Astrology – Map of the Planets: Mars in Gemini on August 7, 2007
July 31, 2007 by admin
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.
Planets in Your Horoscope: Sun in Gemini
May 14, 2007 by admin
The Sun enters Gemini on May 21, 2007, which is a decent enough place for it. Astrologically speaking, the Sun in Gemini is slightly stronger than Sun in Taurus. This is because the sign of Gemini, being an air sign, is hot and moist. This partially matches the Sun’s own hot and dry nature. However, the sign of Taurus, as an earth sign, is cold and dry. So there is less of a match between Taurus and the Sun. The Sun is Peregrine through most of Gemini, except between 20 and 30°, when it is in its own face. This isn’t a terribly strengthening perk, but it is certainly better than no dignity at all. It means that if you’re going to do anything Sun related (such as applying for some kind of honors, speaking with your superiors about something important, or doing something with your son or husband), it will be best if you can wait until June 11th through June 21st. By the way, the art of astrologically choosing the right moment to do something is called electional astrology.
During the Sun’s passage through Gemini, it will make several important aspects to other planets. On June 5, the Sun will oppose Jupiter. Even though Jupiter is very strong right now, I still would not want to be in opposition to it, as it implies that whatever good things Jupiter may bring will not last, or may come at such a price that it will not be worth it.
On June 11, the Sun will sextile Mars, which is going to be very strong in Aries. Mars being a malefic planet, I won’t send you to start your project on this day. However, if your project is Mars related, like if it has anything to do with athletics or declaring war on someone, this might be the day to do it. The problem here is that the Sun will also sextile our very nasty Saturn in detriment on the same day, effectively entering what is known as besiegement by the rays. This means that a planet (here the Sun) is stuck between a rock and a hard place, symbolized by an aspect from Mars and Saturn. So avoid June 11 for beginning your projects as much as you can.
I am curious to know about your experiences with the Sun in Gemini, and whether you experienced it as a strong or weak element in your chart. I suspect that the Sun here would be especially influenced by Gemini’s ruler, Mercury, and its condition in your chart.
Planets in Your Horoscope: Mercury in Gemini
May 11, 2007 by admin
Mercury enters its own zodiacal sign of Gemini on May 11, 2007, which is nice to see given its recent sojourns through its detriment in Pisces, and previous to that, Sagittarius. Mercury is the planet of the messenger god, of course, and it is at its best (and its worst) in the mutable signs, all of which deal with communication and transformation. In the airy sign of Gemini, Mercury is the sleight-of-hand magician, glib, articulate, and mentally agile. Mercury’s concept of truth is a very flexible one, and its placement in Gemini epitomizes the trickster and teller of tall tales.
Because of its innate flexibility, Mercury is the most influenced by the sign in which it is placed, its ruler, and any aspects. In that sense, it is a chameleonlike planet; the ancients did not consider it masculine or feminine, but rather influenced by these other factors. Too, the ancients considered it one of the indicators of the mind in the horoscope, specifically what today would call the left brain, our reasoning faculties. The stronger that Mercury would be in our natal horoscope, the better our ability to perform mercurial mental functions, such as analysis and general rapidfire thought.
Mercury is running at full speed nowadays, so it will not linger very much in its own sign; Mercury will enter the next sign of Cancer on May 29. As a result, if you wish to perform any mercurial functions, such as starting a book, negotiating, or doing anything related to the houses that Mercury rules in your natal horoscope, you would be well advised to get a move on.
Mercury will make only one Ptolemaic aspect during its sojourn through Gemini. That will be a sextile to Saturn on the 21st of May. Obviously, this would be particularly harmful to impressionable Mercury, so you should wait until that aspect has passed, which would take us into the 23rd. On the other hand, if you’re planning any Saturnian endeavors, the aspect from a strong Mercury could be somewhat helpful, especially if your Saturnian project has something to do with Mercury-type activities.
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