Full Moon in Gemini: Focus on the Big Picture

Happy December!!! In some ways, end of 2024 feels similar to the end of 2020 when we couldn't leave it behind fast enough!! The pandemic was life altering in ways we could never have anticipated, and the same holds true for 2024. While we're not having another health crisis, this year we've experienced an onslaught of political, social and spiritual turmoil that has threatened our ability to live freely in societies that protect and support us. "Joy," a buzzword all summer, was a thing until it wasn't -- at least when it came to building consensus around who we are as global citizens and to what extent "we the people" can leverage power in meaningful ways.

All that said, we are here at this moment in history and somehow, some way, we will survive this era and perhaps even thrive, especially if we find ways to stay focused on the big picture. Enter the Gemini Full Moon on December 15!! The twin energy of Gemini has been described as representing our mortality and immortality, our human self and higher self. Occurring while the Sun is in Sagittarius, this full moon presents a great opportunity to release blockages, frustrations and fears and set our sights on future possibilities and goals. Notice the cup levitating from the hand of the image chosen for this post? Yeah, that! What a beautiful and powerful reminder of the fact that we live in a world with forces "greater than." Gemini's ruler, Mercury also rules the Magician in Tarot, and it's that archetypical energy that can assist us as we close out 2024 and prepare for 2025 with a sense of optimism versus dread. The key is to choose our focus!!

If we combine the fire of Sagittarius with the air of Gemini, we can fan the flames of hope and action to bolster that hope! Remember, we have also moved into the era of Pluto in Aquarius (think the Judgment card in tarot with its message of lessons learned and being hyper-aware of Ancestral/Angelic assistance and Spiritual Guidance), so the opportunities for expanding our individual and collective consciousness while embracing change (Aquarius/Uranus) can feel more natural rather than forced. Gradually, as we move past these intense and seemingly endless shifts over the past years, we will emerge as stronger and better versions of ourselves perhaps because we have been so radically tested.

As you prepare for 2025 and soak up the rays of this Gemini Full Moon, here's a few things to help direct your focus and intensify your resolve:

ABSORB WHAT FEEDS YOUR SOUL. Like the opening image to this post, read and study materials that inspire and motivate you. Be open to new ideas and ask your Guides to help lead you to information and authors or content creators whose work jibes with the highest version of yourself. Dedicate time daily to boost your mental and spiritual health.

PICTURE THE POSSIBILITIES AND WONDERS OF THE WORLD. Our brains respond to visual stimuli so perhaps you can watch 4K scenic videos of places you'd like to visit or other parts of the world that spark your curiosity -- a perfect combination of Gemini and Sagittarius energy! If you are gifted in visual arts or photography, whip out that phone and snap pics when you're in nature or out and about and run across something that captures your attention.

WRITE IT DOWN. We talk about journaling all the time when it comes to meditation and manifestation but it's easy to get distracted when life is lifing and our attention gets diverted to what may feel like more immediate or pressing concerns. But words have power and when you write with deliberate and focused intent, the vibration created in your cells and chakras expands to the universe which, no matter how it long it takes, always responds in kind.

SAY IT OUT LOUD. Mercury (Gemini/Magician) thrives on communication and Sagittarious (Jupiter/Temperance) creates opportunities for growth and expansion. By speaking aloud words of affirmation, healing and faith in the future, you could be pleasantly surprised by shifts in your thought patterns and, by extension, your behaviors. Imagine if, one by one, we all dipped our toes in that healing well how it could vastly impact the world within and around us!

Wishing you the absolute best as we put a great big ☑️ next to 2024 and get ready to greet 2025 head on, hearts open, spirits strong.

--Afefe