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Your Daily Planet Tracker: Mars In Gemini, Now Until June 24

 

 

Planet Tracker

Mars in Gemini

May 11, 2015 to Jun 24, 2015

Mars in Gemini is an energetic planet in a highly mobile sign. The fact is, however, that Gemini moves in more than one direction at a time, in contradition to Mars’ knifelike thrusts. Mars does best when it’s focused. It is pure hunter instinct that hones in on the target, then strikes its blow. But, Gemini is a better talker than a fighter. It’s a wanderer and thinker, not a killer.

The challenge, then, is to stay on track. But, maybe that’s not even possible now. Maybe we need to stay on more than one track. Diversity is the name of Gemini’s game. Brief incursions may work better than full-scale invasions. Gemini is about tasting little bits at a time, rather than making a total commitment. We might all work more efficiently now if we have a variety of tasks that we can move among like butterflies.

Step lightly in the airy sign. A heavy footprint will only bog you down. This is a time for dancers, not stompers. Wit works wonders when properly placed. The greatest weapon is the mind with Mars in Gemini. Just remember what it feels like to be at the other end of the verbal barb, and avoid laughing while others cry.

Mars in Gemini seems common among divas: Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin and Lena Horne were born with it. Wayne Newton, Tammy Faye Bakker, Eva Peron, Josephine Baker, Fabio and Arnold Schwarzenegger are also part of this group. Make of it what you will.

Raucous rocker Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Jim Morrison, Roger Daltry and Leon Russell belong to this band, along with wordsmiths Randy Newman, Joni Mitchell and Kris Kristofferson. We’ve got randy royals (or royal wannabees) Prince Phillip and Camilla Parker Bowles, and tennis stars Billie Jean King and John McEnroe. We have very bad boys O.J. Simpson and Mike Tyson, and less dangerous ones like Sean Penn and Dennis Hopper.

Mars in Gemini can dress up like model Naomi Campbell or cross-dress like M.A.S.H.’s Jamie Farr; roleplay like writer George Plimpton and make us laugh like Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Tom Arnold, Albert Brooks and Penny Marshall. Gemini brains show in smart girls Alicia Witt, Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep and Erica Jong, and clever boys Sean Connery and Peter O’Toole. There are dreamers here too: like Lech Walesa, Martin Luther King and The Little Prince author Antoine Saint-Exupery to remind us that hope has no boundaries and imagination no limits.

 

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Your Daily Planet Tracker: Mars in Gemini, Now to Jun 24, 2015

 

Planet Tracker

Mars in Gemini

Now to Jun 24, 2015

Mars in Gemini is an energetic planet in a highly mobile sign. The fact is, however, that Gemini moves in more than one direction at a time, in contradition to Mars’ knifelike thrusts. Mars does best when it’s focused. It is pure hunter instinct that hones in on the target, then strikes its blow. But, Gemini is a better talker than a fighter. It’s a wanderer and thinker, not a killer.

The challenge, then, is to stay on track. But, maybe that’s not even possible now. Maybe we need to stay on more than one track. Diversity is the name of Gemini’s game. Brief incursions may work better than full-scale invasions. Gemini is about tasting little bits at a time, rather than making a total commitment. We might all work more efficiently now if we have a variety of tasks that we can move among like butterflies.

Step lightly in the airy sign. A heavy footprint will only bog you down. This is a time for dancers, not stompers. Wit works wonders when properly placed. The greatest weapon is the mind with Mars in Gemini. Just remember what it feels like to be at the other end of the verbal barb, and avoid laughing while others cry.

Mars in Gemini seems common among divas: Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin and Lena Horne were born with it. Wayne Newton, Tammy Faye Bakker, Eva Peron, Josephine Baker, Fabio and Arnold Schwarzenegger are also part of this group. Make of it what you will.

Raucous rocker Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Jim Morrison, Roger Daltry and Leon Russell belong to this band, along with wordsmiths Randy Newman, Joni Mitchell and Kris Kristofferson. We’ve got randy royals (or royal wannabees) Prince Phillip and Camilla Parker Bowles, and tennis stars Billie Jean King and John McEnroe. We have very bad boys O.J. Simpson and Mike Tyson, and less dangerous ones like Sean Penn and Dennis Hopper.

