Gemini is a Masculine, Barren, Airy and Humane Sign, is ruled by Mercury, the “Messenger of the Gods.” The Sun enters Gemini on May 22d, and passes into Cancer on June 21st.
People born while the Sun is in Gemini are sympathetic, kind-hearted, affectionate, fond of home and children, are very easily influenced by kindness, even to their detriment at times.
They are very sensitive and intuitional and often have a very large imagination, are quite idealistic; they are also very fond of scientific knowledge, consequently are very studious; they have an active mind, and are generally busy with their hands; are ambitious and aspiring, curious, given to investigation and experimenting, excellent reasoners, and generally good writers; are often quite changeable, their main fault being a lack of continuity; are very liable to go to the extremes and imagine they can do much more than they are really able to do.
The ruling gems of Gemini are the Topaz and Carbuncle.
For a business or profession, they require something which is clean and easy; they make good writers, book keepers, model makers, jewelers or manufacturing small articles; they are often inventive and very ingenious. Ladies born in this sign make good teachers, editors of childrens’ papers, governesses, etc.
The typical Gemini person is quite tall and slender, dark haired, a bright sparkling eye, but to have this description, Gemini, Libra or Aquarius must be on the horizon at the time of birth.
For a location: Gemini people enjoy high places, on the mountains or in a hilly country; in the home they love the rooms in the upper part of the building, where they may look over the city.
Such characters as Dante, Ralph W. Emerson, Walt Whitman, Pope, Brigham Young, Thomas Moore, Socrates was born while the Sun was in Gemini.
Gemini people harmonize best with those born with the Sun in Libra or Aquarius, fairly well with those born in Leo or Aries.
The sign Gemini is said to rule the United States, and the typical yankee is a fair specimen of a Gemini character; quick witted, ingenious, generous and charitable, first in war and first in peace, a kind word and helping hand for every one.
Mercury was called the Messenger of the Gods, and it falls to the lot of the American people to lead in science and invention. The time may come when a gigantic statue of Mercury may adorn some prominent park of the United States, as the Goddess of Liberty now holds a prominent place in New York harbor.
From Guide to Astrology by Fredrick White
