Gemini – Sign Interpretation

Geminis prefer fast changing circumstances, constant stimulation and ever new experiences. The wit and charm of these people makes them popular socially, though they can be cool and lacking in sympathy in more intimate situations.

In love, these people are flirtatious and excitable but they can be fickle and quickly move on to someone who is more superficially attractive. They will not tolerate possessiveness in a long term partner. Gemini people are easily bored. Their minds are constantly on the go and looking for something new to order and analyse.  They are ideally suited to journalism, the legal profession, the transport industry or any work in which their mind can be constantly stimulated and they can use their excellent communicative abilities.

Mercury, the ruling planet of Gemini, rules everything relating to our mental skills, communication, thinking patterns, reasoning, intelligence, adaptability and variability.  Mercury also governs schooling and education; the immediate environment of neighbours, siblings and cousins; transport over short distances; messages and forms of communication such as post, email and telephone, newspapers, journalism and writing, information gathering skills, and physical dexterity.

Air Signs

In astrology, the air signs consist of Gemini, Libra and Aquarius. They are often called “sweet” in comparison with the “bitter” fire signs.

Characteristics

According to astrological theory, air signs are the talkers and communicators of the zodiac. Typically they are supposed to be intellectual, analytical, articulate, and versatile – able to discuss just about any topic.

Air signs are also seen as the masters of social graces because they enjoy socializing and are very good at “small talk.” They are often seen as so objective that they are unable to be practical and realistic.

Some believe that air signs are supposed to be so changeable they will not stay anywhere for any length of time, and so restless they have trouble with serious concentration on any single job they might be required to carry out, but when need be are capable tapping into a reserve of willpower to get their negative obligations over with.

Air signs’ role is seen as providing the ideas that make the future different from the past, whereas fire signs carry out the actions necessary for this. Air signs continually thirst for interaction and view every experience as a potential opportunity for fun, education and growth as a person.

In human relationships, air signs are said to be gregarious and extroverted, often attracting friends very willingly and easily with their charm and ability to communicate. However, air signs are believed to be lacking in passion and unable to form strong, lasting relationships; astrologers believe few air sign people are able to have a single marriage, for they are said to be as apt to try out new people as new ideas.

On the other hand, they’re usually good at compromising time and space, and given enough leeway from their partners, this helps to keep them from feeling ‘trapped’ in an old relationship.

They are also thought to be extremely lacking in emotional depth because they tend to intellectualise their feelings and generally want to avoid difficult obstacles that might be needed to hold a partnership together.

Air is generally good and societally decent, but can be crafty, underhanded and ingenious when it comes to evil — though not prone to physical violence. Chief fault is trickery, when need be, they can become very convincing liars in order to get what they want.

At their worst, Air can be fault-finding, mean-spiritedness, gossipy and grudging. Air is swift to express opinions and is more opinionated than most. Air is slow to verbally express anger and physical violence is not generally a first choice in terms of an attack.

Gemini – Relations With Other Element Signs

Air signs are seen as complementary to fire signs because they provide the ideas that allow the fire signs to carry out their action. However, it is often thought that fire signs are too flagrant and impatient for the air signs to tolerate permanently.

Air signs more or less understand earth signs because they share the same basic rational and objective nature. However, whilst air signs admire earth signs’ will to achieve, they find them too timid, pessimistic, undemonstrative, and cautious; the earth signs, though attracted by the air signs’ unique thoughts, find them overwhelmingly unrealistic and flippant.

Water signs are believed to be much too passionate and emotionally deep for air signs’ flighty, flirtatious nature; indeed, astrology suggests that air signs hate water signs for being too subjective, secretive, illogical and lose respect for them when they come to the belief that the Water signs are unintelligent, and later become astounded by their deductive powers.

For their part, water signs supposedly deride air signs as emotionally shallow, excessively concerned with worldly pleasure, and uncaring towards others, though sometimes an air sign can balance out the traits of a water sign (thus creating a great friendship).

Air signs will find themselves most compatible with fire signs, who share similar traits of being positive, extroverted, outgoing, and fun-loving.

Fire signs may not be as objective as air signs, as air signs may not be as passionate as fire signs, but they can generally adapt to each other’s ways, and find they have a lot of different traits to offer in fulfilling one another.

The Mutable Zodiac Signs

In astrology, the mutable signs (also called common signs or bicorporal or double-bodied signs) are a subgroup of the zodiac.

They are Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces. The mutable signs straddle two temperate zone seasons, encompassing an inherent duality in its symbolism.

Gemini: – between the spring and summer seasons. As an air sign of the mutable quality, Gemini individuals are said to have the best communication skills of all the signs of the Zodiac. Many astrologers also believe Gemini to be the sign in which the duality associated with the mutable quality is most clearly defined. Gemini, because its symbol is that of the twins, indicates an individual who quite often has a duality of purpose, feeling that he or she has two separate destinies that must be pursued before feeling fulfilled as a human being.

