Who`s Fond of Life, Jest and Pleasure?
Who Vacillates and Changes Ever?
Who Loves Attention without Measure? Why Gemini!
The Sign Of The Storyteller
Symbol: The Twins ..........................Perfume: Wormwood
Element: Air ......................... Quality: Mutable
Planetary Ruler: ......................... Colour: Yellow
Gemstone: ......................... Metal: Mercury
Keywords: Adaptably, communicatively, variably
Rules:The Third House (short journeys, mental abilities)
Mythology
The Constellation of Gemini is accociated with the Twins Castor and Pollux, who were born of the union of Leda and Zeus (who disguised himslf as a Swan). After Castor was killed in a fight, Pollax grieved untill Zues restored his dead twin to Life. In payment, the pair were obliged by Zeus to life alternate days in Hades and Olympus.
Positive Traits
Versatile, adaptable, intellectual, witty, charming, logical, energetic, spontaneous, lively, chatty, amusing, youthful, up-to-date.
Negative Traits
Changeable, restless, cunning, inquisitive, inconstant, fickle, inconsistent, two-faced, fidgety, superficial, gossipy, transparent.
The Gemini Body
Parts of The Body Ruled
Arms, hands, fingers, shoulders, upper ribs, lungs, bronchial trachea, thymus gland, nervous system.
Acupuncture Meridian
Liver meridian
Gemini Ailments
Asthma, accidents to the upper body especially the collarbone, bronchitis, pneumonia, nervous exhaustion.
Beneficial Foods
Lettuce, cauliflower.
Gemini Associations
Herbs and Plants
Carrot, cress, dill, garlic, haresfoot, hogweed, lavender, liquorice, mandrake, mulberry, parsely, pomegranate.
Objects
Address book, filofax, computer, magazines, newspapers, radio, telephone, television, word processor.
Professions and Trades
Broadcaster, writer, chauffer, commentator, commercial traveller, journalist, lecturer, light manual worker, linguist, navigator, postman, salesman, secretary, shop assistant, teacher, telephone operator, travel agent.
Sports and Hobbies
Conjuring, crosswords, doodling, fencing, gossiping, socializing, telephoning, writing.
Gemini and The World
Gemini represents all forms of communication, trade and distribution of goods. It also has links with education, the media, and a country`s infrastructure and transport system.
Countries Ruled By Gemini
Belgium, Wales.
Cities Ruled By Gemini
London, Melbourne, Plymouth and San Francisco.
The Archetypal Gemini
Pinocchio, the naughty puppet whose curiousity gets him into all kinds of scrapes before he at last finds his heart!