Gemini meets up with Leo…
The Truth vs. The Show
Gemini, the twins, is an energetic, youthful curious sign whose function is learning and communicating — and whose challenge is discovering and speaking the “ real” truth.” However, what the real truth really is is continually subject to interpretation! Interestingly, each one of Gemini’s “twins” contained within one personality may have a different take on what is going on.
Ancient myths surrounding the constellation of Gemini — such as Biblical brothers Cane and Abel, Castor, and Pollux, and the fairy tale sisters, Rose Red and Rose White — all examine the notion of the “good twin” and the “bad twin.” When we get together, I often ask my Gemini friends: “Which one of you is here among us today? Personal charm and verbal skill are Gemini’s assets and changeability is its liability.
With the current Venus and Mars transiting Leo, the element of creative self-expression comes into play. In short, Leo, the actor’s “show business” talent lights up the stage as this sign harmonizes with Gemini and releases new concerts, movies, streaming shows, and live theater – all very entertaining and mood-enhancing. It could also highlight the recent show business/political mud wrestling match between Disney, Trump, and Florida Governor, Ron Desantis.
Since we are all moving and slugging through the “end times” with seeming tragedies at every turn, mass shootings at every mall, collapsed climates, and economies forcing millions to migrate out of their nations, this is a welcome escape and would remind us of decades gone by when we were “civilized, the economy looked prosperous, and the future looked bright for all the young and illustrious.
Recent celebrities with this combination in their charts (Gemini Sun, Leo rising) are Donald Trump, Rudy Guliani, and Johnny Depp. They will be in the news and opinions will move to the extremes interpreting the information. Trump will be “swimming” in lawsuits and indictments.
Vladimir Putin has his Moon in Gemini, as does the modern astrological chart for Russia… Needless to say, these persons have been embroiled in controversy and nobody seems to know if what they are saying is true or simply their version of the truth.
Chinese Premier Ji Jin Ping has his Sun in Gemini and presides over the second-largest economy and military complex in the world. He continually “spins” the “truth” to his liking, is making his influence felt throughout the world, and does not like to be challenged. However, the US needs to look carefully at our tendencies to “demonize” China (outlawing TickTock). We need to have diplomatic relations with one another, as we need to do with other heads of state who are bad actors in order to avoid an economic backlash, a nuclear war, and ending the world as we know it. We need to remember that since there is little or no effective cyber security in place, we are all hacking and spying on each other. It was recently reported on ArsTechinca: “China said US chip maker Micron Technology’s products posed ‘serious network security risks’ as it banned operators of key infrastructure from buying them, as its first big measure against an American semiconductor group.” Obviously they are “getting back” at us.
Good “twin” Gemini recommends that we look at all sides of an issue and examine more than just one solution to problems arising in a highly complex world.
The Natal Sibly Horoscope of the USA (July 4, 1776, 5:10 PM LMT, Philadelphia, PA, 75W09 – 39N57)
The chart of the USA contains Uranus (innovations and sudden upheavals) in Gemini and Mars in Gemini square (in conflict) with Neptune (illusions). This would suggest that we are a nation of sudden and swift changes in mood, easily seduced by what I like to call the “Bonnie and Clyde” syndrome of being attracted to glamorous criminals and violence. The population’s historic Westward movement in the 1800s resulted in an ungovernable class of violent criminals, bank robbers, and gunslingers glamorized by Hollywood in the 1940s and 50s. Today, our love of a misguided concept of “liberty and freedom” without responsibility, would extend to unregulated gun ownership – even military-grade weapons – used by mentally unstable people in mass shootings in shopping malls, schools, and places of worship.
We are still struggling with the fact that the original American colonists enslaved Africans and committed mass genocide against Native Americans. We had a deadly civil war over these issues and racism is still an ongoing issue. In addition, we need to take into account that the Mars/Neptune square describes our historic national “romance” with liquor and drugs. The current transit of Neptune in Pisces, setting off these conflicts, is surfacing in terrible ways.
These configurations can and have been used in more constructive ways. In the 20th Century, we led the way to global industrialization, great inventions, and widely used technologies (Uranus). Our contribution to the winning of WWII united the nation and resulted in the greatest economic expansion in US history. We have launched rockets into space, gone to the moon, engineered breakthroughs in medicine and health, invented the internet, cell phones, and AI, and have the world’s largest military/industrial complex.
Now, Pluto is moving into democratic Aquarius. Humanity is entering a new era that challenges our previous notions — including so-called white supremacy, binary sexuality, tribal versions of Christianity, and economic elitism. New technologies like AI, space travel, and online social media have served up enormous advances in knowledge, along with a lack of insight and discrimination about what it all means. The recent past has served up social isolation, a diminishing of real and meaningful education, a loss of platforms containing critical thinking and peaceful civilized discourse, and, most of all a movement of wealth upward into a class roughly equal to the monarchies of the past.
