Mars in Gemini

The argument was over twenty minutes ago and still, happily, you are finding better replies to it.

Fear and Dread

Mars has two small moons, and they are twins of a kind: Phobos and Deimos, fear and dread, named after the sons of the war god who rode beside their father into battle. Gemini belongs to the Twins, and here Mars fights in pairs as well. You chase two goals at once, hold two opinions in the same argument, and keep two escape routes open just in case.

The sharp tongue

Your drive goes into words, as it would in a sign ruled by Mercury. You debate, tease, bargain and persuade, and you are fast. You can talk your way into a job, out of a parking fine, and round anyone who arrived meaning to say no. In a fight your weapon is the one-liner, and it lands before the other side has finished drawing breath.

You rarely mean to wound. You mean to win the exchange, which is not the same thing, and it can take you a day to notice the difference.

Many hands

Variety is fuel. Several things moving at once suit you best: a job, a side project, a course you are taking, a trip you are planning. Repetition wears you out quicker than effort ever could. You learn a skill quickly, get good enough to enjoy it, and move to another, and your life is full of things you can do well.

Your body wants movement too: walking while you think, pacing through a phone call, fidgeting under the table in a long meeting.

Scattered

The difficulty is follow-through. Ten things started is not the same as one thing finished, and your enthusiasm for the next idea can leave the last one abandoned. Your temper is quick and verbal, and a clever cruel sentence is always within reach when you are cornered.

Attraction starts in your head. Wit is what catches you, and anyone able to keep up with you in conversation has already gone further with you than most.

The people who have sparred with you still quote your best lines back to you, a little annoyed that they didn’t think of them first.