The Gemini Twins
Solve et coagula 

Edwin Markham

The Gemini Domain

The human brain consists of a core with two successive layers of new material added on to it. At the core of the brain is something called "The Reptilian Brain," and it simply consists of the instinctive "fight or flight" mechanism. Men and women who are caught in their Lower Mind exhibit these symptoms. They either want war, or they want to run away. The next level of the brain is the mammalian brain and as one might suspect from the term, it deals with our basic survival skills apart from the basic instinct to face or run away from danger. The third level is the cortex/neo-cortex, and this is where our more sophisticated sensory and mental/emotional response patterns are stored. When we learn behaviors, the neo-cortex is where our conditioning to reinforce or change patterns is stored. The goal is to know (gnosis) and this is a function of learning through processing experiences to give us the understanding. We can also process the direct transmission of knowledge if we are ready for it. Most people have to go through the learning/remembering process in order to evolve mentally.

Lower Mind's corresponding Chakras (energy vortices) are the lower ones, Manipura (solar plexus) through Muladhara (base of spine). Signs that a person is stuck in the lower chakras include fascination and obsession with money, property and prestige. This gives them a false sense of security but it sets them up to lose everything and have to look to a Higher Power for help. 

The Lower Mind's relation to the Higher Mind is in joining with it in the subtle neural center of the brain (Pineal Gland). Input is received in the lower brain-mind by messengers called "neurons" who work with the Nervous System of the body and report their findings to the Central Processing Unit in human brain. 

The realm of Lower Mind is a world of text books and practical experiences designed to help us complete our knowledge and understanding of the physical world and our individual places in it. 

The brain (Lower Mind) is the place where messages, most notably sensations of pleasure and pain, are registered and interpreted as we embark upon our learning path. Eventually, after some number of trial-and-error life experiences are processed in the Lower Mind, we learn or are guided to reach out to Higher Mind for solutions to problems that are just too big to be handled by ourselves using Lower Mind means. That is where through the opening of the Pineal Gland we are ushered into the Higher Mind pursuits of Gemini's twin and polar opposite, Sagittarius.

The Planets in Gemini

In Gemini, we start out in the Center with the Sun acting as the symbol of a simple human brain containing the seed of cosmic consciousness, pre-programmed with everything it needs to take input and make good decisions.

Those with planetary intelligences in Gemini will find themselves gifted with some special form of mental acuity, outlook, and/or self-expression. Look to aspects with polarity and anti-polarity intelligences, dispositors, and Fixed Star conjunctions for details.

At the intellectual (Sun in Gemini) level, we explore cause and effect. We learn how to live in the body and expand our concepts of self to include our brothers and sisters. 

If you have Sun in Gemini, your place in the Body of Humanity is somewhere in the Mental apparatus. It is your job to master Lower Mind and reach Higher Mind as quickly as possible without causing any other mental component in your sector to go down unless it's supposed to. Your goal is to learn so you can teach by example. Remember, some souls have contracted with each other to deal some hard lessons of life to each other so we can quit lagging and move forward. That's why it's important to learn to suspend judgment, forgive your brothers and sisters even if you can't sustain an intimate relationship with them. Strive to learn lessons of eternal value.  Soon you will find your soul brothers and sisters on the threshold of Higher Mind (Jupiter initiates your matriculation into Sagittarius). That's when the Gemini tests will begin in earnest. If at that point you can't preserve your relationships with soul brothers and sisters, there is something terribly wrong in the conscious (solar) lower mind thought pattern and we then face having to go back through the cosmic lower mind debugger (Mercury in Coyote mode).

The conscientious person who has Mercury in Gemini is gifted with mental agility. He or she is able to think things through taking points of view other than his own into account. Presented with choices, the well-developed Mercurian mind knows which avenues of thought apply to any given situation, much like a lawyer knows his laws. He is able to pull thoughts out of thin air with unnerving speed and if grounded and moral, can cut to the chase and show you the light of reason without wasting any words. . 

Mercury in Gemini is in any case seen to be a gift of mental agility with an innate ability to go far into the Higher Mind, having only to make up his mind to do it. 

Higher Minded through New Age frequency changes, Mercury in Gemini is the Messenger of Higher Mind. This is the Sage-Teacher channeling Wisdom (Mental Healing) alchemically from Above.

The true path to Higher Mind and Right Thinking is through the Heart. The Heart has a Mind of its own (Heart Math Solution). This happy thought leads us to conclude that in the New Age Venus assumes an exalted rulership role in this constellation-sign now made up of a Unified or Twin Flame/Soul, the Male Twin (Castor) and the Female Twin (Pollux). In the Higher Minded phase of human incarnation, the Mystical Marriage has taken place between the personality and soul-psyche (energetic male and female aspects of consciousness known hermetically as "mental gender") and the human person has either united with its mate for life - like the Eagle - or soars alone without need of a second physical body for companionship. Nevertheless, we continue to exercise our masculine and feminine parts (analyzing conditions for self actualizing - and - meditational, receptive ascetic repose for staying connected with Spirit).

