New Moon in Gemini with Mercury and Venus (R) conjunct in Gemini and square Neptune

It’s Gemini season, time of the airy twins, and the new moon here is encouraging us to learn, communicate, and express ourselves!

Please pardon the delay on this ritual, as Gemini has my mind going a million directions a minute—fun, but sort of anti-productive.

Mercury, ruler of Gemini and the messenger god of language, communication, study, and commerce, is here in Gemini as well, along with (conjunct) retrograde Venus, which is also asking us to slow down and review our relationship dynamics and patterns. The Mercury/Venus coupling is also squaring Neptune, bringing a dreamy, sometimes murky tone to the mix.

New Moon in Gemini Ritual

To honor the mutliplicitous nature of Gemini, please enjoy this ritual:

1. Light an orange candle +/or burn some incense or herbs (lavender, rosemary, dandelion, lemongrass, peppermint).

2. Set a timer for 8 minutes.

3. Make a list of everything you’d like to do in this lifetime. Yes, everything; sure, why not?

Begin with big stuff, the stuff that pops up first. But also remember things you’d like to study and learn, places you’d like to travel, business +/or charity ideas, and, of course, creative projects you’d like to bring to life.

4. When the timer goes off, circle 8 things on the list that stand out to you right now (you get to use your own discernment about what qualifies this, you decide what way you interpret “stands out”). Bonus points for using orange highlighter or marker.

5. For the next 8 days, research +/or daydream about each of these 8 items. (Want to learn Mandarin? Sign up on Duo Lingo. Want to travel to Patagonia? Look up photos of places you’d like to see. Want to write a novel? Daydream about a book signing at your favorite bookstore.)

6. Don’t get too attached to any of these dreams, just have fun with them.

New Moon in Gemini Writing Prompt

1. Make this same list for a character. Everything they’d like to do in their lifetime.

2. Choose three that feel both important to the character and to the bounds of the story they’re a part of. (If this is a new character—and this is a great way to begin to get to know a character—just start imagining/playing with things you think they’d be interested in.)

3. Write a scene in which they think or talk about or even act upon this desire.

Consider: Is it a secret dream or shared? Will they follow through on it or not? What do you learn about your character both through what they desire and in how they do or do not pursue it.

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