The Sun in Gemini: May 20th to June 20th

“I learned to recognise the thorough and primitive duality of man; I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my consciousness, even if I could rightly be said to be either, it was only because I was radically both.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

Gemini Season

The Sun in Gemini: The Season of the Twins

The Sun has entered the Temple of the Twins. And everything is shifting. After the earthy stillness of Taurus, we’re back on the move. The God of Light is now dancing with Mercury—quick, curious, changeable Mercury—who governs this restless air sign.

From May 20th to June 21st, the skies pull us into Gemini season: a time of questions, connections, contradictions, and clever comebacks. Expect your thoughts to speed up, your curiosity to spark, and your mind to start skipping like a stone across the surface of the everyday. Nothing wants to sit still for long—not your plans, not your emotions, not your tongue.

Gemini doesn’t just speak. Gemini spins. Words become spells. Ideas become doors.

This is a season of becoming, not being. One foot in spring, the other edging into summer, Gemini stands at the threshold. This is the in-between space, the hinge in the year when we realise the light doesn’t last forever. There’s a trickster magic in that.

You might find yourself pulled in two directions. Or five. Gemini doesn’t promise clarity, but offers options. Stories multiply. Truths twist. Meaning flickers like sunlight on water. And in that shimmer, there’s gold—if you know how to listen.

What This Season Offers

🌬 Conversation & Connection

Speak. Write. Call the friend you’ve been meaning to. Read something weird and wonderful. Gemini thrives on exchange—of ideas, feelings, gossip, poetry, facts, and fibs. Talk is not cheap here. It’s divine currency.

🌀 Multiplicity & Play

Gemini holds the tension of opposites. It is the laugh at the funeral, the truth told as a joke, the lie that reveals something real. This season teaches us that we can be more than one thing. That contradictions aren’t flaws—they’re part of being whole.

🧠 Curiosity Over Certainty

This isn’t a time for rigid beliefs or fixed identities. Let yourself be changed by what you learn. By what you hear. By what surprises you. Let go of needing to be right. Ask better questions.

✨ Sacred Trickster Energy

Don’t forget—Mercury is a God of thresholds. And thieves. And sacred mischief. Gemini’s gift is not stability—it’s motion. Expect sudden pivots, unexpected messages, moments of synchronicity that feel like the universe is winking at you. Follow them. That’s where the magic lives.

A Word on Duality (and Becoming Who You Really Are)

We like to imagine we’re consistent. But we’re not.

Gemini reminds us that we’re made of many selves. The one who longs for silence and the one who can’t stop talking. The one who wants to stay, and the one already halfway out the door. The thinker and the feeler. The doubter and the dreamer. They’re all real. They all matter.

And here’s the key: Gemini doesn’t ask you to pick just one. It asks you to dance between them—to let yourself be flexible, curious, playful. To drop the mask of who you think you’re supposed to be and try on who you might be, if only for a moment. Try the version of you that sparkles. That dares. That says the thing out loud.

Because this season isn’t about being perfect. It’s about being alive. About letting your true colours mix and shimmer. About reclaiming your right to change your mind. To explore. To speak. To listen. To become.

So if you’re asking how to make the most of this moment—how to transform into your most authentic, sparkly self—start with curiosity.

Ask:

✨ What stories am I telling about who I am?

✨ What conversations light me up?

✨ Where am I hiding my magic out of fear?

Let Gemini guide you toward the twinkle in your truth. The wink of your weirdness. The poem inside your logic. The joke inside your heartbreak. The you who’s been waiting, not to be understood, but to be expressed.

Be playful. Be real. Be radiant.

Speak your soul.

The Sun in Gemini through the Houses

Ancient House Topics

♊ Gemini Season by Rising Sign

Feel it. Work with it. Let it wake something up.

♈ Aries Rising — 3rd House

Your mind’s on fire. Communication, siblings, short trips, and your immediate environment are all lit up. Speak. Write. Say what you mean. Ask the questions you’ve been sitting on. A great time for journaling, local connection, and learning something new.

Your Gemini Work:

Speak your truth—even if it’s messy. Explore the stories you tell yourself. What needs to change?

♉ Taurus Rising — 2nd House

This is about self-worth, money, and values. The Sun is asking you: what do you really value? What stories do you carry about what you're worth or what you’re allowed to have? Money chatter may come up—listen in.

Your Gemini Work:

Notice where you spend your energy and attention. Do they align with what you love?

♊ Gemini Rising — 1st House

It’s your season. All eyes on you. Identity, self-expression, your physical body and presence—it’s a time to shine and shift. You may feel more visible, more restless, more you than usual. Use it. Reinvent something.

Your Gemini Work:

Let yourself change. Try on new versions of yourself. Be playful with it. There’s no one right way to be you.

♋ Cancer Rising — 12th House

A more internal season. You may feel the need for solitude or more time in your inner world. Dreams, intuition, and subconscious messages are heightened. Don’t ignore the whispers.

Your Gemini Work:

Listen to the quiet parts of you. Let rest and reflection speak. Keep a dream journal. Something important is brewing beneath the surface.

♌ Leo Rising — 11th House

The spotlight’s on your friendships, communities, and visions for the future. This is a great time to reconnect, collaborate, or refine your hopes and dreams. Don’t go it alone—Gemini loves a brainstorming buddy.

