A New Mind and a New Reality

New Moon in Gemini 5/26/2025 11:02 pm 6 degrees 5 minutes

May 25, 2025

The New Moon in Gemini marks the beginning of perceiving reality differently. Following the Full Moon in Scorpio, where we uncovered our shadows and brought them to the light of our awareness, we experienced a shift in consciousness. The subconscious became conscious.

Holding our shadows in the light and encompassing the fullness of our being is the journey of the nodal axis. Jupiter continues to square the nodes, expanding our consciousness to combine the shadow with the light. Mercury is how we experience our reality. It is how we gather information from the internal and external environment to give us a personal perspective to communicate.

Taurus, at its root, is about survival. It refers to our attractions and aversions, which translate to pain and pleasure. Our psyches link this to what we value. We value and are more likely to survive if it gives us pleasure, and we devalue things that cause us pain and are less likely to encourage survival.

Uranus in Taurus has been working its magic to break us free from the values of the old paradigm. Venus in Aries points to the development of a new value system that allows us to see reality from another point of view.

Two significant changes have happened since the Full Moon in Scorpio: Mercury moved into Gemini and Saturn into Aries. Mercury in Gemini refers to our expanded consciousness. We are beginning to perceive parts of ourselves and a reality previously unfathomable to most. We are starting the process of gathering new information about who we are and the world around us.

Saturn in Aries is about crystallizing the discovery of a new sense of self. It is about making the reality we have dreamed of real, holding tight to the ideal, and completing the emerging self. We are taking the reins of how we want to manifest our future. Saturn and Mercury are the keys. Manifestation (Saturn) happens through the throat (Mercury). The universe has aligned for us to speak a new reality into existence.

Sun Conjunct Moon and Mercury in Gemini

Gemini represents how we perceive our reality and communicate our thoughts. The New Moon in Gemini refers to a new cycle of self-actualizing how we internally think about ourselves and the world we interact with daily. Mercury rules Gemini and is in a balsamic conjunction with the New Moon. It is significant because it symbolizes how we have perceived our reality in the past is changing. The New Moon is the beginning of perceiving reality differently.

The Moon represents our inner world. The Moon has a light side and a dark side. The dark side of the Moon is our subconscious self, while the light side is what we are aware of.
The Sun in Gemini refers to the self-actualization of our thoughts and gathering, processing, and communicating information. In a closing conjunction, the Sun, Moon, and Mercury represent the end of one way of perceiving and communicating reality and the beginning of a new way.

Sun Moon Mercury Uranus

conjunction

Uranus is in a balsamic conjunction with the Sun, representing the breaking free from an outdated value system that has prevented us from self-actualizing a different perspective of reality. The new phase conjunction with Mercury and this lunation and Uranus suggests that as we end the way we have valued ourselves, we begin a new way of perceiving reality and a new way of self-actualizing what we perceive.

Together, this planetary alignment is breaking us free from what we have valued in the past and opening us up to a new perspective of our reality. It is also the beginning of expressing what arises in us from our subconscious world to express in the outer reality.

Sun Moon Mercury Uranus conjunction trine Pluto ®

The conjunction between Lunation, Mercury, and Uranus refers to breaking us free from what we have valued in the past and opening us up to a new perspective of our reality. It is also the beginning of expressing what arises in us from our subconscious world to express in the outer reality.

Pluto retrograde in Aquarius symbolizes the acceleration and liberation from emotional attachments and mainstream conditioning. It suggests that the soul has had lifetimes of constriction and desires to break free from those emotional limitations. Pluto can uncover and transmute the deepest emotional limitations to expose our individuality. The polarity point of

Pluto shows us the direction of evolution, Leo. We can express ourselves from the heart by merging with our authentic selves.

It is a first-quarter trine concerning the Lunation and Pluto. The first-quarter trine allows the integration of the original intention. The Moon conjuncted Pluto retrograde in Aquarius just over a week ago. We began a new cycle of accelerating our individuality by seeing ourselves as unique.

We are also integrating Mercury. We break free from conditioned thought processes by seeing reality through the lens of new values we have adopted since Mercury traversed through Taurus. We are beginning the process of gathering information differently.

With Uranus, the original conjunction occurred in the mid-sixties in the sign of Virgo. We began a new cycle of confronting and transmuting the lens of hierarchy by fracturing and breaking free from the conditioning. The trine is the integration of the breaking apart of the values that are associated with hierarchy.

