May 20 – June 20, 2016 (Summer Solstice)
Click here to learn about the Sun. Click here to learn about Gemini.
Disclaimer: the Sun sign is a much-celebrated yet oversimplified astrological element, usually given more significance than it deserves. Remember – you are a whole soup of planets!
At the end of the Aries season, I fell very sick (again), but I feel that this was a manifestation of all the major Self-work I’ve been doing lately. So I entered the Taurus season bedraggled and fever-ridden, but something ancient fell away; as the fever lifted, so too did the weight, and I have not felt this cleansed in years. Peaceful, relaxed, balanced within and without - a return to my soul and true nature. Sometimes the body-mind complex uses extremes to extinguish the flames. Not everything pans out the way we imagined, and when we accept this, the highest form of happiness comes soaring into the heart.
Gemini: the intellect and insatiable soul. The twins are the least calm creatures in the zodiac, so let’s cultivate stillness in this upcoming cycle 🙂
Gemini is super-charged with mental energy, which often/easily overflows and manifests as fidgeting or nervous tics, especially in the eyes and hands. The twins cannot sit still for long and feel acutely cagey when they must, especially if they are not completely engaged in whatever is before them. Gemini requires massive stimulation to relieve interminably circling thoughts; this vibration resembles a gyroscopic electrical storm. We will have to juggle many interests, responsibilities and endeavors at once during this cycle. Ironically, the twins themselves are often poor jugglers - you’d think otherwise, as Gemini is pure quicksilver, constantly in motion, but self-control and stability are scarce in this realm. Here we find the root of Gemini’s reputation for inconsistency, indecision and flightiness.
The twins have a well-defined comfort zone that they don’t like to leave, simply because it is difficult for them to escape the mind-trap. The twins obsess, linger, hone in, pinion, chase a thought until nothing more can be extracted. Gemini stops and stutters, spins backward, tumbles through hundreds of turbines, then does it all again. So our greatest challenge now is to come out, away from the labyrinthine mind-home. Gemini types make odd first impressions – often they will not say anything or appear to ignore everyone! This is because they are feeling everything out with a quiet intensity; the ultimate Gemini dream is that someone will magically recognize and appreciate their silent, perspicacious scrutiny.
Gemini has a knowing, especially in the eyes. The twins are cunning, extremely intelligent, sharp, swift, disarmingly charming. Gemini is the most adept communicator of the zodiac; he can instantly put others at ease and make them feel valued, supported and respected, but internally the infamous two-faced tendency may be at play. An outgoing sprite no doubt, yet trust is hard to earn in the twin domain. Gemini is certainly expert at meeting and chatting up strangers, but he is maddeningly picky and struggles to form close, long-term relationships. Ideal Gemini socioscapes are airports, train/bus stations, metropolises, clubs, bars, malls, public squares, etc – anywhere you can get lost in a crowd and become someone else, if you so desire. Gemini thrives on anonymity, fantasies, stranger danger, chameleon acts and endless traveling. The Gemini cycle favors changes in appearance or, on a more extreme level, new personas, but refrain from doing so on a daily basis. Indeed, a common Gemini fantasy is to travel the world and become a new person at each destination.
The twins’ cerebral proclivities translate fluidly in academic and (most) professional settings. Information is processed quickly and systematically as long as sincere focus and passion are present. Many Geminis are writers, poets and artists. The twins are endlessly curious, chatty and analytical - even the pace with which we speak may increase now. Gemini loves puzzles, word games and anything that honors proficiency in writing, reading or speaking. We will be unusually competent and witty during this cycle.
Prepare to feel invigorated, inspired, light and bright. Prepare also for change and, if you’re not ready for change, perhaps some heartbreak too. Speak freely, fully, truthfully - resist the fear of appearing unintellectual.
The first seedlings are whirling on the wings of springtime wind to be scattered round the soul’s forest floor. The earth’s steady breath rolls in from all directions - cool, gentle, tantalizingly refreshing. Let it dry the humid soil beneath you. Lift your face to the breeze, smell the sweet freedom embroidered in these winds of change. Watch the ashes rise aloft, mingling and swirling like tiny birds, only to land once more in the ocean of Cancer: a cosmic tale of death and rebirth on the zodiac frontier.
Celebrate with Gemini Yoga.
Mantra: change is good