THE GEMINI GENERIC

The Sun has now moved into Gemini.

I'd best get this remark out of the way first: there really is no such thing as "A Gemini". Gemini is simply one of 12 zodiac signs. Just as the mouth is one of x number of components in a human being, and each individual uses it in their own unique way, Gemini is one of 12 ingredents in a person's astrological makeup, and each individual uses it in their own unique way. Sometimes the sign of Gemini in a natal chart is in sunlight, sometimes in shadow, sometimes it's diluted, sometimes condensed, but always present.

Gemini represents our communicative abilities, how, and to what extent we choose to reach out to one another, verbally, orally, and to a lesser extent, physically. Those with this sign of the zodiac prominent in their natal charts (their personal astrological blueprints) are easily identifiable, even when the observer knows little about astrology.

If you know someone who has a ridiculously large circle of acquaintances and friends, talks a lot, loves networking, writing, chatting, has a wide range of interests and knowledge, it's a certainty that Gemini figures heavily in their astrology. I know a classic example of such a one - my husband's son-in-law. Just this week in his newspaper column he began as follows:

"One of the interesting things about being a Gemini is that we never have a problem having someone to talk to. Because it’s the nature of Gemini to see both sides of issues, even if we’re marooned on an uninhabited Pacific atoll, we can have lively conversations — with ourselves.
Psychiatric types might call this trait “schizophrenia,” but head shrinkers have to label everything; Gemini just calls it normal.
Why, just the other night, after arriving home late from putting out an edition of the ........I was having the following chat with myself:............"

Such folk will not necessarily have their Sun, or even ascendant and/or Moon in Gemini - but they could well have such a line-up. Conversely, a person who does have Sun in Gemini could be shy or quietly anti-social, possibly an instance of the sign of the twins being over-shadowed at birth by a slew of personal planets in neighbouring Cancer. Or perhaps a case of the natal planets being so widely spread around the zodiac circle that Gemini Sun is simply part of the chorus line, noticed only occasionally.

I don't have any Gemini planet in my own natal chart; coincidentally, neither does my husband. Gemini is still a part of us both, it's qualities are just not emphasised in our natures.

Mercury, planet of communication, and ruler of Gemini, is also a part of everybody's natal chart. Its position is relevant to our mode of communication, whether Gemini is emphasised by planet(s), position, or not.



My natal Mercury in Capricorn is quite close to the descendant angle (opposite the ascendant) which gives it a wee bit of extra strength, but not enough to overcome a shy Cancer ascendant. So I'm not a chatty social butterfly by nature, but do enjoy writing - a more solitary form of communication for the naturally shy. My husband's Mercury is in Pisces, conjuct Saturn, which tends to damp down his Aries Sun, Leo Moon and ascendant considerably. He's no social butterfly either, but he too enjoys writing; come to think of it though, he can talk the hind leg off a donkey when he feels it appropriate - usually when we're watching something on TV, upon which I particularly want to concentrate! (wink)

I admire the qualities of Gemini, usually get on well with people who have a hefty dose of them in their personalities. In some ways these people are my opposites in nature. It's said that opposites attract.

Astrology puts Gemini with Aquarius and Libra as the "Air" signs: the mentally oriented group. To some extent people with their Suns or Moons in Air signs do seem able to connect easily - initially - irrespective of the rest of their natal charts. It sometimes seems to me almost as though a subliminal signal is sent out.