Concerning the Sun, Pluto retrograde is a disseminating trine. In the disseminating phase, we are learning to place the intention into the societal sphere. The intention began in the sign of Aquarius at the beginning of the year, in mid-January. We began a new cycle of empowerment by self-actualizing our unique selves. At the disseminating trine, we are integrating the new perception of ourselves into the societal structure.

Lunation Mercury sextile Neptune

Neptune in Aries refers to the birthing process of the new self. It has not yet fully manifested, as we are co-creating who we will become. At this new juncture, we are bringing in the Piscean elements of wholeness, compassion, acceptance, universal love, and the exploration of higher meaning, or universal meaning.

Uranus and the Gemini stellium emphasize breaking free of worn-out external values and exploring a new perspective of reality. The sextile between them is a new phase, meaning we are internalizing this perception and breaking free from old values. Neptune and the Sun are in a last sextile aspect. Exploring this new self leads to a new identity and creative purpose. The Sun in Gemini is learning to self-actualize the new perspective of the landscape we find ourselves in.

Lunation semisquare Venus

Venus in Aries refers to learning a new value system. Since Venus ingressed into Aries, we have been exploring our values. It includes our likes and dislikes, what we need and do not, and our ability to meet those needs. Our values color how we perceive our reality.

Both the Sun and the Moon in the beginning degrees of Gemini reflect a new perspective emerging. It is a new way of perceiving our surroundings based on a newly developing value system. The first semisquare with the Moon is an internalizing energy. We are internalizing a new perspective of reality based on new values. This internalizing process allows it to become part of our ego.

Venus is in a last semisquare in relation to the Sun. Self-actualizing the new perspective brings a new set of stressors regarding the new values. It is a time to create significant change in ourselves between who we were and who we are becoming. There is a need to experiment with how we behave. Some will try to recover the past; others will form new relationships that support the new self.

Mercury ingresses into Gemini

Mercury's ingress into its own sign, Gemini, represents the beginning of new perceptions about our reality. Life has shifted. Our consciousness has expanded, and we are beginning to perceive parts of reality that were previously unfathomable to most. We are starting the process of gathering new information.

Mercury trine Pluto ®

The new perceptions becoming available represent the beginning of a new paradigm and a shift of consciousness. It is the beginning of seeing the world differently than we have before. Pluto retrograde in Aquarius is the undercurrent of our new reality. Pluto retrograde represents an acceleration of our evolution by slowing down to internalize what we have experienced most recently. It represents evolution on a personal level and the evolution of humanity. The evolution involves breaking free from the reality of the past. It points to the individuation of each of us through finding what gives us joy.

The first-quarter trine between Mercury and Pluto represents an integration of the original conjunction. The original conjunction happened in January when we began a new cycle of breaking free from the perceptions of the last paradigm. At the square, Mercury was in Taurus. We made new choices to follow a different perception of what we value and what gives us meaning.

Mercury-Uranus conjunction sextile Neptune-Saturn conjunction

The Neptune-Saturn conjunction in the early degrees of Aries represents both an ending and a beginning. I like to call it the Alpha and Omega. Neptune is about dissolving, ending, and spiritualizing. It is associated with complete awareness or delusional awareness. In the absence of structure, Pisces, all possibilities are present.

Saturn in Aries is about crystallizing the discovery of a new sense of self. It is about making the reality we have dreamed of real. It requires responsibility, determination, and dedication to the ideal. The balsamic phase conjunction between the two suggests that the qualities of Saturn and holding tight to the ideal completes the spiritualization of the emerging self.

Mercury in Gemini conjunct Uranus in Taurus refers to the beginning of new perceptions about our reality. It connects to breaking free from the old values structure and beginning a new cycle of identifying and self-actualizing new perspectives of reality. Mercury rules the SN. The perspective and values we are breaking free from have their basis in the perspective of separation.

The sextile is a crescent phase. It is about internalizing the new perspective of reality that involves a crystallization and spiritualization of the self. This new perspective takes effort and requires a withdrawal from the external world to contemplate how our awareness has changed and who we are becoming.

Mercury-Uranus conjunction trine SN

The new phase conjunction between Uranus and Mercury depicts the fracturing of old values and a new perspective on awareness that is developing. Uranus refers to the higher mind. Mercury is our earthly mind that relies on the senses to perceive reality. When the two conjunct, there is an exchange of information. This information is fleeting and often arrives in a flash. It evolves the earthly mind beyond what it perceives with the senses. It also changes our awareness of reality.

