Your Personal Horoscope 2012: Month-by-month forecasts for every sign

Sign most helpful for emotional support – Virgo

Sign most helpful financially – Cancer

Sign best for marriage and/or partnerships – Sagittarius

Sign most helpful for creative projects – Libra

Best Sign to have fun with – Libra

Signs most helpful in spiritual matters – Taurus, Aquarius

Best day of the week – Wednesday

Understanding a Gemini

Gemini is to society what the nervous system is to the body. It does not introduce any new information but is a vital transmitter of impulses from the senses to the brain and vice versa. The nervous system does not judge or weigh these impulses – it only conveys information. And it does so perfectly.

This analogy should give you an indication of a Gemini’s role in society. Geminis are the communicators and conveyors of information. To Geminis the truth or falsehood of information is irrelevant, they only transmit what they see, hear or read about. Thus they are capable of spreading the most outrageous rumours as well as conveying truth and light. Geminis sometimes tend to be unscrupulous in their communications and can do both great good or great evil with their power. This is why the sign of Gemini is symbolized by twins: Geminis have a dual nature.

Their ability to convey a message – to communicate with such ease – makes Geminis ideal teachers, writers and media and marketing people. This is helped by the fact that Mercury, the ruling planet of Gemini, also rules these activities.

Geminis have the gift of the gab. And what a gift this is! They can make conversation about anything, anywhere, at any time. There is almost nothing that is more fun to Geminis than a good conversation – especially if they can learn something new as well. They love to learn and they love to teach. To deprive a Gemini of conversation, or of books and magazines, is cruel and unusual punishment.

Geminis are almost always excellent students and take well to education. Their minds are generally stocked with all kinds of information, trivia, anecdotes, stories, news items, rarities, facts and statistics. Thus they can support any intellectual position that they care to take. They are awesome debaters and, if involved in politics, make good orators. Geminis are so verbally smooth that even if they do not know what they are talking about, they can make you think that they do. They will always dazzle you with their brilliance.

Finance

Geminis tend to be more concerned with the wealth of learning and ideas than with actual material wealth. As mentioned, they excel in professions that involve writing, teaching, sales and journalism – and not all of these professions pay very well. But to sacrifice intellectual needs merely for money is unthinkable to a Gemini. Geminis strive to combine the two. Cancer is on Gemini’s solar 2nd house (of money) cusp, which indicates that Geminis can earn extra income (in a harmonious and natural way) from investments in residential property, restaurants and hotels. Given their verbal skills, Geminis love to bargain and negotiate in any situation, and especially when it has to do with money.

The Moon rules Gemini’s 2nd solar house. The Moon is not only the fastest-moving planet in the zodiac but actually moves through every sign and house every 28 days. No other heavenly body matches the Moon for swiftness or the ability to change quickly. An analysis of the Moon – and lunar phenomena in general – describes Gemini’s financial attitudes very well. Geminis are financially versatile and flexible; they can earn money in many different ways. Their financial attitudes and needs seem to change daily. Their feelings about money change also: sometimes they are very enthusiastic about it, at other times they could not care less.

For a Gemini, financial goals and money are often seen only as means of supporting a family; these things have little meaning otherwise.

The Moon, as Gemini’s money planet, has another important message for Gemini financially: in order for Geminis to realize their financial potential they need to develop more of an understanding of the emotional side of life. They need to combine their awesome powers of logic with an understanding of human psychology. Feelings have their own logic; Geminis need to learn this and apply it to financial matters.

Career and Public Image

Geminis know that they have been given the gift of communication for a reason, that it is a power that can achieve great good or cause unthinkable distress. They long to put this power at the service of the highest and most transcendental truths. This is their primary goal, to communicate the eternal verities and prove them logically. They look up to people who can transcend the intellect – to poets, artists, musicians and mystics. They may be awed by stories of religious saints and martyrs. A Gemini’s highest achievement is to teach the truth, whether it is scientific, inspirational or historical. Those who can transcend the intellect are Gemini’s natural superiors – and a Gemini realizes this.

The sign of Pisces is in Gemini’s solar 10th house of career. Neptune, the planet of spirituality and altruism, is Gemini’s career planet. If Geminis are to realize their highest career potential they need to develop their transcendental – their spiritual and altruistic – side. They need to understand the larger cosmic picture, the vast flow of human evolution – where it came from and where it is heading. Only then can a Gemini’s intellectual powers take their true position and he or she can become the ‘messenger of the gods’. Geminis need to cultivate a facility for ‘inspiration’, which is something that does not originate in the intellect but which comes through the intellect. This will further enrich and empower a Gemini’s mind.

Love and Relationships

Geminis bring their natural garrulousness and brilliance into their love life and social life as well. A good talk or a verbal joust is an interesting prelude to romance. Their only problem in love is that their intellect is too cool and passionless to incite ardour in others. Emotions sometimes disturb them, and their partners tend to complain about this. If you are in love with a Gemini you must understand why this is so. Geminis avoid deep passions because these would interfere with their ability to think and communicate. If they are cool towards you, understand that this is their nature.

Nevertheless, Geminis must understand that it is one thing to talk about love and another actually to love – to feel it and radiate it. Talking about love glibly will get them nowhere. They need to feel it and act on it. Love is not of the intellect but of the heart. If you want to know how a Gemini feels about love you should not listen to what he or she says, but rather, observe what he or she does. Geminis can be quite generous to those they love.

Geminis like their partners to be refined, well educated and well travelled. If their partners are more wealthy than they, that is all the better. If you are in love with a Gemini you had better be a good listener as well.

