Posted on June 1, 2024 in Gemini
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By Henry Seltzer and Alea Balzer for ASTROGRAPH Horoscopes
This is an important timing for you, Gemini, both before and after the exact beginning of June. You are more invested than ever in the social worlds of friends and colleagues, and as well in contemplating your own productivity, the results of your creative expression, in terms of giving back to the societal matrix that surrounds you. This is in part a wholly conscious engagement with the world, and also somewhat hidden, lurking in unconscious realms within. The dramatic New Moon in your sign that takes place on the 6th, features the lovely Venus, redolent of relationship, unconscious process, and deep-seated rampant creativity. You are also stimulated to better understand elements of your evolving worldview and beliefs, new horizons of experience, or actual physical travel. You are seeking in all that you do and contemplate, the essence of your own deep moral compass which is demanding renewed attention. This New Moon also represents an opportunity to be seized and simultaneously sized up for what it’s true essence might actually be. This is not at all a foregone conclusion, but rather an ongoing exploration, and involves at least the recognition that something quite important is progressing now, perhaps leading you to your next evolutionary phase.
The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer, together with Leslie Benson. You can reach Alea at alea.balzer@gmail.com
You meet June in the final days of the Taurus lunation cycle that was seeded in your sphere of spirituality and the subconscious. Ongoing activation of Uranus and Jupiter have continued to stimulate this strong lunation, reflecting back on the revolutionary impulse of April's Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Taurus. This is an essentially optimistic conjunction, and because taking place in your sector of unconscious process and inner work, illuminates in intuitional detail certain factors in the hidden places below your conscious mind to which you do well to pay attention over the course of this current monthly period. One way that this could apply is possibly by magnifying undermining influences within you, reflecting inner wounding, to show you what's not working and what may yet be resolved. June could see you embarking on a significant new phase of development, whereby the fruits of what has been building below the surface layers of your psyche become more visible and externalized. From the last week of the previous month, the ingress of Jupiter into your sign indicates a period of joy, optimism, and expansion that may contain also the seeds of excess, always a danger with prominent Jupiter.
From the 1st until the 6th, Jupiter in the early degrees of your sign makes a powerful and positively-themed trine to transformational Pluto in your sector of Higher Mind. This brings up the perceived benefits of education, philosophical speculation, and travel, along with a general tenor of thoughtfulness and learning.
On the 3rd, the ingress of your planetary ruler, Mercury, into Gemini calls attention to this shift in momentum as it forms a conjunction with Jupiter in your sign, indictive of your identity and self-image. This may align with a vitalizing boost in your health and happiness together with a sense of renewed purpose.
Mercury additionally joins in on the ongoing trine between expansionist Jupiter and transformational Pluto in Aquarius, or your higher mind sector, over the 3rd and 4th, suggesting that evolution in your system of beliefs and knowledge may manifest as changes in how you interpret and engage with the world. A spiritual path, higher education, or travel could motivate a new trajectory.
From the 2nd to the 6th, the rebirth of Venus in her conjunction with the Sun during the final days of the Taurus lunation cycle can be auspicious; this because she has been the ruler of all the activity in your sector of subconscious process. This may signify relief from a period of isolation or struggle, or perhaps and ongoing metamorphosis of worldview that has you embodying different ideals, ideas, or aesthetics.
The Gemini New Moon of June 6th initiates a new cycle in your sector of identity, expression, and independence. Jupiter's presence plus a triple conjunction between the Moon, Sun, and Venus indicates this may be a time of increased self-confidence and social connection. The presence of lunation ruler Mercury, alongside the ongoing influence of Jupiter's trine to Pluto, connects these developments to the expansion of your perspective, suggesting this cycle may empower your voice and appeal to others. That Sun, Moon, and Venus also aspect Pluto by sesquiquadrate brings renewed intensity for changes in your worldview and with respect to an inner knowing of where you stand internally regarding an innate moral compass you could be tuning into. Your values are shifting toward those to which you alone can feel completely aligned. These actually seem to come not from consensus thinking, in fact from nowhere else, other than your own assessment.
While there is considerable emphasis in this New Moon on fun and creativity, a square between the Sun, Moon, and Venus to Saturn in Pisces introduces an emerging tension between your personal growth and professional responsibilities that will evolve over the coming months as Jupiter moves toward a square with Saturn.
