Signs of the Times: Gemini 2008

The Sun moves into Gemini May 20th at 9:01 a.m., PDT. All you Twins can celebrate for (give or take) the next thirty days because no sun sign has more fun than a Gemini.

There will be a New Moon at 13 degrees of Gemini on June 3rd at 12:23 p.m., PDT. This means that those good twin/bad twin types must decide which one is going to drive the car, speak up and be heard and which one is going to “reform school” to change his or her ways. And this New Moon benefits all other air signs, Libra and Aquarius and fire signs, Aries, Leo and Sagittarius.

Mercury goes retrograde at 22 degrees of Gemini on May 27th so don’t sign documents or contracts, leave or take a new job, and if you are traveling, expect delays and possible cancelled flights. Mercury will go direct on June 19th. Mercury retrograde is a good time to review material and plans you have in the works—make changes and refine, but stick to what you have. Do not sign on for any new schemes or ‘too good to be true’ plans, particularly that someone else has dreamed up.

There is a Full Moon on June 18th at 27 degrees of Sagittarius at 10:30 a.m., PDT. Full Moons are about endings, so all you Archers had better pay attention to what needs to go—stop gripping things too tightly—it makes letting go virtually impossible. This lunation also affects other mutable signs, Pisces, Gemini and Virgo. And, need I remind you that Full Moons can make you nuttier than a fruit cake? Hide the knives and put away the heavy artillery. We are in the 21st century when we are trying to end war, not start one, even at the local level.

The real deal for the Gemini cycle is to see where you can cut back. Strategize to see how to save and not spend, and when you do open your purse, see how much you can give to help others. With gas sky-high and other indexes faltering, perhaps it would be smart to act as if we have not been living as if there were no tomorrow. Today and every day this month is time to be conscious of where to spend and when to save, no matter what your sign or how easy or stressful your aspects.