Planetary Influences：Ruling planets:Mercury and Venus;First decan:Personal planet is;Mercury;First cusp:Gemini with Taurean tendencies. Virtues：Inquisitive, pioneering, empathetic. Vices：Controlling, manipulative, bossy. Careers：Journalist, advertising consultant, political leader, science professor. Skills & Aptitudes：Attention to detail, thirst for knowledge, inspiring others. Compatible with：August 21–22, September 21–25
Persuasive charmer
The great potential of your birthday is emphasized by your quick intelligence, ambition, and charismatic ability to deal with people. Generally frank and open, you are broad-minded, with liberal views, and have polished common sense. Since you are also a touch rebellious and get bored easily, it is vital to have your remarkable talents channeled into exciting projects.
When you become caught up in a new project, you develop such enthusiasm that you are sure to be successful. Since you are also a person who cannot fake it, finding the right course for your self-expression is absolutely essential to your happiness.
Being born on the cusp of Taurus and Gemini, you have the special advantage of two major decanate influences, Saturn and Mercury, which highlight a practical slant to your mentality as well as a desire to be informed. An ability to understand people’s motivations spurs you into exploring avenues where you can combine your pragmatic logic with your big plans.
Since you are able to use your persuasive charm and positive vitality to encourage others, you may find that acceptance of leading positions comes naturally to you. You may just need to guard against obstinacy, hastiness, and a tendency to be too talkative or argumentative. This may particularly occur if you turn your confidence into arrogance rather than take responsibility for developing your amazing insight and capabilities.
In early years there is a strong influence from a male figure, usually the father. After thirty, when your progressed Sun moves into Cancer, home, family, and emotional needs start to play a more central part in your life. This influence continues until your early sixties, when you enter a period of authority, confidence, and self-assurance as your progressed Sun moves into Leo.
Sun: Gemini
Decanate: Gemini/mercury
Degree: 1°-2°’ Gemini
Mode: Mutable
Element: Air
Star’s name:Alcyone Degree position:29° Taurus-0°6’ Gemini between the years 1930 and 2000 Magnitude:3 Strength:****** Orb: 1°40’ Constellation:Eta Taurus Applicable days:May 19, 20, 21, 22 Star qualities:Moon/Mars Description:a green and yellow principal star in the Pleiades cluster; located on the shoulder of the Bull (it is the brightest star of the Pleiades)
Alcyone imparts openness and frankness, honesty, and sincerity. Restlessness and impulsive actions can also be associated with this star By nature you are forceful and purposeful, yet when feelings intensify you are inclined to act on impulse. This may cause turbulence and bring about changed circumstances. This star also warns against fevers and problems with eyesight.
Linked to your Sun’s degree, Alcyone bestows love, eminence, and a talent for leadership. This star often indicates that you can enjoy success in legal and public matters or use your creative mind to develop your writing skills.
• Positive:creative mind, honesty, enthusiasm
• Negative:cantankerousness, moodiness, temperamental behavior
You have an inner strength that does not want to be associated with failure. You do not take things lying down. This strength of character gives you the potential to achieve in your life. When you combine your determination, your powers of persuasion, and your excellent social skills, the world is your oyster.
You may sometimes find that an inherent restlessness comes from your desire to accomplish far more than you are able to actually achieve. When you listen to your higher self or trust your inner wisdom, you often find that your first instincts are far more accurate than your intellectual rhetoric. Since you need to feel a sense of pride in your achievements, a continual update of knowledge and skill puts you in the most powerful position.
Practical and skilled at communication, you are likely to prosper in careers such as sales, writing, promotions, or public relations. Your quick mind and leadership qualities also point to success in business, particularly as an analyst or troubleshooter. Alternatively, you may be drawn to the academic world and find a niche in research or psychology. Your love of wisdom may encourage you to explore the world of metaphysics. You should avoid being in subservient positions, as you do not like being told what to do. Your natural creativity and adventurous spirit may inspire you to a career in the entertainment world. Since you are good with your hands and possess healing ability, you may be drawn into the world of alternative health care.
