Chopping walnuts, softening butter. Singing along with that a-cursed 24/7 Christmas station. Can you remove Bon Jovi from your playlist, please? Hunting down sentimental Christmas ornaments. Hanging up Mom's gorgeous wreaths. Actually buying a tree! This weekend was a flurry of last minute holiday prepping. So last minute that Duke and I coudn't fit in our Xmas shoot, so you'll have to do with this one from last year. I think it captures our exhaustion perfectly.
I'm calling it Bushwacked. Duke's calling it damn-it-to-hell-all-the-lobster-boiling-pinetree-dragging-redbow-wearing-forcing-me-to-be-cute-crap.
No need to get verklempt. Matter of fact I'm rather looking forward to the December eclipse. Having been in a vicious holding pattern for the last 3 years I'm tickled over the prospects of this era-ending eclipse.
When? December 10, 2011 9:30 am EST
What? Full moon lunar eclipse in Gemini. Gemini is ruled by Mercury so expect lots of chattiness, monkey mind or over analyzing. This I know as my big bro is a Gemini. Never a shortage of discourse, or mind changing. Which is appropriate as Gemini is the twin. Need two of everything: choices, cars, options, dates...Not that he dates, being happily married for 30+ years!
What to expect? Talented writer and astrologer Dipali Desai says this:
With this revved up Full Moon in Gemini, it may feel like a very tumultuous high tide within the emotional energy body. Like rocks being tumbled in a river, we may feel a bit jostled and tossed about too. Yet we may just feel polished and shiny when all is said and done.
This eclipse is geared to transform mutable signs: Pisces, Gemini, Virgo & Sag. Think back at how life was 19 to 20 years ago. Many people will revolutionize their plans for the future by looking at all the things/people that have not met their needs - and held them back for so long to obtain their sublime bliss.
This eclipse is predominantly relationship oriented – and our associations with others can be disconnected, challenged, or suddenly welded back together as shock calls one to action.
To fully appreciate the potential in the lunar eclipse, we must explore both houses and signs that are brought into play. Where the Moon (Gemini-communication and fickle-mindedness) is – we can confront our demons, old behaviors and doubts, and where the Sun (Sagittarius-truth and learning) is we may find the means to embrace a release from whatever repression we experience in life through our creative efforts. In any event, there are opportunities for deeper understanding, and finding balance in our lives.
Rekha Chedalavada writes about culinary and cultural identity. She lives in the Garden State and is frequently found in the sunniest corner of her garden. Her preferred method of payment is in the form of legal tender or really good Tequila.
Chopping walnuts, softening butter. Singing along with that a-cursed 24/7 Christmas station. Can you remove Bon Jovi from your playlist, please? Hunting down sentimental Christmas ornaments. Hanging up Mom's gorgeous wreaths. Actually buying a tree! This weekend was a flurry of last minute holiday prepping. So last minute that Duke and I coudn't fit in our Xmas shoot, so you'll have to do with this one from last year. I think it captures our exhaustion perfectly. 
