Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Full Moon @ 4 degrees Gemini 51'
November 27, 2023
1:16 AM PST
4:16 AM EST

November's Full Moon in tropical Gemini is also our transition into the final Mercury retrograde cycle of 2023, starting alongside the New Moon in Sagittarius December 12/13. Featuring a t-square with Mars and Saturn, this Full Moon carries a challenging integration and suggests taking time to integrate and process culminating thoughts, ideas, perspectives, and incoming data and information.

The Gemini/Sagittarius polarity deals archetypally with our personal and cultural conceptions of the everyday world and how we navigate it. Additionally, in relation to Gemini and its ruler Mercury, communication and information dissemination are highlighted, bringing all these themes into a fulcrum. Considering Mercury's retrograde station in just two weeks, it might appear that there's more than a usual amount to think about, reflect on, and process.

As a mutable air sign, the Gemini archetype is notorious for overthinking or bringing extra options to the forefront. However, Saturn and Mars' hard aspects to this Full Moon relate to the need to clarify, limit, solidify, and set boundaries. As such, this Full Moon is likely to bring about some tension related to how we see and understand the world, likely through a clash or incongruity with competing worldviews.

Leave some extra space for making revisions and adjustments to anything finalized or conclusions drawn alongside this lunation as a lot can change and get reshuffled over the following month. Thus, moving through this lunation might be easier with some flexibility and an open mind. Closemindedness, dogmatism, and an inability to accommodate alternative perspectives can represent this lunation's shadow end, leading to unnecessary disputes or misunderstandings. Strive to listen more and understand rather than being on the defensive.