Oscar - 8/6/1997

As you say, the split personality is the most typical feature of the Gemini (as I know only too well, having married my very own Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde. Non-Aquarians: don't try that at home...) Fortunately, Oscar has only his Sun in Gemini. Any more than that can lead to madness. Gemini like to have several things on the go at the same time - in a dog, I imagine that it means that he'd be a lousy racer, stopping halfway around the track to read the newspaper, or scratch an itch...

However, Oscar's Mercury is in Taurus, which stabilises the Gemini restlessness and slows him down a bit. He would have been quite easy to train.

He has his Venus in Cancer, and possibly the Moon too (unless born in the evening), which would make him very loving and affectionate, but also - as above - intuitive, moody, defensive, generally 'crabby'. If he was born in the last three or four hours of the day, the Moon had moved into Leo, with a more confident and bossy type of response; he would take charge and take over when faced with new situations or stimuli.

Mars is in Virgo, with the restlessness and nervous tension that implies, as well as the propensity for nervous stomach upsets and skin allergies.

Jupiter joins Neptune and Uranus in the sign of Aquarius, so there is an added element of eccentricity. According to my big book, he would be impartial and tolerant, too, although I'm not quite sure how that manifests in a dog! He'll definitely be a very sociable chap, likeable dog. His Saturn is in Aries, which is an odd placement that pretty much cancels itself out!

There are no strong aspects in the chart, and the placements are reasonably spread out around the chart. I would adopt this dog unseen... he's got to be delightful.

Petra - 6/9/1998

Virgo and Gemini are both ruled by Mercury, so they go quite well together. Although Virgo is the sign of restlessness, shyness, edginess and a tendency to nervous tension, Petra has only her Sun placed there, with Mercury, Venus and Mars in the more confident and 'sunny' sign of Leo.

Mercury and Venus are in conjunction; altogether Petra may well have stronger Leo qualities than Virgo ones, a lively confident animal with a definite tendency to be bossy. She will be friendly, 'understanding' and loving to her people and possibly to Oscar too; also faithful, loyal, and exuberantly affectionate. Mars in Leo means high energy, a love of life and a quick temper. Her vulnerable area is her heart (but don't panic - it just means that she needs proper diet and exercise to prevent problems).

Petra is the oldest dog I've charted here, and the only one who has not got Neptune in Aquarius. However, she does have Uranus there, exactly opposite her Mars, which indicates nervous strain and tension, and a tendency to be argumentative. It also gives her a very strong desire to win, so another one who should have done well in the races!

Her Moon is in Pisces, making her respond very emotionally to all situations. There might be some sneakiness... Adverse reactions to medication are also likely. Depending on the exact time of birth, there is also a fair chance that the Moon was in opposition to her Sun, which would cause a major inner tension, discontent, restlessness, mood changes.

Out of the two dogs, she would be the more difficult one, but still hardly a 'problem dog'. She'll be the boss of the two of them, which might cause an amicable kind of conflict if he has the Leo Moon rather than the more likely Cancer one.

Thanks for the readings, very interesting! (cheque is on its way)

Sounds like Florence cos she does love her comforts, but the freedom bit 'jumping over fences' now way. (Far to much effort and she wouldn't leave her mum). Abbey can be jealous if she wants cuddles (more so if its Florence getting the cuddles), aches and pains.........poor soul just read the 'Ouch' thread! (She is blind in one eye and is a pretty nervous lady)

Dexter and Kai's made me laugh! Yup Dexter is just how you described, training classes were battle (to many fluffy bunnies in his head!) He is a very vocal dog, but not in an aggressive way. Very affectionate but infuriating too! Kai has only been with for a month, boisterous when he's excited is just him, so is the easy to train bit.

Hi, wow that was very interesting. Yes it is true that Janie is a very easily hurt dog emotionally and physically. The alpha dog in the home is pretty close too, as after we sadly lost her best buddy Jim she will not tolerate another dog in her house, they can come visit but not stay. The cunning and tendancy to scheme, well thats a bit beyond my wee one as she is a very simple wee soul who is spooked easily and gets scared with noises. She just adores her cuddles. The only time she barks is if she is having to stand still for more than 10 seconds, (she doesn't do standing).

It was very interesting and like I said the easily hurt and and alpha dog thing is pretty close to the mark.

Thank you very much for taking the time to do this.

Nicki and wee Janie.x

Thanks for the reading Kirsten! Some things ring true, but a lot of Petra's reading seems to apply more to Oscar - argumentative and emotional! She is quite bossy and sneaky though. So that was right. I'd say out of the two, Oscar is a far more difficult dog than her in terms of his nerviness-but he is delightful as well, as you say! A real puzzle.

Sorry for the delay in buying bricks Dave, been off-line and had horrid problems with Paypal just now, as it keeps throwing me out when I try to make a payment

So I'll send a cheque, should be with you middle of next week.

-- Edited by Amber at 20:12, 2006-05-13

I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to Kirsten for the effort put into this. And THANK YOU to everyone who bought bricks.

There are now 11 'Anyanka's Astrology' bricks!!

Make that 13!