THE RISK OF BECOMING VERY RESTLESS AND EXTREMELY DISTRACTED !!!

MARS - the planet representing the urge to get what you want, personal drive, desires, sexual drive, initiative, courage, and raw energy -  began its transit through the expressive, intellectually curious sign of Gemini today, April 21st at 6:32 AM EDT ... as Mars usually represents fiery actions and Gemini is an Air sign, Mars has the potential to function extremely well here ... and why ??? ... because AIR GIVES LIFE TO FIRE !!! ... in fact, it may work too well and too fast at times in
Gemini ... Mars was last in Gemini from May 11th/12th through June 24th, 2015 ... what was going on during that period in your life in regards to getting what you wanted, taking initiative, or even your sexual drive ???



A keyword for Mars in Gemini would certainly be "spontaneous" ... under this energy one is mentally active and naturally curious with a very restless mind and tongue ... one can assert themselves flexibly, cleverly, and with many talents ... verbal expression and learning is important ... in fact the desire to talk and communicate is so strong that one may talk incessantly and we may find ourselves thinking or perhaps forced to blurt out - SHUT UP !!! ... in addition, having variety and being on the move is necessary ... energy flows very easily here into mental pursuits and/or skill with the hands ... there is often a display of great dexterity and manual skills ... there is a drive towards learning more, developing new skills and making additional connections between people and/or concepts and ideas ... there is usually versatility and adaptability but there is always the risk of being easily distracted as ones focus and desires change quickly and frequently or get completely lost being influenced by so much stimuli ... think of the phrase "ONCE IS ENOUGH" !!!



Personal identity is tied to ones thinking and communication or to ones manual skills ... sexual drive and physical energy are affected by what one sees, thinks, new ideas, and by conversations ... under this energy if someone is ever ticked off, you can forget about getting a word in at all !!! ... as for partnerships and sex, this energy frequently requires more than one partner for total fulfillment !!!



Mars in Gemini teaches us to learn how to get what we want through communicating on all levels ... it's the live wire ... it's touch and go ... in fact it is a real go-getter - quick to think, quick to act, and then quick to move on ... if you want to know something, it won't be too long before you simply go and ask ... the desire nature, the tongue and the nervous system are all wired together here ... attaining the object of ones desires and satisfying them is usually achieved quickly ... there is a need with Mars in Gemini to learn to slow down in order to see what is really happening in order to discover what it is your heart truly desires ... and this can be challenging as Mars energy, especially in this sign, DOES NOT like to slow down ... know anyone born under this planetary energy ??? ... I rest, so to speak, my case !!!



The contact ultimately to be made under this energy is with ones self - until you are able to concentrate your attention and learn to distinguish between what you want, what you have, and what you can't have, you will fall victim to your nervous system running in overdrive and dictating what you do ... these  high strung energies need a constant outlet ... and when you run into someone who frustrates your energies, it becomes necessary to determine what it really is about that person that is driving you - up, down, forward, backward, wild or plain crazy - and you may ultimately discover it is something inside of YOU !!! ... the energy of Mars in Gemini can be expressed in the following ways :


POSITIVE: sharp-witted, humorous, stimulating, ingenious, dexterous, resourceful, adaptable, quick, agile, lively, mobile, eloquent, inquisitive, communicative, contact-maker, versatile mind, flexible, full of ideas, multi-talented

NEGATIVE: sharp-tongued, sarcastic, irreverent, argumentative, mischievous, meddlesome, unreliable, hasty, jumpy, unable to relax, restless, verbose, nosy, rambling, gets wired crossed, scatters thoughts, changeable, lacking in perseverance




Mars is currently the only planet transiting through the sign of Gemini - the only other planet will be the Sun which joins the free for all on May 20th !!! ... and as Mercury rules Gemini, one would think this will be an extremely productive period for many because with all this energy to get up, move forward and take action, you would think we would get a tremendous amount accomplished ... BUT ... that unflinching Cosmic sense of humor is going to come into play here and, in the words of the famous Bard himself, "therein lies the rub" ... for all the get up and go energy this Mars transit has the potential to produce, many of us may hit the proverbial brick wall temporarily as Mercury is currently in its first full retrograde journey for 2017 which began back on April 9th !!!  ... during this 45 day transit of Mars, Mercury will be retrograde during 13 of those days which will certainly present challenges and create chaos and disruption on many levels ... in fact, all of those scathingly brilliant ideas we comes up with while Mars is in Gemini may be very slow to launch, never get launched, or get launched and crash and burn very quickly - at least until the Mercury retrograde is over !!!




GEMINI BORN - enjoy this extra burst of get up and go, as if you really need it anyway, for roughly the next six weeks - even though your ruling planet may rain on your parade while it is retrograde ... but when it is functioning without retrograde interference, be careful not to "incinerate" everyone else with this added "fired" up energy while it is engaged productively without influence from any other universal force of energy in play at the same time !!!




Mars remains in Gemini until June 4th ... for all of us, it is a good idea to try and focus on developing one specific talent which may prove very challenging ... find some kind of pursuit that involves discipline in addition to speed and judgment !!!



NOW - let's all get out there and, in one way or another, BUST A MOVE - INTELLECTUALLY ... PHYSICALLY ... OR BOTH - just not too fast until AFTER May 3rd !!!