Frederic Soulacroix ‘Ein letzter Blick in den Spiegel’ (A Last Look in the Mirror) {{PD}}

Happy Birthday, Gemini! This year you may have two main trends in your life: one will be the prominence of what you think, and how you think it, and the other will be the way the material world and your surroundings reflect truths about yourself that have remained hidden until now. It can be a year for major growth and discovery in personal terms, if you are open to what’s presented; if you reject events and revelations as irrelevant or not specific to you, you risk not gaining a better understanding not just of your world, but of yourself (and remember, the Universe never places us in a situation where there isn’t something we can learn from it). On the down side, values may be challenged in a variety of ways–this is so you can sort what’s truly of meaning to you from what isn’t–and you may confuse thinking and feeling, and so misunderstand the emotional consequences of at least some of your choices. On the up side, you are bound (if you are open to it) to develop an almost magic-seeming, ex-ray deep knowledge of how the world operates, which can lead to substantial gains down the road. So celebrate! You have a big year ahead.

Cornelius Norbertus Gijsbrechts – Trompe l’oeil with Studio Wall and Vanitas Still Life

Dear Gemini, this Solar year you may find significant difficulties with communication; these may involve repression (you keeping thoughts hidden from yourself), suppression (someone else keeping you from sharing your true thoughts), or finding that any messages you try to deliver or thoughts you try to share may fall into an inhospitable landscape. This won’t be as bad as it sounds, though, as what you go through will help you define your highest values and priorities in real-world terms, and will help you heal through seeing things from a different perspective than you normally would. This year also promises you’ll have access to your ‘blind spot’ (which will allow you to discover new things about yourself) and to your deepest instincts, which can be a very effective guide in place of the usual communications/ thinking. Too, you may begin the Solar year on a very practical note, looking for the best means of empowering yourself and seeing your agenda realized, but soon shift to an attitude that measures the feeling nature against the intellectual one, in an attempt to deal with those Mercurial issues. Your best bet: marrying your most original ideas to your ambitions, focusing that energy that would be invested in communication into furthering your career or goals–and by doing so, you could see big progress. Happy Birthday!

Four Wizards and Longevity God, Shang Xi, Ming Dynasty, China, National Palace Museum, Taipei 15th century {{PD}}

Dear Gemini, this year you may feel caught between the social circle and your deepest instincts, cravings, and inclinations, all of which will push you to be your most authentic, but primal, Self. That means it may come down to pleasing yourself or pleasing the social norms and expectations of others. My advice? If your natal Jupiter is in Cancer, Libra, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, or Pisces, you may want to gently lean toward cooperation and conforming to the social needs of the group, giving instinctive behavior a place in the background–but if your Jupiter natally sits in Aries, Taurus, Leo, Virgo or Scorpio, you may need to focus on your impulses to express, as they could lead you into a whole new, highly productive direction, and even a new role in life. Also of note: the potential for emotional fireworks over the discovery of secrets, a glimpse of darkness in yourself or others, a transformative experience that makes you see everything differently, or a surprising (and previously hidden) rage that could change everything. Proceed with care–this could be a life-changing year for you–and have a wonderful, and very happy, birthday!

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Willem van Aelst – Bloementuil 17th century {{PD}}

Lately, dear Gemini, it seems you have been working to align efforts and thoughts into a coherent life Path, one you could follow that would take you toward your goals–and yet you’ve had some trouble gathering everything into a neat bundle. Never fear, as it won’t be long after your birthday that you’ll see a few missing things fall into place and a definite picture of where you’re headed will form. While you’re waiting for those definitive revelations, take some time to both examine what you consider wise (these principals may need revision) and to allow your creativity free rein–with this latter you are in the midst of a potentially hyper-creative period, if you can find a way to allow yourself to dream and express with no limits. Take care, though, when dealing with the darker impulses, whether it’s in yourself or others; there’s so much energy to act right now and destructive energies can, if you’re not aware of them, hitch a ride on those urges to make and do–so proceed consciously–and Happy Birthday!

‘Blue Morpho Butterfly’ Martin Johnson Heade c1864 {{PD}}

Happy Birthday, dear Gemini! This Solar year you may find yourself reaching a very unusual place for you, one where you feel caught (psychically, mentally, and emotionally speaking) between the social sphere and your own need to retreat from contact and explore the depths of the inner nature. The inclination to hide away and meditate (in some form or another) will win out, at least at first, and it should: you need and deserve that time to consider just exactly where you’re headed according to current efforts, and where you really want to go, and you need access to your deepest feelings in order to know what should change and what should stay the same. So, don’t feel badly about taking the time to address your needs; putting yourself first is necessary right now. You’ll be ready to emerge from your cocoon as soon as you have your feelings about how best to expand your horizons worked out–until then, relax, and do things that ground you, that make you feel you belong.

Featured Solar Return aspect: a Full Moon! It’s time to wrap up one phase of existence and begin another–what and who you know will have to be sorted through, and soon you’ll be clear about who and what you should carry with you into the future, and to whom and what you should say good-bye.

‘Confidences’ Renoir 1878 {{PD}}

Dear Gemini, does everything right around your birthday time seem exaggerated, larger-than-life, or over the top? Is everything too too, or is it more like you have no sense of privacy–everything, somehow, gets broadcast to the social circle–and they don’t hesitate to judge you for it–or maybe that’s ‘misjudge’ you, as understanding of what you’re really about right now is in short supply. What’s a Zodiacal twin to do? It seems you left personal restraint in your other pants–and yet, you’re not trying to upend things–it’s much more like you are consumed with expanding your world, with learning and knowing, with discovery, especially in spiritual realms or those unseen areas of the psyche that seem to carry all the answers, and you’re merely reaching out, looking for others or for circumstances that could support your search. Nothing wrong with keeping the focus on yourself–it’s time you put your own needs first, and looked into those areas that may form the basis for the rest of your journey through life.

Featured Solar Return aspect: Black Moon Lilith sextile Mars: Gemini, if you have a natal placement or point within two degrees either side of 11 Pisces, then that energy (and whatever matters of the House it’s located within or rules) will be your way to discover exactly what you need and want to know, and likely will supply you with an idea of exactly what to do to reach your goals, during this coming Solar year, through to your next birthday.

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