Gemini Season

Unfurl your wings and be ready to fly as the Sun leaps into the upper echelon of the zodiacal atmosphere. Gemini’s shifty, mutable air accelerates the speed of life that has already felt like it’s running at 100mph for awhile now. At a time where nothing seems stable anymore, where words have very malleable meanings, where life paths are closing and opening at rapid fire paces, we are only beginning to touch upon the extreme entropy that our human centered reality is created on. This season feels like a break point - as in it has the potential to really break the fragile mentality of those who cannot bend and flow like a willow in a windstorm. Strongly held beliefs will show their weak spots as their foundational realities are challenged and potentially snap. This is mutable air, so being able to change your mind and hold most “facts” loosely will serve you well here. Be absolutely curious and embark on a broad and thorough analysis of the information coming in to your mind that is utilized to create your personal perceptions and experiences of the world, along with the built in perceptual biases that are equally powerful in this creation process.

There’s a lot of levity and fun to be had here as well, especially those skilled at embodying the archetype of the trickster, this is your time! Chaos magicians will be taking advantage of all the energies that are swirling about.

There’s a story that Paul Stamets shared in an interview on the Joe Rogan Show years ago that comes to mind for an example of this energy, (if you’ve never heard it I recommend looking it up!) The short version is he’s a teenager with a pretty life altering stutter, and as a teenager does he eats a large bag of psilocybin mushrooms and climbs high up in a tree to enjoy the trip. Well soon enough a big ol’ thunderstorm blows in and he ends up riding out this intense storm up in these tree branches. In the midst of this experience he starts saying something along the lines of “stop stuttering” over and over as he’s swaying wildly in the winds. By the end of the trip and the storm he climbs down from the tree and never stutters again. He and the mushrooms entered a space of chaos where healing was accessed, working on parts of his mind and spirit to change his experience of reality. Speaking of mushrooms, I associate the overall fungi kingdom with the great alchemist and magician, Mercury that rules Gemini season, so make of that what you will. Spring mushrooms should be popping up soon in this part of the world, which totally makes sense in the joy and wonder that a good afternoon of mushroom hunting can bring to one’s life. Pure Geminian fun!

The tarot card of Gemini is The Lovers, which the Hebrew word - zayin - translates to “sword”. Giving us the tool to cut and divide, and create the dual nature of this reality. It is in these polarities of opposites; day and night, male and female, birth and death, joy and sorrow, that we are able to have these full spectrum experiences of life that are teaching us about our individuality. And always within this individuation process is the core desire to reunite with the source of life, which is reflected in our desire to join in union with another person, giving one a mirror to reflect more aspects of hidden prisms of the self. You can see now why Gemini energy can be so wildly exciting and frustrating and educational, all at the same time?!?!

Let’s gooooooooo

Tuesday May 20 - Sun enters Gemini // Jupiter 25º Gemini square Lunar Nodes in Virgo - Pisces - Our force of life is now bouncing amongst the clouds and subtle vibrations of air, so get ready to have very mobile and social experiences these coming weeks. If you’re not enjoying something, give it a minute and it will surely change. If you are enjoying something, don’t get attached. Enjoy the uplifting and energizing boosts that fuel this hot air balloon ride! And Gemini can certainly blow some hot air as it compulsively communicates every last bit of info that is passing through its atmosphere. Take nothing at face value, as there can be 144 sides to the truth.

Meanwhile Jupiter, our guiding Truth and judge of perceptions and messaging is still sitting upon the fulcrum of evolutionary scales. This may be bringing more questions than answers still, as we’re trying to synthesize and organize a ton of new information that is present in our little information fields of self. Alliances and mentors, perspectives on communications, personal narratives that have run the show, neighbors and sibling relationships, all of these are under the Jupiterian microscope to judge who and/or what are making the journey forward. Now that all of the personal planets are clear of their shadow degrees we are slowly emerging into this new vibrational reality that is still being formed and our experience of it will depend upon the choices we make in our perceptions of it. “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change” - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Thursday May 22 - Venus 15-16º Aries trine Mars in Leo // Sun 1º Gemini sextile Neptune & Moon in Aries - Come on baby, light a fire. Passions of the heart and longings of the head unite to create something meaningful, whether it has lasting power matters not. Your instincts and senses are guiding the day, let them run wild and free. The Sun’s connection to Neptune’s blissed up spirit reinforces this energy. Creative projects that are on the leading edge of this dawning cultural shift could launch here. Fiery new wave punk lyrics that show up in an early morning dream. The next great dystopian romance novel gets outlined. The apocalypse love partner of a lifetime crosses your path. There’s a ton of creative energy present, that with some effort can be the beginning of manifesting a dream that Source has held dormant in its timeless void. Collectively on the more mundane surface level of humanity, there could be another revelation of the method in the news, where an obscured story or the angle of a prominent story has a perhaps more malevolent layer revealed that shifts the collective perception of something or someone.

