Where Mercury finds you - Gemini Season 2021

Writing isn’t a way of being public or private; it’s just a way of being. The process is always full of pain, but I like that. It’s a reality, and I just accept it as something not to be avoided.
– Jamaica Kincaid (Sun in Gemini)

No more ‘I love yous,’ language is leaving me in silence.
– Annie Lennox (Midheaven in Gemini)

I started a new job as a vegan cook the night of the lunar eclipse in Sagittarius on the 26th of May. I planned my 30-minute break so I could watch the earth’s shadow appear to swallow the full moon. 

In the ancient world, eclipses were bad omens. When the moon can’t receive the sun’s light, the night sky is reduced to utter darkness, or maybe a glimmer of red. They were often interpreted to mean that a king would die. 

Less than 24 hours later, I was out of a job, and so were my fellow chefs, cooks and all other casual staff at a festival that had been planned for over a year. The city I love entered its fourth lockdown. It’s the first eclipse of 2021, and Mercury has just begun its retrograde dance.  

Gemini season, hello. 

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