Today is Tuesday, June 28, 2011. The Moon enters Gemini at 3:55 am EDT. Gemini is an air sign, friendly yet somewhat detached, like the wind constantly moving above the Earth. If you notice your mind engaging more fully with the world today, that is the Moon in Mercury-ruled Gemini talking; if you take that further into observing objectively, then you are listening.
Tuning in to your powers of observation comes in handy with today’s other main aspect, the Sun in Cancer opposite retrograde Pluto in Capricorn. A retrograde outer planet signifies the energy being driven inward and experienced in a very personal, subjective fashion. Pluto’s domain is the underworld, a metaphor for our deep unconscious and instinctual natures – something well worth observing objectively.
With the Sun in the active water sign Cancer, and moving toward an eclipse, the thing to watch is our feelings. Pluto signifies that which is buried and often these are forgotten, repressed or oppressed parts of our selves. The Capricorn influence means rules or people who have blindly or unfairly enforced them may have something to do with anything painful coming to the surface today, like a splinter that has been festering under your skin. All organisms have an organic healing response, bringing anything buried back to the surface and light of the Sun for healing.
Luckily one of the gifts of Pluto is catharsis, which means cleansing or purging. If you do find yourself face to face with shadow material coming to light, releasing pent up emotions through a good cry or good laugh, shouting into your pillow or any intense emotional experience can be very liberating. Think of it as clearing your mind, like the sky after a storm has passed.