Gemini

Gemini, the 3rd sign of the zodiac, is a mutable air sign ruled by Mercury with themes of communication, curiosity, adaptability, duality, versatility, inquisitiveness, and sociability. It's home to my Earth and my adobe mission's Midheaven.

Gemini

May 21 ~ June 21

Gemini

May 21 ~ June 21

Gemini, the 3rd sign of the zodiac, is a mutable air sign ruled by Mercury.

Themes

Communication, curiosity, adaptability, duality, versatility, inquisitiveness, and sociability.

Symbol

Gemini Symbol

The Twins

Modality

Mutable

Mutable signs include Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces.

The mutable house are the 2nd, 6th, 9th and 12th.

Qualities

Changeable, flexible, adaptable, versatile energy

Element

Air

Element associated with Gemini, Libra and Aquarius.

Themes

Yang, the mind, thinking, communication, movement, insight, planning, intellect

Glyph

Gemini Glyph

Intentionally Styled

Background = Modality
Glyph color = Element

Gemini

Dignities Icon

Icon Anatomy

Modern Planetary Dignities

Essential dignities for a planet/point include:

Domicile (or rulership)
Detriment (opposite sign of Domicile)
Exaltation (place of awareness or strength)
Fall (place of weakness,

opposite sign of Exaltation)

adobe mission uses modern dignities including some not yet widely accepted proposed co-rulers.

Mercury

Communication and thinking

Personal Planet

88 day orbit
retrograde ~19.2%

Themes

Communication, the mind, thought, logic and reasoning, restlessness, correspondence creation, travel, coordination, intellectual energy

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Modern / Traditional Ruler

of Gemini

Jupiter

Expansion and faith

Social Planet

12 year orbit
retrograde ~30.4%

Themes

Expansion, optimism, good fortune, growth, philosophy, ritual, learning, ideals, knowledge, abundance, luck, rewards, seeking and faith

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in its Detriment

in Gemini

None / no consensus

in its Exaltation

in Gemini

None / no consensus

in its Fall

in Gemini

Astrology Decans

Each sign holds 30° of the zodiac that can be split into three distinct 10° sections called decans (or decantes). Knowing which decans points are in opens the door to deeper understanding of their energies.

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Gemini Decan Rulers

Chaldean Decans

Chaldean rulers are based on the Golden Dawn system of correspondences which uses only "old planets" (prior to the discovery of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto).

Mars rules both the 1st and last decan of the zodiac. Rulers are assigned to the 36 decans in this order:
Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter.

adobe mission uses Chaldean rulers in its sign icons as they are used often in the tarot community.

Jupiter

Expansion and faith

Social Planet

12 year orbit
retrograde ~30.4%

Themes

Expansion, optimism, good fortune, growth, philosophy, ritual, learning, ideals, knowledge, abundance, luck, rewards, seeking and faith

Go to Jupiter

Chaldean Ruler

Decan 1 of Gemini

Mars

Drive and exertion

Personal Planet

687 day orbit
retrograde ~9.5%

Themes

Ambition, will, action, assertion, aggression, self-preservation, yang, passion, energy, vigor, and drive

Go to Mars

Chaldean Ruler

Decan 2 of Gemini

Sun

Identity and being

Personal Point

The star at the center of our solar system.

Themes

Yang, consciousness, essence, life force, personal power, creation, identity, ego, the father, individuation, self-expression, vitality.

Go to Sun

Chaldean Ruler

Decan 3 of Gemini

Triplicity Decans

Triplicity decan rulers (used often by astrologers) are assigned by giving the first decan the same ruler as the sign. The second and third decan rulers are the rulers of the next 2 signs that share its triplicity (element). In this way, all signs sharing an element have the same 3 decan rulers, just shifted.

adobe mission does not use triplicity decan rulers in its sign iconography.

Mercury

Communication and thinking

Personal Planet

88 day orbit
retrograde ~19.2%

Themes

Communication, the mind, thought, logic and reasoning, restlessness, correspondence creation, travel, coordination, intellectual energy

Go to Mercury

Triplicity Ruler

Decan 1 of Gemini

Venus

Values and relating

Personal Planet

225 day orbit
retrograde ~7.3%

Themes

Values, love, desire, aesthetics, attraction, yin, devotion, harmony, the arts

Go to Venus

Triplicity Ruler

Decan 2 of Gemini

Uranus

Innovation and freedom

Transpersonal Planet

84 year orbit
retrograde 41.2%
Higher octave of Mercury

Themes

Individuation, chaos, sudden change, unpredictability, originality, non-conformity, revolution, the future, higher mind, liberation, genius, invention, technology, freedom

Go to Uranus

Triplicity Ruler

Decan 3 of Gemini

Element

Air

Element associated with Gemini, Libra and Aquarius.

