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Lindsay’s nurture needs
Lindsay Lohan: 2 July 1986 The public is nothing but changeable, and the Moon's changeable reputation is well deserved; she changes signs every 2 ½ days. So will teen queen Lindsay Lohan's success be transitory? Disney's Parent Trap, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Freaky Friday (for which she also recorded the soundtrack hit) all elevated Lohan to tweenie pop icon status. Graduating from Disney productions, to no. 4 on Maxim's sexiest Top 100 women, 2005, will this rosebud Cancer have...
Mama’s Boy Cruise
Tom Cruise: 3 July 1962 Born July 3rd, Tom Cruise won his first Golden Globe and Oscar Nomination for his sensitive portrayal of a Vietnam vet in Born on the 4th of July. Patriotism, loyalty, family and honor are Cancer themes, but so also, compassion, a guiding light in that story - eloquently expressed by Cancer Cruise. True compassion is often born of hardship; young Tom's parents constantly moved, (he attended 15 different schools by age 14) eventually divorced, and ensuing financial...
Just Chillin’ with Jessica
Jessica Simpson: 10 July 1980 If Jessica Simpson were a flavor of ice cream she'd be- strawberry shortcake. And mainstream America is just eating her up. This perky blonde singer/actress with girl-next-door likeability proves that she can magnetize by simply doing what comes naturally. Cancers are the kind of folk who put you at ease, someone you're at home with just hanging out on the sofa - which is where most people first saw Jessica, on her reality T.V. show, Newlyweds. Marital spats and...
Cancer: I will survive!
Matthew Fox: 14 July 1966 A plane crashes in the middle of the sea, on an island far away from civilization, far away from anywhere. Some people survive, others don't. Among the remaining survivors, chaos reigns supreme; the only hope for the clan's survival is a leader. The reluctant leader is elected- Dr. Jack Shephard, Matthew Fox's character on Lost. Cancer is the unwitting leader of the Zodiac; a nurturing, maternal sign who understands survival needs differently than any other. Feeling...
Curious Kanye
Kanye West: 8 June 1977 No one predicted Gemini Kanye West would pick up 10 Grammy nominations and win best rap album in 2006 - a rap artist singing about God? But Kanye's word is more than this. He uses his everyday experience, a Gemini preoccupation, to fuel universal truisms. Gemini synthesizes by absorbing bits and pieces of information around him - the goal is to communicate what he sees, hears and knows. Kanye's rhyme weaves stories he's lived - mortality, spirituality, drug use and...
Wildcard Depp
Johnny Depp: 9 June 1963 In the same way a picture on a puzzle box top doesn't tell us how to put the pieces together, if part of Gemini's life is spent getting into character, the other part is figuring out those peculiarities that make them fit. Johnny Depp has been teen heartthrob on 21 Jump Street, voted the sexiest man alive by People magazine but in true Gemini fashion, all the man ever wanted was to play roles that give that ingenious Depp wildcard style imaginative form. As Jack...
Naomi’s defense: My Evil Twin made me do it!
Naomi Campbell: 22 May 1970 On the subject of contradictions, this 80's supermodel was the first African American to be photographed for the cover of an international fashion magazine, Vogue. Famous for her sultry, booty-licious catwalks and diva attitude, she's also been described as delicate and exquisite. So why is this pretty lady being charged with assault, not once, but several times over? She supposedly hit an assistant last year with a blackberry, this year, a housekeeper with a cell...
Angelina’s Twin Identity
Angelina Jolie: 4 June 1975Â Provocative Angelina has monopoly real estate on the front pages of tabloid magazines. Scandalously portrayed as black widow for breaking up the Pitt-Aniston marriage - she lives her life unapologetically and true to character. Gemini's motivating drive is experience: to experience the world as directly as possible, learning absolutely everything there is to know about a subject, interest or passion - then she moves on. It's not that she's unfeeling; Gemini's an...
Too-Cute Twins
Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen: 13 June 1986 Â These young ladies began their career as childhood actresses, growing up right in front of our eyes on the television series Full House. But who was who? The twins shared the youngest cast member, Michelle, making the search for a single identity, elusive. Thus begins the changeable life of Gemini, "if I'm not one, then I'm the other" a handy tool Gemini uses to define herself. Gemini is associated with childhood and while it's a stretch to say...
Bullish Beckham
David Beckham May 2 1975 Who is David Beckham? This British soccer player is all over the news in the UK and internationally, but the U.S. Beckham wave is yet to be seen. In brief, he inspired the movie Bend It Like Beckham, is married to ex-Spice Girl Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice) and will soon call Los Angeles, California, home. We also see the typical bullishness of a Taurus male. He's actually been kicked off a team for being a little too bullish, but a measure of stubbornness is a boon in...
