Sagittarius Lunar Eclipse And The Transit Of Venus

We have just experienced the Solar Eclipse not long ago and now, on June 4th, the Full Moon Sagittarius Lunar Eclipse is upon us at 14 degrees of Sagittarius.  The Sun, Mercury and Venus are all in Gemini.  The Sun is conjunct Venus and Square Mars.  Gemini is the sociable, go and get our there sign and Sagittarius is a philosophical sign.  These two signs together symbolize shedding the old systems, moving on and starting something new.  Societies around the world are reorganizing their belief systems, their political views, their economical structures.  Individuals will feel the urge to reconcile the past, acknowledge it and move on into new social circles, meet new people and acquaintances.  One of the ways to deal with the power of this Eclipse is to start living the life you always wanted to live.  Seems impossible?  Well, as my dear friend said - live your true reality, create your reality.  I used to be skeptical but more and more I believe that it is, in essence, what we have to do in this world.  This world is not changing, not for us.  Sagittarius is a great dreamer.  Gemini is more of a realist.  What a perfect combination.  Make your dreams real, or make your reality a dream?  

In June Venus leaves the evening sky and enters the morning sky.  This brightest planet will pass right over the face of the Sun on the 4th and the 5th of June.  This transit is very rare and it will not happen again until the 11th of December, 2017.  The Venus will appear as a small, dark dot moving in front of the Sun.  If you live in the Western Hemisphere the transit will happen in the afternoon hours on the 5th of June, if you live in the Eastern Hemisphere, the transit will be seen at sunrise on the 6th of June. 
 
You may also visit the following website for a more detailed information.  I am pretty sure that they will have live webcams so you can see this transit no matter where you live.  

http://www.exploratorium.edu/venus

What about an astrological meaning of this rare transit?  The Sun represents our heart and the Venus is all about love and passion.  Filling our heart with love will make each and every one of us stronger.  We will be able weather the storms we are encountering now, we will be able to witness the breaking of the old systems (financial and social) and not to feel fear, just love.  Love is all around us.  This unique transit will intensify our relationships, the feeling of love, the passion.
 

Lionel Richie - All Night Long

Here is another great Gemini performer - Lionel Richie.  This song transports me into my childhood.  It reminds me of the times my aunt would come to our house to watch me when my parents were at work (they both were busy professionals).  My aunt was a teenager then so obviously there were no rules.  I could do what I wanted to do and eat all the chocolate I wanted to eat.  But what I remember the most is listening to the 80s music with her.  I still think the early 80s music scene was great, even though I was only about 10 years old.  So enjoy your weekend.  I will try to relax as well, since I have worked for the last two weekends.  Spending time with family and friends is the best thing you can do and it is "very Gemini."  Have fun!

Johnny Depp And The Many Faces Of Gemini

Johnny Depp – an American actor, producer and a musician, was born on June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky (USA). He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.   

He first appeared on television in the 1980s starring in series 21 Jump Street.  In 1990 he portrayed a gentle young man who had scissors for hands in Edward Scissorhands.  In 1994 he played the leading role in Ed Wood, a legendary unsuccessful movie director.  Sleepy Hollow followed in 1999.  One of my personal favourite movies is Chocolat where Johnny Depp plays alongside Juliette Binoche.  She is a famous chocolatier and he is a careless and adventurous gypsy.  One of the movies that made Johnny Depp very popular with a wide audience is the famous Pirates of the Caribbean series.  The film started with the first release in 2003.  Johnny Depp lives and breathes the life of an eccentric pirate “Captain” Jack Sparrow.  The movie was followed by three more sequels.  
  

 

In 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was released.  It stars Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka.  If you are looking to see a romantic movie please don’t do what I did in 2007.  Don’t go see Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.  Although Depp’s portrayal of Sweeney Todd is phenomenal, if you only go out with your significant other once in a blue moon, this is not the movie for you.  Alice in Wonderland is probably much more fun to watch, and you don’t need to get too philosophical with it.  Johnny Depp plays the Hatter and Helena Bonham-Carter (his partner from Sweeney Todd) plays the Red Queen.  Johnny Depp’s newest movie Dark Shadows is yet another complex personality analysis and this time he plays Barnabas Collins – an imprisoned vampire.  

There are many more movies I did not mention, just like there are so many faces of Gemini. But no matter how troubled or how complicated the roles that Johnny Depp plays are, no matter how messed up the characters’ lives are, he always brings out the human side of each character he plays.  Suddenly we feel with the character, we perhaps “are” the character.  Like a mosaic of emotions and fragments of our life, we begin to put it all together.  Johnny Depp plays each character with lightness and makes us believe that he is the character.  He is still Johnny Depp on a physical level - the same attractive look is his trademark, but the character has changed – from happy Willy Wonka, careless gypsy Roux, to an extremely heavy psychological character of Sweeney Todd.  He is Ed Wood, he is the Hatter and Barnabas Collins all in one. 

Johnny Depp's artistic approach is phenomenal.  I often compare Johnny Depp to Leonardo DiCaprio although I know these two wonderful actors are very unique and have a very different approach to acting.  In one of my favourite movies What’s Eating Gilbert Grape these two great actors meet to give their audience what I think is one of their best performances ever, together and individually.  Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) is taking care of his mentally challenged brother Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio).  Their mother is morbidly obese and depressed.  She is unable to take care of the boys and so Gilbert takes over.  The brothers care deeply for each other.  And the rest is for you to watch if you want.  The two actors are very similar in a way that they are both great in making their characters real.  Johnny Depp does it through his “I can talk to anyone and I can become anyone” Gemini way of acting and Leonardo DiCaprio (a Scorpio) studies and analyses his characters to the closest detail, relives their lives and makes us believe his character is genuine as his did in his role as Arnie.  I remember when I first saw that movie, I thought – where did they find the boy (Arnie)?  Was he real?  Was he an actor?  Gemini people communicate and live, Scorpios analyze and relive their roles.  

Johnny Depp is the perfect example of Gemini – a versatile communicator who can do several things at once.  Gemini can talk to anyone – from the person on the street to the government official.  Johnny Depp was a shining star in all of his movies, big or small.  Big budget, small budget – he made every character count and every character extraordinary.  His Capricorn Moon makes him dedicated to each and every role he plays.  It makes him ambitious too.  Although Johnny Depp is a Gemini, his chart is dominated by earth elements and that gives him a practical approach to his work. 

Happy Birthday to all of you who are Gemini.  You make the world fun and colourful.  You make us want to get out and communicate with the world, you make us less afraid to go out there, make friends, learn, know and explore.  Who are you today?  And who will you become tomorrow?