Mars in Gemini can dress up like model Naomi Campbell or cross-dress like M.A.S.H.’s Jamie Farr; roleplay like writer George Plimpton and make us laugh like Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Tom Arnold, Albert Brooks and Penny Marshall. Gemini brains show in smart girls Alicia Witt, Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep and Erica Jong, and clever boys Sean Connery and Peter O’Toole. There are dreamers here too: like Lech Walesa, Martin Luther King and The Little Prince author Antoine Saint-Exupery to remind us that hope has no boundaries and imagination no limits.
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Your Daily Planet Tracker: Sun in Taurus, Now until May 21, 2015

 

 

Planet Tracker

Sun in Taurus

Now until May 21, 2015

 

Signs are Seasons

Taurus occupies the middle of the spring season in the Northern Hemisphere. The signs in the middle of seasons are called fixed signs (Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius are the others). They tend to resist change. Their purpose is not to stop movement, but to ensure a consistency of values.

Earthy Taurus is about appreciating the natural forces of this planet, its people and plants. It is, in some ways, the sign of the Garden of Eden; it is about enjoying the pleasures of this world. The essence of Taurus, then, is not doing, but simply being. Just stop a moment to feel your body, to smell the air, to sense the light on your face. Physical sensation in its most positive forms are the essence of Taurus.

Comfort or Indulgence

This appreciation for physical pleasure is a reminder that we are each worthy, even without expending effort. At its best, this is the essence of self-acceptance. “I am worthy because I exist,” may well be the Taurus motto. The strength of this perspective is that it reduces our anxiety to do, to become someone or make something happen in order to be worthy.

Real self-acceptance is, of course, very healthy. It allows a person to enjoy herself and appreciate her gifts. But, there is also a kind of false self-acceptance that can be associated with Taurus. This is self-indulgent and lazy. It’s not about confidence, it’s really about fear. The challenge is to transform worth into action. Potential alone will not change the world or improve your life. Yes, meditative moments, walks on the beach and massages do remind us of the sweetness of life and can be delicious. But, growth and change also require action.

When self-acceptance is rooted in real appreciation, rather than resignation or denial, it is inherently dynamic. The in-breath is always followed by an out-breath. The healthy expression of Taurus then becomes highly productive.

The Money Sign?

Taurus, and its key planet Venus, are often associated with money. This, however, can be misleading. Sure, Taurus likes stuff, particularly high quality expensive stuff. It can be possessive, too. But one of the secrets of money is that it is about exchange, that it has no real value by itself.

While Taurus often knows a good thing when he sees it, the idea of exchange is not always easy for this sign to grasp. It needs to learn to give if it’s going to get. The risks of sharing can complicate the bull’s simple life, but Taurus needs to know about this to be materially successful.

The Non-Material Taurus

Although Taurus is essentially about the physical world, there is another path that some born in this sign have taken. In the pursuit of peace, awareness and the essence of comfort, many bulls are attracted to spirituality.

Foremost among these was the Buddha. Prince Gautama was a Taurus born into a world of luxury and leisure. But his desire for real value and meaning led him down a very different path. The truth, he found, was not in the world bound by flesh and ego, but in the spirit.

Perhaps the reason is that, at its highest levels, Taurus is about enduring values. The flesh will not endure, but spirit is eternal. This is a reminder for all of us, Taurus or not, to remember the non-material reality that lies behind all that we can physically touch and feel.

Famous Bulls

The movies have been good to Taurus. Among this sign’s stars are Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Shirley MacLaine, Uma Thurman and Harvey Keitel. We tend to think of Taurus as strong or muscular, but there are even slim Taurus stars like Audrie Hepburn, Fred Astaire and Michelle Pfeiffer.

Taurus, associated with the throat, is a sign for singers like Barbra Streisand, Cher, Janet Jackson, Enya, Enrique Iglesias, Willie Nelson, Stevie Wonder, James Brown and Billy Joel. Comic bulls include Jerry Seinfeld, George Carlin and Jay Leno. Directing ones are George Lucas and Orson Welles, while Tony Gwynn, Dennis Rodman, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter and Andre Agassi are sporty bulls.

This sign even includes the fathers of communism (Karl Marx) and psychotherapy (Sigmund Freud), as well as modern political figures Tony Blair and Madeleine Albright.

 

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