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ASTROLOGY YOUR PLACE IN THE STARS VENUS IN GEMINI GEMINI has the precisely opposite effect to Taurus. In this sign Venus is easily aroused, but has little or nothing physical or positive about it. It is inconstant, and always mental or ideal. People having this position of Venus are constitutionally and congenitally incapable of understanding passion as ordinary men and women do. In the case of Shakespeare, for example, he is a master of Neptunian love (Venus and Neptune are conjoined in his horoscope), as shown in “As You Like it” and “Twelfth Night” and “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” rather than of the ordinary passion between man and wife. In Petrarch we have a somewhat warmer Venus, but the love is {263} still ideal and therefore incomprehensible to the average man. One must be a poet to read Petrarch with pleasure. Where science is already elsewhere indicated as the pursuit in life, this position in Gemini comes naturally to strengthen that disposition, or at least to avoid weakening it by a counter-pull. Thus Kant, Huxley, and Herbert Spencer were undisturbed in their life’s work by the claims of love or pleasure, and all their Venus-quality was manifested on the mental plane. People with this position are never quite satisfied. “Ah but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp; or what’s a heaven for?” is a Browning quotation which they import into private life. They are often frivolous, fickle, and incapable of any but the most superficial affection. Nor is the object of affection ever single; such people are often terribly puzzled as to which of several admirers to prefer. In truth, they want none of them; they like the titillation, and would be seriously annoyed if one of their pigeons turned out a hawk—as sometimes happens! The intellectuality of Gemini often enables the native to understand passion, even though he does not feel it. The examples of Shakespeare and Petrarch given above are to the point. The difficulty comes in the power of expression, for though, as Oscar Wilde observed, “genuine emotion is the root of all bad art,” yet it is also the root of all good art, and its absence renders the portrayal of human character to some degree unsatisfying. In America we have an extremely satisfactory example of the attitude which we are discussing. It is that of Elbert Hubbard. He regarded the mind, or rather the mental plane, as the most real and the only important one of the planes, and his whole doctrine, being based on this assumption, finds both its strength and weakness therein. Some writer has asserted that all phenomena are but phantoms of the mind, and much of the teaching of Elbert Hubbard was very similar in this underlying assumption. This attitude is, of course, very distasteful to the average man, who regards it as evidence alike of lack of feeling and of instability of brain. The distinction between these points of view touches the emotions so closely that ill-feeling is bound to exist between people who happen to be on opposite sides of the fence. Without presuming to take sides in so embittered a controversy, or to give judgment in so delicate a dispute, one is bound to say that Gemini may be regarded {264} as by no means sympathetic to Venus. Her presence in that sign is a limitation, for her nature is earth and water, while Gemini is pure air, and there is bitter hostility between air and earth. The effect of air upon Venus makes her dispersed and frivolous, which is a vice of Venus, whose excellence consists in form, in plasticity, in repose. The following are the names of well known persons who have Venus in the sign Gemini: William Randolph Hearst William C. de Mille Frank H. Damrosch George M. Cohan Charles Hayden Margaret Lawrence Maxfield Parrish Edwin Markham William Shakespeare H. Rider Haggard Elbert Hubbard Lord Northcliffe John W. Weeks For the benefit of those who are not in possession of Raphael’s Ephemeris, or who are not able to interpret the symbols contained therein, the years when Venus is in the sign Gemini are as follows: From June 4th through June 28th 1840 April 13th “ May 3rd 1841 July 7th ” August 7th 1841 May 5th “ May 29th 1842 June 20th ” July 14th 1843 April 8th “ May 4th 1844 May 20th ” June 13th 1845 July 2nd “ July 27th 1846 April 21st ” May 15th 1847 June 4th “ June 27th 1848 April 19th ” April 22nd 1849 July 7th “ August 7th 1849 {265} From May 5th ” May 28th 1850 June 19th “ July 13th 1851 April 7th ” May 4th 1852 May 20th “ June 12th 1853 July 2nd ” July 