Friday May 23 - Mercury 25º Taurus sextile North Node in Pisces & trine South Node in Virgo - The messenger of the gods brings useful information from the heavens to land squarely and practically on Earth. This may activate a soul-muscle memory of something that we have done in a past incarnation, or something that has been passed down through a spiritual wisdom lineage that is supporting our progress now. There may also be a sense of levity and fun, where one is almost being played, in a good way, by the energies of spirit and can relax into the looseness of this divine character, ala The Magician in the tarot who’s juggling the tools of creation in growing awareness with the gods.

Saturday May 24 - Saturn enters Aries // Sun 3º Gemini trine Pluto rx in Aquarius // Mercury conjunct Uranus at 27º Taurus - The karmic heavyweights of the sky are front and center. Saturn exits the intangible spirit waters of consciousness, crossing the bridge of creation to enter the territory of the ram, an area it understands and operates a little (?) better in. New things await construction here, and Saturn is bringing his tools, patience, structural wisdom and sense of duty to begin this project of a lifetime. You may consider what was formed in your life from the spring of 1996 to the summer of 1998, as this was the last time the karmic time lord trekked through Aries in your natal chart. Now, Aries is not one to have much patience for the kinds of things Saturn wants to do, so there may be a series of faulty moves made these next couple of years that require repairs and some shoring up of the foundations but at least we are operating on dry ground with a clearer vision in mind of what it is we are aspiring to create. Another manifestation of this energy involves living life as a hammer, with nails all around you. A doubling down on some warped ideologies that have long outlived their true purpose and vision, and relying on violence and repression tactics to conserve these aged systems. We already see how this has been happening around the world with authoritarian power systems from all political “sides” clamoring to hold onto power, saying and doing anything to keep the facade of their relevance in play. I hope more people are awakening to the fact that the system will continue to pit people against each other based upon fantastical divisions of race, religion and political identity for its continued survival. And will continue to play upon people’s kryptonite of “being a good person” to get them to enact atrocities against fellow humans. Saturn’s co-presence with Neptune for this next year will afford a plethora of opportunities for these idealogical ambitions to really muddle people’s brains, and without a strong, inner core identity that is completely removed from the beast system, will form these identities to its own liking, making little tyrants and foot soldiers ready to strike at its will. Alright! This will be a continued theme and discussion as Saturn and Neptune will return to Pisces later this year to revisit some unfinished business in the collective unconscious and return to these first degrees of Aries early next year.

The next order of planetary business on this epic day is the Sun and our vital light force being in a harmonious flow of energy with the lord of the underworld, our favorite playmate, Pluto! And, AND we have Uranus, the ruler of Pluto in Aquarius in a conjunction with its mental companion Mercury, which is ruling the Sun in this strange party. Our higher mind and lower mind are having a major stockholder meeting, making some lasting decisions on who and what is needed for the sustainability and security of ones existence. We must listen for this information in our bodies, deeply sensing and then mentally processing these choices with the detached wisdom of a cosmic scientist that is free of nostalgic sentiments or emotional feelings. Communications can cut to the core of a matter with ease and grace, potentially rupturing a long held connection or thought-form. Surprising revelations are gifts, no matter the extent of their explosions. There’s a soul alignment underway that will bear strange fruit.

