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Gemini
22nd May to 21st June

Symbol: The Twins
Ruling Planet: Mercury
Quality: Mutable
Element: Air
Basic Trait: I Think
Closest Metal: Quicksilver
Lucky Day: Wednesday
Lucky Colors: Saffron Yellow and Azure Blue
Lucky Gems: Topaz, Agate and Aquamarine
Lucky Flowers: Azaleas and Lilies

The sign of Gemini, having the symbol of ‘The Twins’, is considered to be the child of the zodiac. Just as his symbol, a Gemini person will always have two different sides to his changeable personality. He changes his mind too quickly, along with his clothes, his job, his love life or even his residence. Ruled by the planet Mercury, Gemini people tend to get bored too quickly and need new stimulating things every now and then. They seem to be surrounded by a nervous, crackling energy and mostly talk fluently and fast.

Lack of patience is one of the most distinguishing personality traits of Geminis. They especially get impatient with people who are either not ready to budge at all or those who are not able to make up their mind. A typical Gemini is very friendly and finds it extremely difficult to stick to anything for too long, whether it is a place or an idea. It is better not to enter into an argument with a Gemini. He can talk himself in and out of any situation very easily. Geminis always have a way with words and will, more often than not, emerge as the winner in an argument.

They are clever, sharp and intelligent, but may be extremely satirical at times. Most of the Geminis tend to look younger than their age. They are pretty light on their feet, being here one moment and somewhere else the next. They love to throw surprises, especially when they are in love. The duality of Geminis gives them the ability of doing two things at a time. However, routines bore them and make them feel imprisoned. Drudgery and monotony can easily put them off. Punctuality is not one of the Gemini characteristics.

A Gemini is late, more often than not, usually because something caught his interest on the way. He is extremely restless and is always in the search of some new excitement and change. He has this annoying habit of suggesting some ideas to others and then changing his mind about the same midway. Most of the people cannot save themselves from yielding to Gemini’s convincing arguments. A Gemini has this peculiar need of not revealing his true motives, making him the perfect candidate for politics.

He is also very much interested in writing, but about everything except himself. However, a Gemini hates to answer personal letters and tries to postpone it for as much time as he can. This stems from his reluctance to pin down his opinions, because he knows that he may not stick to them always. Commitment is something most of the Gemini people run away from. They also prefer to lead an idealist life, in which they try to stay as far away from lies as possible. However, they can be the perfect con artists if they want to be, without ever getting caught.

Since the brain of Gemini is always overworked, he needs more rest and sleep than the other. Highly imaginative, he is always on the look out for something more. The phrase ‘Grass is greener on the other side’ suits perfectly to a Gemini. He is always seeking the greener pasture, the brighter star and the bluer sky. He is multi-talented, has an exceptionally good sense of humor and is tactful and diplomatic. However, he does lack patience and persistence. Gemini will never tell his deepest feeling to anyone and gets bored too quickly.
Gemini Women

Marrying one Gemini woman is like living with two different wives. Confused? Don’t be, we are just talking about her dual personality. She has a dual nature and is capable of displaying different personality traits at different points of time. However, your major task will be to get her to commit. She is so fidgety that it becomes very difficult for her to become deeply involved with one person or place. The mind of a Gemini female never settles down at one place and her thoughts are always wandering.

However, if you do manage to blend with her at the mental, spiritual as well as physical level, you will be introduced to a woman full of passion. In her youth, she is least likely to be bounded by a relationship or commitment. She may love your most irritating habits one minute and be extremely sarcastic about your new stylish haircut the very next. Maturity may bring a little bit stability in her. All this doesn’t mean that Gemini women are not romantic at all. Infact, for them, romance is the one of the easiest means of communication.

Since they always have some thoughts to express, romance never goes out of their life. However, commitment is an entirely different term. A Gemini girl may love your intelligence, but she will also notice your lack of interest in creative arts. It is same the other way round too. Puzzled? You should be, at times, even she is baffled by her own complex nature. She is so vivacious and full of life that with her, you will forget even the deepest of troubles. She has the ability to light up the most somber of surroundings with her presence.