The ideal relationship for the Gemini is a relationship of the mind. They enjoy the physical and emotional aspects, of course, but if the intellectual communion is not there they will suffer.

Home and Domestic Life

At home the Gemini can be uncharacteristically neat and meticulous. They tend to want their children and partner to live up to their idealistic standards. When these standards are not met they moan and criticize. However, Geminis are good family people and like to serve their families in practical and useful ways.

The Gemini home is comfortable and pleasant. They like to invite people over and they make great hosts. Geminis are also good at repairs and improvements around the house – all fuelled by their need to stay active and occupied with something they like to do. Geminis have many hobbies and interests that keep them busy when they are home alone.

Geminis understand and get along well with their children, mainly because they are very youthful people themselves. As great communicators, Geminis know how to explain things to children; in this way they gain their children’s love and respect. Geminis also encourage children to be creative and talkative, just like they are.

Horoscope for 2012

Major Trends

From 2003 to 2011 your life has been a series of dramatic changes and upheavals. There have been career changes, dramas with the parent figures in your life, and many personal changes. It is safe to say that your personal circumstances are radically different now to what they were in 2003. In hindsight you can see that these upheavals have worked out for the best, and that you were being set free into new and better conditions and circumstances. For most of you the situation is much improved over these past nine years. Happily things are settling down. There is more peace and less drama in your life, and more stability.

Late in 2011 Jupiter entered your 12th house of spirituality, so you have been in a period of internal, spiritual growth. Many of you travelled on pilgrimages of various types, and many of you had amazing spiritual experiences. And this trend continues in the year ahead, until June 11. Neptune, the most spiritual of all the planets, enters your 10th house this year; not only that but he will spend most of the year hovering near the Mid-heaven of the chart (another indication of spirituality). It is perhaps the most important thing in your life right now. This creates a few challenges for you – for spiritual values tend to conflict with worldly values – and following the spiritual path often entails various worldly kinds of sacrifice.

Jupiter will enter your 1st house on June 11 and stay there for the rest of the year. A very happy transit. It ushers in a period of prosperity that will last well into next year. You are travelling during this period, but this time more for pleasure than for some religious purpose. You will be enjoying the good life – good foods, wines, restaurants and all the pleasures of the physical body. You feel lucky and optimistic, and indeed you are. Love seems very happy this year too (more on this later).

Your areas of greatest interest in the year ahead are spirituality; the body, image and personal pleasure; home and family (until July 3); children and personal creativity (until October 5); health and work (from October 5 onwards); sex, personal transformation and reinvention, occult studies, death and rebirth, life after death; career; and friends, organizations, groups and group activities.

Your paths of greatest fulfilment this year are spirituality (especially until June 11); the body, image and personal pleasure (from June 11 onwards); love, romance and social activities (until August 31); health and work (after August 31).

Health

(Please note that this is an astrological perspective on health and not a medical one. In days of yore there was no difference: these perspectives were identical. But these days, there could be quite a difference. For a medical perspective, please consult your doctor or health practitioner.)

Health looks good in the year ahead. Most of the long-term planets are either in harmonious aspect or leaving you alone. Only Neptune begins to make a stressful aspect (on February 3), and only by himself, so this is not a major concern. It is when the long-term planets start to gang up on you that we get concerned.

Good though your health is there will be periods in the year where health and energy are less easy than usual. This is also normal. These things come from the transits and are temporary, not trends for the year. When the stressful transits pass your natural good health and energy will return.

Reflexology

Try to massage the whole foot on a regular basis, but pay extra attention to the points highlighted on the chart. When you massage, be aware of ‘sore spots’, as these need special attention. It’s also a good idea to massage the ankles and top side of the feet (see below).

This year the most stressful health periods will tend to be from February 18 to March 20; August 22 to September 22; and November 22 to December 21. These are periods to rest and relax more and pay more attention to health.

Your 6th house of health is not a house of power for most of the year and so you are sort of taking good health for granted. But after October 5, it does become a house of power and you become more focused here.

Good though your health is, you can make it even better. Give more attention to the following organs: the lungs, respiratory system, arms and shoulders (arms and shoulders should be regularly massaged); the colon, bladder, gall bladder and sexual organs (safe sex and sexual moderation is very important); the spine, knees, teeth, bones, skin and overall skeletal alignment (important all year but especially after October 5). Regular visits to a chiropractor or osteopath would be a good idea – the vertebrae need to be kept in the correct alignment. And don’t forget regular dental checkups, so you can catch problems before they get too severe. Knees should be given more support when exercising, and regular back and knee massage will be powerful, as will therapies such as Alexander Technique or Feldenkrais.

Pluto is your health planet. In the physical body he rules the colon, bladder and sexual organs – hence their importance in overall health. He rules your health from the sign of Capricorn, which is associated with the spine, knees, teeth, bones, skin and overall skeletal alignment (hence the importance of these organs as well). Saturn, the planetary ruler of these organs, will move into your 6th House of health on October 5, reinforcing what we are saying here.

With your health planet in the conservative sign of Capricorn (and for many years to come) you seem more conservative and traditional when it comes to health. You might be avant-garde in many other areas of life, but not when it comes to your health. You want the tried and true therapies that are accepted and that have stood the test of time. Generally this shows a tendency to orthodox medicine, and even if you indulge in alternative therapies they will tend to be the ‘traditional’ ones that have been around a long time.

The good part here is that you want long-term cures and not short-term fixes. And this will tend to happen for you. Also you are more able – more inclined – to take on disciplined, rigorous (and even harsh) health regimes.

Geminis of appropriate age are much more fertile this year than usual, especially after June 11. And, these days, with a range of fertility treatments available, even older Geminis will be more fertile.