Tarot · Gemini · Air
Gemini tarot card: The Lovers
Gemini, Mithun rashi in Hindi, is the third sign, an air sign ruled by Mercury. It is curious, quick with words and happiest with two conversations going at once. Gemini learns fast, adapts easily and sees more than one side of every question, which is also why choosing can be so hard for it. Its tarot card is The Lovers.
21 May to 20 June · Rashi: Mithun · Element: Air
Why The Lovers is the card of Gemini
In The Lovers a man and a woman stand under an angel, with a fruit tree and a serpent behind her and a tree of flames behind him. The card is less about romance than about choice: two paths, two sets of values, and the need to choose with your whole self. That is the Gemini lesson exactly. The sign of the twins can argue every side, and The Lovers asks it to stop weighing for a moment and say plainly what it wants. In Mercury’s way, the answer often comes through a conversation. The full meaning of The Lovers
The three decan cards of Gemini
Gemini’s decans fall in the hardest stretch of the Swords. The Eight of Swords (Jupiter, roughly 21 to 31 May) shows a bound and blindfolded woman among swords, yet her feet are free and the way out is open. The Nine of Swords (Mars, 1 to 10 June) shows someone sitting up in bed with their face in their hands: worry in the small hours. The Ten of Swords (the Sun, 11 to 20 June) shows the lowest moment, with dawn already breaking on the horizon. Together they show how a busy mind can trap itself, and how it gets free.
The suit of Gemini
Gemini is a Air sign, so its suit is Swords, the suit of the same element. All the Swords cards
Strengths the cards show
- Curious and quick to learn
- Easy with words and people
- Adaptable and open-minded
What the cards suggest working on
The Nine of Swords in Gemini’s own decans says it plainly: an overactive mind can keep you awake over things that have not happened. When your thoughts start to race, write them down in two columns, facts and fears, and deal only with the first column tonight. Practise finishing one book, one course or one conversation before you start the next. Depth makes your quickness far more useful, to you and to the people who rely on you.
Your sign’s horoscope
Gemini horoscope today · Mithun rashifal (Hindi)
These links come from the Western tarot tradition and use Western (tropical) sun signs. Vedic astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, about 24° behind, so your Western sun sign and your Vedic rashi can differ. Check your Western sign with the zodiac sign calculator. Zodiac sign calculator
Questions about Gemini in tarot
Which tarot card is Gemini?
Which tarot suit is Gemini?
Gemini is a Air sign, and Air is the element of the suit of Swords.
Which Minor Arcana cards belong to Gemini?
The Eight of Swords, Nine of Swords and Ten of Swords, one for each 10° part (decan) of the sign, in that order.
Is my tarot sign the same as my Vedic rashi?
Not always. Tarot uses the Western (tropical) zodiac, while Vedic astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, which is now about 24° behind it. So anyone born in roughly the first three weeks of a Western sign’s dates usually has the sign before it as their Vedic Sun sign, and the rashi most Indians go by is the Moon sign, which can be different again. See the zodiac signs and the 12 rashis.
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