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May 21 – June 20 · The twins

Gemini

Curiosity: words, connections and the next interesting thing.

  • Curious
  • Quick
  • Restless
Element
Air
Mode
Mutable
Ruler
Mercury
Opposite
Sagittarius
Body
Hands, arms and lungs
Degrees
60°–90°
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Strengths

What Gemini does best

You connect people and ideas faster than anyone. You learn in a weekend what takes others a month, and you make conversation easy.

Challenges

Where it trips up

You start many things and finish few. You can talk about a feeling instead of feeling it. You can get bored of people before you really know them.

Love

Gemini in love

The mind comes first. You fall for people who make you laugh and keep surprising you. You stay close when you have the freedom to move around.

Work

Gemini at work

You do well in writing, sales, teaching, translation and any job with variety and people. Routine bores you. A deadline helps you focus.

Compatibility

Gemini with the other signs

This uses Sun signs only, which is the simplest kind of compatibility. Tap a pair for love, friendship and work.

Easiest

Most challenging

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Gemini, quickly

What are Gemini’s dates?

Gemini season usually runs May 21 – June 20. In 2026 the Sun enters Gemini on 21 May 2026 at 00:37 UTC and leaves on 21 June 2026. If you were born near a change of sign, your exact birth time and place decide your sign.

What element and mode is Gemini?

Gemini is a mutable air sign. Its ruling planet is Mercury.

Who is Gemini most compatible with?

By sign alone, Gemini’s easiest matches are Libra, Aquarius, Leo. Its most difficult matches are Pisces and Scorpio. Real compatibility depends on whole charts: the Moon, Venus, Mars and rising signs.

What is Gemini’s opposite sign?

Sagittarius. Opposite signs have the same mode and elements that complete each other. Each sign has what the other one is learning.

What does it mean to have a Gemini Moon or rising sign?

A Gemini Moon has Gemini feelings and needs (curious, quick, restless). A Gemini rising shows these qualities to other people. Use the birth chart calculator to find yours.