Mercury enters Gemini this Wednesday. It might sound like a bit of an astrological cliché to say that when Mercury enters Gemini, people become more communicative. Nonetheless, there is some truth to it. Most issues — whether it’s your love life or finances or politics or whatever — have two sides to them, and Mercury in Gemini has a gift for seeing at least five of those sides, evaluating them, and seeing the pros and cons of each. If what you need now in your life is more options, this is a good week to find them.
Applying some intellectual versatility to your love life makes sense this week. Venus is also in Gemini, but other than a square to Neptune on Monday (making your feelings a bit foggy), Venus isn’t getting any particular aspects from any of the other planets this week. If you find that the hearts and desires in your life are a bit scattered, you might as well apply some of that scattershot Mercury energy to the matter. If sometimes it takes a thief to catch a thief, then sometimes maybe it takes a shotgun to kill a swarm of flies. A special precaution though: if what’s needed most is to communicate something clearly to a loved one, you might want to get that done before the weekend. Mercury square Neptune doesn’t usually facilitate clear transmission of ideas, even when a bright Mercury placement like Gemini is involved.
More potentially good news this week: there will be none of those ridiculously long Void of Course Moons happening to screw up your new initiatives. The potentially bad news? It will be harder to blame a Void of Course Moon for screwing up your new initiatives this week. Try blaming all that undisciplined Gemini energy instead.
Finally, for those of you seeking “good fortune” in one form or another: after an unusually long time bobbing around in Gemini, Jupiter is starting to pick up speed, shooting (by its usual standards) through the last eight degrees of Gemini in the next month. Have a look at your birth chart and see where those eight degrees fall, and you’re likely to have your load lightened a little in that department. Afterwards, in the last full week of June, Jupiter enters Cancer, the sign of it’s “exaltation.” In other words, the place where Jupiter does its best work. Start laying the groundwork for “overnight success” NOW!