The great transit of Pluto in Aquarius is in harmony with Uranus and Mars in Gemini in the US chart, as well as its Saturn (order and structure) in Libra. This placement would lend hope that there will be a real movement in the US toward effective democracy, the inclusion of all peoples, fair and supportive economies, breakthroughs in clean energy, and solutions to climate catastrophes across the world.
The Economy:
This month, there will be up and down swings in the stock market that will produce confusion, since we are neither in a boom nor a recession. The week of June 18, Jupiter makes a sextile (favorable) aspect to Saturn that would suggest inflation is leveling off and the Feds need to be less aggressive. That particular week may see a surge in investments, but overall the markets will trade within a “range”.
The media writers’ strike continues, this month, but the Venus in Leo (entertainment) will help these negotiations and there may be a settlement between September and October.
The Ukraine/Russian War:
I am using the charts of modern Ukraine, Dec. 1, 1991, 6:00 PM GMT, Kyiv, Ukraine, and modern Russia Dec. 8, 1991, 5:45 PM GMT, Moscow, Russia – researched and calculated in “The Book of World Horoscopes by Nicholas Campion.
With the current transit of Mars in Leo, crossing the ascendants of both these charts, this war will continue to escalate. With transiting Uranus in Taurus, opposing Pluto in both charts, more new war technologies will come into play and more destruction will ensue. Venus’ (the peacemaker) transits in Leo June 6 through Oct. 8 (Venus retrogrades from July July 22 through September 3) would lend hope to negotiating possible peace agreements. There will be power struggles in Russia. Putin’s control will diminish and there will likely be hidden power struggles within the Kremlin. Eventually, a deal will be proposed involving Ukraine ceding some small part of its territory, but neither side will be a complete “winner.”
Science and Technology:
Fusion is the news as of Now!
It was recently posted on Apple News: “Microsoft signs groundbreaking nuclear fusion deal.”
They go on to report Microsoft has signed a power purchase agreement with nuclear fusion energy startup Helion for at least 50 megawatts of electricity beginning in 2028, the company announced Wednesday.”
An article by Andrew Lee was posted May 18 on Energy Transition that reported Bill Gates fund expert announced “We’ll be building better fusion reactors for 10 million years.” The article goes on to say: “Nuclear fusion energy could be ‘even more important than the Industrial Revolution’ but offers no quick wins for investors and will need smart collaboration between the private and government sectors to unlock its massive potential, said an expert backing companies in the field on behalf of billionaires such as Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. It goes on to say: “Fusion is one of those technologies that totally changes the game,” said Phil Larcholle, a partner at Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the fund set up by Gates to invest in key energy transition innovations that also has the Amazon founder and a string of other ultra-rich investors on its books.” They continue: “Larochelle said of fusion, which aims to harness the reactions that power the sun to produce unlimited, on-demand, zero-carbon energy: ‘In the annals of human history you’ll have . . . 300 years where we were burning fossil fuels and doing chemical reactions.” “Once we get the first fusion reactors, we’ll be building better fusion reactors for 10 million years.” It is worth going online and reading the whole article.
The front cover of my favorite magazine, Scientific American is entitled “Star Power –
What is the future of fusion energy?” The article explains a lot about fusion and the different ways it is being made but does not see this energy being produced on a wide scale for many years. This has been the typical information put out there for a long time, but so much progress is being made now in chambers throughout the world, and the rapid development of this energy has surprised many skeptics. I am saying, as an astrologer, that at least one site will be producing fusion energy effectively by 2026 – 2028. This is a great article that explains the technology. It is worth a good read.
Final Thoughts:
We are living in an age of mass communication that has historically never been seen or felt before. Unfortunately, much of the media has become a “weapon of mass distraction”. Government standards have been dropped for truth-telling in the news media since the 1980s. Critical thinking requires a well-educated, open, and civilized mind framed by high standards– something we seem to be severely lacking. When real information of quality is given out, it is often not “entertaining” or in agreement with a particular political or religious mindset.
Now is the time that we need to become a nation of adults who take responsibility, and look beyond our personal addictions and eyeballs plastered to our cell phones. In short, it is time to grow up! The question: What does an adult look like?
Adults actually contemplate making decisions and their possible consequences; they care about family, society, and those beyond themselves; they are concerned with nature and climate, an equitable economy, and presenting their varied opinions to others with dignity and respect. Will we recognize them when they come?
Stay tuned!
Linda
Important Points of Reference for Astrologers:
Full Moon at 13 degrees Sagittarius June 4; New Mon at 26 degrees Gemini square Neptune June 18; Mercury in Taurus is conjunct Uranus June 5 and is sextile Neptune June 10; Venus goes into Leo June 6 and will retrograde July 23, go direct September 4, staying in the sign until Oct. 9 and will square Uranus July 9, Aug. 9, and Sept. 30; Mercury goes into Gemini June 12, is square Saturn June 16, and is square Neptune June 26; Jupiter in Taurus is sextile Saturn June 19 – 23; The Sun in Gemini is square Neptune in Pisces June 19; Mars in Leo is square Uranus June 16.