Famous people who share your birthday include actor Lawrence Olivier, composer Richard Wagner, writer Arthur Conan Doyle, poet Françoise Sagan, and model Naomi Campbell.
Invested in the physical world, centred earth energy that is practical in application. This is a master number and can vibrate both as number 22 and number 4. Often honest and hardworking, with natural leadership abilities, you have a charismatic personality and a deep understanding of people and what motivates them. Although undemonstrative, you often show a caring, protective concern for the welfare of others, yet you never lose sight of your pragmatic or realistic stand. Usually cultured and worldly, you have many friends and admirers. The more competitive among you achieve success and good fortune with help and encouragement from others. Many born on this date have strong links with brothers or sisters and can be protective and supportive of them. The subinfluence of the number 5 month indicates that you are highly intuitive yet nervous, with creative abilities and imagination. You often assert your individual style without appearing eccentric. Realistic, you can resolve problems with the least of fuss. However, do not overreact to people and situations. Later in life you become more ambitious.
• Positive:universal, director, highly intuitive, pragmatic, practical, good with your hands, skillful, builder, good organizer, realist, problem solver, achiever
• Negative:get-rich-quick schemes, nervous, inferiority complex, bossy, materialistic, lack of vision, lazy, egotistical
Your independent nature and a strong intuitive power suggest that you are drawn to powerful individuals who are determined or self-disciplined. An authoritative older man who is often associated with your date of birth may have a strong impact on your views and convictions. You may need to find a partner who is hardworking or who you can respect. Conversely, you may find yourself trying to emulate self-mastery by bossing around your friends and partners, which ultimately is not what you want to achieve. By gaining wisdom and compassion, however, you can achieve your heart’s desire.
If you are looking for a partner you might find stability in a relationship with someone born on one of the following days.
Love & friendship:Jan. 1, 8, 14, 28, 31, Feb. 12, 26, 29, Mar. 10, 24, 27, Apr. 8, 22, 25, 26, May 6, 20, 23, June 4, 18, 21, July 2, 16, 19, 30, Aug. 14, 17, 28, 30, Sept. 12, 15, 16, 26, 28, 30, Oct. 10, 13, 24, 26, 28, Nov. 8, 11, 22, 24, 26, Dec. 6, 9, 20, 22, 24
Beneficial:Jan. 26, Feb. 24, Mar. 22, Apr. 20, May 18, June 16, July 14, Aug. 12, Sept. 10, Oct. 8, Nov. 6, Dec. 4
Fatal attractions:Nov. 22, 23, 24
Challenging:Jan. 3, 25, Feb. 1, 23, Mar. 21, Apr. 19, May 17, June 15, July 13, Aug. 11, Sept. 9, Oct. 7, Nov. 5, Dec. 3
Soul mates:Jan. 3, 10, Feb. 1, 8, Mar. 6, Apr. 4, May 2
Inherent in the behavior of those born on May 22 is an apparently paradoxical tendency to concentrate on one specific area of interest in meticulous detail, while flitting from fascination to fascination in an apparently superficial manner. Yet this dual propensity is not really so contradictory when one considers that these individuals have a profound urge to search for knowledge and thereby gain greater understanding. Their compulsion to learn and investigate encom- passes their tendency to gather a minutiae of infor- mation on subjects that truly arrest their attention and, when these are exhausted, to renew their quest for new areas of enlightenment. Their twin capacity to single-mindedly explore, as well as their abhor- rence of intellectual stagnation, is an unusual and potentially extremely fulfilling combination. In addi- tion to the artistic and scientific spheres, these people will find satisfaction in working in such arts-related business activities as journalism and advertising, as well as politics.
What motivates those born on May 22 is their desire to work for the improvement of humanity, be it by acting as inspirational innovators or by imparting the truths that they have learned in their own quests for illumination to guide the beliefs and actions of others. Whether within their professional or domes- tic relationships, these individuals effortlessly assume a leadership and mentoring role. Although this ten- dency makes them wise and effective parents and friends, it may also cause them to become overly con- trolling. In either event, their care and concern for their loved ones is never in doubt.
