‘Dance at Bougival’ Renoir c1883 {{PD}}

Happy Birthday, Gemini–don’t look so glum! Yes, right now (and for some time to come) it may feel as if you’re caught between two irreconcilable forces in the material world, but the reality is those forces are expressions of the unseen: one represents your efforts at effectiveness and empowerment within your own life, and the other stands for your deepest instincts, what you know to be true at your core, and as well shows your ‘blind spot’, the thing you just haven’t been able to get a handle on. This year you work this out by learning to see (or learning to see more accurately) the direct correlation of a material thing for a psychic or emotional one–not easy, but very rewarding, as once you learn to decode you can translate fluently between the worlds of seen and unseen.

Featured Solar Return aspect: Venus conjunct the South Node and sextile Mercury. ‘Old’ relationships or financial situations may return in the Houses of the natal chart ruled by Mercury. Try to read the message as it applies to current relationships and finances, without doing the same dance all over again.

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Balance isn’t just for Libras. ‘Woman Holding a Balance’ Johannes Vermeer c1664 {{PD}}

Dear Gemini, this coming Solar year it may seem like you’re staying the same and everyone else is changing–but that’s just a trick of perception. It’s really just that you’ll see things that way until you accept the relatively immense amount of power available to you now. You have some great ideas and can build something significant, if you embrace Self-discipline, as well as accept the previously mentioned potential to exercise power and really make a difference.

Featured Solar Return placement: the mutual reception of Pluto and Saturn. This offers you both power and balance–and if you have any natal placements in the mid-decan of Gemini (10 to 20 degrees) you have a natural channel through which to focus this potent combination.

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‘Summer in the Fjord’ Adelsteen Normann before 1918 {{PD}}

Dear Gemini, it’s time for you to dream big–but will you get up and get moving toward your goal, or get lost in illusion along the way? Lots of surprising and spontaneous things are likely to happen in your life this Solar year, and these events can easily distract you–the key to staying on track is not just to know what you want but to care deeply about it–if you do that there’s little that can take you off course. Hot areas for you this year: creativity and/ or romance, support from and motivations of others, and material stored in your unconscious–you can reach this buried knowledge through instinct, intuition, and through experiences in the material world that reflect the spiritual one.

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One way to be smokin’ Jean Béraud ‘La Lettre’ 1908 {{PD}}

Gemini, Happy Birthday, but I want to ask, how long can you keep this up? Maybe the entire Solar year, as it seems you’ve found a perfect balance among learning/ teaching, the social life, your values, your home and mate, efforts toward ambition fulfillment, group involvement, originality, and inventiveness–you’re smokin’! But (oh, there’s always a but!) all the energy you’ve got available may actually be fueled by rage, or an enormous desire to wreck the status quo, and if it is, it could snap back on you in destructive forms at any time. Just try to see yourself as an alchemist, a wizard, rather than a revolutionary aiming to wipe out what is (because that also wipes out things for others). As long as you keep intentions positive and remain emotionally open and sensitive to others, nothing will go wrong.

Featured Solar Return placement: Mercury in Gemini. In his own ‘home’, Mercury offers an agile mind and atunement to the mental sphere–but may also make one over-think or over-talk–and typically neither accomplishes what Merc in Gemini hopes it will–so remain mindful of the mental faculties–don’t let them run away with you!

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‘Study of a Figure Outdoors: Woman with a Parasol, Looking Left’ Claude Monet 1886 {{PD}}

Happy Birthday, Gemini! Are you hoping to branch out, expand your world, make more money or learn a new skill? This is the time for it–in fact, whatever you care about and place your attention on will expand, though be prepared: it’s on the emotional front where you might experience the most stress, and where investing energy may be more frustrating than anything else. When it comes to the feeling nature, confusion may be the most prominent factor for a while–and that’s because you aren’t yet sure what you want. Keep your eyes on the horizon and put yourself first; however, be aware that communication flows easily in relationship, so take care with what you say–it will be heard!

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‘On the Beach, Trouville’ Eugène Boudin 1887 {{PD}}

This coming Solar year, Gemini, will you resist wisdom, or will you embrace it? That’s the fundamental question that will be the foundation for everything else between now and your next birthday. Will it be easy to know what the smart choice is? Not necessarily; the only way to play it may be to measure all choice against two things: your highest values, and the will of the group. Your values, if well-thought-out and clear, will always be a good measure, and what the group wants can serve in equal parts to show you when you need to cooperate, and when you are getting off-track.

Featured Solar Return aspect: Juno quincunx Zeus. Empowerment opportunities must be adjusted to accommodate ambitions, and vice versa, what we strive for must consider what real avenues to empowerment are actually available–fulfilling each is possible, if you find the right equation.

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Show the world what you can do, Taurus! ‘The Musical Contest’ by Jean Honore Fragonard c1750 {{PD}}

The issues for you this Solar year, dear Taurus, center on questions of independence, originality, freedom, and cooperation; the period may be one big trade-off between going it alone (even being a leader), then needing the support or cooperation of others–and neither extreme, as part of the group or off on your lonesome, will truly satisfy for long. It’s a matter of very much needing to feel unique and to be recognized as such–and there’s nothing wrong with that–but also to feel useful and have something significant to offer others. This need has been building for a long time, and you’re right in feeling that it’s time to come out from the shadow of more show-offy types and let the sun shine upon (and the world see) all that you have to offer. Expect by November to reach the point where you’ve sorted out these issues of working alone or in tandem,  and in the meantime cultivate your talents, for they’ll surely be on show before your next Solar Return.

Featured Solar Return aspect: the Sun square Pallas. It might take a little time, but you’ll figure out what’s unwise and just doesn’t work, and what supports expression of skills and feeds the Soul, through gentle critical assessment. Take your time, and make your own critical voice the one you listen to–it’s really the only one that counts.

If you happen to be born today but have your Sun in early Gemini, read tomorrow’s ‘Born Today’ as well.

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