Sunday May 25 - Mercury enters Gemini & sextiles Saturn in Aries - Now the great magician and alchemist can really begin to play and get some results from its chaos magic. Mercury, in its airy home sign embodies the trickster, reveling in its pure joy of causing discord and stirring up the energy of a space to rearrange a situation into something new for the sole purpose of experiencing something new. There’s little room for moral judgements or big picture organization here. Good ideas, terrible ideas, everything is a social thought experiment to gather more data from. Information overload, fried nervous systems, anxious messaging and generally unhinged mental states are amplified these next 2 weeks of Mercury literally flying through Gemini. A digital detox may be the perfect medicine for this time? Or if that isn’t a possibility, Yarrow flower essence can be worked with to strengthen your energetic boundary and bring some protection from all of the energies swirling around the ethers. Socializing may also get cranked to an 11, so whether that’s your cup of yerba mate, or not, be prepared for an influx of invitations to block parties, councils, concerts and showers. At least the opening sextile to Saturn can offer a little structure to all of the ideas that may come flooding in around this time. Get things out of your head and onto paper to get a handle on priorities and realities. Then go mushroom hunting.

Monday May 26 - Gemini New Moon at 6º - As this seeding potential is still in a close aspect to the dense energy of Pluto, the intentions that one has on this day hold a penetrating depth that, for better or worse, will crystallize and potentially affect a relatively large group of people, whether that’s a group of friends, business associates, community or larger human collective. With this moon’s ruler, Mercury being combust, the clarity of these ideas and intents may be somewhat blinded by the light, with unintended consequences wreaking a little havoc. Have some restraint from wishing for the world around you to change, and focus your attention on getting to the root of something held within your soul that is ready for change. It will still ripple out, affecting these groups in more subtle ways.

Tuesday May 27 - Mercury 3º Gemini trine Pluto rx in Aquarius - This is a continuation of yesterday’s messages to access a deeper understanding of personal soul dynamics that are affecting how you perceive your reality and then how this crystallizes into experiences with larger groups of people. What stories do you have about yourself that continue to ripple out into social dynamics, maybe holding you in a role that feels outdated? Why do you attract the same people and kinds of relationships in your life, over and over again? A good day to recognize these patterns and interrupt and redirect your thoughts and frequency to create a new storyline before Mercury forms an opposition to Pluto one month later around June 29, when this change may be forced.

Thursday May 29 - Sun conjunct Mercury at 8º Gemini - Mercury crosses the heart of the Sun. You may be suddenly inspired to take a short trip to a favorite place that brings out your playful inner child. Mental clarity is in a rebirthing phase, so making your mind up about an important matter is in process but maybe don’t land on anything solid yet. New connections may be sparked. Writing projects may receive the cosmic go ahead. Enjoy the gift of being in the present moment!

Sunday June 1 - Venus conjunct Chiron at 25º Aries - There’s a spark of feminine rage that may come spilling out in the lead up to this exact conjunction, especially so because not only is Venus meeting with the master teacher and healer Chiron, but the planetary body Eris is also making a long conjunction with Chiron here. Eris is a war goddess bringing the energy of discord, strife and rebellion to our charts, basically the feminine counterpart to Pluto and its force of complete, evolutionary transformation -via the creator and destroyer of egos and worlds. She has zero fucks to give and will go to war in defense of the regenerative forces of life. Eris is here to rebuild in the ashes of Pluto’s successful destruction of the ego. (Her orbit around the Sun takes ~558 years, everyone born from 1927 - 2044 will have Eris in Aries, so look at the house she falls in in your natal chart to understand how you will express this potent force of change.) Eris joined up with Chiron in April and will be present with him through 2026, I think this is a masterclass of learning to temper the primal instinct to attack, embodying a more strategic way of using her power, letting it potentise to have a greater effect for when it is necessary to rage against the machinations of evil. Deep seated insecurities in oneself may also present themselves for healing.

Wednesday June 4 - Venus 28ª Aries sextile Jupiter in Gemini - We may feel some relief after the intensity that may have popped up in relational spheres the past few days. Jupiter offers an expanded understanding of the sensitive wounds that were touched upon. Context is a special kind of medicine. This is a closing sextile, bringing us to the final chapter of the benefics’ journey together that began in May of 2024 and will complete in August this summer. There’s a harvesting of wisdom that will bring some peace of mind.

