The First Quarter Moon in Gemini: A Flash of Light

Tomorrow, we reach two turning points. The morning brings the First Quarter Moon. In the evening, Mercury reaches his exact conjunction with the Sun, called “cazimi.”

We’re swimming in deep Piscean waters this month. Some days (ok, most days) I am waking up confused about what day it is. This is how life is with Mercury retrograde in Pisces while the Sun and Neptune are also there.

Thursday, March 14, though, we get a glimmer.

In the morning, the First Quarter Moon arrives. This square between the Sun and Moon is a challenge point. We see what is emerging from our New Moon wishes and are called to commit to it––or not. Is this what we want? What we wished for?

The First Quarter square can bring a challenge. Sort of a “how much do you want it?” moment. We see what’s coming in. It could need work. It calls for some dedication. Are we willing?

This particular First Quarter also has the Sun and Mercury trining the North Node and sextiling the South Node. Maybe our challenge had to do with working out something from the past so we can flow into the future.

There’s also a T-square with Jupiter in Sag who opposes the Moon and squares the Sun and Mercury. Our philosophy of life may be challenged. World views might tilt.

Then, Wednesday night, Mercury dives into his cazimi, the two-hours-plus he is exactly conjunct the Sun. This can be a true moment of illumination.

When a planet in close to the Sun, “under the beams,” its influence can weaken. But the time of exact conjunction is different: In that time, we have ignition, we have bright lights, we are illuminated.

By the Mercury cazimi, the Moon has just slipped into Cancer, trining Uranus in Taurus. Maybe something new … OF COURSE something new, this is Uranus in a new sign.

So on this day we build from the challenge of the First Quarter Moon to Mercury’s dive into the heart of the Sun.

A polaroid developing until it’s clear. The image through a camera lens becoming sharper as we adjust the focus. A shaft of sunlight piercing deep underwater, illuminating a bed of jewel-colored coral. We see something we never saw before, and we recognize it.