After we practiced our meditation, Holly took out her charts and books and asked me questions, beginning with all I knew about my date of birth. It happened that I had been told the actual time of day I was born, which meant she could give me an even more detailed reading. She plotted out the location, the sun and the moon at the time, and began to work on my horoscope.
"Gemini is in the constellation of the planet Mercury which absorbs an energy that appears to be a compound of all other planets. It's why he is known as the messenger of the Gods," she said. She reached into her basket. "Now that I've gotten to know you better, I want you to have this."
She handed me a ring with an emerald set in silver. "What is it?"
"Emerald, the mystical gem of Gemini, which is the talisman stone."
"Oh, I can't take another thing from you."
"Of course you can. It's good karma for me to give something spiritual to you. The emerald," she continued, "is a variety of beryl. It strengthens the heart, liver, kidneys, immune system, and nervous system. It's a tonic for the body, mind, and spirit. It enhances dreams and deeper spiritual insight as well as meditative powers."
"It does all that?" I asked staring at the ring on my finger.
"It does," she said firmly. She returned to her charts and then looked up at me and began my horoscope.
"You have a sensitive, active mind.
Emotionally you are quite affectionate, generous, and impulsive. You have great powers of observation and are able to grasp facts quicker than the average individual.
"You are somewhat of a dreamer and when those dreams are shattered you are deeply
disillusioned and hurt. You can be too romantic. You are sensitive and affectionate as a lover. Your imagination plays an important role in your love life." She paused and looked up. "Does that sound accurate?"
I shrugged.
"I suppose," I said. I guess I was something of a dreamer. She looked at her chart again.
"You have a mind of your own and want independence, so be careful whom you choose as a lover and especially whom you choose to marry."
"What if I choose another Gemini?" I asked. She smiled and nodded.
"I thought you would ask that." She studied her charts, made some notes, and looked up. I held my breath. "You'd be compatible because you would understand each other. The sexual demands and needs would be mutual. I have to know his date of birth, time, and so on, because the one exception to all this would occur if one or the other has Scorpio rising at the time of birth. You didn't."
"What would happen?" I asked, breathless.
"The demands of Scorpio would prove to be too much for the mercurial Gemini nature. Your approach to sex is more spiritual. The Scorpio influence is more physical. Just wouldn't work," she concluded.
"I don't think that's true for us then," I said quickly, too quickly. Her eyes widened.
"Oh?"
I blushed and turned away.
"Somehow, I have the feeling you already know you could be compatible, is that it?"
I nodded.
"The first time you made love?" she asked and I nodded again.
"I remember my first time, although it seems like one of my previous lives by now," she added with a laugh. I looked up with interest. "It's all so new and surprising, you expect it will be that way all the time, but often it's not," she warned. "Even with the same man."
"How many men have you--"
She laughed.
"Let's not talk about me. You think you're head over heels in love, is that it?"
"Yes."