on November 27 at 9.16 a.m. UTC
Also called Full Frost moon by the Cree nation. Traditionally the beavers are securing their lodges for the winter, (see www. timeanddate.com for the full moon time in your own region).
The last moon before the Midwinter Solstice and Christmas, this moon was regarded by the Celts as the Mourning moon, grieving for the dying of the light as daylight hours become shorter and dimmer; yet also heralding the almost imperceptible beginning of the end of darkness, leading to the restoration of light after Midwinter, minute by minute; for even in the darkest times, the following moon on December 26, the Christmas moon in Cancer, promises to illuminate the skies, heralding in the New Year.
Now is the time of building up our resources to carry us through the ensuing weeks as we defiantly anticipate the bright times and dust off last years’ Yuletide decorations. Time too to secure the foundations of what we wish to carry forward to the lighter days and what to expose to the winds of change, to be altered or carried away. For Gemini is the twin moon of stability and movement, destruction leading hopefully to rebuilding peace, homes and lives in war torn regions, and relief from poverty that extends its icy fingers ever wider, even as the beavers secure and rebuild their refuges again and again, undeterred by the onset of the beaver hunting season.
The cycle of the moons, creation and destruction, continue and we know change does not always come when and how we dictate. Loss dances with gain under the Gemini moon. Above all this is a moon quite as much about internal change, nudging us to plan movement within ourselves and life direction as the world struggles for peace and understanding in ever more brutal theatres of war.
A reminder though we cannot stop time, we can with ingenuity, determination and courage open up a new world as we look to the lighter days of infinite possibility.