it's tuesday, june 16, moon is in gemini, in the starspace called punarvasu, it's the second phase of the waxing moon & mars' day. focus of attention gemini is represented, in sidereal/vedic astrology, not by twins, as it is in tropical/western astrology, but by a male & female couple, the man holding a club [...]
it's friday, january 30, moon is in gemini, in the starspace called ārdrā, it's the thirteenth tithi & venus' day. gemini's sanskrit name, mithuna, can be translated as "couple," "twins," "brace" or "pair." tropical/western astrology hews toward "twins," vedic/sidereal astrology toward "couple." as in a man & a woman, which isn't necessarily genderizing but [...]
it's monday, august 18, & moon is in gemini, in the starspace called mṛgaśira. gemini is ruled by youthful & curious mercury & is, in vedic tradition, represented by a binary couple, a man & a woman. mercury is considered neuter/neutral, is a chameleon, bisexual, as he can swing either way, depending on whom he [...]
it's wednesday, february 24, & moon is in cancer, in the starspace called pushya. cancer is the fourth sign of the zodiac & as such creates a fourth-house-like environment. the fourth house is about whether & how we feel at home in ourselves, which means how settled & comfortable we feel in our hearts, b/c [...]