First Quarter Moon in Gemini

In Jyotish Astrology, Moon in Gemini falls into Nakshatra named Ardra. Ardra represents the perception of clarity that comes after a spring storm or the tears of sorrow. Grief feels like certain death at times. It is hard to face the pain of such magnitude. It is hard to allow waves of emotions to wash over us as they might swallow us whole—the tsunami of emotional agony. The storm eventually stops. Without rain, we wouldn’t know rainbows. Pain is one of the greatest teachers, after all. Pain is a blessing in camouflage. No matter how excellent that disguise may be, it is still a gift.

Here is prose.

A phone call. Dials twice, and you pick up. The same Cali cadence travels far for such a shy guy as yourself. Different tone this fall. You go from winter to spring. You told me women don’t grieve like men. You read a study. There is a peer-reviewed paper for all ailments of the soul when you are born under Gemini. Research seems to heal wounds that time doesn’t. I heard your brain whispered an, “I love you”, but I didn’t ask this time if I misheard the murmur of your mind.