Gemini – Master Communicator of Truth or Shape-shifting Trickster?
The North Node of the Moon goes into Gemini (the South Node into Sagittarius) May 5th 2020 until January 29, 2022. Venus is transiting Gemini, retrograde May 12th, goes direct June 24th, and is staying in the sign until August 7th. Gemini’s ruling planet is Mercury.
We are living through a period in human history that would be literally incomprehensible to those who came before us. Having little or no idea when the first human beings developed the ability to speak to one another, we do have a record of pictures and figures on the walls of caves that date back to 16,000 BC. Some form of cuneiform writing may have originated about 8 thousand years ago left on stone tablets by the ancient Assyrians, Babylonians, and later the Greeks and Egyptians, Indians and Chinese, as the earliest vestiges of civilizations arose.
Until the printing press was invented in the middle of the Renaissance in Europe, most people could neither read nor write. In the Western World, the Roman Catholic Church interpreted the Bible for its members and only monks, priests, and some members and tutors of the royal families were literate, writing down their version of the Bible and history in books and manuscripts. History in the forms of stories were orally passed on in families and tribes. Songs were sung that told mythological tales of heroes and villains. It took thousands of years for most people to become literate and educational systems to be developed.
In the 20th Century, the telegraph, the telephone, the radio, the motion picture, and television were invented that truly transformed the modes of communication around the world. Since the internet, cell phones and personal computers have developed, we have been literally “swamped” with information – words and images that make it difficult for the critical thinking and in depth analysis that we all need in order to decipher truth from fiction.
From birth to death, our perceptions are shaped by language, images, and our particular culture’s decisions about what composes “reality”. Babies look around and react directly to what they feel and see around them – that is – until they learn the languages their particular culture insists they know. In our era, from that time on, somebody is trying to sell them something – a service, an idea, or a product. We might go so far as to say that the billionaire “snake oil salesman” has won the battle as to who gets our attention, which leads us to an unfortunate truth. In actuality, almost all information is molded and frame-worked by economics. Those who can afford to be the most persuasive are the richest and those the least persuasive – less so.
On a personal level, the astrological sign of Gemini, along with its ruler, Mercury, are the ancient symbols of communication. Its concerns are – speaking, writing, teaching, persuading, and selling. It is a sign that is restless, likes to travel and move around, and is seriously competitive with its “siblings” since, as children, people are competing for attention within their families, their neighborhoods, and their schools. We are still operating, in many instances, with a localized pre-civilized brain, while the mass media inundates us with ads, targeted “opinions”, arguments and debates, all of which have their own versions of “the truth.” In this time of global emergency, clear and accurate communication is a necessity!
President of the US, Donald Trump, Prime Minister of the UK Boris Johnson, and the President of China, Xi – are all born under the sign of Gemini. You may draw your own conclusions about this!
What now?
Interestingly, like the present, the transiting North Node (which moves backwards in the Zodiac) last moved from early Cancer into Gemini in September/October of 2001, when The World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked! There was also a great opposition of Pluto to Saturn at that time, similar in nature to the Pluto/Saturn conjunction we just experienced in January of this year. During that highly critical time, it was concealed that it was Saudis who attacked us, and, as a consequence, this led to our attacking Iraq, later considered to be one of the worst foreign policy mistakes in US history. The Corona Virus pandemic has frequently been compared to 9/11 as our nation is compelled to come together in a great emergency to fight for the health and safety of its people.
The looming question that now arises is a real challenge. Who is telling us the truth? I would put my money on the scientists and physicians who are fighting for our lives every day and the political leaders who trust them. Many of these people have instructed us that the key to all of this is TESTING! If we had a nationwide effective system of tests for the virus, we could probably effectively modify the spread of the virus. This, combined with social distancing, is how South Korea and New Zealand effectively controlled and ended their outbreak. Most importantly, a VACCINE will likely put an end to the pandemic, but the time line was said to be another year to 18 months before it will be available. However, recently, vaccine development and testing is going much more quickly due to new methods and the tremendous motivation coming out of the global pandemic. I think something will be announced by the end of this year.
Who or what is the “hoax?”
I would not put my confidence in a president who, as I pointed out in my previous newsletter, was informed about Corona in January, called COVID19 a “hoax”; who had a “hunch” it would amount to nothing; and who refused to be tested for the virus himself. He has already fired important personnel who were overseers of the crisis and were unafraid to tell what they know. His primary concerns have revolved around the condition of the stock market and what it will take to get him re-elected. He even insisted that his name be on the rescue checks sent out to most Americans. Recently, he recommended trying “injecting” disinfectants in an attempt to kill the virus. Communication on the part of the president is taken seriously and some of his base thought this might work. He referred to this as “fake news” although most of us heard him on live television.
It is, however, understandable, that his concerns about the economy and its Imminent collapse are at the top of his list. I am also encouraged about his decision to get out of Afghanistan and possibly other military bases throughout the world. My take, is that we will release restrictions in May on a limited region by region basis. The best month, astrologically, for “getting out” and being active is July through early August, after which I see a probable resurgence of the virus until the end of the year. What we need the most is clear, concise, and truthful communication.