A Gemini woman will be full of the small, sentimental gestures that keep alive the romance in a relationship. She will always find new ways of telling you how much she loves you and will shower you with her alluring charm. She may act like a typical woman at one point of time, be a nervous wreck the other minute and engage in an intelligent conversation the very next second. She has the feminine charms, but she will never be clinging on to you. One thing that you will never find in a Gemini woman’s characteristics profile is monotony and boredom.

She finds something good in all the men she meets and then, wants a man who has all of those qualities. However, this can’t be and then, she keeps longing for that perfect man! She can be your best friend, your sports partner, your racing competitor and your lover, all at the same time. Just remember one thing, she is single-handedly giving you all this, so don’t expect consistency from her. A Gemini female can look at other guys, even when she is sincerely in love with you. Change is in her nature and she has to learn to control her own behavior. Just make sure to keep her interested in you and she will remain totally devoted.

She will never be suspicious of you and will expect the same from you in return. You may be out till 3 in the morning and she won’t even bat an eyelid. A Gemini girl will always respect your individuality and you will be required to do the same. She may forget to do the dishes every now and then, but you can have the most soul-satisfying conversations with her. She will keep your intellect as well as creativity stimulated. Motherhood will come naturally to her and she will make a happy and gay mother, who will respect the individuality of the children.

Gemini woman makes an excellent hostess and will charm the guests with her grace. They will be treated to the best of cuisine, that too in silver cutlery. She can easily get along with anyone, right from your boss to the peon of your office. With a Gemini wife, you will feel as if you are with a different woman every other day. When she wants to speak, she will speak and when she wants to fly, she will fly. You don’t know how she flies; just listen to her imagination and you will know. She is full of hopes, desires and dreams and you are welcome to share them. Just make sure that you are with her when she needs you!
Individuals born under the Gemini zodiac sign are usually quite polite, generous and of a jolly nature. They are blessed with a tall build, a big nose and beautiful hair. They have a brilliant mind and their intelligence gets easily reflected in the walk they talk and look. You will hardly find Geminis uttering words that are not pleasant to the ears. They are very clever, kind-hearted, frivolous and compassionate by nature. Material wealth comes easily to them and they never shy away from any kind of hard work.

Gemini individuals are very good at discussions and have a very subtle way with words. God-fearing people, they are more inclined towards business than service. Infact, it is the former one that helps them in attaining wealth as well as fame in life. However, they face a lot of hurdles while going up the ladder of success. They love the finer things in life, like arts, dance and music. You will hardly find Geminis wasting their money. They will not be stingy, but they will not squander their money either.
horoscope forecast for 2008 - 2009

General Forecast
The planets of Saturn and Ketu will remain in the third house throughout the year. Jupiter will be in the seventh house, while Rahu will be in the eleventh sign of the zodiac.

Wealth, Career and Business
Owing to the favorable position of Saturn and Jupiter, this year is very lucky from the point of view of wealth, career and business. You will experience success in your profession. You may also take over a new, and more rewarding, job. In the field of politics, you will achieve a higher status and position. You may also receive recognition in the society. The other positive effects of Saturn and Jupiter will include an unexpected wealth gain and extraordinary success in business. You may formulate some new plans in relation to your career or business. Students will have to work hard to achieve their dreams.

Health
You will need to take some extra care of your health in 2008. The unfavorable position of Mars may lead to some physical ailments. You may experience health problems like gastric troubles, fever or even blood-related ailments. Please be extra careful while driving or you may have to spend money on the doctor. Apart from physical problems, you may undergo some mental stress too. You may get angry easily or feel irritated for no reason at all, because of all this.

Love Matters
In the matters of heart, this year will mostly be good for Gemini individuals. For those who are unmarried, wedding bells may ring soon. The single ones may fall in love and find their ’someone special’. For the Gemini females, this year will bring lots of happiness. The love relations of Geminis will blossom and they will feel that the bond that they are sharing with their partner is strengthening.

