full moon in gemini : mirror mind

The last full moon of the year wants clarity, amplitude, it wants exaltation, it wants curiosity. These are the qualities we can lean into this weekend as the moon ripens in Gemini. At the same time, this lunation can stir up a lot of mental movement : chatter, loops, nervous thinking, doubling back on decisions, getting stuck in either-or.

Gemini is brilliant at seeing both sides. This full moon is an opportunity to soften dual thinking, release the need to be right, and make space for a mind that can hold paradox… and receive intuitive insight.

In practice, we turned to the 4th body, the neutral mind : both antidote and key. Antidote to the scattered, altered mind this lunation can trigger ; key to exalting the mind so it can actually receive the gifts of this full moon. It is the inner seat that listens without rushing to judge or fix, the part of us that can watch thoughts move, feel both sides of a situation, and stay rooted in a wider awareness. From there, focus, discernment, detachment and clear seeing can arise more naturally, and the mind becomes less of a battlefield, more of a clear mirror for the moonlight.

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