♊ Gemini: dates, element and traits
The first air sign of the cycle, Gemini is traditionally linked to communication and curiosity: the classic image is of someone interested in many things at once, who learns quickly and adapts easily, but also scatters attention easily.
- Date range
- 21 May – 20 Jun
- Element
- Air
- Quality
- Mutable
- Ruling planet
- Mercury
Traditional traits
- curiosity
- communication
- versatility
Element compatibility
In the astrological tradition, signs that share the same element (Libra, Aquarius) are usually read as a natural fit. Sagittarius, the opposite sign in the cycle, is read as the pairing with the most tension — and, for some astrologers, also the most mutual growth.
Cuidado
Tradition, not prediction
How to read Gemini's element and quality
Gemini is a air sign with a mutable quality in traditional astrology. It shares its element with Libra and Aquarius, which the tradition reads as a kinship of temperament between the three, even though each one's quality changes how that element shows up.
The sign traditionally "opposite" Gemini in the cycle is Sagittarius — six months apart on the calendar — and traditional astrology reads that specific pairing, Gemini and Sagittarius, as tension that can also become complementarity: each tends to have what the other lacks.
The 21 May–20 Jun period assigned to Gemini follows the Western tropical zodiac convention, which splits the year into 12 equal parts starting from the March equinox — which is why that particular start and end date can shift by a day depending on the year, since the civil calendar and the solar cycle don't line up perfectly.
Glossário: os termos desta página
Zodiac sign
One of the 12 equal divisions of the tropical zodiac, each tied to a period of the year, an element and a quality in Western astrological tradition.
Astrological element
Each of the four groups (fire, earth, air, water) that bring together three zodiac signs, traditionally associated with a shared temperament.
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