Travel
There are chances of undergoing a pleasant journey. You may go on a foreign tour or some other long trip. You might also buy a new car this year.

Domestic Life
Since the Jupiter planet is in a favorable position, Gemini individuals feel contented on their domestic front this year. A guest may pay you a visit this year, filling the whole environment with happiness. However, a family member may encounter some problems in the health area. This may lead to some tension and anxiety. You will be respected in your family and loved by all.

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The Twins
May 22 to June 21

Gemini…. About Your Sign…

Gemini, the sign of the Twins, is dual-natured, elusive, complex and contradictory. On the one hand it produces the virtue of versatility, and on the other the vices of two-facedness and flightiness. The sign is linked with Mercury, the planet of childhood and youth, and its subjects tend to have the graces and faults of the young. When they are good, they are very attractive; when they are bad they are more the worse for being the charmers they are. Like children they are lively, and happy, if circumstances are right for them, or egocentric, imaginative and restless. They take up new activities enthusiastically but lack application, constantly needing new interests, flitting from project to project as apparently purposelessly as a butterfly dancing from flower to flower. To them life is a game which must always be full of fresh moves and continuous entertainment, free of labor and routine. Changing horses in the middle of the stream is another small quirk in the Gemini personality which makes decision making, and sticking to a decision, particularly hard for them.

Since they lack the quality of conscientiousness, they are apt to fight a losing battle in any attempts they make to be moral (in the widest sense of the word). Their good qualities are attractive and come easily to them. They are affectionate, courteous, kind, generous, and thoughtful towards the poor and suffering - provided none of the activities resulting from expressing these traits interferes too greatly with their own lives and comforts. They quickly learn to use their outward attractiveness to gain their own ends, and when striving for these they will use any weapon in their armory - unscrupulous lying, and cunning evasiveness; escaping blame by contriving to put it on other people, wrapped up in all the charm they can turn on. In their better moments they may strive to be honest and straightforward, but self-interest is almost always the victor. If things go against them, they sulk like children. 
Also like children, they demand
attention, admiration, and the spending on them of time, energy and money, throwing tantrums if they don’t get what they want. They reflect every change in their surroundings, like chameleons, and can become pessimistic, sullen, peevish and materialistically self-centered if circumstances force them to struggle in any way. If the conditions of life become really adverse, their strength of will may desert them entirely. They can become uncertain of themselves, either withdrawn, or nervously excitable worriers, sullenly discontented, hard and irritable, with “Self” looming ever larger in their struggles. On the other hand their versatility can make them very adaptable, adjusting themselves to control the world around them by means of their inherent ingenuity and cleverness.

Most Gemini have a keen, intuitive, sometimes brilliant intelligence and they love cerebral challenges. But their concentration, though intense for a while, does not last. Their mental agility and energy give them a voracious appetite for knowledge from youth onward, though they dislike the labor of learning. They easily grasp almost everything requiring intelligence and mental dexterity, and are often able to marry manual skills to their qualities of mind. Their intellect is strongly analytical and sometimes gives them so great an ability to see both sides of a question that they vacillate and find it hard to make decisions. But their intelligence may very well be used to control and unify the duality of their natures into a most efficient unit. If faced with difficulties, they have little determination to worry at a problem until they find a solution - they will pick the brains of others. In their intellectual pursuits, as in other departments of their lives, they risk becoming dilettantes, losing themselves in too many projects which they follow until they become difficult.

In love they are fickle, not intentionally so but because of the basic inconsistency of their emotional nature, which has an amoral aspect to it. Their is a side to Geminians which can become deeply involved emotionally, and another, hostile to sentimentality, which stands back from a romantic situation, laughing at it and the protagonists in it, including themselves while analyzing it intellectually. Gemini subjects take nothing seriously. So, in love, in spite of their temporary depth of feeling, for the intensity of involvement lasts only while it is new, they are superficial, light-hearted, cool, flirtatious and unimaginative in the understanding of the pain they may give others. They like intrigue, the excitement of the chase, but once they have caught the prey, they lose interest and look around for the next creature to pursue. In less serious situations they make witty, entertaining companions, good acquaintances rather than friends. Even at their worst they are never dull - there is usually playfulness below the surface, and they can be brilliant conversationalists - but they can also be quarrelsome, prattlers, boasters, liars and cheats.

