A new moon is a time of new beginnings. A time to set intentions. To initiate. This first, dark phase of the lunar cycle represents pure potent potential. A time of new chapters opening up in our lives. New moons are a powerful time to connect deeply with ourselves and set intentions for what we want to bring into our lives. The sign of Virgo, like the new moon, also represents new beginnings. and has a very strong ‘fresh start’ energy. This, along with the other transits supporting this new moon in Virgo, creates a space for us to access, and bring into balance, the realms of the hidden and the seen; the internal and external; the unconscious and conscious.   

This idea of tidal flux and reflux, and the phases of the moon, speaks to the mutability part of Gemini – it is a mutable air sign. Gemini is supremely at home with change, evolution and transformation. There is something innately experimental, innovative and independent about the Gemini approach. Helen Mirren, who has Gemini rising, puts it like this: “Don’t allow other people to make the rules for you. Make your own rules...and basically there are no rules...People fall into habits so easily, and they imagine that the world is just going to fall apart if they break a habit. That just is not the case. And, therefore, it’s a really good idea to break your own rules on a regular basis.”