June Fifteenth
THE DAY OF PLEASANT SEDUCTION
MONTH: JUNE
DAY: 15
SIGN: 23o-25o GEMINI
PERIOD: GEMINI III
MUTABLE AIR
June 15 people depend on their charm to get them where they want to go. Thus their principal talents are outwardly directed and involve others. June 15 people must be appreciated for their seductive charms to work. That is, their particular brand of seduction is overt rather than covert. Those born on this day have a way of winning others over to their point of view and then bringing the best out of them. Most June 15 people just want to feel appreciated; only the least evolved are more calculating and have a hidden agenda. Money may be very important to this type of June 15 person.
Being attractive, in a broad sense, is a big issue for those born on this day. If they do not have natural looks, they use their brains to seduce. If that doesn't work, they use their cunning, their speech, or their knowledge of human nature to draw interest. They have a way of making the opposite sex dependent on them, usually by a combination of the above mentioned charm and becoming indispensable. Any manipulation taking place is, again, clearly overt and in no way as underhanded as it sounds—the game is usually enjoyed by both players.
June 15 people specialize in knowing people, how they tick, what their dreams, aspirations and basic needs are. More importantly, they are able to make use of this knowledge. Often people of this type working for a cause or a company can be of great value in attracting the public to a product or service; public relations and advertising seem to come naturally to them. Indeed, any profession involving "baiting the hook and catching the fish" is within their talents: evangelical work for example.
June 15 people are adept at guiding children, for they understand youthful motivations. They usually make good parents but can have some glaring faults, such as spoiling their children terribly or manipulating them through being alternately unforgiving and apologetic.
If a club or organization is looking for a fundraiser, they need look no further; if a business depends on getting people into their store, June 15 people will usually know not only how to attract customers but how to make the sale as well. They have an instinct for how far to push and when to back off, and as the years go by they just get better at it. Rarely are those born on this day found pursuing immoral goals, perhaps because it is the pursuit itself not the goal that interests them. Most often their charming manner is a delight to those around them. What they really are, however, their true identity, may forever be a mystery not only to others but to themselves as well. More highly evolved June 15 people are not locked into the role of seducer, however benign, but remain open to outside influences, perhaps higher forms of consciousness and thought.
NUMBERS AND PLANETS
Those born on the l5th day of the month are ruled by the numbers 6 (1+5=6) and 15, and by the planet Venus. Those ruled by the number 6 are magnetic and sometimes can even inspire worship. This, as mentioned above, is characteristic of June 15 people. Since Gemini is ruled by Mercury, June 15 people tend to be both Venusian (sensuous) and Mercurial (clever).
TAROT
The 15th card of the Major Arcana, The Devil, indicates a fear/desire dynamic working where sexual attraction, irrationality, and passion are concerned. The Devil holds us slave through our need for security and money; he represents our base nature grasping for security; he controls us through the irreconcilable differences which exist in our male/female nature. With their mind as the aggressive part and their body as the more passive, pleasure-loving realm, June 15 people attempt a synthesis which can be both accepted and expressed in an easy manner without fear of irrationality—the Devil card. The positive side of the Devil card is sexual attraction and the expression of passionate desires. But the card reminds us that although we are bound to our bodies, our spirits are free to soar.
HEALTH
June 15 people recognise the need for maintaining physical attractiveness, certainly, but Venus influences may lead them to pleasure-seeking, laziness and self-indulgence. Weight gain, even obesity may result. Those born on this day should make an effort to exercise regularly, using walking, jogging or aerobics to keep fit. Most June 15 people have to watch their diet carefully for they heartily enjoy food, whether healthy or unhealthy, and eat what is offered them. Fortunately, mental health and nerves are rarely a problem here, as they are for most Geminis.
ADVICE
Internalise your values and build a strong system based on them, one that doesn't depend on the reactions of others. Learn to be alone and to enjoy it. Have more confidence in yourself.
MEDITATION
Most living things demand constant satisfaction
STRENGTHS
Attractive
Sensuous
Clever
WEAKNESSES
Manipulative
Too Outgoing
BORN ON THIS DAY: Mario Cuomo (New York governor), Errol Garner (jazz pianist, composer), Edvard Grieg (Norwegian composer, Peer Gynt, works incorporated Norwegian folk music), Xaviera Hollander (Dutch madam, Playboy journalist, writer, The Happy Hooker), Waylon Jennings (country-western legend, singer, songwriter, DJ, bass player, just missed fatal flight of Buddy Holly), Wade Boggs (baseball third baseman, 5x AL batting champ, entered 1992 with .342 career average), Claude Drasseur (French stage, film, TV actor), Erik Erikson (German-born American psychologist, Childhood and Society), Jaki Bayard (jazz saxophonist, pianist, composer), Jim Belushi (film actor), Lofti Mansouri (San Francisco Opera director), Saul Steinberg (Cartoonist, artist, architect), Herbert A. Simon (US social scientist, Nobel Prize in Economics), Harry Langdon (silent film actor, comedian), Amy Clampitt (poet, Westward), Ernestine Schumann-Heink (Czech-born contralto, film actress), Elizabeth F. Colson (anthropologist), Robert Russell Bennett (composer, arranger), Malvina Hoffman (sculptor), Carol Fox (opera producer).
