GEMINI: 20 May - 20 June

What's in store for Gemini girls this year?

By Shelley von Strunckel  

Finance, Work and Achievements

Ironically, your biggest challenge during the year of 2009 won't be the changes that are going on around you. Actually, of the twelve signs, you're the best equipped to deal with many of the changes currently taking place because, with your inquisitive nature, you rather enjoy dealing with these problems. This is because they stimulate your thinking and offer you an opportunity to explore new options and to redefine your existing activities. Your greatest challenge won't be the situations you're facing, therefore, but dealing with certain cautious individuals. They'll mean well, and will be urging you to make lasting arrangements, partly out of concern for your stability. Respond graciously to their interest. Regard this as a message for you, one that says it's time to take advantage of this year's opportunities to broaden your horizons, intellectually, in terms of new ideas or study and in terms of activities. What you learn will enable you to make the best of even tricky situations, including the shakeups going on around you. This could lead to undertaking new professional activities, setting new goals or reorganising your finances in a way that will accommodate this year's changes and will provide a firm foundation for the years to come.

Health and Wellbeing

There are many varieties of wellbeing - physical , mental, emotional, and even spiritual. And for you, as a Gemini, and somebody who spends so much of your time in your mind and your thoughts, while attending to your physical wellbeing is important, it's also essential that you look after your mind. This may sound a strange suggestion, particularly since the term 'wellbeing' usually refers to matters such as diet, nutrition and various fitness programmes. While you shouldn't neglect these, you will also need to find the right kind of mental workout, one that's appropriate for your sometimes over-active mind. This involves, first, noting how the state of your thinking and your mood influence how you feel. And, second, it involves trying to focus on positive thoughts and, ideally, not allowing the concerns or negativity of others to undermine your optimism. During the year, focus on this, learning what suits you, and creating an "exercise regime" for your mind, as much as for your body. Ensure that that both are fed with the best possible food or thoughts. Do that, and not only will you remain healthy throughout the year, you'll also find that you're far happier.

Love and Close Relationships

Although the year of 2009 won't be the smoothest one in terms of your life at home or out in the world, even those events that seem upsetting at the time will bring unexpected benefits, especially to close relationships. This doesn't just apply to close romantic relationships or those with family. This involves those you deal with on an everyday basis but who, perhaps, are not part of your intimate circle. It could also includes those who you haven't yet encountered. That's because in order to deal with what's taking place in your own life, changes at home and in the world around you, you'll want to - you'll need to - work closely with others. You'll find you must talk things through, exploring options and deciding what's best. When everything's going smoothly, it's not necessary to maintain as close ties or to work together in this way. But now it is. However, by the end of the year, when you've managed to stabilise things, you'll also find that those closest of friendships and relationships are also stronger. And, more than that, what you've worked on during the year will provide the foundation for wonderful activities in the years to come as well.

Mind, Body, Spirit

There are some years when a new idea or concept appears, one that isn't just intriguing but something that captures your imagination and, therefore, becomes a turning point. This is such a year. With the expansive Jupiter meeting Neptune, the planet of vision, three times during this year, and accenting such matters, what you learn - new ideas, something you read or somebody you meet - could give you the inspiration not only to live your own life better, but to establish principles that will become an uplifting and guiding light in the years to come as well.