The Venusian's gift for art and musical harmony comes from the quality of resonance. When in detriment the resonant Venusian develops moods as the troughs of her vibrations dip below the x-axis. This finds her essences in the position of needing to seek restoration of their natural levels of complicity and complete inner and outer harmony. The Venusian may as a consequence resort to any number of mechanisms designed to restore the vibratory centerpoint to its natural place -- higher. On the material plane, these include a search for ordinary creature comforts and self reassurance with the aid of outside sources. The Lower brain complex analyzes needs and communicates them at a vibrational rate will attract healing and/or correction to promote growth toward Higher Mindedness.

The only way to keep a Venusian happy is to give it lots of love and attention. True love is a spiritual vibration, not always recognized as love, since "love" on this planet has so far consisted of one person insisting that another live up to its unrealistic expectations. This results in the illogical idea that if the target does not turn out to follow the script in the love-seeker's mind, it is up to the target to change in order to produce the desired result in the seeker. Enter: the "control issue."

The  goal of the Gemini-Venusian is to develop the capacity for unconditional love. This means that the Gemini-Venusian needs to abandon all mental conceptions that others are only desirable love objects if they are willing to drop everything and come running when called. This is equivalent to pandering to manipulative mental devices such as sympathy plays and other mind games. The only way to achieve lasting relationships involving the Venusian is to accept every mind/body/spirit as it is, perfect in the eyes of the Creator, and see everyone as a mirror for self. In this mirror will we see the errors in our logic that keep us from resonating with all of Life so that we can correct them gently, and with Venusian Love. 

In terms of *ordinal position, Venus's Higher Octave is Neptune. Due to the eccentricities of Venus's planetary body (she is the only light body that rotates clockwise on her axis) she shares a certain sympathy with Uranus whose axis tilts at a radical 97.86°.

*Ordinal position: 

• Prime Duality/Quasi-Octave: Sun-Moon
• Inner Ring: Mercury, Venus, Mars
• Interpersonal Ring: Jupiter, Saturn
• Transpersonal Ring ("Octaves" of the planets in the Inner Ring) Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

The Gemini Moon is probably the most powerful of all lunar placements and the least understood. For that reason alone it should be worked with carefully. Close attention must be paid to lunar phases as well as the roving location of the Sun in its yearly transit of the zodiac signs -- and of course the all-important eclipses and planetary occultations. Even the most minute details of mystic and occult knowledge should be studied and mastered as the person with Moon in Gemini has the ability to go very far in just one incarnation. Failing an interest in reasoned, intellectual study, the next best thing to do is to just go with the life flow and be ready for lots of changes.

No other details will be given here. If you have this Moon placement and are not already on your Soul Path, seek a Teacher without delay. 

What do we really know about Mars (or any part of the Universe for that matter) based on what information is passed down to us? Until such time as our planetary administrators, governments, and those with fiduciary responsibility to the people get honest with themselves and with us, one can only guess.

Mars has two "moons" whose shapes and peculiarities of orbit suggest to men of modern science that they may not in fact be moons in the generally accepted sense of the term. In fact, Phobos and Deimos look like they are moons who have been shot to $#*! ... an observation that tends to lend credence to the "warrior planet" concept. However, an absence of observable "life" on the planetary surface suggests that if there was a war, the men from Mars may not have been the victors.

Mars in Gemini, having been originally an agrarian god, likes to think of itself as a friendly or at least self-expressive planet capable of providing passers-by with food for thought. Hence the challenge "Think about it!"

The Gemini Mars has an active mind eternally on a quest for fertile ground in which to plant seeds or foster a new spurt of growth in those shoots which have bravely asserted themselves above ground.

Focused on acting out new thought patterns made healthy ground by virtue of the manure heaped on it in previous experiences, Mars continually reassesses his position to make sure it is valid before foisting his opinion upon others. Self-centeredness (centered on self for growth instead of on somebody else for dependence) having been found to be the best starting point before acting on thoughts or ideas, the Gemini with Mars is focused on speaking out for truth. While this might hurt a bit, it demands that you constantly do the same ... check your motivational thoughts before you accuse someone else of being in the wrong. And THEN speak your mind. Would you wish for anyone do less than that for you?

In an individual who is aligned with the Soul Path, Jupiter in Gemini doesn't need to analyze the myriad options open to him. Always open to the Voice for Spirit (his Higher Mind delivers this) his "word" always results in good fortune, whether the appearances of manifested result look not-so-good coming at you or not. Sometimes the not-so-good stuff has a way of congealing the negativity you're carrying around yourself, so that when it suddenly moves aside PRESTO there's your Pot of Gold ... at the end of the Rainbow, as promised by Jupiter in Gemini.

