by Robert Wilkinson
This article covers significant aspects, degree symbols, and other important factors in this Gemini New Moon chart. This Lunation can help us understand the power of ideas to form as a result of collective images, prompting our need to reform something inside us or outside us, or both. The rhythms you’ve been practicing since February are the solution to freedom of movement. It also awakens seeds of the 2013 Christ Fest Wisdom teachings!
As you understand by now, different times give us different Jones Patterns, depending on the position of the Moon and the inner planets relative to the outer planets. These patterns operate their own independent influence, regardless of which planet is in which sign.
Currently, the outer planet occupied span begins with Jupiter in Libra, and proceeds through planets in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Pisces, and Aries. This is a hemispheric distribution, with all the planets in almost half the signs. That means past patterns have been mainly influenced by the position of the inner planets, shifting the pattern every so often.
This New Moon still has elements of the Bucket pattern that predominated when the Moon has been anywhere except Virgo, Libra, or Scorpio. However, the last New Moon and this one are a transitional period of blending the Bucket with a Locomotive pattern defined by the empty span between Mars in Gemini and Jupiter in Libra.
We’ve begun a long period of shifting patterns, with the coming Locomotive in play except when the Moon is in Cancer, Leo, or Virgo. So at this New Moon we have a combination of a Bucket with a Locomotive pattern. The Locomotive energy will be most evident after June 3 when the Moon is in Libra and subsequent signs.
The Bucket Pattern and how it works
This Lunation is still a Bucket Jones pattern, since Jupiter is far enough away from the nearest planet to become a nozzle for the focus of all the other planetary energies. Since the “handle” of the Bucket involves the sign Libra, that energy helps us focus the energies of all the other planets.
A “Bucket Pattern” is a type of planetary spread with all the planets in about half the signs with one outside that span wide enough to be a handle. The energies of the occupied half are focused through the “handle,” or “nozzle,” in this case Jupiter, termed the “focal determinator.” The handle, or focal determinator, represents the way to greater effectiveness, the cause to be embraced, the lack to be filled, or the way to use the total energies of this time in a focused manner.
Dr. Jones states “the Bucket type indicates a particular and rather uncompromising direction in the life effort.” This pattern gives “interest in a cause,” with executive tendencies that will adapt allegiances to maximize results of the effort. He says “the Bucket type at its best reveals the real instructor and inspirer of others, and at its worst the agitator and malcontent.” This is the larger planetary pattern within which we’re all trying to do what we do.
We are also told this pattern is more about finding an effective release for energy within social settings, but also about the individual imposing their patterns on society rather than adapting to what is there. It’s about focused intention. So all of us can expect some sort of focused attention on the house where we have 14 Libra.
As an aside, Jupiter has at some point been the nozzle for a Bucket pattern for the past 4 years. It was the handle when in Cancer, Leo, Virgo, and Libra, giving us a long run of learning how to focus all the other energies through Jupiter. So it’s the same handle, but with a different expression each year during those parts when Bucket patterns happened.
Of importance is that Saturn leads the occupied span in the Bucket. This indicates that we’re all approaching our daily existence through the filter and lessons of Saturn. While things can be heavy with this placement, as I offer in my book on Saturn, it’s also the gateway to perfecting your personality and taking command of your life.
While it leads the occupied span and continues in its extraordinarily favorable trine to Uranus, look at your "response-ability," to see what you can do, or need to do, or need to learn to do, to anchor the new life that is opening. Saturn leading the occupied span in a strong Fire trine to Uranus (closing the span of outer planets) shows we’re all cultivating heart strength, heart power, and wholeheartedness in our lives.
This is a very favorable time to understanding how to innovate what is established, how to stabilize the new, and seeing that in linking “the above and the below” through recent crises, we are experiencing the “blessings that come after the death of useless things.” Find the right rhythm of adjusting to the new conditions, see things from the widest possible angle, and you’ll know what to do after you “see the rainbow.”
