Gemini Sun, Libra Moon

You could explain, fairly and with examples, exactly why you’re upset. Being upset is the part you’re still getting around to.

Air on air

Astrologers call air signs the thinkers, and you’ve got two of them in the most personal places in your chart. You tend to come at life in an analytical, even-handed way. You’re quick and optimistic and you’re always ready with a witty comment, and people enjoy you. Your Moon is where feelings are meant to live, but in Libra it reasons with them, weighs them, and tries to be fair to everyone involved.

You can often get by on wit where others need hard work. This is lovely, and it’s also a bit of a trap, because you may not have had to go deep very often.

A good partner, up to a point

You like being half of a couple, you enjoy other people’s company, and you’re rarely cruel. You can see their side, sometimes before they’ve said it. It’s easy to have fun with you. Friends of your partner probably love you.

What’s harder is when someone needs you to be in the mud with them. A partner in real pain might get a calm summary of the options, along with a joke or two. They may come away feeling handled instead of held. Since your Sun gets bored and your Moon dislikes unpleasantness, you might drift off to find a lighter room.

Practicing the heavy stuff

Choose someone with more water or earth in their chart, or at least someone who’ll tell you when they need you to stop being clever. When they’re hurting, ask what it feels like, and then don’t improve on the answer. And check in with your own feelings every so often, in a word or two, without explanation: sad, jealous, scared. Reading what the elements mean may give you a useful way to think about what you’re short of.

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