Tonight, the Moon in late Gemini forms the semisquare to the Sun that signals our entry into the Crescent phase.
The Moon is gaining light in the sky: We see her again. In Gemini, she wants to be seen. Since this Moon is conjunct Jupiter, she REALLY wants to be seen.
And this Moon square the Nodes of the Moon. She is “at the bendings,” specifically, at the North Bending, which adds to the outward focus of this Moon–Jupiter combination.
Something wants to happen.
Given the frenetic state of the world, we naturally want to know, what? What’s going to happen?
This is where the Moon–Jupiter conjunction in Gemini gets tricky.
The North Node is in late Pisces, conjunct Saturn.
The North Node moves backwards (relative to the zodiac), as the Nodes always do, heading deeper into Pisces.
Saturn, though, reaches toward a transformative moment when he’ll cross into Aries and start a new cycle through the zodiac.
Saturn enters Aries May 24, in the Balsamic phase for the lunar cycle we’re in now. Just before the next New Moon, on the same day as a Mercury–Uranus conjunction, Saturn steps into Aries.
Here we pose the same question: What will happen?
Neither Gemini (the Moon and Jupiter) nor Pisces (North Node and Saturn) are great at precision or prediction. “It could be this–it could be that. Who knows?”
This is the realm of quantum physics. This Crescent Moon stands as an example of superposition.
Superposition is a quantum reality in which everything is potential until it happens. Is an electron a wave or a particle? Both, until we look.
That “everything” is important. Anything could happen. Generally, we know what’s going to happen most of the time because our world is made up of uncountable quantum moments that end up constraining each other. We usually get the predicted outcome.
We don’t put our hand through the oak table, even though we know it’s mostly empty space on the quantum level. Cars drive as expected. Rain falls. The Sun sets. This makes life possible.
Yet this Gemini Moon reminds us of the underlying, essential unpredictability of the universe.
Gemini is the sign of the twins. Quantum physics twins all the time. Electrons are waves or particles. Cats in boxes are dead or alive.
Until we look.
The end of Gemini, where the Moon and Jupiter sit, is the place of looking. A decision will be made. Something will happen.
Neither Jupiter nor the Moon is comfortable here.
Jupiter expands. Possibilities multiply endlessly across universes. The Moon is overcome by this, anxious about the specifics, or tuning out because it’s all too much.
I’m guessing everyone reading this post can relate to this Moon–Jupiter discomfort. There are too many variables, too many people pulling too many levers, too many potential outcomes.
Superposition offers a different view.
It might seem like superposition is a fancy kind of detachment. We say, “Oh, I am above all that. I can’t get caught up in the details.”
But I’m not suggesting we seek quantum-level spiritual bypass.
Instead, the Moon and Jupiter in Gemini, ready to create something new, offer a vision of endless possibility. The realization that we inhabit magical spaces in which small choices add up to unimagined beauty. The understanding that our choices matter, even if we cannot see how.
In the face of a complex world that easily feels overwhelming, we choose a universe of wonder, amazement, and life.
We make our everyday choices accordingly.
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