Themes

Yang, the mind, thinking, communication, movement, insight, planning, intellect

Tarot Astrology Correspondences

Tarot-astrology correspondences based on the Golden Dawn system which uses Chaldean decans.

See Tarot page for more detailed correspondence explanations.

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Gemini Tarot Correspondences

Sign Major

Modern / Traditional Ruler Major

Gemini Decan 1

Major

Court

Minor

Gemini Decan 2

Major

Court

Minor

Gemini Decan 3

Major

Court

Minor

Sabian Symbols

Symbols for deeper study of the 30 degrees of a sign.

Symbols channeled by Elsie Wheeler with astrologer Marc Edmond Jones.

Artwork for each Sabian by Ruby Fumizki.

Scenes and levels attributed to Dane Rudhyar.

Expression names attributed to James Burgess.

When working with Sabian Symbols, you need to know both the degree and minute of your point. Then round UP. For example:

Venus is at 0°4' of Aquarius which has the Sabian for Aquarius 1

Sun is at 16°48' of Sag which has the Sabian for Sagittarius 17

Ascendant is at 29°13' of Taurus which has the Sabian for Taurus 30

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Sabian Scenes & Levels

Dane Rudhyar in his must have An Astrological Mandala: The cycle of Transformation and its 360 Symbolic Phases (A reinterpretation of the Sabian Symbols, presenting them as a contemporary American I Ching), splits the Sabians into 4 Acts and 24, 15-degree Scenes which each contains a set of 3 repeating Levels as follows:

Acts (Signs): Keyword

Act I (Aries - Gemini): Differentiation

Act II (Cancer - Virgo): Stabilization

Act III (Libra - Sagittarius): Group Integration

Act IV (Capricorn - Pisces): Capitalization

Scene Degrees (Level)

Degrees 1-5, 16-20 (Actional)

Degrees 6-10, 21-25 (Emotional-Cultural)

Degrees 11-15, 26-30 (Individual-Mental)

5-Degree Expression Pattern

Sabian Mysteries curator James Burgess assigns themes to each Expression Degree within the repeating pattern 5-degree groups of Sabian symbols as follows:

Expression Degree (5°, 10°, 15°, 20°, 25°, 30°)
Assimilation and Progression
Expression Degree (4°, 9°,14°, 19°, 24°, 29°)
Technique or Method

Expression Degree (3°, 8°, 13°, 18°, 23°, 28°)

Reconciliation of Two Polarities

Expression Degree (2°, 7°, 12°, 17°, 22°, 27°) Challenge or Contrast

Expression Degree (1°, 6°, 11°, 16°, 21°, 26°)

New Initiative

Gemini Sabian Expressions

Scene 5: Discovery

Gemini

Sabian Expression 1

(Actional)

Gemini

Sabian Expression 2

(Emotional-Cultural)

Gemini

Sabian Expression 3

(Individual-Mental)

Scene 6: Exteriorization

Gemini

Sabian Expression 4

(Actional)

Gemini

Sabian Expression 5

(Emotional-Cultural)

Gemini

Sabian Expression 6

(Individual-Mental)

Gemini Sabian Symbols

Gemini 5: Discovery

Expression 13: Freshness (Actional)

Expression 14: Appetite (Emotional-Cultural)

Expression 15: Enquiry (Individual-Mental)

Scene 6: Exteriorization

Expression 16: Participation (Actional)

Expression 17: Clearing (Emotional-Cultural)

Expression 18: Evaluation (Individual-Mental)

The I Ching

I Ching hexagram-astrological correspondences derived from Fu Xi's seasonal-based arrangement.

This same order is used by Human Design and Gate Keys practitioners.

Knowing which hexagram AND line is associated with a point gives you two hexagrams to study!

The hexagrams associated with this sign are shown below and when clicked the image will show each hexagram's line change detail.

I like to study point's individual hexagram, then study its specific line (your Human Design chart will give you this), then study its evolved/changed hexagram pair (if that line changes from yin to yang or vice versa, a new hexagram is formed).

There are so many ways to work with the I Ching and this association is just one such way.

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