Gemini

Curiosity drives Gemini, which wants to know how things connect and then can't wait to tell someone about it.

Gemini at a glance

Dates (approximate)
May 21 to June 20
Element
Air
Mode
Mutable
Ruler
Mercury
Opposite sign
Sagittarius
Symbol
The Twins

The Sun enters each sign on a slightly different day each year. If you were born on the cusp, the free chart shows which sign is yours.

How Gemini tends to show up

Air moves, and in Gemini it rarely stops: mutable air, quick to adapt, picking up an idea in one place and dropping it off in another. Mercury, the messenger, rules it, so the sign runs on talk and news. Even its symbol is a pair, the twins, which suits a sign that can hold two views at once and argue either side well.

Gemini is full of questions. Picture someone with eleven browser tabs open and a podcast going, who can chat as easily with the barista as with the CEO. The mind works fast, and the jokes often come faster. Gemini also likes bringing together people and ideas that would never have met otherwise, and it can get a quiet group talking.

Gemini gets bored easily, and keeping itself entertained can mean skimming ten subjects without settling into any, or lying awake at midnight with its mind still racing. Going all the way down one rabbit hole tends to satisfy more than dipping into a dozen. A notebook can catch the overflow, and time away from screens gives it a real break.