Thursday June 5 - Venus enters Taurus // Mercury 23º Gemini sextile Mars in Leo - And now we receive the long awaited gift of Venus entering her earthy home sign of Taurus. We can feel a sense of being home that settles into our hearts, bringing some temporary stability, fingers crossed (we still have Uranus at the last degrees here, so there’s no guarantees of anything being too stable.) Finances may start to get a little footing again, while close relationships may deepen and we can really receive the nourishment that is offered, no strings attached. Our inner well of self love can regenerate this next month of her transit.

Mercury’s friendship to Mars can awaken a more heart-centric perspective of ones community or close allies. A spontaneous little trip may also be in the cards, again finding your way to a place that brings out some dormant silliness and opens your heart. There may also be fresh inspiration to finish a project that has been on the back burner for some time now.

Sunday June 8 - Mercury conjunct Jupiter at 29º Gemini // Mercury enters Cancer - If you’ve been trying to solve a complicated mathematical equation of the universe, this is the day to finally figure it out. It’s a macro-dose kind of day. Our minds get stretched to their maximum capacity at this final degree of Gemini with the spirited sage of all cosmic wisdom. This crescendo of mental activity will peak and then splash into the creative waters of renewal, so by nightfall I would expect some brain mush to set in. Go with it and let yourself zone out as your neuropathways reorganize. Mercury in the emotional Cancerian waters will bring our mental processes into the feeling realm. After all of the outward focused information gathering and socializing we may find ourselves withdrawing to mentally process things more internally, in the sanctity of our home. Compassionate, non-violent communication is needed here. Words take on more meaning that may cut deeper now. The magician will be in its sanctuary here until June 26.

Monday June 9 - Jupiter enters Cancer // Mercury 1º Cancer square Saturn & Neptune in Aries // Venus 3º Taurus square Pluto rx in Aquarius - Jupiter enters its sign of exaltation for a year, amplifying and expanding ones imagination and intuitive gifts, emotional security and support systems, nourishment and generosity. Ones luck may take a turn for the better in these waters of creation. Jupiter is teaching us the wisdom of being in resonance with the archetype of the Divine Mother, so expect some teachable moments that point out where there is work to do here, most likely rooted in ones family, home life and early childhood experiences especially with ones mother. As the Moon is ruling Jupiter’s time here, we may be able to track the peaks and valleys of his teachings through the new and full Moon lunations. The “too much of a good thing” shadow of Jupiter may show up this year by becoming overly insular, clingy or coddling in relationships and settling into comforts that induce stagnation. Cancer rules the stomach and breasts in medical astrology, so (over)eating ones emotions may manifest as a coping mechanism, or really any old defense pattern from childhood that brought comfort in those formative years could show up again.

With the personal planets of Venus and Mercury in tense aspects to the big karmic planets of the outer realms, there may be some confusion as well laid plans and dreams might hit a frustrating hiccup that require a pause to re-evaluate their alignment with larger organizing forces and soul realities. A deeper conflict is also catalyzed that may feel like ones psychological and/or physical survival is being threatened, this may be a financial hit or a previously supportive relationship’s foundation crumbles away. All are “opportunities” for the soul’s education.

Tuesday June 10 - Mars 26º Leo trine Chiron in Aries - A chance to display clear, heart centered spirit-led mastery that’s been in cultivation since last November. You may get to see how a deep wound around being ones true self has slowly transformed into a new source of wisdom and healing. Authentic expressions of the heart flow unimpeded. Creative skills and inspirations from the portal of past incarnations may be accessed.

Wednesday June 11 - Full Moon in Sagittarius, Sun 21º Gemini square the Lunar Nodes // Mercury 5º Cancer sextile Venus in Taurus - This Moon marks the halfway point between eclipse seasons, a notable turning point of our respective destinies in what is evolving within our spirits and bodies. Jupiter in Cancer rules this lunation, putting it in mutual reception with the Moon in Sagittarius. This beams down a beautifully organized and expanded vision of potential trajectories for ones efforts into the autumn. Philosophical explorations, journeys to the spiritual heart and flights of adventurous fancy are well suited. The equal and opposite energy of this activation may spark a stark fundamentalist pushback against the expansion underway. A default to logical “facts” and “experts” could try to contain people within false walls of reality. Within hours of the peak fullness the Moon briefly enters into a grand fire trine with Mars and Chiron and Eris as well, adding power to yesterday’s activation and opening space in the body for this to really land.

