Gemini

The communicator: curious, quick, endlessly alive.

Dates: May 21 – June 20Element: AirModality: MutableRuler: MercuryPolarity: Yang · expressiveSymbol: The Twins

Gemini is a living conversation. Ruled by Mercury and made of air, your mind moves fast, collecting ideas, people and stories the way others collect things. You're curious about everything, which makes you brilliant company and hard to pin down. Your gift is connection, both of ideas and of the people you introduce to each other.

Gemini Sun, Moon & Rising

What each of the Big Three means in Gemini.

Gemini SunYour core self

With your Sun in Gemini, your core self is mental, playful and quick. You think out loud, change your mind freely, and see every side of a question. Your lesson is depth: learning to stay with one thing long enough for it to bloom.

Gemini MoonYour inner world

A Gemini Moon processes feelings by talking them through, out loud, in messages, in your own head. Your moods shift quickly and you need mental stimulation to feel emotionally alive. Naming a feeling is how you tame it.

Gemini RisingYour first impression

Gemini Rising comes across as quick, curious and socially fluid. People find you easy to talk to and impossible to fully predict, since there's always another facet.

Gemini personality traits

CuriousWittyAdaptableExpressiveSocialRestless

Strengths

  • Brilliant communicator
  • Endlessly adaptable
  • Quick-witted and funny
  • Connects people and ideas
  • Young at heart, always learning

Growth edges

  • Following through past the first spark
  • Going deep as well as wide
  • Stilling a busy mind
  • Choosing one path long enough to master it

Gemini in love

You fall in love with minds. Conversation is your love language, and you need a partner who can match your wit and keep you curious. Boredom is the only real threat; keep it playful and you'll keep falling in love with the same person.

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Gemini at work

You shine where variety, words and ideas meet: writing, media, teaching, sales, tech. You learn anything fast and thrive with stimulation and freedom to move between projects.

Gemini is a Air sign. Air signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) are intellectual, social and live in the world of ideas.

Gemini compatibility

How Gemini matches with every sign in love and friendship.

Gemini FAQ

Quick answers to the most-asked Gemini questions.

What are the Gemini dates?

Gemini season runs May 21 – June 20. If your birthday falls in this window, your Sun sign is Gemini.

What element and planet rule Gemini?

Gemini is a Air sign with Mutable modality, ruled by Mercury (Yang · expressive).

What is the Gemini personality like?

Gemini is a living conversation. Ruled by Mercury and made of air, your mind moves fast, collecting ideas, people and stories the way others collect things. You're curious about everything, which makes you brilliant company and hard to pin down. Your gift is connection, both of ideas and of the people you introduce to each other.

What are Gemini's strengths and weaknesses?

At their best, Gemini is brilliant communicator, endlessly adaptable, quick-witted and funny. Growth edges include following through past the first spark, going deep as well as wide.

Who is Gemini most compatible with?

Gemini's highest matches are Libra (92%), Aquarius (92%), Aries (85%). It tends to connect most easily with other Air signs and with signs that balance its mutable energy.

What is Gemini like in love?

You fall in love with minds. Conversation is your love language, and you need a partner who can match your wit and keep you curious. Boredom is the only real threat; keep it playful and you'll keep falling in love with the same person.

This is Gemini in general. What about you?

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