In this New Moon, the most intense occupied span (in this chart the Lunation at 5 Gemini and Mars at 24 Gemini) is 3 planets in 18+ degrees, making that the major focus. Adding Mercury and Venus, the expanded specific emphasis is the span between Venus at 20 Aries and Mars. This involves 6 planets in 64+ degrees, showing a lot of activity wherever it falls in our chart.
This month we have the 10 traditional planets occupying 7 signs, showing a widespread distribution with an intense cluster noted above. This month we have Libra, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, and Gemini represented, with no planet in the other signs.
The Sabian Symbol for the New Moon
A New Moon sets the seed forms for what the following month will demonstrate. This Lunation falls at 5 Gemini. It is said that the first third (decan) of any sign deals with the actional, physical, material levels of life, and being the first decan of Gemini it has a sub-influence of Gemini. While I've given you a sense of this degree up to now, this is where we go into depth.
The symbol for the 5th degree of Gemini is “A radical magazine.” In the original notes from the Marc Jones class on the symbols, Rudhyar ways this is a degree of “the compelling power of social propaganda,” “Exteriorization of emotional sympathy in organized reform,” and “efficiency.”
In the Mandala he goes on to say this is a degree of "the explosive tendency of repressed feelings and root emotions,” and states this symbol is about things being bound tending to explode after a period of time. This is a degree of moving from form into formlessness.
He says this is “the experience of a world of being so far unperceived by the everyday consciousness which starts the process.” He concludes this could lead us “to reach beyond established forms.”
So the theme of this New Moon is through the Light of reaching beyond the known and familiar to reach a state of discovery not perceived before now. He states this degree falls in the Span of Zeal, Act of Differentiation, and Scene of Discovery on the Actional level.
Dr. Jones, creator of the Sabian Symbols, says this is a degree of “the necessary element of change in human affairs,” and how the “remote” potential “will have its full and functioning part in any immediate reality.” Here we see our power “to give high exaltation and dramatic force to whatever succeeds in stirring (us) deeply within (ourselves.)”
He further states that “the supremacy of inner over outer compulsions” is emphasized here. He offers the keyword TANGENCY. He goes on to state that when operating positively, the degree is “personality in its highly effective capacity for putting its stamp on everything it touches.”
Of some great significance is this is the exact degree of the Christ Fest Lunar Eclipse in May 2013! The voids created via the global Wisdom spread by the World Teacher in 2013 (that clearly involved shutting down some old Gemini/Sagittarius energies in each of us) can now be filled with seed forms of new ideas and views directly related to those themes. Think back on what ended in 2013, since you should receive understanding or communications directly related to them, perhaps in a form of spiritual realizations via the novile series aspects to Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
So we may find understanding about old endings which are somehow related to recent endings that allowed us to embrace this new phase of life with enthusiasm and love via the Fire trine stabilizing the outer planet span. Ride the specialized waves of intensified spiritual energies that are awakening you to your individuality and unique part to play in the One Life we all are together.
Important Aspects
Remember that in reading a Lunation chart (as well as a horary, inceptional, electional, or any event chart) the forming aspects show things to come, while separating aspects show things already past. This section covers only forming aspects.
As mentioned in part 1, the Lunation makes several favorable aspects with only one problematic one forming and one partile separating. We see seeds of uniqueness sprouting via the quindecile to Mercury and vigintile to Mars, and tremendous spiritual emphasis and harmony through the trine to Jupiter, quadranovile to Saturn, novile to Uranus, and partile separating binovile to Neptune. This very powerful 9th harmonic effect will be prominent in the next 4 weeks, furthering many spiritual revelations related to the larger inspired Saturn trine Uranus energies pervading our times.
Those most affected have planets or angles near 4-7 degrees of Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius, 14-17 of Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, and 24-27 Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius. These revelations will naturally build on those triggered by Mars at 4 Gemini in last month’s New Moon at 7 Taurus, since Mars was novile Uranus and binovile Neptune in the same Gemini zone triggered by this New Moon. The next 4 weeks will put the light on the spiritual awareness initiated these past 4 weeks. We can take the peace and power we learned these past weeks and translate them into a peaceful view, or peaceful way of relating, or a new understanding of the value of peace, and what it means on various levels of existence.
