Sacred Sunday: The Tower & The Sanctuary
A Gemini New Moon Bibliomancy Reflection on Proverbs 27
This New Moon in Gemini has had my mind going in seventeen directions at once, which honestly tracks. So to help myself this morning, I put the phone down, picked up the Bible that I haven’t touched in some months maybe, and let it fall open wherever it wanted to. It landed on Proverbs 27.
Consider this your sign to try bibliomancy! Grab any book that calls to your energy right now—it might hold the exact message you need to read. Because the way this chapter met me so perfectly where I’m at in life right now, I just had to write about it.
The very first verse stopped me cold.
“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.”
Proverbs 27:1
I’ve been sitting with this one because I have a habit, not of boasting exactly, but of pre-emptively shrinking my own excitement. Like I’ll feel something good, something that genuinely feels like an answered prayer, and instead of letting myself be in it, I’m already bracing for the day it gets taken back. I’ve experienced so many exciting, healing, and fulfilling moments that are almost immediately taken away, ruptured, or diminished.
So many doors have opened and closed within the same week—so yeah, I’ve learned to hold my joy a little more loosely. Sometimes too loosely. Like if I don’t fully claim it, then it can’t fully hurt me when it shifts.
And this mirrors my life perfectly right now. I’m navigating a very new romance that holds a lot of long-term potential. But it suddenly collided with my living situation due to unexpected circumstances, so it feels like it’s moving at a speed my logical brain wouldn't normally prefer. But emotionally and physically, I’ve never felt safer. Sometimes I have to stop and remind myself, as others often do, that this safety is what matters most—that it’s okay to release the anxiety when the reality in front of me is actually good.
'The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.”
Proverbs 27:12
This one honestly made me laugh a little. I can look back at younger versions of myself who would see the red flags and keep walking into them anyway. Not just out of stupidity—but out of hope, loyalty, and not yet having enough evidence that my gut was worth trusting more than my desire for things to work out.
Prudence isn’t pessimism. It’s not about expecting the worst, but being honest with yourself when something is telling you to pause, recalibrate, or find shelter before the storm hits. I’ve gotten better at this, but I’ve still got room and time to grow.
“Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home.”
Proverbs 27:8
This one also hit quite differently, as I literally just “strayed” from home.
It was hilarious to me, actually. My cards and other collective readings had been warning me that a move was coming, sparked by an argument. Well, words that had been held back for a long time were finally exchanged, confirming a lifelong fear I’d held about the cost of total honesty. So, I left. I headed toward a place that felt safe—a place that somehow already held everything I’d once scripted for my future home and partner. It was a textbook Tower moment, but it felt necessary. And this time, I was prepared.
What’s fascinating is that I’ve been here before. About ten years ago, for similar reasons, I ended up in a comparable situation with a similar kind of person: another Capricorn. As a Virgo Rising, I live to analyze patterns, and I’ve definitely noticed one with this sign. They love hard and show devotion through physical action, but their verbal communication can go sideways. They are ruled by Saturn and are known for their dry, sarcastic wit and deadpan delivery. They can relentlessly pick on you to show they’re comfortable with you.
But his idea of playful bantering quickly pushes past the limits of my patience. My egoic Leo Sun wants to fight back, my Virgo Rising wants to be right, and my Libra Moon tries to keep the peace. It eventually devolves into me nagging until I completely shut down to avoid a real fight. Not in a toxic way, but it can be frustrating and exhausting. He keeps poking, and I keep reacting.
Which brings me here.
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”
Proverbs 27:17
When my eyes first landed on verses 15 through 17, I actually laughed out loud:
“A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm; restraining her is like restraining the wind
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”Proverbs 27:15-17
Stick with me—because lately I’ve been feeling like that leaky roof. Getting annoyed, getting triggered, and instead of saying directly what’s bothering me, doing it passively or sarcastically because I don’t want to be the person who kills the vibe. I don’t want to be the woman who’s always complaining, always serious, always making it a whole thing. But I also don’t just go with the flow when the flow irritates me. So I match the energy, and then I resent the energy, and then we’re both just being sarcastic at each other, and I’m sitting there wondering why I don’t feel soft and feminine.
But what if the directness I keep avoiding is actually the iron sharpening iron? What if the conversation I keep softening around the edges is the exact one that would actually move us forward? What if I keep having versions of the same friction because I haven’t yet been willing to have the version of the conversation that changes the dynamic?
This applies to my relationship and to my family—it might apply to yours too.
“Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.”
Proverbs 27:6
Real connection has some friction in it. Real love will sometimes say the thing that stings because it’s true and because it actually wants better for you. I’d rather have someone in my life who sharpens me, even when it’s uncomfortable, than someone whose softness is a strategy. I’ve had enough ass-kisses from people who didn’t mean them.
And in that same vein, the chapter talks about not running to a relative’s house during a disaster, but turning to a neighbor nearby instead. The deeper meaning really struck me: proximity and presence often matter more than bloodlines when life falls apart. When everything shattered, I didn't reach out to family. I turned to the person who already made me feel safe and held, who happened to be just twenty minutes away. It showed me that the universe will place the right “neighbor” exactly where they need to be to shelter you from the storm.
“Be sure you know the condition of your flocks; give careful attention to your herds, for riches do not endure forever and a crown is not secure for all generations.”
Proverbs 27:23-24
This is the verse that pulled everything back to earth for me.
What I heard was: know your people. Know your resources. Know your business, your community, your values. To be loved is to be known, and stewardship works the same way. You can’t tend to what you’re not paying attention to. Wealth, status, comfort—none of it holds without the consistent, honest labor of actually showing up for what’s yours.
That’s true in relationships, business, and in the way we manage our inner world. This New Moon in Gemini is a good time to get mentally clear on what we’re actually tending to and what’s being neglected because it’s easier not to bring it up.
“As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.”
Proverbs 27:19
The way a person speaks, moves, chooses, and responds is all data. All of it is a reflection of what is truly stirring in their hearts and souls. Not to be used as a weapon, but to be seen with honesty.
Our lives reflect our hearts, and the patterns we keep choosing reflect something we still believe. The way we communicate reflects what we think we deserve to receive back.
I’m watching my own reflection more carefully these days. Not with judgment, but with curiosity. I didn’t plan to write any of this today, but I’m happy to have returned to this. If you’re in a season of friction, uncertainty, transition, or just the quiet hum of things shifting beneath the surface, this Proverbs 27 is a chapter worth sitting with. Let it land where it needs to.
I appreciate the unplanned writing and your honesty. You may not have chosen family to run to but never run away from them. I will always find you ❤️