People taking their life experience in the first degree of air need to understand the nature of air before they can understand themselves and their real purpose in incarnating. Air is light, it moves freely and enfolds everything. The earth with all its richness is enfolded by the atmosphere. Water is kept clean and fresh by air. Fire cannot exist without it. Thus air is symbolic of the characteristics which ought to be expressed through the lives of Geminii people. Unfortunately, they are frequently governed by the negative aspect until they learn to cultivate the good and positive qualities.
The negative side of their nature is somewhat similar to that of the air, which may blow as a destructive tornado or as a freezing blast which blights everything it meets: sometimes as a restless wind that disperses things instead of unifying them.
Geminii people live very much in the realm of the mind, so they have a tendency to collect ideas and information in a way similar to the wind, which collects perfumes, dust and debris. As the wind easily drops what it collects, so these people can just as quickly relinquish what they gather in the form of friendships, ideas and possessions, moving on to gather something else which appears to them as more interesting. This habit frequently causes them to disperse their energies in numerous directions, resulting in fatigue and nervous strain, together with the frustration arising from the realisation that a lot of energy is often expended though very little is actually achieved.
As the nature of air is penetrating, so the Geminian mind can explore the recesses of another person's thoughts, discerning hidden motives and weaknesses. Often they will blight the hopes of others with clever sarcasm or an unkind wittiness which can be as freezing as an icy east wind, for these people have a streak in their nature which is very close to cruelty, though it is cruelty shown on the mental plane instead of physical violence.
Like the wind, the Geminian is often restless, not knowing what to expect or what to seek in life, nor yet what to try to achieve. They will seek unity with friends or partners, but if the relationship bores them or ties them to the fulfilment of monotonous duties, they will quickly become rebellious and destroy a friendship or leave the family, maybe forsaking the environment in favour of something that appears more glamorous. Usually they find the new friend, partner or work equally as tiresome as the one already forsaken.
If this tendency to fiickleness is not mastered, they become discontented and disillusioned to such a degree that they stir the negative side in the character of the people they meet and among whom they work, with the result that trouble follows them, though they are not deliberate trouble-makers.
These people especially need to be strengthened by right cornpanionships, such as may be found in the steadiness of people governed by the strength of earth (service) or by the warmth of a person influenced by fire. Then they become like a summer breeze—light, warm and extremely amusing because they are able to share the multiplicity of ideas they absorb from the people around them as easily as a summer breeze diffuses a scent from blossoms, water and foliage.
The shoulders, arms and lungs incline to become tense when any person endures emotional storms, so it is almost certain that these first degree of air people will be troubled with the conditions arising from tensions in these parts of the body, and especially those relating to breathing, with weaknesses of the throat or lungs, sometimes spreading to the nose and sinus passages. Kali Muriaticum is frequently required, as it is a cleansing agent and helps to guard the subject against the development of the thick white phlegm and white-coated tongue which frequently trouble Geminii subjects. If this condition is not corrected, it may result in a state Wherein the person may not be able to inspire the precious air on which he (or she) depends for life, or digest the foodstuffs essential for the nourishment of their body. This tissue salt is useful because it hastens elimination, which has a tendency to be slow in Geminii subjects: it also aids in the digestion of carbohydrate foods, which is necessary, because some of these people have difficulty in digesting bread and flour products.
These restless souls have a tendency to irritate their own nervous system and to bring about their own exhaustion. When they do this, it is essential for them to rest, because food cannot be properly absorbed until harmony has been restored to mental, emotional and bodily parts of the whole person. Most of their ailments need to be healed by sleep, quietness, and frequent courses of Kali Muriaticum lasting about three weeks or continuing until normal digestion has been restored.
