Astrology for Sunday, 24 May 2020:

Today the Moon in Gemini makes a square to Neptune in Pisces. Our thinking may feel clouded and the directions of our thought may feel circuitous or indirect. The more precise we try to be today, the more frustrated we may become. Try instead to cede to the influence of intuition and find what thoughts present themselves if you allow the mind to wander. The Moon then makes a conjunction to its ruler Mercury in Gemini. Mercury is well-resourced in its domicile, so consider what resources are available to support you in translating ideas into articulable forms. Finally, the Moon ingresses into its domicile of Cancer, where it has all the resources it needs to provide safety, security, comfort, and care. What does it mean to care well? Audre Lorde famously wrote in A Burst of Light, “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” Caring for ourselves—especially if we belong to communities for whom survival is a marginal concern for those with the most power and privilege—is self-preservation and that is political. But care must also be collective. adrienne maree brown writes in Emergent Strategy, “We are realizing that we must become the systems we need—no government, political party, or corporation is going to care for us, so we have to remember how to care for each other. And that will take time, and commitment, a willingness to step outside of the comfort of the current and lean into the unknown, together. To listen to each other across all real and perceived divides.” Collective care may require discomfort and unknowing. It invites us into commitment and deep listening, holding one another across and within our differences.