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The last full moon of 2024, traditionally called the Cold Moon, will occur on 15 December in the curious and chatty sign of Gemini. This lunar event is a powerful time to reflect on the past year, complete unfinished tasks, and release anything holding you back. Its energy encourages you to let go of limiting beliefs and embrace new opportunities. Adding to the momentum, Mercury retrograde ends just a few hours after the full moon peaks, making this an ideal time to reflect, release, and prepare for the new year.

Here in Australia, the full moon peaks on 15 December at 9:57 a.m. AEST, and Mercury retrograde ends the same day at 6:56 p.m. AEST. This alignment creates a unique moment to harness both the clarity and momentum of these celestial events.

Rituals to Try During the Cold Moon

While this full moon is excellent for letting go, it’s also a great time for traditional manifestation practices. With Gemini ruling communication, the focus is on thoughts and words. Here are three rituals to help you make the most of this lunar energy.

Write a Letter to Your Future Self

The December full moon’s connection to communication makes it the perfect time to try a writing-based manifestation practice. Writing a letter to your future self is a meaningful way to channel this energy.

How to do it:

  1. On the night of the full moon, create a cosy and peaceful setting.
  2. Write a letter addressed to the version of yourself one year from now.
  3. In the letter, include:
    • The thoughts and habits you’re releasing during this full moon.
    • How freeing yourself from these limitations feels.
    • The new things you’re making space for in your life.
    • The foundation you’re building for the amazing achievements you will have by December 2025.
    • Congratulate yourself as though your goals have already been accomplished.
  4. Seal the letter in an envelope and store it somewhere safe. Plan to open it during the next Gemini full moon on 4 December 2025. Let it serve as a reminder of the commitments you’ve made and motivation to stay aligned with your intentions.

Post-Retrograde Clarity Ritual

Mercury retrograde ends on 15 December at 6:56 p.m. AEST, just hours after the full moon peaks. This is a powerful time to celebrate clarity and release lingering retrograde energy. Incorporating candle magic into this ritual aligns with Gemini’s energy and the retrograde’s conclusion in Sagittarius, a fire sign.

How to do it:

  1. Perform the ritual in the evening, when the lunar energy is strongest and Mercury retrograde has ended.
  2. Light a white candle to symbolise clarity. Focus on the flame, meditate, and reflect on the lessons you’ve learned during the retrograde. Write down thoughts or experiences you wish to remember or release.
  3. Light a blue candle to represent communication and connection. Visualise the flame burning away false narratives or limiting beliefs. Write affirmations that align with your growth and insights gained during the retrograde.

Full Moon Manifesting with Friends

Gemini’s social energy makes this an excellent time to gather with friends for a group manifestation session. Sharing intentions and goals with others can amplify your energy and bring added clarity.

How to do it:

  1. Invite trusted friends to your home or another cosy space on the evening of 15 December.
  2. Ask everyone to bring a journal and pen. To add a festive touch, prepare some holiday treats or invite friends to contribute something special.
  3. Spend time in conversation, sharing your intentions and listening to others. This will raise the energy and keep everyone present.
  4. Once the mood feels right, have everyone journal. Encourage them to list the beliefs or narratives they want to release and the new stories they’re ready to welcome into their lives.
  5. End the session by supporting one another’s goals and aspirations, fostering a collective sense of empowerment.

Embrace the Energy of the Cold Moon

The December full moon in Gemini offers the perfect opportunity to release what no longer serves you and make space for fresh opportunities. With Mercury retrograde concluding the same day, the timing couldn’t be better to align your intentions with the cosmos. Use these rituals to reflect, release, and prepare for the amazing possibilities awaiting you in 2025.

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We all have heard people talking about a new ‘era’ or ‘age’, even sometimes being guilty of saying it ourselves.

A lot of this talk is often over-hyped nonsense.  However, astrologically we are indeed heading into a new era.  We have been receiving glimpses of this change since around 1980 when it started, but then abruptly ended temporarily in 2000.  Are you confused?  Just hang in there and let me explain.

Every 20 years or so, the planets Saturn and Jupiter appear close to each other in the sky.  This phenomena is called a ‘conjunction’ or ‘coming together’.  This signifies an ending of a 20 years cycle, as with all endings there is always a new beginning.  This has been recognised for centuries by Astrologers.  For instance, noted English Astrologer, William Lilly (1602 – 1681), he even wrote a book (called England’s Prophetical Merline Foretelling to All Nations of Europe Until 1663 the Influence of the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter) about a conjunction in the 1640s.

Every 20 years this cycle repeats even though its interesting it’s not really a big deal, from an astrological viewpoint.

The most interesting aspect of this phenomenon is that for many years, conjunctions recur in signs of the same element (eg. Earth, Water, Air or Fire).  Astrologers find this very significant, as this repetition by element marked out the duration of an ‘era’ or ‘age.’  So when the conjunctions eventually switch to occur in a new element, it is called a ‘mutation,’ and marks the beginning of a new era or age.

We experienced a brief glimpse of this mutation in 1980, which marked the start of the new era, then in 2000 the conjunction occurred back in an Earth sign.  So until 2020, we’re still under the influence of Earth sign conjunctions.   However, that 2000 conjunction was the last Earth sign conjunction for a very long time.  From 2020, conjunctions will be in Air signs the first will occur on the 21st December 2020 in the Sign of Aquarius, this will last until 2159.

The following chart outlines conjunctions for the next 200 years:

DATE TIME JUPITER SATURN
21-DEC-2020 06:19 PM Aquarius Aquarius
31-OCT-2040 11:44 AM Libra Libra
07-ARP-2060 10:29 PM Gemini Gemini
15-MAR-2080 01:28 AM Aquarius Aquarius
18-SEP-2100 10:33 PM Libra Libra
15-JUL-2119 11:21 PM Gemini Gemini
14-JAN-2140 04:01 PM Aquarius Aquarius
21-DEC-2159 03:04 AM Scorpio Scorpio

Let’s now try and explain this in plain english, to make more sense of all this.  Since 1802, ALL the Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions until 1980 had occurred in Earth sings (either Taurus, Virgo or Capricorn).  But as mentioned above, in 1980 it shifted.  That year, the conjunction in an Air sign, Libra.  In 2000, we had the final ‘last-gasp’ conjunction in an Earth sign.

But what does this all mean to you, and what’s happening in the world today?

Well, for starters we are moving away form an era dominated by material ‘Earth’, thinks like oil, fossil fuels, heavy machinery, and more than likely capitalism, and big industry.  We got a taste of what’s ahead from the 1980-2000 period.  During that time, we saw the boom of the information revolutions: personal computers, the internet, Google.  And the collapse of the Berlin Wall.

The new era that is about to kick into high gear from this year, will see colossal growth in ideas and information (Air qualities) and less tangible, less ‘Earthy’ things.  We have seen the increase already in technology with Self-driving cars, solar and battery technologies, electric-power everything.  The old world steam, oil and cola have had their day for the next 200 years.

However, it will take time for governments around the world to fit into this new era, they will still consider existing technology as the most lucrative thing available, trying to desperately hang onto the old way of thinking.  Yet some countries have already taken the brave steps to move towards renewable energy sources look at Norway, Scotland, Germany etc, they are switching as fast as they can.

Governments of the world need to be worried because people will start using their intellect and talk against oppression and bad government decisions, people will more than likely vote people in not because of what party they affiliate themselves with but what the candidates core values are.

2020 and beyond will see the end of the ‘Fat Cats’, and big business screwing over the small people.  Revolution is at hand what an exciting time ahead for all to be had.  No longer are we to just accept things, we now have a voice let it be heard.

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