Astrology for Monday, 18 May 2020:

The only major aspect today is the Moon in Aries making a sextile with Mercury in Gemini. Mercury is in its domicile in Gemini, with access to all the resources it needs to gather information, think critically, translate and transmit what it relevant, and facilitate effective communication. The Moon in Aries may feel urgent or impulsive, driven to act first and ask questions later. Together this can describe an insistent desire to take action on whatever limited information is available or to act from a singular perspective as if it holds the truth of the situation. But as bell hooks writes, “The heartbeat of critical thinking is the longing to know—to understand how life works … Keeping an open mind is an essential requirement of critical thinking … Much intellectual work embraces the art of the possible; it is like an archaeological process where one goes deep in search of truths that may constantly change as new information comes to light.” Gemini is a mutable sign, and part of the dignity that Mercury here offers the Moon is the capacity to remain open and responsive to multiple perspectives, changing situations, and the intellectual embrace of the possible as a source of vital information. Today, how might we guide our impulse to do something right now with these archaeological processes of longing to know how life is working, remaining open and adaptable, and committing to considering the possible?