The Crazy Ride Finally Peaks: Astrology Forecast May 20-26
The other textures of the week come from the Sagittarius Full Moon lunar eclipse Friday night in most of the country, early Saturday morning in the East and the Eastern Hemisphere. This one’s super-sized, with the emotional overload of a Full Moon brimming to the max — and then some. It’s a cosmic HA! to the saying, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.”
Normally, the Gemini/Sagittarius axis is intellectual and philosophical. It deals with words and the systems of thought we build from them (laws, religions, education). Those words and philosophical systems can and do pack a powerful emotional wallop, as this week demonstrates. Watch for grandiose displays. The emotions this Jupiter-ruled eclipse lets loose — and the revelations it pours out — will hit heights and depths we rarely visit.
Since the first eclipse in this cycle, in December 2010, we’ve been coming up against how our words and thoughts create not only the filters through which we view the world, but also our very experience of life. Frames of reference, life philosophies and inner chat have been up for revisiting. We’re wrapping up that reevaluation now, closing doors, ending chapters, letting go and embracing the new and improved.
The build-up to this event escalates from the start of the week, as soon as the Sun enters Gemini on Monday. Read more about the eclipse in my mooncast, which will be posted by Thursday.
With the square and the eclipse falling so close together, breakdowns and overhauls will abound in Gemini/Sagittarius delivery systems. This means road work and detours. It means technology, software and vehicles hitting the wall (and, perhaps, human sanity with it) and requiring repair, upgrade and replacing. It means the media, courts, legislatures and prejudice reaching illogical and unsupportable extremes.
To find stable patches of ground as you walk through this, periodically unhook from your environment. Disengage from the panic, the terror, the insanity, the focus on trivialities, other people’s agendas (even positive ones). Empty yourself, stabilize and check in with your own guidance system.
For refreshers on this, listen to my talk Navigating the Shift with Ease and read the tips in my discussion of the 2011 Gemini Solar Eclipse.
