Full Moon in Gemini, Full Cold Moon

Full Moon in Gemini

Full Cold Moon
By Molly Hall, About.com


This year's Gemini Full Moon is on December 1/2, depending on your time zone. For U.S. West Coasters, it's on the 1st at 11:30 pm Pacific time. The Eastern time zone exactness is on the 2nd at 2:30 a.m.

Other names for the December Full Moon: There are two Full Moons in December this year, so the second (on December 31st) will be a "Blue Moon." The December Moon is known as the Full Cold Moon or the Full Long Nights Moon. The name fits because the Moon is above the horizon for a long time, and the night is long at midwinter.

When the Moon is full in Gemini, the Sun is in the opposite sign of Sagittarius.

Gemini is a mutable sign, making it right for disseminating, shifting moves, mixing it up, examining the pieces. Gemini is an air sign, with an emphasis on juggling opposing ideas, novelty, deciphering culture.

Full Moon in Gemini: de-coding language; observing social trends; wearing many hats; the view from all sides; shaking up reality; playing tricks with perception; fascinating fragments of style and culture; getting the cosmic joke; being contradictory.

This Full Moon illuminates: the paradoxes in your nature; all viewpoints of a discussion; the changeable nature of reality; how truth is revealed in humor; the value of collecting ideas; stream-of-consciousness thinking; quick speech that can dance on the surface of an issue.

It's a Good Time to:

•Soothe your nerves, since anxiety spikes at this Full Moon.
•Absorb lots of tidbits of information, and distill the essence.
•Talk to brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.
•Keep the social vibe light and merry
•Watch comedies, especially ones with word play.
•Play scrabble or charades.
•Go to the library or bookstore just to browse.
•Catch up with email, phone calls or letters.

Source: Farmer's Almanac