Geminians can be successful in many walks of life though their general characteristics tend to make them unreliable. They are often skilled manipulators of language, in speech and writing, and may be: debaters, diplomats (though in politics they are more interested in theory than practice), orators, preachers (brilliant rather than profound), teachers, authors, poets, journalists, or lawyers. In business any work which combines quick-wittedness with a change of surroundings suits them; working as a traveling salesperson, brokerage work, or dealing with the public in any capacity is right up their alley. Because they are dispassionate, logical, rational and analytical they make good scientists, especially in the fields of medicine and astronomy. They can also make excellent members of the Armed Forces, for they take danger no more seriously than anything else and can earn themselves a reputation for devotion to duty and heroic acts. In the arts they may excel in music, painting and sculpture. They make good psychic researchers of a sceptical kind. Negatively they can degenerate into confidence tricksters, thieves and even adepts in the black arts.

LIKES
Talking
Novelty and the unusual
Variety in life
Multiple projects all going at once
Reading

DISLIKES
Feeling tied down
Learning, such as school
Being in a rut
Mental inaction
Being alone

PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE FOR YOU, AND THEIR SOLUTIONS

As with all sun signs, we all have unique traits to our personalities. When these traits are suppressed, or unrealized, problems will arise. However, with astrology we can examine the problem and assess the proper solution based on the sun sign characteristics. As a Gemini you may see things below that really strike home. Try the solution, you most likely will be amazed at the results. If you find yourself on the receiving end of the negatives below, it is because you are failing to express the positive.

PROBLEM: Being superficial could be a big problem for you in your overall relationships with others and also in getting ahead on many jobs where you must endeavor to dig deep and learn something thoroughly. This is the worst Gemini trait of all.
SOLUTION: To make a conscious effort to control this trait is the best approach to take to this problem. If you make a commitment to something or someone you should mentally force yourself to keep that commitment where possible. This will be hard but it can, and has been, accomplished by many under this sign.

PROBLEM: Not one who cares for peace and quiet, you create your own problems with loved ones by picking arguments or tale carrying from one to the other then stand back and enjoy the show.
SOLUTION: While this may relieve your boredom, it is something that you should not let happen as it could easily go out of control and cost you the love and companionship that you desire. When you feel like doing this it would be better to take a long walk and let the feelings pass.

PROBLEM: Boredom is one of your biggest problems and you could easily fall into mischief if you do not find ways to alleviate it.
SOLUTION: You have a great many creative talents and if you put these to work for you in some sort of hobby or project you will find you do not have time to be bored, also, other physical activities should be considered: workouts at the gym, racketball, hiking, etc..

PROBLEM: You could have health problems brought on by overindulgence of food, drink, or the night life which only gets worse as you age.
SOLUTION: Tame your urges and save the party times for weekends only and then try not to overdo it. By keeping everything down to a mild roar you may not have to fight off diseases such as obesity or cirrhosis of the liver.

PROBLEM: You may have the problem of not being able to keep a spouse or a lover due to your pursuit of the opposite sex.
SOLUTION: Cultivate the habit of not flirting with every attractive person you see and make up your mind to be a true and loving spouse, or don’t commit until you are really ready to do this.

Your ruling planet is Mercury

Some more interesting facts about your sign:

While no animal appears to be associated with your sign other than the wolf in which is seen to be the nurturing force for another set of ‘twins’, romulas and remus. The twins themselves are their own sign representatives.

The color of choice for Mercury in Gemini is GREEN

Your starstone is the moss agate. It has been shown to be beneficial to the health of Geminis who are suffering from circulatory problems and has been shown as an aid to getting your intuitive feelings tuned to a higher pitch. It is also an aid to relieving depression. There is another gemstone which is used for Gemini and that is the emerald, but the moss agate vibrates to the levels of your ruling planet, Mercury, and therefore is much more beneficial for you.