Gemini Season is double-double

May 20 Sun enters Gemini @ 6:49 am PDT/ 10:49 am EDT/ 3:49 pm GMT

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Ruled by the fancy fleet-footed, hatted and sandaled messenger of the Gods – MERCURY, known as HERMES to the Greeks and THOTH to the Egyptians. 

A whole lotta Gemini going on with Venus Retrograde, Mercury until the 28th, Vesta and the North Node at 29 degrees. It’s a double-double double Gemini season. 

MERCURY used to be in thermometers, whose properties made it hard to pin down, describe Gemini’s energies perfectly. Quicksilver is also a toxic poison and a well known Alchemical metal as well. Mercury’s metal is Mercury or QUICKSILVER like Gemini energies. The Quicksilver Messanger Service were a band in the 60’s. Mercury is a PSYCHOPOMP. I love that word able to enter and leave the Land of the Dead, Hades or the Underworld. Few had this power.

Note that Mercury’s second retrograde of the year is JUNE 17/18- JULY 12 when MERCURY RETROGRADE’s in CANCER

Mercury’s symbol is the caduceus. Not just an FTD Florist symbol, every MD in the world uses the caduceus to signify the healing profession of MEDICINE. The caduceus was originally employed by Chiron and Asclepius as snakes were used to help heal people in Ancient Greece and Snakes were used in the Oracles at DELPHI. Considered to be magical animals of the Goddess since always, two snakes entwined around the central staff or spine is KUNDALINI sexual energy.  The caduceus is an ancient symbol of DNA; symbolizes the twin poles of consciousness, balance and the combining of opposites as in ALCHEMY to produce something entirely new. This is a deep psychological image associated with GEMINI and mental health. not usually associated with this sign.

Gemini is a dual AIR sign and they never get old as long as their minds are stimulated.  Mercury is the frequent flyer and chief communicator between Mount Olympus, the above, the Conscious and the below.

Unconscious, Mercury/Hermes is a mediator, a listener, an eavesdropper, a go-between. In modern days, a MERCURY ruled person, and we all are, is a compulsive twitterer or FB junkie whose iPhone never leaves their body.

Mercury in the TAROT  is  the # 1 symbol, THE MAGICIAN /TRICKSTER

#1 The Magian from The Muse Tarot

famous as COYOTE wisdom in Native American legends.

When your mind plays tricks on you…guess who is to blame?

HERMES is a hermaphrodite; His name means HERMES & APHRODITE Mercury is both male HERMES and a female VENUS/APHRODITE. 

The sign’s ruling planet comes HOME- when a planet is at home it feels, relaxed, in its own element, STRONG. Mercury in Gemini  stimulates nanosecond thinking, uber talking- hope you have a great chat plan during these Gemini times

 PETER PAN is GEMINI’s God

Peter Pan is a symbol of what Psychologists called PEUR mentality. A childlike, fun time, curious and non-committal.  There may be much mental Ado about not much during Gemini times. Gemini loves to play devils’ advocate.

But ya gotta love ’em, they are very charming and move too fast for you to pin them down. Yes, social butterflies those Gemini’s are…

Their main thrust during GEMINI season is to gather information, move like the wind, gather info, be mentally stimulated, ever young, upbeat, charming as hell.

Mercury is the God of merchants, the word Mercury is contained in that word, Thieves, pirates, travelling and snake-oil salesman,  Gemini’s are actors,  open, changeable, quick-witted, exciting, philanderers, shysters,

VENUS is, of course, Retrograde in Gemini

so, can’t make up your mind between Frank, Harry, or Justin?   or which job to take? or which school to go to or which….or that old friend/ lover enemy, frenemy just re-entered your life again, what to do about that? or what to do…

 If only they/we can get over the tendency to do one or the other ANGEL or DEVIL  DUALITY is their thing, But the TWINS are not opposites but complementary pairs. 

