Gemini!
About Your Sign...
Gemini, the sign of
the Twins, is dual-natured, elusive, complex and contradictory. On
the one hand it produces the virtue of versatility, and on the other
the vices of two-facedness and flightiness. The sign is linked with
Mercury, the planet of childhood and youth, and its subjects tend to
have the graces and faults of the young. When they are good, they
are very attractive; when they are bad they are more the worse for
being the charmers they are. Like children they are lively, and
happy, if circumstances are right for them, or egocentric,
imaginative and restless. They take up new activities
enthusiastically but lack application, constantly needing new
interests, flitting from project to project as apparently
purposelessly as a butterfly dancing from flower to flower. To them
life is a game which must always be full of fresh moves and
continuous entertainment, free of labor and routine. Changing horses
in the middle of the stream is another small quirk in the Gemini
personality which makes decision making, and sticking to a decision,
particularly hard for them.
Since they lack the
quality of conscientiousness, they are apt to fight a losing battle
in any attempts they make to be moral (in the widest sense of the
word). Their good qualities are attractive and come easily to them.
They are affectionate, courteous, kind, generous, and thoughtful
towards the poor and suffering - provided none of the activities
resulting from expressing these traits interferes too greatly with
their own lives and comforts. They quickly learn to use their
outward attractiveness to gain their own ends, and when striving for
these they will use any weapon in their armory - unscrupulous lying,
and cunning evasiveness; escaping blame by contriving to put it on
other people, wrapped up in all the charm they can turn on. In their
better moments they may strive to be honest and straightforward, but
self-interest is almost always the victor. If things go against
them, they sulk like children. Also like children, they demand
attention, admiration, and the spending on them of time, energy and
money, throwing tantrums if they don't get what they want. They
reflect every change in their surroundings, like chameleons, and can
become pessimistic, sullen, peevish and materialistically
self-centered if circumstances force them to struggle in any way. If
the conditions of life become really adverse, their strength of will
may desert them entirely. They can become uncertain of themselves,
either withdrawn, or nervously excitable worriers, sullenly
discontented, hard and irritable, with "Self" looming ever
larger in their struggles. On the other hand their versatility can
make them very adaptable, adjusting themselves to control the world
around them by means of their inherent ingenuity and cleverness.
Most Gemini have a
keen, intuitive, sometimes brilliant intelligence and they love
cerebral challenges. But their concentration, though intense for a
while, does not last. Their mental agility and energy give them a
voracious appetite for knowledge from youth onward, though they
dislike the labor of learning. They easily grasp almost everything
requiring intelligence and mental dexterity, and are often able to
marry manual skills to their qualities of mind. Their intellect is
strongly analytical and sometimes gives them so great an ability to
see both sides of a question that they vacillate and find it hard to
make decisions. But their intelligence may very well be used to
control and unify the duality of their natures into a most efficient
unit. If faced with difficulties, they have little determination to
worry at a problem until they find a solution - they will pick the
brains of others. In their intellectual pursuits, as in other
departments of their lives, they risk becoming dilettantes, losing
themselves in too many projects which they follow until they become
difficult.
In love they are
fickle, not intentionally so but because of the basic inconsistency
of their emotional nature, which has an amoral aspect to it. Their
is a side to Geminians which can become deeply involved emotionally,
and another, hostile to sentimentality, which stands back from a
romantic situation, laughing at it and the protagonists in it,
including themselves while analyzing it intellectually. Gemini
subjects take nothing seriously. So, in love, in spite of their
temporary depth of feeling, for the intensity of involvement lasts
only while it is new, they are superficial, light-hearted, cool,
flirtatious and unimaginative in the understanding of the pain they
may give others. They like intrigue, the excitement of the chase,
but once they have caught the prey, they lose interest and look
around for the next creature to pursue. In less serious situations
they make witty, entertaining companions, good acquaintances rather
than friends. Even at their worst they are never dull - there is
usually playfulness below the surface, and they can be brilliant
conversationalists - but they can also be quarrelsome, prattlers,
boasters, liars and cheats.
Geminians can be
successful in many walks of life though their general
characteristics tend to make them unreliable. They are often skilled
manipulators of language, in speech and writing, and may be:
debaters, diplomats (though in politics they are more interested in
theory than practice), orators, preachers (brilliant rather than
profound), teachers, authors, poets, journalists, or lawyers. In
business any work which combines quick-wittedness with a change of
surroundings suits them; working as a traveling salesperson,
brokerage work, or dealing with the public in any capacity is right
up their alley. Because they are dispassionate, logical, rational
and analytical they make good scientists, especially in the fields
of medicine and astronomy. They can also make excellent members of
the Armed Forces, for they take danger no more seriously than
anything else and can earn themselves a reputation for devotion to
duty and heroic acts. In the arts they may excel in music, painting
and sculpture. They make good psychic researchers of a sceptical
kind. Negatively they can degenerate into confidence tricksters,
thieves and even adepts in the black arts.
Possible
Health Concerns...
Gemini rules the
arms, shoulders, hands, lungs and nervous system and its subjects
need to beware of diseases and accidents associated with the upper
part of the body, as well as nervous and pulmonary disorders such as
catarrh and bronchitis. Their mercurial nature may also affect a
constitution which is not strong if it is put under strain.
You are prone to
taking unnecessary risks and wind up harming yourself or others in
the process. Sometimes pursuing pleasure too vigorously could also
qualify as risk taking.
