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Perhaps you have a friend with whom you are\u00a0completely at odds in values and\u00a0choices, or a sibling that vexes you by being the opposite of you in every way. Or a lover who turns left when you say go right. Yes, you’ve met the confounding, maddening Other, before…We all have. It can be fun to have\u00a0differences.\u00a0Or not!<\/p>\n
I have a client who just had twins (Scorpios- double trouble!) enter her family. Twins get to spend their entire lives exploring the duality and similarity of their situation. Imagine the madness and the joy of it! Everyday a trip to a hall of mirrors…Is that me, we, or you? Is this true, or that?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Duality is inherent to Gemini –<\/em> which means twins<\/em> in Latin.<\/strong> The paradox is that it\u2019s all true. Synthesizing opposites is Gemini\u2019s realm. In myth, Mercury, Gemini\u2019s God, was featured holding the physician\u2019s caduceus, a rod with two intertwined snakes signifying the art of healing as the merging of opposites,\u00a0the end of duality and separation. The snakes coil around the staff in a healing embrace. While\u00a0that\u2019s the endpoint, it’s not an automatic guarantee for the archetype. In reality, contrary\u00a0perceptions of reality\u00a0can heal and\/or shatter us. The house of mirrors can turn into a hell realm where every reflection increases our confusion about what\u2019s true or false, the sheer amount of data and dissimilar\u00a0information threatening to topple us. To make it through with sanity intact we have to get very quiet and find center. We need to figure out how to pull together what\u2019s fragmented and make it whole again.<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturn in Sagittarius squares Neptune in Pisces at this Full Moon. The\u00a0global discussion revolves around refugees.\u00a0There\u2019s no one \u201cstranger\u201d than a displaced foreigner (Sagittarius), so different in appearance, language, heritage, custom and cultural background than we. Sagittarius is the archetype of the immigrant. With timekeeper Saturn in Sag, it’s time to solve this. The United States, where I live, was built for and by immigrants-so logically,\u00a0we are they<\/em>. On one hand, we are a country that embraces the freedom and happiness of all people; on the other, as a people we are intolerant, divisive and hypocritical. It\u2019s one thing to say \u201cI embrace differences\u201d and apparently quite another thing to invite the Other into your home<\/a>. This dichotomy extends beyond the refugee crisis, but we’re learning that\u00a0when the happiness of the Other is undermined so is the happiness of All (Pisces). <\/strong>This is a longer discussion; the Saturn-Neptune square is a major theme of 2016.<\/p>\n Mercury triggers the Neptune-Saturn square at this Gemini Full Moon, highlighting our need to sort and filter out disinformation, and \u201cdry out\u201d any limiting beliefs and divisive thought patterns we\u2019re holding. How can we find true information in a world where media spins just about everything?<\/strong>\u00a0How do we discover what is true? As Neptune in Pisces squares\u00a0Saturn in Sagittarius, it’s like Toto pulling back the curtain on Oz —\u00a0we’re seeing what lurks\u00a0behind\u00a0religion, ideology and belief systems.\u00a0We are in a cycle\u00a0of disillusionment.<\/p>\n In times of conflict and dis-ease, the ancients would\u2019ve called on Mercury, the psychopomp who travels between realms of consciousness bearing messages from between-worlds. We can call on our own connection to Mercury.<\/strong> By strengthening our relationship to our dreamlife, the world of symbols, signs and omens, we strengthen the\u00a0spiritual understanding that cuts through duality and allies us with unity. Serpents are aligned with the kundalini energy that travels from the root chakra of survival to the third eye\/crown chakra, awakening our inner vision. We can call on serpent magic,<\/strong>\u00a0asking to have messages of the infinite be energetically unlocked and made available to us.<\/strong> We can listen.<\/strong>\u00a0Fruitful discussion always happens when we stop opining our beliefs, and start running\u00a0the shared human experience through our listening hearts.<\/p>\n Curiosity\u00a0is the heart and soul of Gemini Moon. Consider\u00a0this curiosity:\u00a0the\u00a0Other already lives inside your heart. In the grander spiritual scheme,\u00a0we know the Other’s experience\u00a0because we’ve been them, or one\u00a0day will be. We are they.<\/em> We came from the same Cosmic womb, and will\u00a0return. If you think this should\u00a0be a no-brainer for the collective, take a hard look in the mirror: How easy is it\u00a0for you to heal your relationship to the difficult Others’ in your life?\u00a0<\/strong>All the more reason for us to be graceful, compassionate and curious around\u00a0what emerges\u00a0at this Full Moon.<\/p>\n Perhaps you have a friend with whom you are completely at odds in values and choices, or a sibling that vexes you by being the opposite of you in every way. Or a lover who turns left when you say go right. Yes, you’ve met the confounding, maddening Other, before…We all have. It can be fun to […]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"