The Sun entered Gemini on Sunday, May 20 and will remain in Gemini until June 20. Happy birthday to me and all the Gemini readers out there.
This shift from Taurus to Gemini means that we are leaving the earthy grounded energy and going to the airy energy of Gemini. Taurus is heavy and emphasizes material reality, possession and the body. Gemini is light and governs the world of the mind, ideas and communications. Gemini loves to flit around and talk to anyone who will listen to them. They communicate and process information at lightning speed. All of us will feel this airy energy coming in.
Gemini can get in trouble because of their insatiable curiosity, such as, “I wonder what it would be like to go outside in a thunderstorm”! or as this Gemini tried one time “Stand on the boardwalk during a hurricane”! Our inner restlessness keeps us on the move. Gemini rules short trips and as my friends will tell you I take a lot of trips but rarely go more than 300 miles from home.
Mercury rules Gemini and has an eccentric orbit and is also so close to the Sun it is difficult to see. Geminis are here one moment and out of the room the next and the eccentricity explains itself.
But the main thing that Gemini has to be aware of right now is that there are an abundance of astrology events this month and next month that are centered on Gemini. Two eclipses (May 20 and June 4) in the sign of Gemini and one in the opposite sign, Sagittarius.
Two eclipses (May 20 and June 4) in the sign of Gemini and one in the opposite sign, Sagittarius.
Two new moons in Gemini.
A very rare transit of Venus across the Sun on Jun 5.
Venus is retrograde in Gemini
May 24 – Mercury enters Gemini
Jun 11 – Jupiter leaves Taurus for Gemini for one year.
If you think you were a nervous Nellie before, you ain’t seen nothing yet. These events will stir up our monkey mind and the monkey could get totally out of control. You may feel you are on speed. Jupiter in Gemini expands our Gemini traits, good and bad.
We have an absolute obsession to communicate –a new blog?
Let’s look at the myth of Hermes for more explanation of the Gemini type. And remember if you have Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars and a lot of major aspects to Mercury you share this Archetype.
Air Element: Social and Intellectual experiences
Mutable Mode: Breaking up forms and distributing energy
Hero Type: Flexible hero, Extroverted Style
Archetypes: The Teacher, The Storyteller, The Journalist, Bugs Bunny
Gemini Moon: Emotional Need to Communicate
Gemini Sun: The Search for Variety
Gemini Ascendant: Surrounded by Books, classes, phones
Myth: Hermes
Zeus had a clandestine affair with Maia, and she gave birth to Hermes. When only one day old, he was bored and restless in his cradle He got out and began walking around. He decided he wanted milk, and figured out what to do. He created sandals that walked backwards, so no one could follow his footsteps. Then he stole his brother Apollo’s cattle. He rubbed sticks together to make fire, cooking the meat and dividing it into twelve portions. He offered it as a gift to the twelve divinities. Apollo divined that Hermes had stolen his cattle, but by this time Hermes had hidden the cattle and he was back in his cradle. Hermes also stole Aphrodite’s girdle, and Zeus’ thunder, but each time he managed to talk his way out of trouble often this made the Gods laugh. He saw a tortoise and talked it into coming into his cave to play. He killed the tortoise and made a lyre out of its shell then got bored with the lyre, which he gave to Apollo in exchange for the cattle. Zeus used him to go to the underworld and make deals with Hades. He could travel to the heavens to the Gods or to the mortal’s world, but he never had a home of his own. He is the only deity not assigned a home on Mount Olympus. Because of his remarkable communication skills, Zeus made him Messenger of the Gods.
Gemini Traits: Inventive, quick, and precocious, Geminis have a constant need for new experiences. Born of deceit, they can talk anyone into anything. They often say one thing, then do another, and are “trickster” figures. Geminis honor all the Gods, and can take gifts away from all the Gods. Intelligent but evasive, they can talk to anyone, at any level, but others do not know if they are coming or going. Geminis are restless, and move frequently. They are not elitist and move among all classes of people.
They have the ability to take the knowledge of the Gods (spiritual ideas) and communicate them to others in layman’s terms.
Primary Goal: To facilitate communicate on all levels.
Challenge: What should I communicate? Who should I communicate to?
Janet Kane
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