Virgo: – between the summer and autumn seasons. A mutable sign of the element of Earth, Virgo is strongly associated with precision, detail, research and the preservation of health. The mutable metaphor may seem to fall short when applied to Virgo, which does not appear to be a sign with much duality at all. This may be because it is viewed from a literal sense as “The Virgin” in the sense of having not actually had sexual intercourse, rather than in the sense of a Maiden; some one who is ready for sexual intercourse, adult romantic relationships, marriage etc. (relationships beyond the self being a core concern of the following sign Libra.  

Virgo is considered mutable because of their flexibility in filling for other people, their reliability, and ability to work and think in the spur of moment. Also, there is a distinct lack of stubbornness in Virgo in comparison to the other earth signs. They are happy and can adapt well into most positions, without necessarily wanting leadership. As such Virgo represents an archetype of transition, and its bicorporal forms are based more on age/initiation rather than across species as per Sagittarius, or in two bodies or paths as with Pisces and Gemini; The Child/Adult; Innocence/Experience etc. Virgos are said to rule the earth best, with the most grace, as compared with the other mutable signs

Sagittarius: – between the autumn and winter seasons. A fiery mutable quality sign, Sagittarius is associated with travel and learning. Sagittarius is half-man, half-animal, although this definition tended to overlap into the areas of human signs vs. bestial signs. Nevertheless, Sagittarius’ lofty and intellectual nature, deriving from its ruler, Jupiter, does co-exist with a Zeus-like moral short-sightedness when it comes to fidelity in relationships.

Pisces: – between the winter and spring seasons. Pisces individuals are said to express their mutable duality in an emotional manner characteristic of water signs, fluctuating from one emotional extreme to the other. The symbol of Pisces is that of two fish swimming in opposite currents to one another. Quite often individuals who are strongly influenced by Pisces feel a deep frustration in their lives because they are being pulled in two opposing directions at the same time. Some individuals will try to stick with one path and others will try to maintain both paths, which is often unrealistic. Others try to maintain one path, but periodically veer onto the other path.

Notable Librans

 Plato (427BC – 347BC) – Greek Philosopher & Author

Ben Jonson (June 11, 1572) – English Dramatist, Poet & Actor

Alexander Pope (May 21, 1688) – English Poet & Author

Marquis de Sade (June 2, 1740) – French Author

Thomas Moore (May 28, 1779) – Irish Poet

Aleksandr Pushkin (June 6, 1799) – Russian Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 23, 1803) – American Essayist, Poet

Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813) – German Composer

Queen Victoria (May 24, 1819) – English Monarch

Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819) – American Poet

Jean D. Gustave Courbet (June10, 1819) – French Realist Painter

Thomas Hardy (June 2, 1840) – English Poet, Novelist

Henri Rousseau (May 21, 1844) – French Artist

Eugène Henri Paul Gaugin (June 7, 1848) – French Post-Impressionist Painter

Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle (May 22, 1859) – Scottish Author

William Butler Yeats (June 13, 1865) – Irish Writer, Poet Read three poems by Yeats

Douglas Fairbanks Sr. (May 23, 1883) – American Film Actor

Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1899) – Spanish Poet and Dramatist

Bob Hope (May 29, 1904) – Amercian Stage & Film Comedian

Laurence Olivier (May 22, 1907) – English Actor, Producer, Director

Ian Fleming (May 28, 1908) – English Author: The James Bond Series

Jacques-Yves Cousteau (June 11, 1910) – French Naval Officer, Marine Explorer, Ecologist, Filmmaker, Scientist, Photographer and Researcher

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917) – President of the United States

Judy Garland (June 10, 1922) – American Singer, Actress

Henry Kissinger (May 27, 1923) – Political Analyst, US Secretary of State

Tony Curtis (June 3, 1925) – American Film Actor

Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926) – American Film Actress

Anne Frank (June 12, 1929) – German/Jewish Child Diarist

Clint Eastwood (May 30, 1930) – American Film Actor, Director

Alexei Leonov (May 30, 1934) – Russian Cosmonaut, First person to walk in space

Sir Ian McKellen (May 25, 1939) – English Actor of Stage & Film

Tom Jones (June 7, 1940) – Welsh Singer, Performer

Bob Dylan (May 24, 1941) – American Singer, Songwriter

Sir Paul McCartney (June 18, 1942) – English Musician, Songwriter

Liam Neeson (June 7, 1952) – Northern Irish Actor

Bjorn Borg (June 6, 1956) – Swedish Tennis Player

Kristin Scott-Thomas (May 24, 1960) – English Actress

Michael J Fox (June 9, 1961) – Canadian Actor

Johnny Depp (June 9, 1963) – Amercian Actor and Musician

Elizabeth Hurley (June 10, 1965) – English Model, Actress, Beachwear Designer

Helena Bonham Carter (May 26, 1966) – English Actress

Nicole Kidman (June 20, 1967) – Australian Actress

Kylie Minogue (May 28, 1968) – Australian Actress, Singer

Angelina Jolie (June 4, 1975) – American Actress