The friction in the Lunation comes from the semisquare with Venus, and a just separating sesquisquare to Pluto, with Venus square Pluto just separating. This mainly indicates something just past in the way of relational turning points and separation, with the friction a spur to make decisions about self-representation in the realm of interactive ideas. Most affected are zones near 18-22 Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn, and 3-7 Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces. External spurs lead to major inner turning points.
Beside those just mentioned, forming inner planet aspects include Mercury quindecile the Sun, novile Mars, sesquisquare Saturn, sextile Neptune, and trine Pluto; Venus sextile Mars, trine Saturn, conjunct Uranus, and decile Neptune; Mars is tredecile Jupiter, opposition Saturn, sextile Uranus, and triseptile Pluto.
The “tension of opposites” is created in the Gemini-Sagittarius axis between Mars and Saturn. Yesterday I offered this will be extraordinarily favorable in many ways, due to it creating two very favorable configurations with a third planet.
First, Jupiter is tredeciled by Mars and quintile Saturn, making a highly specialized energy configuration of serendipity and unique benefits. This throws the void to mid-Aries, and will show beneficial events to those with planets or angles near 1-4 Leo/Aquarius, 5-10 Virgo/Pisces, 11-16 Libra/Aries, 17-22 Scorpio/Taurus, 23-28 Sagittarius/Gemini, and 29-30 Capricorn/Cancer.
Second, the opposition is resolved via Venus conjunct Uranus making sextiles with Mars and trines to Saturn. This is very productive and stabilizing, throwing very harmonious energy into late Libra. Our interest in more permanent things is now getting established in the world of contrasts, and already repairing some things we may not have known needed it.
This will be very favorable for those with planets in the last 10 degrees of Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius. Many will begin to show a new heart strength emotionally or socially, while others will practice the alternating use of hard power and soft power to find a way beyond duality.
As I gave you yesterday, Mars triseptile Pluto activates the Grand Irrationality, showing again that humanity has hit a fork in the road regarding learning how to achieve forward motion despite obstructions and a hostile environment. Be a good ice skater, using balance to push off on one foot, gliding on the next, shifting balance as needed.
Outer planet aspects are few, and include Jupiter quintile Saturn and partile separating quincunx Neptune, Saturn trine Uranus (put back into play by Mars), binovile Neptune, and quindecile Pluto, and Uranus trielftile Pluto. So while there are only two frictional aspects, this Lunation again features prominent specializing and spiritual aspects, including 1 triseptile, 1 quintile, 1 decile, 1 tredecile, 1 vigintile, 3 quindeciles, 1 trielftile, 2 noviles and 3 binoviles, and 1 quadranovile.
The novile (9th harmonic), septile (7th harmonic) and elftile (11th harmonic) series all feature spiritual aspects. All novile series aspects represent gestative energies that can lead to great spiritual realizations. While there are no septile series aspects in this New Moon, they represent forks in the road of destiny, while the elftile series aspects represent issues requiring we resolve some sort of duality by making a leap of faith to attain a form of mastery over that type of duality.
The quintile (5th harmonic) and related 10th, 15th, and 20th harmonic aspects are all specialization aspects. You can find more by going to Astrology Class on the Specializing Aspects Pt. 1 – Quintile, Tredecile, Decile, and Biquintile, and Astrology Class on the Specializing Aspects Part 2 – The Quindecile and the Vigintile.
You can find out more about the spiritual aspects (septile, novile, and elftile series) by referencing this brief overview of the Spiritual aspects, complete with glyphs for all of them, or purchasing the much more extensive in-depth class on the spiritual aspects, including the septile (7th harmonic) series, novile (9th harmonic) series, and elftile (11th harmonic) series aspects. If you want the class with powerpoint graphics and accompanying recorded tracks, email me.
Element Balance
Of the traditional 10 planets, there are 3 planets in Fire signs, 1 in Water, 2 in Earth, and 4 in Air. This indicates the element spread emphasizes inspiration (Fire) and relatedness/communication (Air), These are both “light” elements, so the grounding comes from Mercury, ruling the Lunation and Mars, in the Earth sign of Taurus. The only element that is almost gone is Water, represented only by the vast ocean of collective consciousness, Neptune, in the dreamscape of Pisces.