The SN in Virgo refers to the past identity that sees itself through the lens of separation. The trine between them is a disseminating trine. It is where our past identity, which feels inferior or superior, breaks free from those external values and is replaced by a new awareness that allows us to perceive reality differently. We disseminate this into the social sphere and become an inspiration for others.

Venus conjunct Chiron

Venus in Aries refers to the incorporation of new values and new meanings into our reality. Aries is about rebirth and a new cycle of self-discovery. We are starting to explore who we are becoming and the developing value system. Our likes and dislikes are changing. What we need for our survival is changing. Most importantly, how we value ourselves is changing.

Chiron in Aries refers to the collective wound we all hold, preventing us from embracing our natural selves. It is an ancient wound passed down through our DNA and conditioning to fear stepping out into the world alone. In the past, when we were living more tribally, being on our own was certain death. As our culture evolved, we needed to fit in to avoid being ostracized and pushed to the periphery.

The conjunction is a balsamic phase, where we are completing a cycle of valuing our natural selves and finding new meaning in valuing who we are. It is a discovery time, where we explore new ways of relating to ourselves, others, and the external world.

Venus trine Mars

Venus in Aries refers to the incorporation of new values and new meanings into our reality. Mars in Leo refers to acting on desires that arise from the heart. It is about acting with authenticity. Leo represents our creativity and our inner child. It is the ability to self-actualize what gives us joy. Venus and Mars aspects describe how we complete ourselves in relationships.

The trine between them is a disseminating trine where Venus is in the sign that Mars rules. We are placing into society a new set of values that have meaning associated with our authenticity and the joy that arises from our hearts. The original conjunction took place in February of 2024 in the sign of Aquarius. We began a new cycle of relating that allowed us to break free from past relationship dynamics. At the time, we are acting from a new set of values.

Mars square Uranus

Mars in Leo refers to the instinctual action and desire to act from a place of authenticity. Leo is the space of the inner child. It is the part of us that sees through the lens of wonder and possibilities. Uranus in Taurus refers to breaking free from a value system that no longer supports our evolution. The values of the old paradigm honored money over human life, for example.

The square is an applying "crisis in action" square. We must make new choices to create growth. We are receiving opportunities to choose to act from a new set of values that includes spontaneous desire that emerges from within. It also refers to acting from a place of love.

Mars trine Venus-Chiron conjunction

Mars in Leo refers to instinctual action that arises from the heart. It is authentic and spontaneous and expresses divine purpose. It explores who we are without the mask.

The conjunction between Venus and Chiron is a balsamic phase conjunction, where we are completing a cycle of valuing our natural selves and finding new meaning in valuing who we are.

We are exploring new ways of relating to ourselves, others, and the external world. The new way of relating heals the wound that has prevented us from showing up as our instinctual selves.

The trine between Chiron and Mars is a first-quarter trine where we integrate the healing of the collective wound of showing up as our instinctual selves by acting instinctually from the impulses that arise from the heart.

The trine between Venus and Mars is a disseminating trine. We are placing a new set of values into society with meaning associated with our authenticity and the joy that arises from our hearts.

Mars sesquiquadrate Neptune

Mars in Leo refers to the instinctual desire to act on impulses that arise from the heart. These impulses or desires are unique to each of us. They are related to the individual creative purpose we are here to carry out.

Neptune in Pisces refers to the spiritualization of our instinctual selves. Neptune and Pisces are associated with the whole. Neptune in Aries can relate to the self-discovery of our purpose within the whole of creation.

The sesquiquadrate is an aspect that refers to the beginning of the adjustment period that is necessary to fit the Leonian energy of self-actualization into the realm of others. In the realm of others, we learn to seek a balance between our Leo and another's Leo. Our desire nature and the desire nature of others may create conflict in the external environment. As conflicts arise, a necessary introspection and self-analysis ensue to make changes in our behavior that will encompass the reality of others.

Jupiter square Nodal axis

A planet squaring the nodal axis represents a skipped step. The skipped step keeps us moving back and forth between our past self that sees itself through the eyes of separation and the future self that sees itself as connected to the Source.

Expanding our intuition to incorporate both the seen and unseen worlds increases our consciousness. It is the step most of us have skipped. We must choose differently to resolve this and see ourselves as connected to Source. This shift in consciousness changes everything.

Jupiter square NN Saturn Neptune conjunction

The stellium between Saturn, Neptune, and the NN refers to the birth of a new identity that holds Piscean principles. This being can create its own reality and manifest the Piscean principles into a new reality.

