Gemini, the last sign of the Spring season, is a complex and often contradictory sign producing both the virtue of versatility, and the vices of two-facedness and flightiness. Gemini is a mutable, Air sign and is therefore masculine in nature.

Gemini is curious, communicative and popular with others as long as it does not allow its skepticism and sarcasm to isolate it. Its mental agility and energy allow it to easily grasp any subject requiring analytical skills though it may avoid the labor of memorization and practice. If the value of discipline and attention to detail are not learned early in life, Gemini may seem unreliable and evasive as it flits from one interest to another always searching for variety and becoming a dilettante, dabbling in so many interests that it is unable to develop any one of them. It is fond of travel and changes of atmosphere. Gemini needs to learn that not only cooperation but also actual involvement with others is necessary to fulfillment in this life.

The monthly installment of The Great Astrological Light Bulb Joke:

Q: How many Geminis does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Two, but the job never gets done. They just keep discussing who is supposed to do it and how it's supposed to be done!

Note: I have no idea who originally wrote this. Erika sent it to me years ago and I still think it’s as funny as it is insightful!

Inga's Celebration Calendar

May 31st is a Full Moon in Sagittarius -  To learn more about actively using the Moon's energy in your life, see The Moon Through the Signs and Moon Phases. These guides are located in our Library.

June 1^st is the First Friday of the month and the Dunthor Open House!

Please come join in the community that has been created over the years with the friends we've made through Inga's Earth Magic. You'll find insight, sharing, healing and fellowship and you are most welcome. 

• When: The 1st Friday of every month. Please join us for dinner. We start eating around 7 PM. Or join us for dessert later on!
• Where: Our place (click here for directions)
• What to bring: Just your enthusiasm and love! There's a big pot of pasta on the stove, salad, bread and plenty of microbrews and red wine. If you have specific preferences, please bring whatever you'd like.
• How long: Until the conversation ends! If you'd like, you can spend the night on one of the couches with the kitties or bring your sleeping bag and mat and camp out on the floor of Inga's office.
• RSVP: Just let us know in advance via e-mail or phone if you are coming and if you are bringing guests so we don't run out of food or beer!

June 14^th is a New Moon in Gemini - To learn more about actively using the Moon's energy in your life, see The Moon Through the Signs and Moon Phases. These guides are located in our Library.

July 22^nd the Sun enters Cancer.

Stone of the Sign - Botswana Agate

This dainty pendant is a beautiful oval Botswana agate wrapped in sterling silver wire. Agate is a form of quartz that shows color banding. It was formed in a gas cavity left in volcanic rock. Since volcanoes are fairly common around the earth agates are fairly common too. Agates form as gelatinous masses that slowly dehydrate and crystallize or by deposits from slowly percolating ground waters. According to tradition, it builds self confidence and aids digestion. Agate is grounding and helps you achieve better physical and emotional balance. It is also said to raise consciousness and encourages accepting ourselves more fully. Silver is a conductor of energy and is said to aid in communication, it improves the transmission of nerve impulses. According to tradition, it is a good metal for healing purposes because it is in tune with the body. Silver can reduce anxiety and help you to relax when solving problems. It is believed to help conduct the energy of stones into your body and auric field.

Sale this month: 35.00 USD

Click here to see this item and more in my Jewelry Catalog.

Inga's Space

As many of you already know, we lost out little Angus on April 17^th. He was a wonderful kitty, both beautiful and good, and we will always miss him. He was 16 years old.

Check out my essay on the influence of Greco-Roman mythology in the May 2007 edition of the Kepler College Newsletter!

And one of my assignments on Homer was in the April 2007 newsletter if you’d like to read it, too.   

-- Inga Duncan Thornell >^..^<

Letters from our Readers

We think of this newsletter as a community forum. You, our friends and clients, are welcome to participate. We celebrate diversity and we'll print whatever you send in be it Wiccan, Christian, Pagan, New Age, etc., as long as it reflects Love. You may choose a one-time holiday to write about or have a regular column. We'll give you space and a byline! Please send in your own book reviews, ideas for rituals, ideas about stones, your journal excerpts, your experiences and most of all, ask us questions. We love answering questions!

From Cindy:

"In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal."

From Joe:

A poem about Freya.

And a Saturn slide show on the JPL website.

From Scott:

“What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so.” --- Mark Twain

“All this was inspired by the principle -- which is quite true in itself -- that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily, and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously.” -- Adolph Hitler, Mein Kampf

And a joke:

Walking into the bar, Mike said to Charlie the bartender, "Pour me a stiff one - just had another fight with the little woman."

"Oh yeah?" said Charlie, "And how did this one end?"

"When it was over," Mike replied, "She came to me on her hands and knees.

"Really," said Charles, "Now that's a switch! What did she say?"

She said, "Come out from under the bed, you little chicken.

The Duncan Domain

There's been plenty going on but unfortunately, I've not had time to do any writing. Hopefully, I'll find some time in June to do so. But I can share this with you. I just returned from a very impromptu and synchronistic motorcycle ride with Eric and Paul, my brothers. We met up in Flagstaff and then proceeded to visit the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, Capitol Reef National Park and Monument Valley. It was a marvelous five day ride with breathtaking scenery and the nightly campfire camaraderie was lots of fun with stories to tell, laughs to share, red wine to drink and fine cigars to smoke. One night, the sky was so clear that we could see the Milky Way which never ceases to expand one's consciousness of the world we live on and the space we travel through.

– Scott Bruce Duncan */:-)
 

New and Updated Pages on our Website

• Scott's ride to Colorado in 2006 with his brothers and friends.
   
• Updates have been posted to Scott's classic Honda motorcycle page.
   
• Scott has sold his touring motorcycle and bought his Honda race bike back.

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