New Moon in Gemini: Feed the Alchemy

Swerving under a sky dominated by the mercurial ones. An imaginal offering.

Hi folks! It's been brought to my attention that the original post was blocked by a paywall - trickster move! So here's the redux, now free-for-all! I'd love to hear your impressions. See you in the comments. ❤️ ER

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With four planets in mutable Gemini at this week’s new moon, we can only bow before the mysterious qualities of quicksilver and tricksters. Change changing places, may we accept and nourish the crucible we are in, collectively and personally.

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Hermes gatekeeper

go-between

              at the threshold

              with your mercurial wit

              sometimes sardonic

              sometimes insulting

                             my intelligence

              to draw me deeper in

              toward a more up-to-date

              expression

              of what is needed

O Janus, you two-faced God

              don’t leave me at the doorway

              laughing in liminal spaces

              may I be so lucky to

                             receive your good graces

Mercurius the alchemist

              bridge between life and death

              companion en route to Hades

              can I get an assist

              o super powered changeling

              I am in a crucible

              of salts and sulphurs and sweets

              what will you make of “me”

Here comes old man Coyote

              a dash of heyoka medicine

              to lighten things up

              confusing or enlightening

              Who knows? Who cares?

              lest I’ll be caught

                             unawares

              tragic, comedy of farce

              perhaps it’s all a gig to

                             keep me distracted

                             like nitrous

                                           laughing gas

                             while you sneak ‘round the back

                             to pull out a diseased molar

              Howl away, old man

              Howl away

              Howl

                            so glad I can be

                             the butt of your joke

                            just make it a good one

Castor, Pollux

              Cain, Abel

and those two terrifying girls

              in The Shining

I’m unsure if we’re playing

              or dying

Is this a pas de deux

              cozy table for two

Or need I watch my back

Ah, now I see – you are me

My very own shadow

              unacknowledged

              the real enemy

Projected outward is

              a waste of time

              I may as well

              tilt at windmills

Surprise, surprise we find our

              selves inflated

              Time of Gemini

Get your play clothes on

              scrape knees

              fashion mud cakes

              walk through looking glass

That one, staring at you

              that Twin

in the mirror

              she is me and you are he

              and we are all together

Withdraw the projection

              reunite with shadow

              this is where the magic is

              this is where the body is

                             created, the

                                           Third

The alchemical result of

              unconscious made conscious

No longer “out there”

              the other is

subsumed

                             consumed

                             digested

Keep eating

              there’s plenty on the plate

              lots of babies to be born

              lots of fresh works in oven

Devour raw materials

              of info

              movies

              art

              literature

              poetry

              concertos

              dog walks

              cloud gazing

              Sunday drives

              scenic maps

              photo stills

              card games

              crosswords

              and love notes

                             sealed with a kiss – SWAK!

                             even a Post-It will do

Eat it all up, consume from

              smorgasbord of

              mercurial alchemical inspo

You’ll see!

              we’re knitting new bones

              weaving new helixes

              need new material

              keep feeding the baby

              we’re eating for two

You’ll see!

The word on the street is

The best deal in town is

The blue plate special is

FRESH FILAMENTS OF MERCURY

One hell of a lunch

My alchemical moment on the first camping trip of summer: earth (forest), air (clouds), water (lake), and fire (the volcano Mount Lassen is behind me)

Here’s Gemini Alanis Morissette (b. June 1, 1974), exemplifying the quintessential both/and of the two-handed Twin with “Hand in Pocket.” Alanis was way ahead of her time - check out the HBO doc Jagged for a fantastic look at her process of writing Jagged Little Pill at the ripe old age of twenty. Inspo all the way.

And of course, I can’t resist “Quicksilver Girl” (1968) by The Steve Miller Band.