Of all the signs, Gemini is the most bright and you have a natural gift for grasping new ideas and for communicating them with effortlessness to others. Your inquisitiveness is unlimited and you are always on the go, moving from one subject to another, trying to see life from new angles. The down side is that you can easily grow impatient and finishing a project can sometimes be hard. But one thing that life can never be for those with the Sun here is uninteresting. So long, that is, as you can follow your own instincts and avoid being ensnared by dull routine.

Your ruling planet
The ruling planet of your personal chart is the one that rules your Rising Sign. However, if Gemini is your Sun Sign, its ruler, Venus, will also play an imperative role in your psychology.

Mercury, the adaptable, quick-witted messenger of the gods and guide of souls, rules communication, trade, wit and education. The link between this world and the next, he was also the guardian of travellers and the bringer of luck. For the Greeks, he was Hermes, the creator of music. The planet which belongs to him lies closest to the Sun. Its colour is intense lemon yellow, its jewel is agate and its metal, mercury or quicksilver. Its position at birth describes your mind and intellectual powers.

The sign and house it occupies, as well as the connections it makes to other planets, show not only how you communicate, but what kind of mind you have - how you think and rationalize - and how, and what, you gain knowledge of. Its position also shows your relationships to your brothers and sisters - or your lack of them. Above all, it is anxious with making connections.

The mortal Castor and immortal Pollux, the Heavenly Twins of Gemini, stood for Life and Death in ancient Rome and are a symbol of the coexistence of the mortal and immortal parts of man. They also comforted rough seas for sailors; twin balls of lightning in the rigging, now known as St. Elmo's fire, were a assurance of safety from the storm. They are also said to have led the Roman cavalry to victory in a great historic battle. That evening, they appeared, both dressed in purple, watering their white horses at the fountain in Rome's forum. The two brilliant stars, Castor and Pollux, which have also been seen as twins in Asia, Australia and Polynesia, lie next to Taurus on the zodiac chart, above the Great Hunter, Orion.

The flowers of Mercury, Gemini's planet, are lily of the valley and honeysuckle, the most pleasantly aromatic flowers of the shady woodlands and the waysides that Mercury rules. Quick-witted Mercury also owns all fresh and sharply perfumed flowers and herbs, such as lavender, lemongrass and mint. Your herbs are marjoram, parsley, valerian and dill, and your trees are the hazel and palm.

Your essential oils are lavender, lemongrass and peppermint, which all revive and encourage Gemini's active, inquisitive mind, bringing clarity and tranquillity.

The Opal, with its ever-changing coloured fires, reflects Gemini's unsoiled, multifaceted personality and its unlimited desire for change, innovation and information. Alexandrite, which glows red during the day and turns emerald green at night, also belongs to Gemini. It helps the wearer to see both sides of a situation concurrently and to keep in balance. The many hued agate is also a healing stone for Gemini. Warm, reddish brown agates are earthing, while blue lace agate eases mental tensions and helps the wearer to maintain emotional balance and a sense of peace and stability in relationships of every kind.