Leo Sun, Gemini Moon

Give you a room and ten minutes and you’ll know everyone’s name, what they do, and what would make them laugh. Sitting still with one difficult feeling is the harder trick.

A performer with a fast mind

This is one of the most outgoing mixes there is. Leo wants an audience and a Gemini Moon wants a conversation, so you end up very good at both. You think on your feet, pick up new subjects quickly, and sell an idea without appearing to try, whether or not sales is your job. Dull, private, repetitive work tends to drain you, while anything with people and variety wakes you up.

You may be more clever than deep, and you probably know it. Long afternoons of philosophy aren’t really your thing, but nobody has ever accused you of being mentally lazy.

The new feeling, again

You adore the first stage of falling for someone, when everything’s still news. You’re truly affectionate and loyal in your own way, yet people can find you hard to catch and harder to keep, because your attention has so many places to be. A wide circle of beloved friends often matters as much to you as one great love.

Staying busy can also be a way of avoiding a quieter sort of closeness. When a partner asks how you actually feel, you may give them a very entertaining analysis. Then one day there’s nothing left to analyze, and the feeling that arrives can seem much bigger than you’d expected, because you’ve been outrunning it.

Letting a feeling finish its sentence

Some of your best relationships may start as friendships, since talk is where you first feel safe. Once you trust someone, try telling them the unfinished version: “I don’t know why that bothered me, but it did.” You don’t need a conclusion before you speak. And if you’ve gone a week without a slow evening alone with the person you love, consider that a sign to put one in the diary, phone in another room.

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