Gemini, Aquarius, and scientific breakthroughs:
Gemini is an intellectual sign that, combined with planets in Aquarius, could move us quickly forward in all realms of science and technology. In the April 2020 Issue of Scientific American, author Wade Roush authored an article entitled “Tackling the Toughest Tech – A few brave investors are backing start-ups that aim to solve the world’s hardest problems.” He points out that: “Federal investment in R&D as a share of the overall economy is lower than at any point in the past 60 years.” However, he directs our attention to a “bright spot” in the world of private capital investing. He discovered The Engine, “a for-profit venture firm set up in 2016 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “designed to fund ambitious ideas in areas it calls ‘tough tech’: energy, nanotechnology, quantum computing, immunotherapy and other fields where the technical and regulatory challenges are too daunting for most venture capitalists.”
What caught my eye in this article was his reporting on their creating “components for future fusion reactors that could produce nearly inexhaustible, economical, carbon-free energy with vastly less radioactive waste than conventional nukes – an elusive goal that scientists have been trying in vain to accomplish for more than half a century. Chief Operating Officer Steve Renter says Commonwealth’s ‘Kitty Hawk moment’ – when it proves its demonstration machine can generate more energy than it consumer – could come as soon as 2025.” As my readers all know, I have predicted with the coming astrological configurations that the first fully functional nuclear fusion plant could be in place by 2026. This article is worth reading in full as we enter the Age of Aquarius during which breakthroughs will be made that will transform human civilization and may save our natural environment.
Where are we headed now?
An issue that few are discussing today is our dependence upon mining and metals, most of which have already been extracted from the planet. Without metals and rare earths, nearly all the technology upon we depend will disappear. Either some currently unknown method for recycling what we already have in use must emerge, or human civilization is headed toward a collapse. With the burning of fossil fuels, and the massive toxic accumulation of plastic in the world’s oceans, we have already been informed by scientists that we are headed for environmental collapse. On top of all this, the so-called “Green” movement has never explained to us that we have to burn fossil fuels to manufacture solar panels and windmills, and they both wear out and become useless very quickly.
I highly recommend a movie on YouTube presented by Michael Moore entitled “Planet of the Humans”, written, produced and directed by Jeff Gibbs. The link is https://youtu.be/Zk11vl-7cze. The movie thoroughly and painfully describes the “green” movement as having turned, in recent years, to burning “biomass” which is another term for massive deforesting to burn wood chips here in the US, and of deforestation from Brazil, whose government is stripping the Amazon. They also expose most of the systems connected to so called sustainable energies as being dependent upon coal and natural gas since most of them cannot produce consistent energy. To top all of this off, giants like Goldman Sachs and the Koch brothers’ giant conglomerate are financing these ventures whose promoters are – Bill McKibbon, Al Gore, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. who we thought were icons of the environmental movement. This movie is sobering, but until we face the truth we will never be free. This is the moment in time to reinvent ourselves because the consequences of what we are doing now are unimaginable.
Final Thoughts:
Recently, we have been shown pictures taken of the earth’s atmosphere during the “big shutdown”. Clear blue skies, clean waters, and the disappearance of pollution, demonstrate how the usual ways of doing business in big developed economies on planet earth is destroying the health of the ecosystem. All this is presenting us with a monumental challenge: threaten all biological life on earth or dissolve the present vast economic support systems.
In the absence of effective leadership, while being sequestered at home due to the Corona virus, many people are contemplating all this and some are so conflicted they are feeling hopeless, depressed, and mentally paralyzed. Others are opening up their “inner psyches” and receiving spiritual support they have never quite felt before. I am of the opinion that this level of inspiration comes from a “higher realm.” It is reaching out to us now as never before with visions of a new human presence on the earth – an evolutionary leap – a superhuman expression of consciousness and biological evolution.
In August of 2019, I received a great “blue light” that came to me in a meditation. It has remained present in my mind and within my heart. At that time, I did not know exactly what this would mean. Now, I realize that this vision represents the “feminine” energy, the “goddess” figure, the “Blessed Virgin”, and, interestingly, the blue uniforms of doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers, who represent the nurture and caring we are receiving now during the greatest plague in modern history.
I believe that this caring and loving presence is now here on earth to help us save ourselves. Great wars nations wage to grab land and resources, selfish hoarding of wealth, plundering the earth itself, and all the death and dying in the process is, obviously, not the way to carry on. I am already witnessing humanity “coming together” to solve this global emergency and rethinking how we can live together in harmony rather than in dissent. A balance between masculine and feminine energies can result in a healing our wounds of disparity, inequality of opportunity, and put an end to the “commodification” of life on earth.
The presence of the blue light surrounding the planetary pictures remind us that life is sacred and we are all expressions of a miraculous creation that is ready to give birth to a future filled with hope and promise – of an experience in all our lives greater than all our dreams. The constellations have summoned our souls and opened our eyes.
Blessings to all.
Linda
Important Points of Reference (for Astrologers):
Full Moon at 17 degrees Scorpio trine Neptune on May 7; New moon at 2 degrees Gemini on May 22, Mars transits Aquarius until May 12 when it is trine and sextile the Lunar Nodes in Gemini and Sagittarius; Mercury in Taurus will sextile Neptune May 7 and trine Pluto May 9, it goes into Gemini May 11 and is square Neptune May 22; Saturn goes retrograde in Aquarius May 10 and is trine Mercury in Gemini May 12; Venus in Gemini is square Neptune May 3 through May 22 as it goes retrograde May 12; Mars goes into Pisces May 13 (where it transits until June 27) and is sextile Uranus May 24; Jupiter in Capricorn goes retrograde May 14.