In the TAROT the symbol of GEMINI is associated with THE LOVERS

and the opposite sign of GEMINI is SAGITTARIUS which is associated with ALCHEMY again back to HERMES/ MERCURY

There are many famous GEMINIS’s

TOP of the list right now. DONALD TRUMP

 WRITERS:

Thomas Hardy, Walt Whitman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writer and artist Maurice Sendak, William Butler Yeats, Ian Fleming, Salman Rushdie

ARTISTS: M.C. Escher, Mary Cassatt, Paul Gauguin

ACTORS and ACTRESSES 

Mary Kate and Sheley Olsen real twins, Natalie Portman, Marilyn Monroe, Angelina Jolie, Courtney Cox, Octavia Spencer, Isabella Rossellini, Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter, Brooke Shields, Annette Benning, Lucy Hale, Zoe Saldana, Kate Upton. 

Johnny Depp, Mark Wahlberg,  Morgan Freeman, Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Ian McKellan, Shia Leboeuf, Neil Patrick Harris, Michael J. Fox, John Goodman, Liam Nelson, Colin Farrel, Mark Wahlberg, Tony Curtis, Christopher Lee, Russel Brand, Errol Flynn, Dean Martin, Clint Eastwood, Vincent Price,  Sir Laurence Olivier, Jay SIlverheels, 

 MUSICIANS, SINGERS

Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Prince, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Tom Jones, Lionel Richie, Lenny Kravitz, Barry Manilow, Dean Martin

Peggy Lee, Nancy Sinatra, Miles Davis,  Judy Garland, Idina Menzel, Stevie Nicks, Alanis Morisette, Kylie Minogue, 

COMPOSERS: Richard Wagner, Igor Stravinsky,

COMEDIANS:  Mike Meyers, Bob Hope, Gene Wilder, Billy Wilder, Animator of Looney TUNES  Mel Blanc, Joan Rivers, Amy Schumer, 

Politicians:

John F Kennedy, Harvey Milk, Newt Gingrich, Henry Kissinger, George Bush Sr. Benazir Bhutto, Muammar Qaddafi, Peter the Great, Che Guevara, Wallis Simpson, Rudy Giuliani, Pancho Villa.

ROYALTY: Queen Victoria, Prince Philip,

DANCERS: Isadora Duncan,  Josephine Baker 

PHILOSOPHERS: Jean-Paul Sartre, Blaise Pascal

and a few more-  Venus Williams, Jackie Collins architect Frank Lloyd Wright, ocean explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Dr. Ruth, Naomi Campbell,:

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V for Vendetta remember Guy Fawkes

Guy Fawkes Day is November 5th

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Most Americans know of the famous V for Vendetta from the Graphic Novel and film. But what is the story of Guy Fawkes and why Is it so important right now? Especially that it is one day before these critical mid-term elections in the U.S.

V for Vendetta was originally a Graphic Novel written by Alan Moore illustrated by David Lloyd and published first in March of 1982. It was subsequently made into a 2005 British film written by the Wachowski’s who wrote and directed the Matrix, then the Wachowski brothers. 

Originally known as the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, Guy Fawkes joined a group of English Catholics and attempted to assassinate Protestant King James -James VI of scotland, by planting 900 kilos of gunpowder in the cellar of the Palace of Westminster. Fawkes was caught while checking on the stored powder hours before the plot was due to be set in motion, as an anonymous letter was sent to alert the King. Fawkes was arrested and tortured into revealing the names of his co-conspirators, and subsequently executed.

The anniversary of the thwarted Gunpowder Plot of 1605 is celebrated in the U.K. every year on November, 5. In commemoration, amongst the backdrop of fireworks and frenzy, effigies of Britain’s most famous terrorist made with newspaper, straw, and old clothes are burned in bonfires, all adorned with masks bearing a likeness of Fawkes’ face. From 1605 until 1939 every village green in the shires had a bonfire on Guy Fawkes’ Day. During the WWII not bonfires were allowed. 

