

He's also a bold and unforgiving artist, leading albums with stark, honest representations of his spirit. He's referenced his star sign plenty of times – "Wesley's Theory" ("I'm a Gemini, two sides") "Untitled 06" (A Gemini, duality personalities always conflict in me") "Untitled 02" (Can't pick a side, the Gemini" "The Heart Pt 1" (Very emotional, I'm a Gemini"). As West says, Lamar is one of these Gemini who wears his alignment, belief system and intuition on his sleeve. Of these influential Gemini, one of the most prominently creative is Kendrick Lamar.

But I do think that creative Geminis have, throughout history, been really in tune with those things." And he's right: whether it's Dylan going with his mind and turning up in Manchester in 1966 with a black Telecaster to shouts of "Judas" or Prince's insistence that "a strong spirit transcends rules", famous Geminis have consistently communicated their art in a way that is both unrestrained and pushes culture forward. Interviewed by Steve McQueen in 2014, Kanye West said "I'd be biased to think that the community of Geminis is the most consistently in tune with what their spirit is telling them to do or why they have breath in their lungs. Of all the musicians in the world, is it not a little freaky some of the most progressive and iconic are all Gemini, ruled by the humble iron ball that is Mercury? Is this simple and hollow coincidence? Or is a significant force permeating its way through the universe, down toward the earth and informing our life here? And if these planetary beings do influence humanity, it could explain why a lot of famous musicians are all Gemini.Ī short but not complete list of some artists who are governed by The Twins of Castor and Pollux: Bob Dylan, Kanye West, Paul McCartney, Andre 3000 and Miles Davis Brian Wilson, Kendrick Lamar, Tupac, Biggie Smalls and Lauryn Hill Morrissey, Stevie Nicks, Noel Gallagher, Curtis Mayfield, Lionel Richie and Ice Cube. I know this sets me out to be a little bit crackers but think about it: if the moon controls the ocean's tide and we as humans are 60 percent water, there's a good chance celestial bodies affect us too, softly catalysing waves of energy and emotion inside our bodies. Years later I grew skeptical, then recently – as an adult – I seemed to emerge from a dark period, Eckhart Tolle-like, believing there is some form of greater power lightly guiding the strings of reality. At the time I was convinced, as all malleable children are, that my nan was right.
