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.
