This month we will experience the new moon in the sign of Gemini. The new moon is a time of new beginnings. Gemini is related to communication and the mind. The interesting aspect that we face this year is that at the time of the new moon, Mercury, the planet of communication and Gemini’s ruler, is retrograde.

This sets up an interesting dynamic of new beginnings and going back. Perhaps it is telling us that our new beginning comes from processing and looking at the old, fixing or resolving. The mind does have a function beyond torturing our selves, and that is to process. I believe the original human design was for man to experience, feel and then use the mind to process and gain greater understanding of our experiences. I don’t think it was originally meant to take over and cloud and twist our perception of everything.

Now given these seemingly opposing aspects we can use them in an interesting way. The time is right to reevaluate how we use our minds and put it into action. We have many other aspects helping us in this undertaking.

The Jupiter/Chiron/Neptune conjunction in Aquarius is still there and will be there for some time. Aquarius takes us to a higher level. We can use that energy, of all those planets, to rise above our lower mind.

Barbara Hand Clow, in her new moon entry, also suggests that

‘The key to handling the New Moon's challenge is to open yourself to the Triple Conjunction-Jupiter/Chiron/Neptune in Aquarius’ (http://www.handclow2012.com/astroflash.htm)

We have just passed through the mid-point of the 6^th Day (see previous entry). The mid-point gave us the clarity, the perspective to see where we had been. Now the energy of the new moon gives us the push to make the change, aided by our friends Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune in the sign of Aquarius.

This conjunction of the three planets in Aquarius has been aiding us for some time. Now is the moment to see the effects. In my experience this is happening all around me. I have become conscious of, and reaping the rewards of, this shift. I also hear the same from the people around me. People are beginning to feel the flow. Things are moving quickly and we find ourselves able to navigate with easy now. The more we surrender to the moment the easier it becomes. We seem to have reached that critical mass that has caused the shift. All of which was predicted by the mid-point of the 6^th Day.

We are truly blessed to be living in this amazing time. A time when we are witnesses our own evolution, the evolution of consciousness. We can consciously experience co-creation as the Divine moves through us to manifestation. We can feel the flow moving through us, picking up speed as we stop resisting.

I am reminded of the words from the Hopi people that say:

“There is a river flowing very fast

It is so swift there are those who will be afraid

They will try to hold onto the shore

They will feel they are being torn apart

And will suffer greatly

Know that the river has a destination

The elders say we must let go of the shore

Push off into the middle of the river

And I say see who is in there with you and celebrate

At this time in history we are to take nothing personally

Least of all ourselves

For the moment we do our spiritual growth comes to a halt

The time of the lone wolf is over

Gather yourselves together, as we are tonight

Banish the word struggle from your attitude and vocabulary

All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner

And in celebration

We are the ones we are waiting for

Ahoy!”