S A T U R N I N G E M I N I
Saturn in Gemini is an odd combination. Saturn represents stability, limits, structure, seriousness, and accomplishment. When Saturn transits a sign, people feel like they must get-it-together in the qualities of that sign. Saturn works within channels, within the framework.
Gemini is like the grasshopper to Saturn's ant. Gemini hops from idea to idea, from word to word, from thought to thought. Geminis are curious about everything. They are constantly doing show-and-tell. Saturn in Gemini is like a serious, results-oriented person visiting a carnival.
The openning of the first underground subway fits for Saturn in Gemini. Transportation through channels, through the earth. Here Saturn is acting on Gemini.
When Gemini acts on Saturn it results in speed-ups in production, people want to accomplish results faster. For example, the first car assembly line in the Ford plant occurred with Jupiter in Gemini. When Liberty Ships were created in 4 days per ship, it was with Jupiter in Gemini.
But these were also times of turmoil. The Saturnine structure gets juggled and fraud and deceit can be in government -- a negative side of Gemini is the glib liar, con artist, and pickpocket. Examples: Watergate, Vietnam war ended, World War I, World War II, and the Crimean war all happened while Saturn was in Gemini.
Almost every Saturn in Gemini period has some radical improvement or change in transportation or communication. Steel steam ships, automobiles, subways, and jets all were invented or initiated with Saturn here.
Art and amusement take on a more serious intellectual air with Saturn in Gemini. Crossword puzzles, the forward pass first used extensively in football (speed and aerial important), Schoenberg's Atonality, and the Ring trilogy by Wagner
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