Your Gemini Work:

Get curious about your long-term goals. Whose voices are shaping your dreams? What’s really yours?

♍ Virgo Rising — 10th House

Work, purpose, and visibility are calling. Gemini season lights up your career and public life—there may be new ideas, conversations, or changes in how you’re seen. It’s a great time to speak about your work or show a different side of yourself.

Your Gemini Work:

What do you want to be known for? What message are you here to share?

♎ Libra Rising — 9th House

Time to expand. Travel, study, philosophy, publishing—this is about the big questions and bold ideas. If you’ve been thinking of sharing your voice or learning something new, now’s the time.

Your Gemini Work:

Open your mind. Challenge what you believe. Follow the threads of curiosity and see where they lead.

♏ Scorpio Rising — 8th House

This one’s deep. Intimacy, shared resources, old wounds, and transformation. You may be speaking (or thinking) about things usually kept quiet. Gemini season wants you to name what’s been unnamed.

Your Gemini Work:

Talk about the hard things. Look at your patterns around giving, receiving, and power. Truth heals.

♐ Sagittarius Rising — 7th House

Relationships are centre stage. Expect conversation, flirtation, reflection. It’s a great time to look at how you relate—romantically, socially, or professionally—and what you might need to say.

Your Gemini Work:

Get curious about how you show up in partnership. What conversations are overdue?

♑ Capricorn Rising — 6th House

Your daily rhythms, health, and work habits are under review. It’s time to get practical about how you’re using your energy. Think: organisation, planning, writing lists—and then ditching them to do something spontaneous.

Your Gemini Work:

Experiment with your routines. Where can you add more flow, fun, or flexibility?

♒ Aquarius Rising — 5th House

Creativity, play, romance, pleasure, children. This is your season to spark joy. Flirt. Make art. Write poems. Laugh more. Gemini here wants you to take yourself less seriously and see what happens.

Your Gemini Work:

What brings you joy that you’re not letting yourself have? Say yes to what lights you up.

♓ Pisces Rising — 4th House

Home, family, and roots are in the spotlight. You may be revisiting childhood stories, reconnecting with loved ones, or thinking about what safety means. Your inner world is chatty—listen.

Your Gemini Work:

What story did you inherit about home, belonging, or love? What’s the new one you’re ready to write?

✨ Newbie Tips for Feeling Into Gemini Season

1. Notice the buzz. Gemini is ruled by Mercury, the God of movement and messages. Around this time of year, you might feel like life speeds up a little. Your mind might race. Your calendar might fill. You may suddenly have a lot to say—or be surrounded by people who do.

➡ Tip: Sit somewhere busy (a café, a park, your own kitchen on a weekday morning) and just watch the energy. Is there a hum to it? A swirl? A restlessness? That’s Gemini. Feel it.

2. Track your thoughts. Gemini season lights up the mind. The stories we tell. The way we speak. The conversations we’re drawn to. You might notice more ideas than usual, or a sudden urge to write, text, speak, share.

➡ Tip: Keep a notebook with you and jot down any thoughts, ideas, overheard phrases, dreams, or little bits of magic that catch your attention. Gemini loves collecting the pieces.

3. Follow your curiosity. This is a time to let yourself wander. Not aimlessly, but openly. Gemini energy is curious, playful, and changeable. You don’t need to stick to one thing—just follow what lights you up for now.

➡ Tip: Try something new, even if it’s tiny. Read a different kind of book. Watch a documentary on a topic you know nothing about. Ask a question you’ve never asked before. Let yourself learn just for the joy of it.

4. Listen for messages. Mercury is the messenger, and during Gemini season speaks in synchronicity. A song lyric. A random Instagram post. A stranger’s conversation. An old friend reaching out. Watch what keeps showing up.

➡ Tip: When something grabs your attention or repeats itself, pause. Ask, “What might this be trying to tell me?” You don’t need an answer. Just the asking matters.

5. Let yourself be two things at once. Happy and sad. Inspired and uncertain. In love and afraid. Gemini holds the tension of opposites—and so can you. This is a great time to notice where you try to force clarity, and instead soften into both/and.

➡ Tip: Each evening, write down two things you felt that day that seem to contradict each other. Let them sit side by side on the page. Let that be okay.

6. Play with your voice. Speak. Sing. Read aloud. Start a conversation. Tell a story. Gemini rules communication, and there’s something healing about letting your voice be heard—even if it’s just to yourself.

➡ Tip: Record a voice note just for you. Say what’s on your heart. Don’t overthink it. Then listen back with kindness. There’s gold in your own voice.

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🌟 Curious where Gemini is lighting things up for you?

If you’re not sure which house Gemini falls in your chart, I’d love to help. I can send you a free digital image of your birth chart so you can begin to explore how the stars speak to you. Just get in touch with your birth details [request your birth chart] and I’ll send it over as soon as I can.

✨Of course, what’s unfolding for you right now depends not just on Gemini’s placement, but on all the other conversations happening in the sky—and how they’re interacting with the map of your soul. No two charts are the same. No two journeys are the same.

💫If you’re feeling the pull to go deeper—whether you want to explore this season’s themes, understand more about your life path, or just reconnect with the truth of who you are—I’d love to work with you. You can book a 1:1 astrology reading with me here, and we’ll look at what the stars are saying just for you.

There’s lots more on my website too, including what to expect from a session, and the story of how I came to this work through my own transformation. Have a wander. See what calls.

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