Astrology - Map of the Planets: Mars in Gemini on August 7, 2007
July 31st, 2007 at 12:12 pm (Planets and Signs in Astrology)
Mars’s ingress into Gemini will be a bit of a relief, since Mars in Taurus is in the sign of its detriment. Combined with Venus in Virgo (its fall) and Saturn in Leo (its detriment), having yet another weak planet has made electing just the right astrological moment somewhat difficult.
Let’s talk about the meaning of Mars in Gemini. Mars is not particularly strong in this air sign, since Mars is a fiery, hot planet. While this is not a terrible combination, it’s like putting a soldier in an office job; it can be done, and one can achieve some measure of success, but it’s really not a perfect fit. All that Martial energy will be put into airy pursuits, such as communication, which will become turbocharged. Maybe even aggressive and argumentative. William Lilly describes Gemini as a lover of arts/learning, and Gemini is also one of the human signs. None of these characteristics mesh very well with Mars’s aggressive, animalistic energy.
Electional Astrology Advice
If you are going to do anything Mars-related, I highly recommend that you do it before September 29th, when Mars enters its fall in Cancer. Mars will spend the rest of the year in Cancer, as it turns retrograde, and ever-so-slowly makes its way back to Gemini. What kinds of activities are ruled by Mars? Sports, surgery (though the rules for finding a good moment for surgery are far more complex than Mars’s placement), anything requiring courage, warfare, debates (along with Mercury, so especially appropriate for Mars in Gemini), tyranny (good time to lay down to law to your kids and inspire the proper measure of terror, for example).
Some Famous People with Mars in Gemini
Donatella Versace, Aaron Spelling, Neil Armstrong, Tom Foley, Steve Forbes, Julio Gallo, Uma Thurman, Courtney Love, Louis Vuitton, Antonio Banderas, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Tony Blair, Al Pacino.
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Dharmaruci said,
July 31st, 2007 at 3:10 pm
How about the idea that in our civilised society, where you can’t just physically attack people, Mars finds its main outlet through words? Tony Blair has Mars Rising in Gemini, and you should have seen him perform at PM’s question time. Maybe Mars has had to adapt, but he’s become pretty good in Air. Like words can hurt a lot more than a black eye.
gryphonastrology said,
August 1st, 2007 at 7:15 am
Hi Dharmaruci,
Sigh. I wish it were so! Our society is not all that civilized (at least here in the US, people get shot all the time), and that’s just the Western part of the world. Just think of the rest of the world, where deadly violence is on the daily program.
I do think you are right, though, in saying that Mars in Gemini expresses itself verbally. That’s why Blair isn’t a boxer, for instance. I doubt Mars has changed over time - we are as violent as species as ever. In Blair’s case, Mercury is a key planet, which helps him sublimate the aggression into a verbal form.
Nina