Parliament declared November 5 Guy Fawkes day and it’s now celebrated with bonfires, fireworks in the parks and the carrying of “guys” through the streets. “Guys” are stuffed, straw figures of unpopular persons; and after they have been shown to everybody they are burnt in the bonfires amid great acclamation. The children black their faces and put on comical clothes, and go about begging for a Penny for the Guy. 

The famous mask is used to represent freedom from tyranny of all kinds. We can see how current again this subject is.  read more about it here

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/103476/20151105/guy-fawkes-day-v-for-vendetta-legacy.htm

Some famous quotes from V for Vendetta.

“Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and, for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.” One of my favorite movie quotes of all time.

“If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.”

“When a government does not stand for the best interests of the people, it should not stand at all.” 

Think about Guy Fawkes and what he would do if he could Vote. 

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The wizard of words, Mercury in Gemini

MERCURY is in GEMINI. The communications planet is home from June 6 until  June 21 where the planet which protects tricksters, magicians, thieves, merchants and all communications is happiest. Yes prepare for a whirlwind of words.

In the Tarot the planet Mercury is equated with the very first major card in the deck. Card #1 is the Magician, Magus, the Magic card. Mercury is our magical wand or wands, it is a dualistic sign. 

The MAGICIAN Major Arcana #1 Thoth  Tarot

Words will run on. Think whirlwind mind, tornadoes of thoughts. Fast tracking, double talking, juggling all kinds of thoughts and communications. If you are a Harry Potter fan, Mercury is like the Minister of Magic and all of the magic wands.

GEMINI it’s your time to shine, so be the quick change artist that you are, make mental leaps and new acquaintances with your ruling planet at HOME. While Mercury is Gem. Sales, social butterflies, short travels, LITE sociability, local community, siblings, advertising, merchandising, trickery, indecision, monkey mind, upbeat, childlike, charm, and non-commitment runs rampant. If you are a writer or communicator things will flow much easier and more profusely.

While Mercury is in Gemini it also affects Virgo, the other sign Mercury rules. VIRGO gathers, organizes, perfects, focuses, remembers, all the scattered details in a quite OCD manner. 

Gemini is the sign of the naturally double talking TWINS. It’s a fast paced sign and Gemini is moving fast right now. GEMINI is ruled by that fancy-hatted and shoe’d, fleet- footed messenger of the Gods MERCURY. Gemini’s are intensely curious. Our minds have two lobes, that’s why Mercury is a dual sign. Many Twins are born under the sign of Gemini like AMAL CLOONEY and GEORGE CLOONEY’s Twins born June 6.

Gemini’s naturally get along with all the other AIR element signs. LIBRA is CARDINAL AIR, AQUARIUS is FIXED AIR. They are literally all on the same wavelength. With Jupiter in LIBRA now this enhances all the Air signs.

The downside of MERCURY in GEMINI is that the already strong POLARITY gets even more polarized now.

 

 

 

GEMINI is the sign of the LOVERS in the TAROT! 

GEMINI the LOVERS #6

June, governed by the Goddess Juno is the best time for weddings. It’s fascinating that in the tarot GEMINI= The LOVERS. It’s all about polarity, opposites, duality.

GEMINI has what is called PEUR or Peter Pan, mentality. But ya gotta love ’em. They move too fast for you to pin them down.  Don’t try to pin them down. Their charm will win you over, they can sell refrigerators to Inuit folks. They shine in public speaking.

GEMINI men usually take forever, if they ever do, to settle down. They naturally wander. GEMINI’s get easily bored, male or female. Their main thrust is to gather information, move like the wind, curious, wiry, young, forever young. Like Paul McCartney who turns 75 on June 18. 

 

 

MERCURY aspects 

June 13 – MERCURY trines JUPITER Rx in LIBRA – great day to deliver your message.

