DAILY ASTROLOGY IN FILM: JUNE 3-5

NEW MOON IN GEMINI: After being VOID OF COURSE from 7:02pm EDT until 11:01pm EDT the Moon enters Gemini at 11:01pm EDT on Friday June 3rd and remains until Sunday June 5th at 12:47pm EDT when it goes VOID OF COURSE until 11:41pm EDT.  Ruled by Mercury, the Gemini Moon is the quintessential red-flag Moon of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. "O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circle orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable." This Mutable Air sign appears to be in continual motion which can show up as changing his mind, nervousness and/or restlessness. He is Messenger, Thinker, Teacher, Traveler, Communicator, Trickster. Mercury rules the Mind and its processes. The Gemini Moon is so curious! He loves to gather information and talk about what he's learned...at length.  There's a youthful and playful quality to this energy. What's available to us now is an incredible ingenuity as well as an ability to adapt to new situations. What we need to beware of is a certain level of unreliability, not being able to stick to something long enough to develop or complete it.
 
Remember the New Moon occurs when the Sun conjuncts the Moon. Here we have the Sun already in Gemini being met by the Moon joining it exactly at 14 degrees Gemini at 10:59pm EDT on Saturday June 4th. Every New Moon is a time of NEW BEGINNINGS - and this New Moon in Gemini is an EXCELLENT time to initiate something - especially activities that fit the aforementioned qualities. Note that, as described in the previous post, the New Moon falls into the aspect pattern of the MUTABLE GRAND CROSS, so this period is not without its tensions in need of resolution. (Search June 1-3 Post) The Squares and Oppositions which comprise the Grand Cross do tend to reflect challenges. At the same time, they offer grist for the mill which allows us to exercise our muscles - mental and otherwise - to work things out, have Mercury/Uranus realizations and create a plan to follow these insights through to manifestation.

LAST ASPECT OF MOON: Moon Sextile Uranus at 11:01pm EDT Sunday June 5th. These are some of the BEST DAYS of the month for initiating a project or event! There is excitement in the air with Mercury/Uranus aspects. This is an extremely intuitive and inspirational time when we can feel as if we're channeling ideas from the ethers. The key word associated with the 60 degree sextile aspect is Opportunity. Make use of this time and grab those ah-ha moments and go to work! Uranus rules the electronic/electric arena, so producing projects on your computer is the way to go. Gather information and more information, ask questions, compose, travel, socialize, joke and let your mind take you to unchartered surprising and unique places!

SCENE OF THE DAY: PROOF, 2005; Director: John Madden. This is one of my top ten films of all time. Adapted from a Broadway play (David Auburn), it tells a spellbinding mathematical tale. And that can't be easy! The Gemini Mind of Gwyneth Paltrow's Catherine, depressed daughter of genius turned delusional mathematician, Robert (genius Anthony Hopkins) has an Ah-Ha moment and solves one of the field's most daunting mathematical puzzles. But no one believes she did it. Gemini's Trickster archetype is at work here! In this scene, her father's student and now Catherine's new lover (lovable Jake Gyllenhall) has just read the complex proof she has given him and explodes with enthusiasm about what it might mean. Catherine's older sister, played by Hope Davis, is the key skeptic who wants to move her out of her family home and into another kind of 'home.' All the relationships are dense with complications befitting a Grand Cross with a Mental Gemini New Moon; and these great characters persevere through all the tension it reflects to find their way to the center of the Cross where they discover resolution.