Gemini and Pisces compatibility

Love and romance comes to 32. The angle is the heaviest input in this facet and the square is weak; the rulers, below their middle value, weigh as much as the elements.

Ptolemy counts the quartile among the discordant figures, as one of the “configurations made between signs not of the same kind”. He calls the signs of his third triplicity, Gemini among them, “masculine signs”, and says of the triangle that holds Pisces that “the signs which compose this triplicity are feminine”. Bringing his general rule down to these two signs is our step.

Alan Leo describes Pisces people in this way: “They are very changeable and imaginative, or probably, what is more correct, fanciful; and love to live in a world of romance.” The Gemini passages we use have no sentence on romance; Alan Leo calls Gemini people “quick-witted and mentally impulsive”. Fancy in one chapter and wit in the other: the contrast is our reading.

Trust is the lowest facet, 22. Steadiness has the same weight in it as the angle, and by the formula’s count two mutable signs supply none.

Ptolemy’s name for these signs is bicorporeal: “The bicorporeal signs severally follow the fixed signs”. Gemini follows Taurus and Pisces follows Aquarius, so both fall under his rule, though applying it to the two by name is our step. William Lilly, whose lines list qualities for judging a chart and do not portray people, calls Gemini a “common or double-bodied humane Signe”.

Alan Leo writes of Gemini people that “they must have diversity; this may make them appear to their friends very fickle and indecisive, but it is their particular way of working, therefore perfectly legitimate to them”. Of the other sign Alan Leo says: “A considerable amount of the personal Pisces character appears to arise from a lack of decision”. Set side by side by us, the first speaks of seeming indecisive, the second of a lack of decision in the personal character.

Communication is the highest facet, 51. Adaptability counts here and is at its full value. The elements, the largest weight, count in part, and the rulers have their smallest weight of any facet.

Alan Leo writes of Gemini people: “They can very quickly adapt themselves to surroundings or environment and they are remarkable for their versatility”. For Pisces he sets a condition first: “When becoming individualised and more self-controlled, they are very patient, gentle and submissive persons, possessing a quiet understanding”. Versatility on one side, a quiet understanding on the other; the pairing is ours.

Emotions scores 33. The elements weigh most, and air with water counts for less than half.

In Lilly’s lines Gemini is “aerial, hot, moyst, sanguine”; Pisces is a “cold Signe, moyst, Flegmatick”. The word “moyst” is in both, and hot stands against cold; the comparison is ours.

Alan Leo’s two portraits share a pair of words. Gemini people “can present a bold front and assertive attitude, and yet be timid and highly nervous”. Pisces people “are ever apt to be more timid than bold”. Noticing “timid” and “bold” in both sentences is our doing.

Values is the second lowest facet, at 25. Steadiness counts again, with a little less weight than in trust, and again the pair brings none.

Alan Leo says Gemini people “are conservative and progressive”. His Pisces people “are, however, very hospitable, and seek to do all in their power to make those dependent on them comfortable and happy”. A divided outlook and care for dependants are different subjects; placing them together is our doing.

Shared activities is the second highest facet, 47. Adaptability counts with a smaller weight than in communication.

Alan Leo on Gemini: “These persons are rarely content with a single occupation or pursuit, and seem to delight in having two things in hand at the same time.” Pisces: “they love roaming about”. That both sentences describe a liking for movement or variety is our reading.