June 15/16-Mercury inconjuncts PLUTO-this is a power struggle of words.

June 18- Father’s Day-

Mercury opposite Saturn in SAGITTARIUS- The perfect Father’s day aspect as Saturn rules Father’s. Make sure you communicate with your dad.

June 20- Mercury sextiles URANUS in ARIES-

Brilliant ideas, great brainstorming day. Mercury squares CHIRON in PISCES- talk about where you feel split and cut off.

 

The following zones are subject to Gemini: India and the adjoining areas and Egypt, Libya, Rome, Arabia, and Syria.

FAMOUS GEMINI’s 

Donald Trump, June 14- 

 

May 21- Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer

May 22- Richard Wagner German composer, Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes creator

May 24- Bob Dylan,

May 25- Ian McKellen, Ralph Waldo Emerson-philosopher, poet.

May 26-John Wayne, 

May 27- Christopher Lee, Colin Farrel,

May 28- Ian Fleming author of James Bond, Rudy Giuliani

May 29 – President Kennedy, coedian Bob Hope,

May 30-Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and Looney Tunes. Musician Benny Goodman, Film Director Howard Hawks, 

May 31-Clint Eastwood,  

June 1-Morgan Freeman,

June 2- Marquis de Sade multiple rapist, torturer

June 3 – Jefferson Davis, President of the U.S. Poet Allen Ginsberg, King George 5th.

June 4- King George 3rd

 

June 5- Mark Wahlberg, John Maynard Keynes-British economist, Spanish poetGarcia Lorca

June 6- Paul Giamatti

June 7 Prince, singer Tom Jones, Dean Martin, rapper Fetty Wap, actor Liam Neeson and Michael Cera, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, artists Damien Hirst and Paul Gauguin

June 8- Kanye West, Jerry Stiller, Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Tim Berners-Lee inventer of the world wide web

 June 9 -Johnny Depp, Michael j. Fox, Guitar inventor Les Paul, Russian Czar Peter the Great, composer songwriter Cole Porter,

June 10- children author Maurice Sendak

June 11- comedic actor Gene Wilder, underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau 

June 12- George W. Bush, the first President 

June 13- actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson, artist Christo, Irish poet William Butler Yeats

June 14- Revolutionary leader Che Guevara

June 15- actor Neil Patrick Harris, rapper actor Ice Cube, 

June 16- Adam Smith, American Economist and Philospher, rapper Tupac, 

June 17- artist M.C. Escher, singer songwriter Barry Manilow, 

June 18- musician songwriter,Paul McCartney, Blake Shelton, baseball player Lou Gehrig, 

June 19- King James, 1st, Author Salmon Rushdie. Moe Howard  of the 3 Stooges, rapper-musican Macklemore, 17th Century Math genius Blaise Pascal

June 20 – filmaker Robert Rodriguez

June 21- actor Chris Pratt, author Thomas Hardy, 

FEMALE GEMINI’s 

May 22-artist Mary Cassatt

May 24- Qieen Voctoria,

May 26-actress Helena Bonham Carter, Singer Stevie Nicks

May 27 – Rachel Carson, environmentalist writer

May 29- former Spice Girl Mel B, actress Annette Benning

June 1-Marilyn Monroe, model Heidi Klum, comdian Amy Schumer, singer Alanis Morissette

June 3- African American entertainer Jospehine Baker,

June 4- Angelina Jolie,

June 5- artist performer Laurie Anderson

June 8 – comedian Joan Rivers,

June 9-Natalie Portman

June 10-singer,actress, Judy Garland, Kate Upton, 

June 12-Anne Frank

June 14 – Harriet Beecher Stowe- American abolishionist and author, Steffi Graf Tennis champ

June 15- Courtney Cox from Friends

June 16- writer Joyce Carol Oats

June 17-Venus Williams

June 20-Nicole Kidman, Canadian songbird Anne Murray,

June 21- Lana Del Ray, 

 

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