New Moon - 5 Gemini - 5/27/06

My midheaven -- which rules vocation and public reputation -- is at the last degree of Taurus. I've been reading that any planet or angle at the last degree of a sign is just dying to finally enter the next one. So it makes sense that I feel so drawn to writing, which is Gemini's domain. Gemini is ruled by Mercury, messenger of the gods. Anything related to communication relates to Mercury: journalism, gossip, books, learning.

Gemini is hungry for information, and loves to talk about what she's learned. I'm currently subscribed to about 30 astrology blog feeds, which allows me to grab the headlines from these blogs, all on one page. Although I have no planets in Gemini, I can totally understand the yearning to read 100 magazines and blab on to my friends about what I've gleaned. This is what I've been doing with my Astrology at the Movies blog: notifying readers -- either by posts or by links on the sidebar -- about the latest essays on film stars by the internet's astrologers.

During this Gemini New Moon, our desire to start a new project -- be it writing, picking up a book, or starting a salon -- is supported by a sextile from Saturn, which gives our Geminian fickleness a needed boost of commitment and groundedness. The planet of hard work, about sixty degrees away from the Sun and Moon, makes it easier to study without taking too many snack and TV breaks. And being that the New Moon is in a waning sextile to Saturn, there is an Aquarian quality to the aspect: use the next two weeks to read and talk about humanitarian efforts or the next great web 2.0 application.