Full Moon in Gemini. 12.7.22
Happy Full Moon in Gemini, beautiful souls!
I hope you’re all taking good care of yourselves and giving your body some extra love in a supercharged Full Moon week.
With tonight’s Full Moon in Gemini happening right on top of a still-very-retrograde Mars in Gemini, there’s no shortage of astrological paranoia swirling out in cyberspace—with the planet Mars too often maligned as a “malefic” planet.
Maybe it’s all my Sagittarius-fueled optimism, but instead of looking at the movements of the planets and worrying about what might come, I prefer to work with astrology as an ascension map—with every astrological transit (including New and Full Moons) offering a real-time opportunity for consciousness expansion, by zooming in on the areas of day-to-day life that make up the terrain where we’re being called to do yoga off the mat.
That’s the spirit that infuses these Practical Woo emails—with the goal of sharing astrology and tarot as sacred portals to support awakening souls who are looking to grow and evolve consciously as co-creators of their own lives.
To that end. . . here, with love, I am sharing my thoughts on how to work with this Full Moon in Gemini conjunct Mars retrograde at its highest vibration—and the 6-card tarot spread I was inspired to craft this week to work with the energy.
I hope you find this helpful, and as with all horoscopes, take what resonates and leave the rest!
XOXO,
Rebecca
How do I work with a Full Moon?
In astrology, Full Moons are the time for reflecting on and marking your growth in a particular area of life during the past six months. Just as New Moons are the time to set intentions, Full Moons are the time of harvest when we reap the seeds/intentions sown at the last New Moon in that zodiac sign. This makes Full Moons a great check-in moment for pausing, getting still (even briefly!), and assessing how far we've come (and how much further we might still have to go) in a particular area of life. So: the intentions we set back at the end of May 2022 at the New Moon in Gemini are what we're reflecting back on with this Full Moon.
What does it mean for the Full Moon to be in Gemini?
Gemini is the sign of the storyteller. Ruled by the winged messenger Mercury, Gemini governs communication, learning, the intellect, the conscious mind, and the voice, among other things. And with this Full Moon taking place conjunct Mars retrograde (with the highest-vibration expression of Mars retrograde being the surrender of one’s will to spiritual unfoldment)—I read this Full Moon as an opportunity for marking milestones in whatever we’ve been learning in recent months, while spotlighting the old and outdated stories we tell ourselves that have been hampering our unfoldment from acorn to oak tree.
Full Moon in Gemini tarot spread.
Here are the prompts for the 6-card tarot spread I crafted to work with the highest vibrations of this week’s Full Moon in case you feel called to see where they take you as well. (As always, feel free to use any/all of them as journal prompts and skip the cards.)
What milestone(s) am I celebrating when it comes to the learning I’ve been doing over the past 6 months?
Where are outdated narratives I’m carrying about who I am and what I’m capable of hampering my unfoldment and growth? What old narratives have I been releasing? What’s still in need of release or a rewrite?
What practices have I been learning help me get out of my logical mind so I can tap into my own inner guidance?
Where is this Full Moon shining a light on a source of irritation, conflict, or annoyance that I’ve hit my limit on tolerating? What would it look like for me to speak my truth about it?
What stories do I carry about myself and/or those around me that lead to conflict and artificial separation? Which of those am I ready to let go of?
How have I been finding my voice over the past 6 months in connection with communicating more authentically as myself?
