Gemini, The Twins May 21 to June 21 Modality: Mutable Element: Air Ruler: Mercury Keywords: Versatile, charming, engaging, witty, restless, duplicitous As a Gemini, you are known for your skills at communication: witty and engaging, you are able to charm anyone, though you sometimes forget to listen when communicating with others. You are also known for your dual personality (or perhaps more), which can lead to some people describing you as "two-faced." You are intelligent and curious, never ceasing your collection of information. You immensely enjoy meeting new people, though few fall of those friends fall into the realm of being more than an acquaintance. In relationships,

This Full Moon in Scorpio will occur on Tuesday, May 17 at 7:09 am Eastern (11:09 am GMT) at 26 degrees. Full Moons represent the culmination of those things that were begun with the New Moon (in this case the New Moon in Taurus of May 3). The Scorpio Moon will be opposite the Sun in Taurus, so there will be a push and pull between the stubbornness of the Bull (and its need for stability and peace) versus the Scorpion's need to get rid of those things (material or behavioral) that no longer work for us. Mars, Mercury, and Venus are all in Taurus, however, so there will be some added stability to this fight. This is a time when we will need to decide which feelings, which portions of our

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Amy Herring, author of Astrology of the Moon. Many people see the birth chart as the "map to the soul," a guide that tells you everything, or at least most things, about a person. Decipher it correctly, and you can determine someone’s strengths, faults, quirks, desires, love life, and shoe size. Those more familiar with astrology and its ins and outs know that it’s not always that cut and dried, that each planet in a sign or house impacts how another planet in a sign in a house manifests. The nuances of reading a chart skillfully involve understanding how each factor may modify the other, and therefore change the stereotype, or the

This New Moon in Taurus occurred at 2:51 am Eastern (6:51 GMT) May 3, 2011, at 13 degrees of Taurus. New moons signify a new cycle, new beginnings, and rebirth. This new moon, along with the Sun (also in Taurus) will highlight the Taurus qualities of stability and groundedness, as well as second house themes (finances and material security). This is a time when we will feel close to the Earth and nature (Taurus being ruled by the ever-feminine Venus, as well as being an earth sign). Perhaps you begin a new garden as spring begins, and enjoy not only the feeling of the earth and the contentment that gardening brings, but also the savings in your pocketbook. This New Moon is a time to