Kusakabe Kimbei pre-1933 {{PD}}

Happy Birthday, dear Cancer! I hope you want to communicate this coming Solar year, because your thoughts, writings, or ability to articulate (or something related to whatever Houses Mercury rules in your natal chart) could earn you money, fame, and bring you into new cooperative arrangements with others. Okay, money and fame might be a bit of an exaggeration–I can’t guarantee your reward will be anything so rarefied as fame–but you could gain significant reward in the process of expressing yourself. This year could also see you set up circumstances or create surroundings that facilitate healing, yours or others’. Sounds like you might want to get busy.

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‘Setting Out at Dusk’ Charles Theodore Frere 19th century {{PD}}

Happy Birthday, dear Cancer! This coming Solar year (through to your next birthday) you may be consumed with two distinct things: one is the need to take action in cooperation with others to make ambitions a reality, and the other is a need to be completely independent, on your own schedule, free of obligation (and so unreliable in cooperative situations). How can you reconcile the two? First, resolve to accept that reality requires you to deal with things as they are right now–and if that means you need help realizing ambitions and desires, then you need to acknowledge that, if only to yourself. Second, channel that rebellious streak into a group or cooperative position that allows you to lead instead of follow–in this way you can show your uniqueness and still accept others’ involvement. Also, you’ve got some deep delving to do in the area of understanding why you’ve structured your world as you have–get down to the reasons and you’ll understand a great deal about how you got to where you are today.

by Kazimierz Stabrowski 1904 {{PD}}

You’re going to make a clean break of it, one way or another, dear Cancer, as the coming Solar year through to your next birthday you are required to choose, and you must choose yourself. To do what’s in your own best interests is not just natural, it’s really the best thing for everyone involved–and it will have the added bonus of putting you in a good position regarding finances, relationships, or both. Expect, though, that in dealing with current realities some things will remain mysterious (you just can’t know, right now) and that sudden events that seem to come out of the blue will have been building for some time, in energy terms, and so won’t be sudden at all. Good luck–by this time next year you’ll be in full-out pursuit of ambitions, and you’ll be well on your way to achieving your goals and leaving your own, unique mark on things. Happy Birthday!

Clouds over the Black Sea–Crimea – Boris Israelevich Anisfeld

Happy Birthday, Cancer! (If you’re a Gemini born on the 21st, please see the BT for the 20th–that one applies to you.) It appears you’ve been trying to expand your world for some time now, though most of the action has been on the home front, or within your own psyche–don’t fret, that’s all about to change, maybe very very suddenly. What shifts will be your material situation in real, concrete terms–but what occurs is only partially under your control–others will have a big say, probably more than you’d like them to. It will be your job to use intuition, the feeling nature, and your own sensitivities to parse out what from the past stays, and what goes–you need to act as your own leader at this point–and then, probably abruptly, you’ll enter a period where it seems the sky’s the limit–and that’s when you take aim and go for what you truly want!

‘Nordic Summer Evening’ Richard Bergh {{PD}}

Happy Birthday, dear Gemini! As the new Solar year dawns for you, you’re looking toward new forms of personal empowerment, new ‘power’ roles or roles that will convey status, and you may be searching for that special someone to partner with. You’re feeling strong, adept, aggressive–but how does this mesh with your natal approach to emotion, interaction, and with your internal wisdom? Look to the natal signs that hold Pallas and the Moon, then look at how comfortable those signs are with direct Self-expression, a ‘me first’ attitude, and a willingness to lead–that will tell you whether this year will go smoothly, with expression that feels natural, or whether you will struggle to feel comfortable in your own skin. No matter what, though, you’ll have plenty of energy to heal your wounds this year, and to use skills to create or establish something real and lasting in your life. And that potential partner? He or she should show up before your next birthday–but it’s up to you to recognize the possibility, and make it happen. Good luck!

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‘A Meadow Flower’ John White Alexander {{PD}}

Dear Gemini, the Solar year between this birthday and the next is one for revision, repair, and reconstruction of the life and your thought processes. I know! It sounds like a lot of work, doesn’t it? It sounds like things aren’t going well–but really, they are. You’re on track in the big picture sense–now it’s time to create a life that’s not just serviceable, but that mirrors who you are at a Soul level. You have a great deal of energy available this year for both healing and creativity, and the emotions and intuition can be a very effective guide to bringing ideals into reality. Keep these words in mind throughout the year: “Your wisdom is your fate”, meaning your choices, based in your sense of life-understanding, your intelligence, your sensitivity, what you know to be true, determine what happens to you–everything else is beside the point. And don’t forget to celebrate–Happy Birthday!

Leopold Scheiring Hochalm mit Serles bei Innsbruck 1917 {{PD}}

Happy Birthday, dear Gemini! You’re on the brink–I know you can feel it–of that great idea, or the discovery of that long-sought life Path, and right now it feels as if it will happen any day–but it might not be as close as it seems. Emotionally you’re ready–you know what direction you want your life to take–but the pieces aren’t quite falling into place yet; here’s why: you’ve yet to throw your desire nature into high gear by clearly framing, then actively taking steps to fulfill, ambitions. In other words, there’s too much dreaming and thinking on one side of the equation, and not enough action and practical application on the other. This isn’t really your fault; you’ve needed a lot of time to think about what you plan to do, but now you have to be willing to consider making commitments that will take you closer to your goals. It’s almost time–give yourself the first 2-3 months of this Solar year, between now and your next birthday, to sort out precisely what commitments you want to make–then go forward confidently, as it will be the right time.