’t make changes based on current perceptions–they’re bound to be off the mark.

Noon Pacific time the Moon sextiles Uranus, pushing us to act spontaneously, perhaps in that Neptune-influenced area–don’t! There are a lot of itchy trigger fingers and impatient kittens on the scene today–try not to be one of them!

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'Beach at Valencia or Afternoon Sun' Sorolla y Bastida 1809 {{PD-Art}}

It’s a long, Geminian voyage with no Lunar contact until 11 PM PST, when the Gemini Moon sextiles Venus. This may feel like relief, more than anything else, especially after such a big period of non-contact that is not a Void; these ‘empty’ periods can make us feel insecure, in a way, prompting a stress response that is unnecessary and may even take us wildly off track, and it may be driven by lightly-considered idle chatter or baseless speculation (Gemini).

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Beautiful work by Horacio Cardozo {{PD-Art}} Released into the Public Domain by the Artist--Thank you, Horacio!

Of note on the 29th is Venus sesquiquadrate the North Node and semi-square the Sun; this may be especially problematic as the Gemini Moon conjuncts the South Node, suggesting that emotional upsets related to the identity and direction we’re headed will either bring up past emotional issues or be directly caused by these. This should put us on notice that relationship and financial issues, if we react to them unthinkingly, will cause major headaches, now and in future, as we set the stage right now for what’s coming. Take this as a chance to look dispassionately at the feeling state, separating ourselves so as objective-as-possible a view can be formed.

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'The Marriage Demand' Bodinier 1825 {{PD-Art}}

Void begins at 5:39 PM Pacific time. The Moon enters Gemini at 7:27 PM PST.

Right away Luna squares Neptune; I almost want to characterize this as a ‘Lover’s Quarrel’, but a Universal one (Pisces), where everyone is just a little disgruntled with the way they feel they’ve been duped, mislead, poorly informed, or enchanted with promises, words, illusions presented, or dazzling deeds. Be thankful for the wake-up call, and recognize your own part in things–this isn’t ‘blame the victim’, but rather a suggestion that we all recognize that we wouldn’t get bedazzled if we loved reality more than our own desire nature.

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