‘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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Joaquin Sorolla – ‘Las tres velas’ {{PD}}

This coming Solar year, dear Gemini, I’ve just got to hand it to you: it will be all about fulfilling ambitions and desires, and doing it as smoothly and effectively as possible. You’ve thought it through, you’ve got the needed cooperation and support lined up, and you’ve made these preparations with an eye to the practical and to detail. This could easily be your year–just remember, though, that the dark, dangerous, exciting, or ‘dirty’ thing may cost you, one way or another, and that pure creativity is not a strength right now–in fact, when you try to manifest it, it could end up obscuring what’s wise–so stick to that well-thought-out plan, as it elevates your Self-expression and is your best chance for significant accomplishment at this time.

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Hiroshige III, Big French circus on the grounds of Shokonsha shrine, 1871

Happy Birthday, Gemini! Ambitions and Fate combine this coming Solar year to take your life in a direction you never anticipated; it happens because critical thinking falls into a groove and can’t get out. The result is others seem to come out of the woodwork with offers of aid or opportunity, some of which lead you down unexpected roads. You recognize that not much will get done without the assistance of others, making you extra open to their influence, and they smell this, hence the offers. It’s a grand adventure, really, and a great opportunity to transform an overly-critical attitude into a clear and helpful sense of discrimination–you’ll learn to assess, rather than dismiss.

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‘Perseus and Andromeda’ Frederic, Lord Leighton {{PD}}

Dear Gemini, this birthday you can celebrate being past the crisis or darkness you were recently dealing with–but it may not feel like it just yet. Hang on, though, and you’ll shortly be able to surface emotionally, and after what you’ve gone through, you’ll know exactly what to do and where to aim your efforts. You’ll get some very good opportunities to empower yourself and/ or that will help you add status over the coming months, and a willingness to do the hard thing will be the very quality that paves your way to success. Don’t worry if all this takes a little time to gain shape–you’re in recovery, of sorts, and needn’t push yourself.

A Duke and Ladies in a Garden, from Collected Works of Christine de Pisan c1410 {{PD}}

Happy Birthday, dear Gemini! Will you think I didn’t mean that if I tell you that secrets may be the bane of your existence this coming Solar year? Yours, other peoples’, and just things unknown to you in general will all figure prominently, and will force change and repeated readjustment. It’s time to ‘get right’ with yourself, to really embrace the Truth, no matter how unattractive it may be, and that’s because you are poised to take life expression to a whole new level–but you won’t get there hauling behind you so much that is no longer of use–and that includes relationships, though two things about those this year: you may be prone not to see others clearly, and you may find the love of your life (or at least, one of them!) Creative collaboration may also be on the schedule for you, as may having the courage and confidence to take unusual steps to make ambitions a reality.

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