27th 1854 April 20th “ May 14th 1855 June 3rd ” June 27th 1856 July 7th “ August 6th 1857 May 4th ” May 28th 1858 June 19th “ July 12th 1859 April 7th ” May 4th 1860 May 19th “ June 11th 1861 July 1st ” July 26th 1862 April 20th “ May 14th 1863 June 3rd ” June 26th 1864 July 7th “ August 6th 1865 May 4th ” May 27th 1866 June 18th “ July 12th 1867 April 7th ” May 4th 1868 May 19th “ June 11th 1869 July 1st ” July 26th 1870 April 19th “ May 14th 1871 June 2nd ” June 26th 1872 July 8th “ August 6th 1873 May 3rd ” May 27th 1874 June 18th “ July 11th 1875 April 6th ” May 4th 1876 May 18th “ June 10th 1877 July 1st ” July 25th 1878 April 19th “ May 13th 1879 June 2nd ” June 25th 1880 July 8th “ August 5th 1881 May 3rd ” May 26th 1882 June 17th “ July 11th 1883 April 6th ” May 4th 1884 May 17th “ June 10th 1885 June 30th ” July 25th 1886 April 18th “ May 13th 1887 {266} From June 1st through June 25th 1888 July 8th ” August 5th 1889 May 2nd “ May 26th 1890 June 17th ” July 10th 1891 April 5th “ May 4th 1892 May 17th ” June 9th 1893 June 30th “ July 24th 1894 April 18th ” May 12th 1895 June 1st “ June 24th 1896 July 8th ” August 5th 1897 May 2nd “ May 25th 1898 June 16th ” July 10th 1899 April 6th “ May 5th 1900 May 17th ” June 10th 1901 June 30th “ July 25th 1902 April 18th ” May 13th 1903 June 1st “ June 25th 1904 July 8th ” August 5th 1905 May 2nd “ May 26th 1906 June 17th ” July 10th 1907 April 6th “ May 5th 1908 May 17th ” June 9th 1909 June 30th “ July 24th 1910 April 18th ” May 12th 1911 June 1st “ June 24th 1912 July 8th ” August 5th 1913 May 2nd “ May 25th 1914 June 16th ” July 10th 1915 April 6th “ May 5th 1916 May 16th ” June 9th 1917 June 29th “ July 24th 1918 April 17th ” May 12th 1919 May 31st “ June 23rd 1920 July 8th ” August 5th 1921 May 1st “ May 25th 1922 June 15th ” July 9th 1923 April 5th “ May 5th 1924 May 16th ” June 8th 1925 {267} From June 29th through July 23rd 1926 April 17th “ May 11th 1927 May 30th ” June 23rd 1928 July 8th “ August 4th 1929 Previous | Top | Index | Next Introduction | THE SUN SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | The Sun | The Sun in the Signs | The Sun in Aries | The Sun in Taurus | The Sun in Gemini | The Sun in Cancer | The Sun in Leo | The Sun in Virgo | The Sun in Libra | The Sun in Scorpio | The Sun in Sagittarius | The Sun in Capricorn | The Sun in Aquarius | The Sun in Pisces | Periods When The Sun Will Be Afflicted by Uranus | Periods When The Sun Will Be Beneficently Aspected by Uranus | Periods When The Sun Will Be Afflicted by Saturn | Periods When The Sun Will Be Beneficently Aspected by Jupiter | THE MOON SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | The Moon | The Moon in the Signs | The Moon in Aries | The Moon in Taurus | The Moon in Gemini | The Moon in Cancer | The Moon in Leo | The Moon in Virgo | The Moon in Libra | The Moon in Scorpio | The Moon in Sagittarius | The Moon in Capricorn | The Moon in Aquarius | The Moon in Pisces | MERCURY SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Mercury in the Signs | Mercury in Aries | Mercury in Taurus | Mercury in Gemini | Mercury in Cancer | Mercury in Leo | Mercury in Virgo | Mercury in Libra | Mercury in Scorpio | Mercury in Sagittarius | Mercury in Capricorn | Mercury in Aquarius | Mercury in Pisces | VENUS SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Venus in the Signs | Venus in Aries | Venus in Taurus | Venus in Gemini | Venus in Cancer | Venus in Leo | Venus in Virgo | Venus in Libra | Venus in Scorpio | Venus in Sagittarius | Venus in Capricorn | Venus in Aquarius | Venus in Pisces | MARS SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Mars in the Signs | Mars in Aries | Mars in Taurus | Mars in Gemini | Mars in Cancer | Mars in Leo | Mars in Virgo | Mars in Libra | Mars in Scorpio | Mars in Sagittarius | Mars in Capricorn | Mars in Aquarius | Mars in Pisces | JUPITER SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Jupiter in the Signs | Jupiter in Aries | Jupiter in Taurus | Jupiter in Gemini | Jupiter in Cancer | Jupiter in Leo | Jupiter in Virgo | Jupiter in Libra | Jupiter in Scorpio | Jupiter in Sagittarius | Jupiter in Capricorn | Jupiter in Aquarius | Jupiter in Pisces | The Effects of Jupiter on Vocation | SATURN SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Saturn in the Signs | Saturn in Aries | Saturn in Taurus | Saturn in Gemini | Saturn in Cancer | Saturn in Leo | Saturn in Virgo | Saturn in Libra | Saturn in Scorpio | Saturn in Sagittarius | Saturn in Capricorn | 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