Welcome to the Full Moon in Gemini on December 15th , called the full Cold Moon by the Mohawk nation when the colds of winter blasts begin to bite. Others name it Long Nights Moon and the Celts Mourning Moon because it is the last full moon of the year and closest to the Midwinter Solstice and the shortest day. But the Winter Solstice is a time of rejoicing for the return of light in the northern hemisphere and Midsummer in the southern hemisphere. It rises at sunset, fades at sunrise and is visible all night highest in the sky as a promise if we are patient the Solstice energies of positive change are close at hand.
As the year downturns towards Christmas in the Northern spheres and spins upwards for the grand solar finale of Midsummer in the Southern hemisphere, this moon protects against any emotional coldness or situations that seem without resolution at a time of the year when every television advertisement and the continuing carol loop resonating through the supermarket promise bliss if we buy the right products and festoon our home with neon lights so sunglasses are necessary to shield against the brilliance.
Walk away just for a minute or maybe for a lifetime from the buy now or lose it forever frantic Yuletide unnecessities and ask, Who am I, who do I want to be, what risks am I prepared to take to finish the year with a great glorious display of personal light rekindled, actions taken, decisions made, all ready for 2025, the new beginning and year of Archangel Camael who rides his leopard to victory.
Hassle companies before their stupefying office party wind down for the job you really want, the rebate you are owed or the compensation you so rightly are due-and they may be glad to clear the decks before opening the wine.
Start new projects, don’t delay till the New Year; sign up now for courses to start in January, as the Gemini quicksilver mind combines with the lunar full power of all or nothing.
Make plans and book a January vacation, even a weekend away, rather than wasting money on ungrateful Aunty Maud and the discordant symphony of what I really wanted for Christmas from Brat and Brattina. Give them a holey stocking with a lump of coal in it, wrapped in old newspaper of course and watch their faces wreath with festive good will.
Not too late either to have the Christmas you want, whether far away in the desert where the Yule trees do not sprout fairy lights, with a gathering of chosen people or just one person with whom you really want to be.
Maybe shut your door with a couple of bottles of something good, a wheel of cheese or three, fresh bread and watch the old movies with no one to channel flick or complain and leave you the rejected toffees among the scattered chocolate wrappers.
As for lovers uncommitted as to whose fireside they will hang their Yuletide stockings, don’t be Suzy or Sammy on the shelf, content with a whispered phone call after the turkey bones are picked clean, communicate your love now on this moon and say Be with me this mistletoe or never and if no thanks, get on that dating site or invite the guy or gal who asks you out but you have always refused, waiting for the phone that hardly ever rang with the latest excuse.
Life is about now, says the Gemini full moon, so do something as the moon provides her light show and the three nights after to make yourself joyous. Alternatively take a step towards the grand Master plan to make 2025 the best year ever.
Unusually too we have two new moons in December. The first was on December 1 and the second on December 30 This is a reminder that though we cannot see the moon in the sky as its dark side is facing the earth, the dark moon offers a time to rest and restoration after Christmas, to finalise those plans for 2025, tidy away all from 2024 that still clutters our minds and lives and make our wishes on the crescent around January 1 (for precise times of full and new moon in your location check with www.timeanddate.com)
Happy Gemini moon, think lucky on this most fortunate of moons and then go out and make your own good fortune.