Mars enters Taurus on the late evening of the 8th, aligning your energy to your hidden realms, where private work takes precedence. Forming an immediate square to Pluto in Aquarius, which remains in aspect until the 12th, situations may emphasize how you operate unconsciously, including beliefs that inform your relationship to structure, desire, and your body. This may also indicate a need to set your ego aside as you pursue a path of knowledge and develop greater wisdom.
Squares from Venus and the Sun to Saturn perfect over the 7th to the 9th, reiterating challenges connected to your work and wellbeing, possibly related to mental overwhelm or time management. While it may feel threatening to your ambitions, this may be about taking on less or instilling boundaries to support work-life balance.
A Mercury-Saturn square on the 12th may align with important conversations regarding your vocation. While sustained attention is on offer, these aspects to Saturn suggest a broader challenge of focus that could be heightened by Jupiter's presence in Gemini over the next year. While you possess natural gifts for engaging with many people and synthesizing diverse information, less input may bring clarity to your workflow, support your nervous system, and open space for original insights to emerge.
The First Quarter Moon takes place on June 13th, with the Moon in Virgo, and the Sun in partile or same-degree conjunction with Mercury in your sign. Your attitude toward your own identity is getting a major power surge. Matters related to your living situation, family, and foundations could also require attention or adjustments. You could be temporarily feeling the tension of incommensurate choices. You may be learning how to honor your needs for stability and safety alongside those of novelty and change. This Mercury- Sun close conjunction is in aspect to Trickster Uranus with the Moon in trine. This dynamo combination also sextiles Chiron, so that painful feelings that come up can arise for a purpose and be dealt with.
Mercury moves through the heart of the Sun on the 14th. The solar rebirth of your ruling planet in your sphere of embodiment may bring another zap of inspiration and enliven your conversations, suggesting that what you've been learning and thinking about could yield new progress or insights.
Between the 16th and the 17th, Venus and Mercury connect to Neptune in the final degree of Pisces upon crossing the threshold into Cancer, your sector of personal resources. Anxieties about your abilities, professional direction, and money may be emphasized at this time. While insecurities may tempt you to hide away, you develop your confidence and skills by engaging them. Mercury's conjunction with Venus on the 17th, as part of this, indicates there is much support for matters of cash flow and self-belief. The cosmic thrust may be pushing you to refine your unique voice rather than relying on the ideas of perceived authorities. This is about engaging the wisdom of your experience and creative gifts, whereby your emotional intelligence and ability to connect with others are just as valuable as your intellect.
The Sun moves into Cancer on the 20th, heralding the Northern Hemisphere’s Summer Solstice, squaring Neptune in the process, so that there is a mystical quality now to your musings. You could be imagining new arrangements that partake of an increased focus on security and fulfillment of needs or the importance of your values and what meaning that has for your work. Your social network is calling in ways that are more largely unconscious that otherwise, and while your alterations in values applies more concretely to others of the 3-D available world, there are also communications of a different kind that might be in your vibration.
The Capricorn Full Moon on the 21st culminates in your sector of shared resources, personal metamorphosis, and intimacy, which could reflect a pull between individual needs and your obligations to others. Your assets and close relationships may be the focus at this time, and you could be taking a pragmatic look at what you have at your disposal, possibly related to a shared goal. The Sun and Moon in opposition make a T-square to Neptune which could amplify professional uncertainties. It might be wise to put off contractual matters or significant decisions until the following week. This may illuminate the influence of transformative experiences or inner growth on your character and perspective, including what is most important to you. A sextile from Mercury in Cancer to Mars in Taurus connects these hidden struggles to your material realities, suggesting your efforts may be paying off.
On the 26th, Mercury's trine to Saturn might align with insight or a new approach to career considerations that have been the source of tension this month, which may evolve with more ease as the lunation cycle continues to wane.
The Last Quarter Moon in Aries arrives on the 28th, and calls attention to your social and professional connections and long-term goals. Further emphasis on your community sector via a square from Mercury in Cancer to Chiron in Aries may bring up vulnerabilities around avoiding scrutiny or standing out for your work or ideas. A sextile between Venus in Cancer and Mars the ruler of Aries, in Taurus, supports action over analysis, where your courage to take steps that are congruent with your ambitions fortifies your self-belief.
Saturn stations retrograde on the 29th, making his effects more powerful. This may coincide with an increase in pressure from your vocational realms, requiring you to assess and adjust your commitments, ambitions, and strategies to sustain your ongoing development. Saturn will retrace its steps, back to mid-Pisces, until his station direct on November 15th
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