Jupiter in Gemini wears his awesome power lightly -- so lightly you may miss "seeing" it entirely. But make no mistake about it, there is definitely a lot of wattage there -- enough to light a City or a whole Planet (depending on the advanced degree of mastery this individual is carrying around). When you're in a situation where everyone in the group is "going with the flow" even if the flow is out of character for some, usually it's Jupiter in Gemini whose flow everyone is following.

Jupiter has recently been very busy propagating new moons so either he has found his feminine side and changed gender or Jupiter-Zeus (on behalf of all "rulers" with fiduciary responsibility) has finally learned how to treat his orbitals like one big Jovial family. 

The Gemini-Saturnian's mind will be naturally predisposed toward math and science disciplines. It will require logical answers with which to formulate meaningful concepts leading toward manifestations of true and lasting value to life and the cosmos. This mind will be purposefully used and stop at nothing to achieve meaningful solutions to perplexing dichotomies.

When Saturn gets involved in a situation, everyone goes with her (yes, "her") flow because the power of choice is taken away. "The Goddess has spoken." Now you may ask "what about Free Will Choice?" The answer to that question is simple.

In the Old World when a Titan asked you for the last bite of your Hostess Twinkie, it may have been your True Spiritual Will to keep it and eat it yourself, but the Titan was bigger and stronger and wouldn't take "no thank you" for an answer. His Will to eat your Twinkie was stronger than yours not to let him have it and consequently the Titans on this planet collected, hoarded and otherwise appropriated more than their fair share of Twinkies. Those days are over. If the Needs of the Whole outweigh the Needs of the One and you were unwilling to go with the Jupiter-in-Gemini flow, Saturn-in-Gemini will come along and show you the error of your ways -- firmly and leave no question unanswered as to the next right thing to do in your Mundane as well as Cosmic Twinkie situations. 

Saturn's Shepherd Moons give a good example of how this concept is carried out in a practical scenario. Saturn informs the Shepherd Moons how she wants the other Moons to behave, and the Shepherd Moons carry out the Cosmic Plan. And as the magnetic fields of Jupiter and Saturn overlap (with Saturn having a much larger field) Twinkie-generosity is affected as well as Twinkie-supply. As we are all a product of our thoughts, Jupiter and Saturn in Gemini are going to be working in Unity on the new Gemini Twins Unity principle, with Saturn as co-ruler of the Aquarian Age, we can pretty much see there will be no nonsense on this planet once the new frequencies have finished adjusting and Jupiter has finished transiting constellation Gemini from cycle-to-cycle on his mission to expand, unify and open human thinking on the keywords for the Aquarian Age. 

ALTRUISM - WE ARE ONE - IN GOD/DESS WE TRUST

The Goddess has spoken.

So is Pluto a legitimate planet or a runaway asteroid? He has a stationary moon, Charon. The orbit together, face-to-face, in an elliptical path that sometimes takes them inside the orbital path of Neptune. Pluto is the legendary god of the dead, so I suppose he can do anything he wants. Who is going to stop him? The fact is that Pluto exists, he's out there, and right now he's transiting the constellation of Ophiuchus the Serpent Holder - at this writing he is approaching the Vulcan Mind Meld point with Alpha Ophiuchus, Ras Alhague, the apex star in the triangular head of The Master Healer. Kismet.

Sometimes we need to wind up as an alcoholic, drug addict, workaholic, or some other out-of-control person in order to get to the point of being willing to believe there is something out there more powerful than the demons that have got hold of our minds. At the end of the intellectual rope, when there are no logical answers to be found at the level of the physical plane, who has not resorted to the ages old cry, "God help me!" I heard a line in a movie once, "There are no atheists in foxholes." So why resist the inevitable? Take the pledge today and transform yourself before your body gets heavier than your spirit and falls to the ground without you inside of it.

For a truly auspicious initiation into the Higher Mysteries, it is usually advisable to begin with a prayer. If you don't have a Higher Power of your own understanding or can't come up with a prayer of your own, you can use mine until you get one you can relate to.

Third Step Prayer

"God, I offer myself to Thee. To build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self that I may better do Thy Will. Take away my difficulties that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of Life. May I do Thy Will always. Amen" 

What happens with your Third House energy following the completion of your transformation is that you become Plutonian yourself, and then you stand by the Gateway as an outpost of light and love, ready to help the person behind you cross over into the Light of Higher Mind. After you have shared the experience of helping another cross the Abyss of Lower Mind, you can elect to stay there and do that for a while (Teacher/Guide to Higher Mind), or you can move on. Usually you do both for a while, although some people progress directly to Sage Wisdom and leave Lower Minded Humanity behind entirely. 

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