gemini full moon
November 27, 2023 4:19 AM est. Moon 4° gemini / Sun 4° sagittarius
full moon in gemini
· · · significant aspects to the moon · · ·
square Saturn 0° pisces
square Hekate 5° virgo (asteroid of the crone archetype)
opposite Mars 2° sagittarius
opposite Ceres 0° sagittarius (earth mother archetype)
ruler of this lunation : Mercury 24° sagittarius
aspected by exact square to Neptune 24° pisces
& exact sextile to Eros 24° Aquarius
black-eyed susan vine
calming scattered energies & cultivating patience and tolerance helping one to slow down and tune into their intuition to inform conscious choice.
The sense of this full moon is giving get wise about your choices. It’s a stern nod to discernment, decision making, and the paradox of limitation often being the very thing which expands creative potential. Here we ponder inspiration which coasts through the ephemeral spaces of dreams, liminal mindscapes, and the nuanced atmospheric vault of the collective unconscious.
We all play a role in the expansion of creative energy moving through us, divinely tuned to the flow of life. How we open to this playful dance, how we access the joy of aliveness, is both tethered to this world and the next. In Sanskrit this is called Lila — divine play.
The basic recurring theme in Hindu mythology is the creation of the world by the self-sacrifice of God—"sacrifice" in the original sense of "making sacred"—whereby God becomes the world which, in the end, becomes again God. This creative activity of the Divine is called lila, the play of God, and the world is seen as the stage of the divine play. Like most of Hindu mythology, the myth of lila has a strong magical flavour. Brahman is the great magician who transforms himself into the world and then performs this feat with his "magic creative power", which is the original meaning of maya in the Rig Veda. The word maya—one of the most important terms in Indian philosophy—has changed its meaning over the centuries. From the might, or power, of the divine actor and magician, it came to signify the psychological state of anybody under the spell of the magic play. As long as we confuse the myriad forms of the divine lila with reality, without perceiving the unity of Brahman underlying all these forms, we are under the spell of maya. (...) In the Hindu view of nature, then, all forms are relative, fluid and ever-changing maya, conjured up by the great magician of the divine play. The world of maya changes continuously, because the divine lila is a rhythmic, dynamic play. The dynamic force of the play is karma, an important concept of Indian thought. Karma means "action". It is the active principle of the play, the total universe in action, where everything is dynamically connected with everything else. In the words of the Gita Karma is the force of creation, wherefrom all things have their life.
Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics (1975)
It has been said that Saturn can be symbolically linked to Karma, as the planet of both limitation and mastery. As we play in the creativity of the material world, as we dance in and out of form & formlessness, we have opportunity to gain wisdom and acceptance of the interconnectedness of our choices and the space from which the experience of life itself arises.
Here, we play in the realm of the divine. It is my understanding & experience that the more aligned I am to my connection to the divine, to God or The Spirit, the more magical life becomes. While in this body and of the world, we are inherently linked to karma & Maya, the illusion of the material plane. Yet there is a way to dance within creative action while honoring the omnipresent divine. Self-sacrifice, according to Fritjof Capra’s interpretation, is an interesting concept for this New Moon in Gemini. “Sacrifice, in the original sense of making sacred.”
What choices arise now which require you to release what is no longer in alignment to the actions you must take on your journey of becoming? It feels like a moment to release the excess, to hone in on one (or as Kelly Surtee’s has said before in regards to Gemini… if you can’t pick just one… pick three!) focused direction(s) to guide you at this time. Surrender anything crowding your space, releasing excess and streamlining what is true for you to dance with now. Let curiousity lead, but do so with refined attention to what brings you into right relationship with the divine pulse at the center of your sacred heart.
There may be a sense of frustration, friction, or tenderness with this lunation. There can be distorted perceptions which limit our ability to make clear choices… so be gentle at this time if possible. Cultivate tenderness, softness, ease… find space to become quiet and reflective. There is an opportunity to see beyond illusion & connect to the sound which all beings weave in and out of in rhythm to the divine dance. In this fullness, we clear away the weeds which fight for nutrients, we tend the inner garden & give the flowers (& our focus) room to blossom fully.
Full Moon Mantra
from the center of my heart I align to the center of the universe, the space where all of life is reflected in a singular point of stillness, allowing creative expression to inform my actions according to my highest purpose as the divine plan unfolds.
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with love,
alexandria
