The devil’s got nothing on YOUR silver tongue, as charming, coquettish Venus joins dance partner Mars in Leo and your articulate third house this Monday, June 5. Wooing with words is already a Gemini specialty. So whether you’re recording a podcast, composing a savage tweet or sending bae an inspired love text, you’ll be prolific. But wield this gift with care. Although Venus hovers here for four whole months, until October 8, this extended period is due to an upcoming retrograde. From July 22 to September 3, the planet of love and beauty will spin backwards, an event that happens every 18 months. Just because you CAN talk people into a romantic notion, doesn’t mean you should hard-pitch the idea. If they’re not fully engaged, you’ll just wind up feeling responsible and weighted down as you drag them along for the ride. A better plan? Get lit up as you speak about your passions, then, take note of who gets all sparkly and enthused. During this Venus phase, kindred spirits could crop up from within and without your inner circle. Better still? The common ground might lead you straight to a love connection. Not that you have to rush into anything formal. During this mutable cycle, you could run hot, then cold, then hot again. Even couples should ease off the gas and just “enjoy the now” with activities that allow you to strengthen the bond of friendship that is a baseline for every healthy relationship. If you want to obsess about the future, then confine your focus to lining up the most amazing summer entertainment calendar you’ve had in years!
On Sunday, get ready for your annual mental power surge! Your ruler, analytical and articulate Mercury, buzzes into your sign and first house of identity until June 26. Over the next couple weeks, you’ll be in rare form, cranking out brilliant, creative work in record time. Your thinking will be clear and innovative, but don’t slow down to explain things to people who will never be able to grasp them. Step into your power and position yourself as a leader in your field. If you need to get more training or experience, immerse yourself and come out the other end an influencer.
But DO keep a few things in the vault, Gemini! Secretive Pluto, who’s been retrograde in Aquarius and your candid ninth house since May 1, slips back into Capricorn and your esoteric eighth house for the remainder of its reversal, until October 10. Levity is your preferred M.O. but when the mysterious planet seeps into this cauldron of intense emotion, you won’t have quite as big of an appetite for small talk and frivolities. Instead, delve into transformation work and inner healing. Below the surface lie life-changing insights that can bring movement to stuck areas of life. Pluto is almost completely done with its protracted transit through Capricorn from 2008 to 2024. Now that the finish line is in sight, you’ll realize how sharp your intuition has become. Cut loose those fair-weather friends and bad advisors who make you second guess your instincts and wind up steering you in the worst direction. There are better wing(wo)men out there for you—ones who support you in thinking for yourself—instead of feeding you THEIR solutions. Since Pluto and the eighth house have a Scorpionic vibe, you could have some deeper insights about what turns you on. Have you fallen prey to jealousy or obsession? (Oh, that active Gemini imagination…) Pluto retrograde brings a nice degree of objectivity that lets you peer behind the curtain and evaluate whether these feelings are being provoked by someone else…or are activating an old, buried wound of your own. The real lesson is stepping out of the (useless) blame game and changing your own perspective.
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