SUN in GEMINI
My baby sister is a Gemini, and I've studied Gemini all my life. Gemini folk all get the short end of the stick when it comes to this two-faced stuff. Yes indeed, Gemini is the sign of the Twins, hence all the crap they catch about being two-faced. What this term misses completely, though, is the fact that a Gemini is like a finely cut gemstone -- multifaceted. One can never be too sure just which angle or facet we are facing. It's like Gemini is an average American male with a television remote control, surfing his way through the channels of life. 500 shows going at once and the Gemini can keep track of them all. At the same time. Really. In fact, Gemini can be called the LeatherMan Tool of the zodiac -- really useful for many applications, but not designed for just one thing.

Or, as Shakespeare would say: "My father named me Autolycus; who being, as I am, littered under Mercury, was likewise a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles." Autolycus in Shakespeare's Winter's Tale [IV.iii.25-27]

I've seen a Gemini watch television, read a magazine and listen to music all at the same time. It's not impossible for them. My sister is one archetype I use for Gemini. She has a degree in biochemical engineering, and she works as a clown. While the two disciplines might seem far apart -- kids and molecular biology -- there is a connection here. If she didn't do one, she wouldn't have done the second. It takes a lot to keep a Gemini engaged. Gemini loves to gossip and talk, especially if the Gemini is talking about his or her favorite subject -- the self. Another biological consideration for Gemini is getting a "phone implant" because one of those would work real well with the Gemini who can't seem to get away from the phone. Gemini is ruled by Mercury, a planet which hurtles around the Sun at an astonishing 88 days per orbit. It reminds me of a Package Delivery person behind schedule. There is a certain kind of frenetic energy one will always associate with a Gemini because the Gemini seems to be afraid to hold still.

Often as not, the "Attention Deficit" syndrome can be linked astrologically with Gemini in a chart. Look at the planet associated with Gemini --Mercury -- and perhaps there is some indication of why. The symbol for Mercury looks like a female symbol with little horns sticking up. I like to think the horns are like little antenna, always searching the airwaves. Mercury and Thoth were the gods of communication. They were also the messengers of the gods in classical mythology, the guys with the little wings on their feet. Gemini are fleet of foot, thought, mind, and expression. Gemini can come across as being shallow. Gemini is usually above average intelligence, and they have the ability to demonstrate that. But sometimes, the flaky Gemini lack the follow through for the demonstration. Consistently inconsistent would be a nice way to look at them. Remarkably enough, a lot of Gemini's end up as paralegals. Multifaceted is perhaps the best description of the personality.

For listening, Gemini would be best off with something like Tchaikovsky's "Orchestral Suites."

Grocery store: Gemini is [are] ruled by Mercury. Mercury goes around the Sun every 88 days. Get the picture? Fast moving planet, and most Gemini's tend to be fast moving as well. Imagine a shopping cart with motorized wheels, like a skateboard with an outboard motor on it. The Gemini will flit through the store, looking at everything, but lingering no place in particular. GeminiÕs have some mighty strange eating habits. I knew Vegetarian Gemini once, truly a macrobiotic "careful of what you eat, no animal products, nothing with a faceÓ type. What made this person typically Gemini, was, in the heart of "nuts and fruits" (California), this particular Gemini would eat meat. Big, rare, chunks of cow, obviously under done. Now, take this information and go to the grocery store with your Gemini friend. They will look at everything. I mean, everything. Nothing is beyond their intellectual grasp.

Brick wall: Gemini is the original adaptable sign of the zodiac. They will tackle this brickwall with a certain zeal and commitment to making sure that the goal is realized, that the wall is breached. However, in typical Gemini fashion, a fixed obstacle that doesn't yield immediately to one of the 43 different efforts by the Gemini soon loses the Gemini's attention. They get bored and wander off in search of other adventures. Of course, they did try more routes to get around that wall than any other sign. One of us might pick up where the Gemini left off and find a good solution.

Body part: Arms, hands, lungs.

Famous Gemini people: Paula Abdul, Don Ameche, James Arness, Jenny Lee Arness, Chet Atkins, F. Lee Bailey, Sandra Bernhard, Pat Boone, Lord Bulwer-Lytton, George Bush, Barbara Bush, Joan Collins, Jacques Cousteau, Tony Curtis, Alighrei Dante, Miles Davis, Marquis De Sade, Johnny Depp, Bruce Dern, Athur Conan Doyle, Bob Dylan, Clint Eastwood, Ian Fleming, Errol Flynn, John Fogarty, Michael J. Fox, Paul Gaugin, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Hope, Waylon Jennings, Al Jolson, Wynonna Judd, Barry Manilow, Julianna Luisa Margulies, Paul McCartney, Marylin Monroe, Joe Montana, Bill Moyers, Joe Namath, Steveie Nicks, Joyce Carol Oates, Cole Porter, Prince Rainier, Joan Rivers, Henri Rouseau, John Paul Sartre, Ally Sheedy, Brooke Shields, Nancy Sinatra, Sylvester Stallone, Maureen Stapeleton, Jackie Stewart, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Al Unser, Wagner, Dennis Weaver, T.H. White, Walt Whitman, Gene Wilder, Frank Lloyd Wright, William Yeats, and Brigham Young. So is Scott Adams, creator of "Dilbert".