2011 Gemini New Moon- Partial Solar Eclipse

by Anna Chapman

June 1st 20
5:03 p.m. EDT/ 2:03 p.m. PDT/ 10:03pm GT
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“Speaking with kindness creates confidence, thinking with kindness creates profoundness, giving with kindness creates love.” —Lao Tzu

Grace is simply being and being simple and within that, love flows forth ceaselessly embracing all of us in a tidal wave of bliss. We may be drowned with intensity or swim, like a dolphin, immersing our selves in a pool of divine, liquid light.

During the few days of this New Moon we have the extraordinary opportunity to stretch our selves to experience the limits of our personality/soul regions before realizing the two merged and the peace of unity. Gemini, in which this New Moon occurs, is ruled by Mercury on an exoteric level where the mind seeks to analyze to expand. On an esoteric level the Twins are ruled by Venus who desires unity/merging in order to expand.

The reason I speak about the esoteric or spiritual level of the sign Gemini is based on the New Moon’s position at 11 degrees. The master numbers—11, 22, 33, 44—indicate an energetic experience that relates to a higher level of expression. The master number 11 is the recognition that we are all one as such it reflects the spiritual nature of the sign Gemini; that being unity not separation.
The Hebrew name for Gemini is Thaumin which means united.

To follow our investigation of the explicit meaning of this New Moon we can go further to examine the position of Uranus in this chart. Uranus is the higher octave of Mercury and may provide a clue as to how we move into an elevated consciousness. The Sabian Symbol for this degree is helpful and would intimate that in order for an individual to identify with the greater whole, the individual must first recognize them selves as complete.** Uranus is in square to Pluto retrograde (not exact but close enough) and suggests that we are getting assistance from the dynamic destroyer that would tear down so that new structures can be built. Oh yes, in Capricorn that is a certainty! New structures of the individual mind that release the refreshing air of truth into the brain thus waking us up into, first the hilarity of the illusion that was and then the euphoric state of bliss instated by the very clear message that ‘I AM’.

If you walk around for three days every once in a while stating—I Am that—not the body not the mind but that, I Am, your world will turn around 180 degrees and you will have created an entirely new perspective for your self. (Three days may not be realistic for everyone and yet one day might be sufficient for some. It depends on the level of honesty you share with your self.)

Gemini and the New Moon in this sign, as you can see, encourages a profound degree of shift if we attune our selves to the magical communication the Twins offer on June 1st or on the other hand, as long as we surrender to what is for our highest good at this time we can’t go wrong. Tune into Venus as it transits at 20 degrees Taurus (where that lands in your own chart) for a deeper look at the potential for merging the personality/soul. Remember, one thing the sign Taurus relates to is a secure sense of self and with Venus in the sign she rules, here is an opportunity to love thyself as Divine. Here is the potential for knowing the self as complete. Knowing the self as complete is akin to Mula Bandha in Hatha Yoga where one suddenly discovers that they are operating from a new center—a much greater source of power and strength.

Also, Venus is being followed (within 4 degrees) by Mars. Now Mars has the ability to create the kind of conflict or energy that moves one to act. In this case the action will be towards a more unified platform from which to engage in future planetary activity; that can be on an individual level or on a grander scale. To get a sense of what this grander picture is, it is interesting to note two more things about this New Moon—the first is its conjunction with the fixed star Aldebaran. Now Aldebaran is at 9 degrees Gemini and the New Moon is at 11 degrees. One degree is the accepted separation for fixed star analysis but in this case Aldebaran is one of the four royal stars and therefore is considered to have a wider base of influence.

Aldebaran was visible at the vernal equinox—new beginnings. It is the brightest star in the constellation Taurus and is the eye of the Bull—the eye of revelation, Buddha’s star, the star of illumination are all references to the eastern royal star. Eloquence, integrity and honors are among the words describing this star. Fortunate by nature, Aldebaran conjunct this New Moon, bodes well for success in reaching greater individual awareness that of course greatly affects the whole.

The Sabian Symbol which describes this New Moon is “liberation from ghosts of the past”—really self explanatory. The fact that Saturn at 10 degrees Libra and soon to go direct (June 16th), trines this Sun/Moon conjunction indicates an added impetus to dissolve those old patterns that limit us—our abilities to communicate with both halves of the human, physical dynamic and then of course with those around us. Focus on home first. A great exercise to discover how you relate to your mortal halves is to ask one side of your body to communicate with the other. This can be done with guided imagery and creating a scenario where each side invites the other along on an excursion of some sort.

As Saturn grinds to an apparent halt before it begins its journey forward (it will back up only 6 minutes in the next 15 days), it feels as though it creates an intense need to resolve issues that have long been causing impediments to the evolutionary process. We are in the final stages of self examination in this go round and many of us want to leave no stone unturned in our quest to rout out illusive inconsistencies that foster delusive thinking.

This New Moon feels like an event already jam packed with exciting possibility and yet there is one more aspect in the chart for June 1st that deserves mention and that is the exact square of the asteroid Ceres/Demetre to the nodal axis. Ceres/Demetre in mythology is the ancient goddess of agriculture, of that which sustains us. This she took away from us, as story has it, due to grief when her daughter Persephone/Proserpina was abducted into the Underworld by Hades. At this New Moon this asteroid is at 23 degrees of Pisces, the last sign of the zodiac where we dissolve into all that is, where the unconditional love of the mother provides us with the ability to absolutely trust in the infinite, eternal nature of love.

Further, 23 or five is the number of human creation. In the manifestations of the deity five is the ‘world of action’ and according to gematria (a system of assigning numerical value to a word or phrase, in the belief that words or phrases with identical numerical values bear some relation to each other, or bear some relation to the number itself) Grace=the number five. In essence this square implies the greater influence of active grace.

Keeping in mind that the south node is where we have been and the north node is where we are going and whatever squares that, shows us how we get from one to the other, or how we reconcile the opposites, a possible description of this aspect might be, trusting in the cosmic/universal mother within our selves allows us to heal the wounds of loss so that we might embrace what we have always been and could never lose. As everything, how can we possibly ever lose anything? Dare to be bigger (north node in Sagittarius) yet simple with your intent for this New Moon and what you simply wish to be. We have had plenty of experience gathering information (south node in Gemini) to understand that that is helpful but what we really seek is, always has been with us.

**(This is a great video about inherent completeness) http://www.kiloby.com/videos.php?offset=0&videoid=299

Anna does intuitive consulting offering deep insight for personal growth. Available in person in the Santa Barbara CA area she also has clients throughout the United States and Canada. In Santa Barbara call 805 904-5433 for personal appointments or to arrange a phone or skype session. Anna works with a direct connection to source in order to assist her clients, both human and animal to achieve clarity and peace of mind.

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