Air and Earth are “cool” elements, while Fire and Water are “hot” elements. With this distribution, things will be slightly cool, with lots of inspired ideas and interactions to be found and distributed! With the harmonious Fire trines, it’s time to feel and spread the love, and joyously rise to repairing or reconstructing whatever needs it, thanks to the Air trines feeding the Fire trines.
Because Mercury leads the Sun from Taurus, keep it simple and steady, cultivate your garden of life and mind, and show care for what you value. This is still a time to use your imagination to claim opportunities you thought were lost. We continue to be in a unique and inspired time, with great opportunities to make new inner and outer connections.
The current sequence at present of Deciding, Feeling, and Thinking
We’ve been through several different sequences over the past few months. There are six patterns, and each has their strengths and weaknesses. We’ve now shifted pattern again. As a process of moving through events, this New Moon has shifted again, showing that over the next 4 weeks the most effective “firing sequence” for approaching life and experience involves first feeling our way into ideas, perceptions, view, and interactions. Then after reflecting on the differences between old and new ideas, visions, or understanding, we have to make a decision and act on it!
Try not to overplan too far into the future. Take your feeling-knowing one step at a time, and keep things in balanced motion, even if they go all over the place at times. Move from experience to knowledge, communication, or vision. When you feel something, then get the information you need that allows you to see the one step you need to take to move everything forward one step.
Once we’ve made a decision and acted on it, then a new feeling will naturally arise showing the next thing to learn about, communicate, or understand. So feel, flow, and experience, since these will lead you to ideas and views that will in turn lead to the next decision which will naturally lead you to the next experience.
Saturn: Spiritual Master, Spiritual Friend
Because Saturn is important as a stable leg of the Fire trines happening during these months, it’s a great time for seeing how to blend past and future together and craft your future destiny. Then you’ll be ready to stabilize that electric Fire and distributive Fire and express it in a loving, creative form as the inner planets move through Leo between July and September during the Grand Fire trines. You can learn more about mastering the Saturn and Uranus part of generating your future destiny by taking a look at the material I present in my new book Saturn: Spiritual Master, Spiritual Friend. Saturn helps us give form and structure to our quest for Self-realization, and in Sag, will help bring an “expansive structure” to the Uranian energies infused with concentrated doses of spiritual energy that is making our spiritual life come alive.
The good news is the ebook version is almost ready for publication within the next few days! I’ll post more on how to find it soon.
Our inner Saturn gives us the power to take command of our lives and destiny. Saturn shows us those things we must master to become spiritual adults and fulfill our purpose for being alive on Earth. By knowing our Saturnian strengths, we can overcome fear and any sense of victimization or powerlessness.
It was written for both astrologers and non-astrologers, shows why some things happened when they did. Even those with little or no understanding of astrology will benefit from understanding why they had to make certain choices at crucial times that shaped their lives in profound ways.
Each time you read any section of this book you will find new insights about your power to steer your personal evolution. You will understand how to throw off all the attitudes and memories which have held you back from finding and living the life and purpose. Through your journey of self-discovery, you can find ways to live your life on your own terms, and fulfill your purpose for being alive as an Eternal having human experiences!
Please order your copy today! You can go to the Createspace page and this should be all you need to order your copy. Oh, and I’ve been told that people who live overseas can get their copy much faster by going through Amazon, which now has the page up. And if you would, please write a review on the Amazon site, since the more reviews, the bigger the boost on their site.
© Copyright 2017 Robert Wilkinson
Thanks for the information on both post. Clear and useful.
Congratulations on the work to offer soon the e-book on "Saturn Spiritual Master, Spiritual Friend". A very good and enlightening read.
Blessings be to all.
Posted by: Nic | May 27, 2017 at 09:23 AM
GOD and her mother GOOD, over tea one day agreed
The ignorance of the innocent and how they've been deceived
That Mother Earth does not deserve the mutation of her seeds...
Posted by: sue | May 28, 2017 at 08:10 AM