Gemini, Libra, Aquarius

Birthday: 21 May to 21 June

They are adroit, tolerant, have a sense of humour and are fascinating. They're entertaining and friendly, but without demanding long-term relationships. Geminis enjoy debate, are persuasive and make ideal mediators. Because Gemini subjects juggle a lot of balls in the air at any one time, they always have to try to stay centred so as not to lose themselves.

Planet: Mercury
Element: Air
Keyword: Thinking
Season: Transition from spring to summer
Archetype: Thinker, intellectual
Mission: Combating the dichotomy between outside influences and their inner world
Colors: vivid, radiant colors
Lucky gems: Citrine, amber, orange calcite

Famous Gemini subjects:
Film & theatre: Johnny Depp, Clint Eastwood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Stan Laurel, Marilyn Monroe
Literature: Ian Fleming, Ken Follett, Heinrich Hoffmann, Federico Garcìa Lorca, Robert Ludlum, Thomas Mann, Alexander Pushkin, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Johanna Spyri
Painting: Albrecht Dürer, Paul Gauguin, Egon Schiele, Diego Velàzquez
Music: Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Edvard Grieg, Dean Martin, Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie, Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner

Birthday: 24 September to 23 October

Libra subjects are likeable, sophisticated and aesthetically inclined, and draw on their enormous «love reservoir» whenever they can. They stand for relationships of all kinds, need harmony and would do anything to bring warring parties together again. Librans also create art and beauty and are tactful, polite and tolerant.

Planet: Venus
Element: Air
Keyword: Balance
Season: Early autumn
Archetype: Lawyer, artist
Mission: Mediate and make people aware of the beauty in the world
Colors: Pleasantly soft pastels of all colours, e.g. yellow and orange
Lucky gems: Aquamarine, aventurine, beryl, citrine, jade, nephrite, opal, peridot, smoky quartz, green tourmaline

Famous Libra subjects:
Film & theatre: Julie Andrews, Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve, Michael Douglas, Christiane Hörbiger, Klaus Kinski, Marcello Mastroianni, Walter Matthau, Roger Moore, Gwyneth Paltrow, Christopher Reeve, Will Smith, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Literature: Miguel de Cervantes, Günter Grass, Heinrich von Kleist, Donna Leon, François Mauriac, Arthur Miller, Günther Wallraff, Oscar Wilde
Painting: Alberto Giacometti
Music: Bob Geldorf, George Gershwin, Udo Jürgens, John Lennon, Luciano Pavarotti, Giuseppe Verdi, Eminem, Franz Liszt

Birthday: 21 January to 19 February

Aquarius subjects are dependable, freedom-loving, unconventional and sociable. They can also be very kind. They like to help socially disadvantaged people and empathise with everyone. They need space and don't like to be fenced in.

Planet: Uranus
Element: Air
Keyword: I know
Season: Mid-winter
Archetype: Fool, mad scientist
Mission: Free themselves of all restrictions and create something new
Colors: cobalt blue, sea-green, metallic shiny colors
Lucky gems: Amazonite, amethyst, aquamarine, hawk's eye, garnet, jasper, sapphire, blue topaz, turquoise

Famous Aquarius subjects:
Film & theatre: Jennifer Aniston, James Dean, Clark Gable, Gene Hackman, Nastassja Kinski, Ashton Kutcher, Jack Lemmon, Paul Newman, Burt Reynolds, John Travolta
Literature: Vicky Baum, Bertolt Brecht, Charles Dickens, John Grisham, James Joyce, William Somerset Maugham, Boris Pasternak, Stendhal, Jules Verne, Virginia Woolf
Painting: Edouard Manet, Gerhard Richter
Music: Dieter Bohlen, Phil Collins, Plàcido Domingo, Falko, Bob Marley, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Axl Rose, Shakira, Franz Schubert, Justin Timberlake, Robbie Williams