I love reading about Gemini, as I have a Gemini sun in the 8th and Gemini moon in the 7th.but one thing I've had to work on myself that I find lacking in many other (even sidereal) writ the lack of touch on the Twinship nature. I used checkout to help me capture some of my thoughts on this.
It doesn’t know itself unless it’s actively interacting with something or someone that mirrors it. Gemini often feels fragmented alone, but coherent with others… Which why is Gemini can invent games, languages and tricks because in doing so, it is inventing mirrors when no mirrors exist.
I mean, think about the nature of Twinship in Gemini. They represent the tension of duality: Self vs. Other, Mind vs. Body, Mortal vs. Immortal.
Its "lightness" masks the deeper grief of separation from its true twin (whether literal, symbolic, or existential).
Gemini is often playful, youthful, because children (before they learn the gravity of separation) believe themselves united with the world.
Thus, Gemini energy often seems "childish". But it’s not immature, it's original. It’s pre-lost.
It’s the primal joy before loneliness was invented.
This is why Gemini energy can seem magical, insatiable, hyper-social, but also lonely, restless, constantly seeking. Because it is re-enacting the first trauma: separation from the Twin.
The twin nature of Gemini is not something I consider very frequently - I think mostly due to the fact then when speaking of this duality within Gemini I always defer to Mercury. So while yes, Gemini has this deep twinship energy that we should for sure be talking about more, I also see this just as heavily in Virgo. I think Virgo in its own way can be just as dual or twin as Gemini because it is ruled by Mercury. I wrote about this last year in my article "Mercury, the Nonbinary Planet."
I'm a Gemini rising and I very much relate to feeling "incomplete without a reflection" and pretty much everything else you spoke of. Just like you, I also have a 7th house Moon (and Venus). This desire or need for "interacting with something or someone that mirrors it" I've always seen in myself more through the lens of my 7th house than my Gemini ascendant. How interesting that your Moon falls into both Gemini and the 7th house! I see the 7th house as primarily being about going to the "other," as in anyone outside of ourselves, for the purpose of meeting ourselves. I'm curious how you see the differences between the affect your 7th house has on your Moon and the affects Gemini has on your Moon? Maybe your 8th house Sun engages with the Twinship to a different extent/intensity from your 7th house Moon?
I definitley agree and would also attribute the "magical, insatiable, hyper-social, but also lonely, restless, constantly seeking" to Gemini. I may need to write more about the Vedic reasoning for Gemini and Mercury embodying "restless" and "constantly seeking." If there was another sign in your 7th house, maybe the Twinship themes would be just as strong, but these just mentioned descriptors not as much? Even now, typing this has me questioning how I come about these distinctions myself given that my Venus is *exactly* to the degree opposite my ascendant. Thank you for the invitation to consider in a deeper way another fractal of Gemini. I am now inspired to play more with the Twinship aspect of myself and others through the lens of Gemini.
I love this all so much! I wish I could book a meeting with you just to talk! I know I need to learn so much more and conversing is, of course, how I do it best! Do you ever offer those kinds of chats with subscribers?
I love reading about Gemini, as I have a Gemini sun in the 8th and Gemini moon in the 7th.but one thing I've had to work on myself that I find lacking in many other (even sidereal) writ the lack of touch on the Twinship nature. I used checkout to help me capture some of my thoughts on this.
Gemini isn’t just "communication" or "thinking."
It’s the archetype of twoness and a strong bond.
Twins symbolize: simultaneity, inseparability, differentiation inside sameness.
Gemini feels incomplete without a reflection.
It doesn’t know itself unless it’s actively interacting with something or someone that mirrors it. Gemini often feels fragmented alone, but coherent with others… Which why is Gemini can invent games, languages and tricks because in doing so, it is inventing mirrors when no mirrors exist.
I mean, think about the nature of Twinship in Gemini. They represent the tension of duality: Self vs. Other, Mind vs. Body, Mortal vs. Immortal.
Its "lightness" masks the deeper grief of separation from its true twin (whether literal, symbolic, or existential).
Gemini is often playful, youthful, because children (before they learn the gravity of separation) believe themselves united with the world.
Thus, Gemini energy often seems "childish". But it’s not immature, it's original. It’s pre-lost.
It’s the primal joy before loneliness was invented.
This is why Gemini energy can seem magical, insatiable, hyper-social, but also lonely, restless, constantly seeking. Because it is re-enacting the first trauma: separation from the Twin.
Hey Olivia! Thanks for this perspective.
The twin nature of Gemini is not something I consider very frequently - I think mostly due to the fact then when speaking of this duality within Gemini I always defer to Mercury. So while yes, Gemini has this deep twinship energy that we should for sure be talking about more, I also see this just as heavily in Virgo. I think Virgo in its own way can be just as dual or twin as Gemini because it is ruled by Mercury. I wrote about this last year in my article "Mercury, the Nonbinary Planet."
I'm a Gemini rising and I very much relate to feeling "incomplete without a reflection" and pretty much everything else you spoke of. Just like you, I also have a 7th house Moon (and Venus). This desire or need for "interacting with something or someone that mirrors it" I've always seen in myself more through the lens of my 7th house than my Gemini ascendant. How interesting that your Moon falls into both Gemini and the 7th house! I see the 7th house as primarily being about going to the "other," as in anyone outside of ourselves, for the purpose of meeting ourselves. I'm curious how you see the differences between the affect your 7th house has on your Moon and the affects Gemini has on your Moon? Maybe your 8th house Sun engages with the Twinship to a different extent/intensity from your 7th house Moon?
I definitley agree and would also attribute the "magical, insatiable, hyper-social, but also lonely, restless, constantly seeking" to Gemini. I may need to write more about the Vedic reasoning for Gemini and Mercury embodying "restless" and "constantly seeking." If there was another sign in your 7th house, maybe the Twinship themes would be just as strong, but these just mentioned descriptors not as much? Even now, typing this has me questioning how I come about these distinctions myself given that my Venus is *exactly* to the degree opposite my ascendant. Thank you for the invitation to consider in a deeper way another fractal of Gemini. I am now inspired to play more with the Twinship aspect of myself and others through the lens of Gemini.
I love this all so much! I wish I could book a meeting with you just to talk! I know I need to learn so much more and conversing is, of course, how I do it best! Do you ever offer those kinds of chats with subscribers?