Gemini in Astrology: Meaning and Traits
Gemini in Astrology: Meaning and Traits
A deep dive into the meaning of the zodiac sign Gemini in astrology, and some of the traits and characteristics of people born with that sign prominent in their birth chart, with astrologers Camille Michelle Gray, Nicholas Polimenakos, and Chris Brennan.
Gemini is the third sign of the zodiac, and it is a masculine or diurnal sign, mutable, airy, and ruled by the planet Mercury.
This is the third in a series of episodes where we do a deep-dive into each of the signs of the zodiac, one per episode, in order to really understand their core meaning and significations.
Camille and Nicholas’s credentials for this episode are that they both have prominent Gemini placements in their birth chart. Camille has Mars in Gemini in the first house, and Nicholas has the Sun, Mercury, and Venus in Gemini.
During the course of the episode we talk about various keywords and traits associated with Gemini and also look at some birth charts of famous people who were born with different planets in that sign.
This is episode 356 of The Astrology Podcast:
Some of the keywords we discussed were drawn from a Twitter survey:
What keywords do you associate with Gemini?
— Chris Brennan (@chrisbrennan7) June 1, 2022
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro and Gemini overview
00:03:26 Awareness, curiosity, quickness
00:08:18 Gemini vs. Taurus
00:11:10 Communication and Mercury
00:16:31 Anthony Bourdain’s natal chart
00:20:20 Barack Obama’s natal chart
00:24:27 Small talk and timing
00:28:57 Donald Trump’s natal chart
00:31:00 Listening
00:34:21 Sigmund Freud’s natal chart
00:35:36 Edward Snowden’s natal chart
00:41:50 Gemini Moon
00:43:21 Adaptability and double-bodied qualities
00:50:50 Trickster myths
00:52:36 Youthful and playful qualities
00:58:10 Air sign cold quality
01:03:30 Linda Goodman’s natal chart
01:06:49 Mercury vs. Jupiter
01:20:07 Anne Frank’s natal chart
01:22:21 Comparison of the air signs
01:27:25 Kanye West’s natal chart
01:31:45 Gemini vs. Aquarius
01:35:41 Josephine Baker’s natal chart
01:45:37 Frida Kahlo’s natal
01:49:15 Quick, fleeting communication
01:53:33 Uranus in Gemini
01:58:55 List of Gemini keywords
02:03:52 Scorpio vs Gemini
02:07:44 Geminis wearing many hats
02:13:03 More keywords
02:18:15 Breathing and the nervous system
02:20:47 More keywords
02:26:29 Gemini vs. Virgo
02:33:07 Gemini vs. Sagittarius & Pisces
02:35:12 Shakespeare
02:36:40 T.S. Eliot’s natal chart
02:38:05 Camille’s website
02:39:34 Nicholas’s YouTube, podcast, and website
02:41:48 Patrons and sponsors
I have a Mars and Mercury in my 11th house of Gemini. Thanks for sharing this Chris. As a Cancer Sun and Leo rising, I’m feeling an exciting summer.
Sun and Saturn 10 Gemini, Mercury 5 Gemini MC 20 Gemini all 10th House (Whole) so excited to watch. Thank you. xoxo
Ahhhh our Linda Goodman..her name alone conjures up her energy…I also have her epic prose book…Goobers. And in her Star Signs , the chapter on Lexicons for me as a Gemini SUn and Mercury in Gemini and the oracles of letters in ones name..gosh, that opened up for me a whole universe of insight
Mars, Vesta, & Vertex in Gemini! Loved this episode!
Gemini ♊️ rising with mars! 🙂 ♋️ sun, merc. 2H, ♓️ moon, Jupiter 10H. Great podcast!! Looking forward to the ♋️ podcast n how you were talking about how it relates to the sign before? ie. Gemini
Chris, I listen to you very often. I’m glad you don’t have much Gemini. I’m not into glib, facile, persuasive or entertaining. Instead, your professorial, contained and succinct style keeps me coming back for more. ♥️
I have a moon in Gemini, and a huge ass Scorpio sun & stellium, so your section on Gemini/Scorpio cracked me up and accurately described my constant internal conflict!!!
love the gemini/scorpio communication tip 😉 i would loooooove if my merc in gemini partner would say less and listen more or literally just feel more
Gemini sun, Gemini Mercury, Gemini Mars, Gemini Venus all in the 7th house. Loved this<3 I hate small talk btw but I know I’m good at it lol
Yes! Camille should definitely have a podcast, such a natural.
Mars in gemini! My sister is a gemini sun, Mercury and Jupiter. We’re pretty Mercury dominant (though my mercurial energy comes from Virgo). Geminis are fascinated IMO. Awareness is a great term for gemini as well! Great perspective!
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GEMINI MUSICIANS/COMPOSERS
Miles Davis
Igor Stravinsky
Edvard Greig
Bob Dylan
Paul McCartney
Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood
John Bonham
Brian Wilson
Kendrick Lamar
Curtis Mayfield
Judy Garland
Peggy Lee
Kylie Minogue
Gladys Knight
Lauren Hill
Let us know in a separate comment below what placements you have in Gemini, and what keywords you associate with the sign!
Gemini rising with Mercury (in gemini) conjuncting the ascendant: one of my favorite pastimes is debating. After I have presented my thesis and explain (with logical argyments) where i stand, I start rationalising on the opposite thesis, offering the counter-arguments. Or, as I am very fond of saying "every coin has two sides and an edge; if I am to make a decision, I need to see the whole picture"!
This was an amazing episode!!!
Love the pace of this podcast, Gemini energy truly is the best. I feel like Gemini’s youthfulness can also come from Mercury’s phases and how often it’s going to the underworld in those inferior conjunctions with the Sun that push it to release and be born again in many ways.