Jupiter squaring the nodal axis refers to incorporating a new way of being that requires an expansion of perceptions. There will be a pendulum effect between the old way of seeing ourselves as separate and identifying as an essential part of a whole. To resolve this issue, a focus should be on the new way of self-identifying as a necessary part of the human organism.

Jupiter sextile Chiron

Jupiter in Gemini refers to the expansion of our consciousness. Each of us has a different perspective on reality. Culturally, our perspectives differ. As we evolve and our awareness expands, we become aware of the perspectives that others hold. Integrating the Eastern and Western perspectives has given many of us a more holistic worldview. All perspectives can be valid. Increasing our awareness allows us to accept our own worldview.

Chiron in Aries refers to healing the wound we all carry, which keeps us from experiencing our natural selves. We have been very other-oriented, to the point where we will self-sacrifice as a trauma response. The nodal journey through Aries and Libra helped us to become aware of this wound and to orient ourselves back toward ourselves.

The sextile between Chiron and Jupiter is beginning the internalization of our worldview.

The crescent phase allows us to slow down and bring in the information collected in the new phase.

The purpose is to establish and maintain the new information inside the self. Our expanded perspective of the truth helps us to understand and heal the wound of self-sacrifice. These planets support this ultimate goal of breaking free from our limitations.

Saturn ingresses into Aries

Saturn's ingress into Aries represents the beginning of a two-year cycle. Saturn in Aries brings in a new reality structure. Saturn is the planet that carries the energy of crystallization, time, limitation, and personal authority. The sign of Aries is about showing up as our instinctual selves. It is the energy of exploring something new about who we are becoming. Saturn crystallizes this energy to make it real. It adds an energy of self-mastery and self-responsibility as well as personal authorship.

Saturn in Aries gives each of us the ability to solidify the reality we are perceiving. While Saturn was in Pisces, we were able to dream the dream. Now, as Saturn moves into Aries. We can begin the process of creating the dream.

Saturn conjunct Neptune-NN

Saturn's ingress into Aries sits between the NN in Pisces and Neptune in Aries. The new phase conjunction between the NN in Pisces refers to the future identity that sees itself as part of a whole. It is a new spiritual awareness for humanity.

Having made a conjunction with the NN, Saturn carries that information. It prepares to crystallize this concept into its new reality of self-discovery. Neptune in Aries refers to the spiritualized new self. The next fourteen years will be about discovering how our reality connects on all levels.

The closing phase conjunction between Saturn and Neptune represents the completion of the crystallization of the new spirituality or consciousness where humanity becomes aware of its part in the whole.

The stellium between Saturn, Neptune, and the NN refers to the birth of a new identity that holds the Piscean principles. This being can create its own reality and manifest the Piscean principles into a new reality.

Saturn Neptune NN oppose SN

The stellium between Saturn, Neptune, and the NN refers to the birth of a new identity that holds the Piscean principles. This being is learning to create its own reality and manifest the Piscean principles into a new co-created reality. The SN refers to the past identity. The past identity saw itself through the eyes of separation. It created fear-based patterns, the need for protection, and the creation of societies that supported fear and separation.

The opposition is an integration pattern. It presents itself as a swinging back and forth between the poles until we can realize a balance. While we perceive ourselves as separate, the shift into seeing ourselves as part of the whole is the integration. We are both.

Saturn Neptune NN sextile Pluto ®

The stellium between Saturn, Neptune, and the NN refers to the birth of a new identity that holds the Piscean principle of wholeness. It translates to acceptance, compassion for ourselves and others, and universal love for the creation and the experience. The new being is learning to create its own reality and manifest the Piscean principles into a new co-created reality.

Pluto (r) in Aquarius encompasses internalizing and reflecting our attachments to past structures. We discover emotional limitations that keep us stuck and attached. Exposing the limitations allows us to evolve beyond them and to empower ourselves to become individuated souls that can connect to the true self from the heart.

The new sextile between them is a supportive aspect that allows us to internalize the new sense of self. Exposing our fears and limitations helps us become aware of what we must overcome to enable the unfoldment of our future selves.

Uranus trine SN

Uranus in Taurus refers to breaking free from the external value system. The SN in Virgo refers to the past identity that focuses on the details of reality. This myopic view of life does not consider the bigger picture (Pisces). It reduces the whole into its parts. Then, it sorts those parts into a hierarchy of importance. With this view, humanity has divided its parts into those that are good enough and those that are not.