Sunday June 15 - Mars 28º Leo square Uranus in Taurus // Jupiter 1º Cancer square Saturn in Aries - Mars and Uranus trigger a shocking event, or events most likely, that have roots in their conjunction that happened July of 2024. Major events back then include the global IT outage from a Microsoft update that interrupted air travel, banks, government institutions and schools. Trump’s ear-shot show played out bringing an influx of cash and attention to his political campaign, and he picked Vance as his running mate. Harris replaced Biden in the other election show. A record breaking heat wave washed over the western US. . . just to name a few. Expect parallel events that continue this theme of destabilizing resources, and disrupting technology and political systems. Note that Mars is conjunct Trump’s 29º Leo Ascendant and very close to his natal Mars at 26º, so many astrologers are watching how this direct hit to his incarnation point and Mars return will play out, considering how the square grazed his chart last summer.

The square occurring with Jupiter and Saturn has really been building since Jupiter’s ingress into Cancer a week ago, and will be acutely felt for at least a couple more weeks. The peak of this cycle brings a push - pull dynamic into our world, where we get to feel where there’s tension that is holding us back from landing this new foundation. Old, familial and familiar grudges, overbearing authoritarian systems and stunted developmental stages from childhood are potential areas of challenge. Sentimental traps are ready and waiting. Responsibilities may bog down ones big ideas and goals for the moment. Patterns from the family home that have ensnared people in their web of emotional manipulation and repression of ones uninhibited and sovereign self are up for change. We do have the aggressive heart power of Mars hitting the final degree of Leo this day so we have the inner strength built up to push through this generational blockade!

Tuesday June 17 - Mars enters Virgo // Sun 26º Gemini sextile Chiron in Aries - Mars finally leaves Leo after entering its fixed fire way back in November of 2024. The warrior energy that’s been burning through ones heart space settles into the mind, bringing attention and potential challenges to our overall health picture. The liver or digestive system could experience bouts of inflammation. Mars’ co-presence with the South Node here could bring up old stories of guilt that have an ambiguous origin point and yet a very real stress effect on the body. Mental patterns that are prone to anxiety and worry may be extra rattled these next 6 weeks. It’s an opportunity to channel all of this mental energy into active, daily practices that are purifying and organizing our physical, mental, emotional, energetic and astral bodies into new alignment with the evolving Earth resonance. Guerilla gardening, trail running, urtication therapy (flogging oneself with fresh nettles stalks for pain relief, it’s life changing!), saunas and cold plunges, finally committing to breaking an old habit… these are just a few ideas that may resonate for harnessing this energy. Self flagellation, extreme asceticism and intense fasts or purges are natural tendencies of Mars doing its work in Virgoan ways, feel into if acting these out could be throwing the body further out of balance.

The Sun’s extension to Chiron brings us a thread of understanding how this inner fight for independence and the forging of a new identity within this is shaping a fresh worldview. New interdependent allies or teachers may appear. Again, the topic of health and healing is pronounced, especially now that Mars is in the sign of health and illness and ruling Chiron the wounded healer from this space. Clarity on the deeper origins of a health issue may reveal itself with a little focused attention.

Wednesday June 18 - Jupiter 2º Cancer square Neptune in Aries - Idealistic wishes take over the transition period of this season, leaving us in a dreamy haze to float through the solstice with. Practical and directional momentum could feel like it’s been scattered to the four winds. Spiritual pursuits could become disoriented and inflated to an uncharacteristic level of fanaticism. Some borders dissolve while others are rhetorically amplified. It may be a period of too much of a good thing. Worlds and homes feel flooded with a deluge of emotions and cries for attention. Entirely delusional realities are crystallized by the emotional waves that are loosed. Gemini wraps up with a challenging, planetary pop quiz to see how well one has developed their discernment skills and cut away the chaos makers that skew ones perception of life.

I hope this wild ride of change has been good for you and to you as the cardinal waters of summer soon arrive for the next collective shift. In resonance and power.