New Moon in Gemini: Leap of Faith

Monday’s new moon fell at the very end of the first decan of Gemini. Mercury, the god of communication, and Jupiter, the god of expansion, optimism, and big ideas rule this decan and can bring a rush of new ideas and pleasant fantasies of how these bright ideas might become something beautiful in the world. With Neptune sextiling Mercury, the ruler of the lunation, the ideas feel ever more enchanting to us. And, as the Bard said, “therein lies the rub.” We can feel so much pleasure at big ideas (Jupiter) or be overwhelmed by all the options presented by the idea (mercury) that we fail to act. We miss the opportunity to see what that seed of an idea might become if we did the work to plant it in the ground, water it, and watch it grow. 

This new moon provides an opportunity to learn about how we relate to the big ideas that befall us. Mercury, the ruler of this lunation is retrograde, indicating that this lunation will involve reflection—a learning that helps bring us back to ourselves. With the new moon at 9 Gemini, the very end of the decan, we may be called to take a leap of faith, commit to an idea, risk the ego death that comes with giving ourselves over to the unknown. In numerology, 9 represents completion, the culmination of wisdom and experience. The tumultuous energy of the first decan of Gemini comes to fruition at the 9th degree, giving us an opportunity to integrate lessons around what the influx of new ideas and dreams means to us. Asking us to experiment with what it means to take the risk to plant them in the ground and let them die to a new way of being.

Today the moon is in the early degrees of Cancer, offering us the chance to commit to an idea that came to us at the new moon. To plant the seed in the ground, mother it, nurture it, and like any good mother, be curious about what it will become, accepting that once it takes root, it will have a life of its own.

At the full moon on June 14, any leap of faith will come to fruition. We will gain some new understanding of the seed we planted. More importantly, we will gain some new understanding of what it means to let go and step into the void. And, if we are lucky, regardless of the outcome, we will experience the exhilaration that comes after the leap of faith—the incomparable feeling of being alive, being “in life” that comes with landing on the other side.