Collectively, we are moving away from feeling not good enough and achieving a balance between how we bring Spirit (the whole) into form. This balance looks like compassion for self and others and forgiveness for perceived mistakes.

The trine between the two is a disseminating trine. It is where our past identity, which feels inferior or superior, breaks free from the external values that cause us to have poor or inflated self-esteem. We disseminate this into the social sphere and become an inspiration for others.

Uranus trine Pluto ®

Uranus in Taurus refers to the breaking apart of values associated with the dissolved societal norm. Pluto retrograde in Aquarius refers to the confrontation and transmutation of emotional attachments that keep us from evolving. During the retrograde, we reflect on our emotional limitations. We experience the attachments over and over again to expose them and transmute them.

The polarity point of Pluto in Aquarius is Leo. Becoming our true selves through being directed from our hearts is the intention of this alignment.

Uranus is the current ruler of Pluto. It points to how Pluto will transmute. Breaking free from our conditioned values will help us all to individuate. This retrograde has us reflecting on our attachment to external values to bring them into our awareness.

Pluto ® square Chiron

Chiron in Aries refers to healing the collective wound associated with showing up as the true self. People have sacrificed their true selves for generations to fit into the existing group. It includes tribal situations, family dynamics, school, the workplace, etc.

Pluto retrograde in Aquarius is the bottom line of evolution. As Pluto retrogrades, we are integrating and individuating from the past paradigm. The retrograde is accelerating the journey by reviewing what we have learned. The review helps us to see the limitations and to transform them. Pluto intends to individuate and free us from the emotional limitations that have kept us from evolving.

Chiron is applying toward a first-quarter square. It is a "crisis in action" square where we must choose a different action to change the existing circumstances. Tension builds between the evolutionary intent to individuate and the healing of the wound to be our true selves.

Pluto ® trine SN

The SN in Virgo refers to a shift away from identifying ourselves through the lens of separation. It is in a first quarter trine aspect to confronting and transmuting the individuation process by becoming our authentic selves and meeting life from our hearts.

The last time Pluto and the SN made a conjunction was in March of 2019 in the sign of Capricorn. The intention was to begin a new cycle of identifying with the transmutation of the societal structure. The "crisis in action" square between the two planets occurred in July 2023, when the nodal axis shifted into Aries and Libra, and Pluto was at the anaretic degree of Capricorn. We had to make different choices to begin moving away from identifying ourselves with the external world.

At the trine, we put the lessons of the square into everyday action and begin healing from the discomforts of hierarchy and seeing ourselves as separate from the whole.

Chiron inconjunct SN

Chiron in Aries refers to healing the collective wound associated with showing up as the true self. People have been self-suppressing to fit into the societal norms for many generations. This alignment helps us to heal that wound.

The SN in Virgo refers to the past identity that sees itself through the lens of separation—seeing oneself as separate from the whole leads to fear and feelings of inadequacy or superiority. We tend to suppress ourselves when we don't feel adequate. Superiority is also a trauma response that helps one to feel safe and worthy.

The full phase inconjunct expresses the Scorpio archetype. The soul feels powerful when showing up as the true self. Significant crises can arise due to the blind spot of the inconjunct.

At the same time, others focus on the past self that portrays inferiority. There may be an obstacle due to being perceived by others as too powerful. This obstacle throws the soul back on itself to determine the reason. Self-adjustment to find a balance between self and others is needed.

Kite: Saturn, Neptune, Pluto ® , Uranus, Mercury, SN

The kite formation consists of a grand trine with two sextiles on one of the sides. The two sextiles are supportive energies that converge at a point that rises above the trine. This point represents the ability to soar high and reach great heights. It also gives a sense of freedom and opportunity.

The Neptune-Saturn conjunction is the point of the kite. We will reach great heights through our ability to become our true selves and create a reality encompassing Piscean values.

The grand trine is between the Uranus-Mercury conjunction, the SN, and Pluto. Individuating into our authentic selves requires us to integrate three energies. We must break free from our limitations, external value structures, and the past identity that sees itself through the lens of separation.

The two sextiles are between the Uranus-Mercury-Lunation conjunction and the Saturn-Neptune conjunction, and Pluto (r) and the Saturn-Neptune conjunction.

We are exploring our true natures and creating a reality that encompasses the awareness of our inclusion into the whole. It is supported by breaking free from the values of the old paradigm that fuels a change of perspective and by confronting and reflecting on our emotional limitations to accelerate beyond them.

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