GEMINI HOROSCOPE

All signals point to a worry free triumph, but you're not buying it – especially with Ruling Mercury currently in Scorpio . There's something about the ease in which things are coming together and the other side's immediate concession that doesn't sit right. Loved ones and friends will say it's is all in your head, but you know better. You've been playing this game too long to accept anything at face value and in typical Gemini fashion you're both right and wrong. Right in that everyone's angling for something, but wrong in questioning their sincerity. People really do want to see things work out for the best.

It looks like you’re dealing with a high stakes situation. This could pertain to a relationship, money, or a business association. It’s clear that somebody didn’t disclose the full truth, but what remains to be seen is why you were kept out of the loop. You might have been handed a heavily redacted version of the story in order to protect you. In any case you’ll be getting to the bottom of things when Mercury enters stealthy Scorpio on October 6th. Over the next couple of weeks you will come into possession of certain facts that will allow you to turn the tables in your favor.

The other party finally gets back to you with a bid or counteroffer and it's not what you expected. It's more. But before responding, take some time to review figures and absorb what this person is asking for. Is it really so outlandish? Sometimes as a Gemini you can get too caught up in the game. You can get so invested in the wheeling and dealing that you lose sight of what the goal is – which is to find a fit that works. Getting the better of someone in a negotiation isn't worth it if all you inherit is their resentment in the end.

There's trouble brewing at work. You can tell something's up even though people will say everything's cool. The best way to deal with this is to do nothing. Let developments unfold on their own. This puts the onus on a supervisor to come forward and say what's wrong. Right now you are protected by the wording in a contract or agreement. Nobody can do anything against you. Yet this won't stop them from trying to coerce you into saying or doing something questionable. You'll want to mind your p's and q's over the next few weeks while you carefully figure out what the next step should be.

We're often taught that we reproduce in life the things we learned in the home. If you were raised in a home that was warm and loving then that sounds good; but if you weren't, then your life may be overly invested in creating the home you should have had. Sometimes we discover that that's an illusion we have to jettison in order to be happy and sometimes we learn that there really is a blueprint there – even if we have to revise it constantly. This week's Solar Eclipse in Virgo shows it's time to settle with the past because home is where you are now.

This would be a good time to cash in your chips and collect your winnings. When you have as much air and fire energy coursing through your horoscope like you've had this Summer it's hard to slow down, but this is like being on a winning streak at a casino when the people gathered around your table are cheering you on to take greater risks. Keep pushing your luck and you'll wind up losing what you have which is why it's better to quit while you're ahead. Anti-climactic perhaps, but this is exactly what this week's Lunar Eclipse in Pisces is advising you to do.

Be ready for things to slow down when Uranus turns retrograde in Gemini on September 6th. Although this won't put an immediate end to your progress, it does signal a dramatic change in the Cosmic weather which is why you would be well-advised to stop where you are and shore up your position. This way you avoid stretching yourself too thin and making yourself vulnerable to rivals on different fronts. Do this and your advances won't be erased because you will have entrenched yourself in such a way that you can pick up where you left off when Uranus comes out of retrograde in February.

It's often said that Geminis have their finger on the pulse of events. The first to spot a trend before it becomes a “thing”, you're like a weathervane when it comes to anticipating where the next change will come from, how popular it will be, and how long interest will last. Expect these intuitive flashes of yours to take on an extrasensory prescience as Uranus sextiles Neptune on August 28th. This is when you really must press ahead with your most impossible to explain hunches. Smart friends and colleagues will follow your lead while skeptical ones will have only themselves to blame for not listening.

On August 23d the New Moon in Virgo will form a square to Uranus, planet of revolution and change. Usually this would be connected with getting thrown a wild curve ball from out of left field, but this one is more along the lines of the other shoe you were waiting for to drop – dropping. You knew this was coming for weeks and now that it's here you're ready to admit, divulge, or come clean. It's time to assume responsibility and to face the consequences. Most people would try to squirm out of this sort of thing, but for you it will be a relief.

You are a force to be reckoned with and everyone knows it – especially when the person who vigorously blocked your progress finally concedes on August 11th. It's a heady moment and one worth celebrating, but a lot rides on the way that you treat this person moving forward. There's an old saying “keep your friends close, but your enemies closer”. It's always wise to keep tabs on those you once locked horns with because they may turn on you one day, however if you treat them with respect and make them feel welcome – you may rise in their esteem and perhaps even win their friendship.