Gemini : Big Sky AstroBlog

Nov

24

Gift of Listening Greetings, all! Hope all my U.S. pals had a delightful Thanksgiving celebration. As for me, if I never see another piece of pumpkin pie, it’ll be too soon. (Oh, who am I kidding? There’s no such thing as too much pie!)

Today’s Full Moon in Gemini (6:30 am PST / 9:30 am EST) prompted my latest essay, “The Gift of Listening”:

This year’s Full Moon chart features the Sun and Moon in square aspect to terse, exacting Saturn in Virgo… As always, Saturn offers valuable insights if we can get past his harsh rebukes. When we give up pretending that we know everything, we free ourselves to learn from what other people have to say. And if we fold up the cell phone and stop talking for two minutes, we might notice that the woman sitting next to us in the doctor’s waiting room looks scared to death and might be grateful for someone to talk to. Listening - that simple gift of attention and love, like holding open a door for someone leaving a store as you’re entering - makes the world feel a little kinder, a little more civilized….
read the full article here

November 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Sign of Leo

Moon sextiles Mercury at
4:20 pm on Jul.5, 2008

Moon opposes Neptune at
5:22 pm on Jul.5, 2008

Moon trines Pluto at
3:05 am on Jul.6, 2008

Moon goes void of course at
3:05 am on Jul.6, 2008

Moon enters Virgo at
4:04 am on Jul.6, 2008

Moon conjuncts Mars at
9:19 am on Jul.6, 2008