When Camille said chameleon I had to look up Boy George’s chart..Sun in Gemini ✨
2:18:08 b r e a t h e
2:03:52 Mrs. Aversion here: Scorpio Rising, Gemini Sun. I loved Camille’s remarks on "Jack of all trades, master of none". Truth be said, Geminis can be masters in multiple things.
Thank you so much for this podcast Chris, Camille and Nick. You have just made me understand so much of my personality misteries. I am a scorpio rising with a gemini sun in the 8th house. This aversion kills me! I have no words to express how much you have expanded my consciousness! And Nick´s tips make total sense to me. I am going on a holotropic breathing retreat this weekend. I would love to meet you all!
Complete agreement on Nicholas’s comment of training the Mercury in Gemini communication ability around 26′
I have Rising Gemini, and 12th House Sun and Mercury in Gemini
I have the sun, venus, mercury, and chiron in gemini in the 8th house. I liken my gemini mind to at times being like a pinball machine. Ideas and thoughts bounce around quickly and from topic to topic sometimes in an instant. I WANT my ideas to flow smoothly, with focus, like it’s a game of bowling with the ball heading straight towards the target, but it’s all a game of pinball up there. lol!
What a faaaabulous episode! You guys were just delightful!! I have Venus in Gemini in the 3rd, that i love very much, , ruled by a Mercury in Aries in the 1st. <3 greaaaat show
What a smart, interesting discussion! I learned a lot! Thank you! Also want to mention two brilliant artists I consider to iconic representatives of Gemini: Miles Davis and Prince. Prince has Gemini and Scorpio goin ON! multi-instrumentalist, song-writer, playful with gender-bending, socio-economic awareness, etc. etc. etc.
Haven’t listened through the whole podcasts ( love it) but myself and my close family members ( son and brother) are true introverts. ?
I enjoyed every minute of this. And I loved the part on breathing and the nervous system. It can be hard for us to achieve, but it helps so much. Obviously, there are hundreds of nerdy things I’d rather do than taking 5 minutes for breathwork, relaxation and/or meditation but it does help. I have a genetic illness very influenced by stress. I need to dedicate part of my time to calming down my Gemini 🙂 (Taurus moon is good at that ^^ phew!)
I’m a virgo rising. My Gemini sun conjuncts my midheaven and north node, and venus and chiron are in the first decan of gemini as well. Not quite a stellium, though a big placement.
We look young or at least we *trick* people into thinking we’re younger than we look because of the way we act and react. My wife is a gemini sun and saturn; people usually think she’s 10 or 15 years younger.
I laughed imagining a date between a gemini and a scorpio because that’s how I feel most of the time with my 2 malefics in Scorpio. Aside from them, Mercury and the Moon in Taurus also ensure a lot of fixity in my chart. I don’t relate so much about the Gemini qualities like extrovert or novelty. Well, I guess a lot of people perceive me as a chatty, outgoing, network-oriented gemini. But I really am a hermit undercover.
Thank you Mercury for encouraging the shape-shifters 🙂
This one of THE best episodes. I really like the guests and they nailed the essence of the Gemini. I am a Gemini sun and when Nicholas said about the double life and walking with our thoughts. I felt that. Also as I am avid meditator and of course a triple Air sign. BREATH is everything.
Jupiter in Gemini. Gemini – quick, duality, hurry, flit about, quick witted, mutable, and whimsical
Wow… I always labeled myself a gap-filler. I have (gemini sun + 4 other gem placements) we are the go between!
I also like the point about how Gemini folks tend to communicate clearly. I am a classroom teacher, and the compliment I usually get from students and my boss is that I am able to break things down and say them in an understandable way.
I’m Gemini rising with the south node there as well. Mercury is in the 6th house Scorpio. Keywords are research, deep-dive, curiosity, details, and working with hands. I used to think I was very Libra as I have a 5 planet stellium including the sun, but as I learned about my Gemini rising I realized where my busy mind, attention to detail, and constant need for change came from. A lot of my friends are Gemini’s and we can talk for hours. I love how flexible they are in their thought process, very opposite to my Taurus rising husband and Taurus sun daughter who doesn’t want to budge on anything.
Thank you so much for doing these, they are so revealing and incredibly interesting. You should have a donate or "buy me a coffee" button on your YouTube uploads!
Next time bring me on! 10H Gemini stellium with Sun, Jupiter, Merc Rx, and Venus 🙂 There are so many points to cover with Gemini placements, and pure Gemini energy is so missed because so many Gemini placements land with Fire elements in people’s charts. Media and people’s perception of Gemini is not based in pure Gemini energy.
My other stellium is in Capricorn and I have seen a completely different expression of Gemini, not amped up or affected by fire. Especially with a Mars in Cancer. I’m observing and albeit slowed down when I’m not info hunting/researching/thought chasing.
I really appreciate how long this program was. I had a chance to relax into the information and explore with the speakers and ponder. Great guests too! Good energy, great analysis, positive give and take amongst all of you. Thanks.
Süper podcast. What happens when sun is in Scorpio and gemini ascending. ♊️. Very helpful useful explanation of ♊️
Gemini Mars in Retrograde, I don’t go to war often but I’m very passionate about words. Not grammatically, but poetically. Written things don’t have to be grammatically correct for me to take meaning from them.
On the rare occasion I DO need to go to battle, it’s usually a war of wit, words, and receipts of some kind brought to you by Miss Hyde. Oh, and my thoughts can be rapid and overly-passionate but are often not expressed out loud. (This could be due to the retrograde, or even just due to my Scorpio moon, or both. Seems to depend on who you ask.)
Thank you so much! I learned a lot and you made many good points (especially the examples of people with Gemini in their charts). I’d love to see Camille continue in a podcast. You go girl!