Gemini

  Gift Ideas for a Gemini: 12 Presents, Reviewed by Gem & Eye the Toucans Looking for gift ideas for a Gemini? Buying for a Gemini (21 May – 20 June) means buying for someone curious about everything. They’ll love your present. They’ll also love the box it came in, the story of where you bought it, and a fact about cardboard they read last Tuesday. Gemini is ruled by Mercury, planet of talking, thinking and talking about thinking. Its symbol is the Twins, so its Astrominal is two characters: Gem & Eye, a pair of toucans who finish each other’s sentences, and occasionally start each other’s. We asked them to review twelve gifts. We got roughly forty opinions. 1. A pair of walkie-talkies For the sign that’s never off the phone, a phone that’s twice as fun. Gem: “Over.” Eye: “You don’t say ‘over’ after every—” Gem: “Over.” 2. A giant book of facts Geminis collect facts the way other people collect stamps. Eye: “Did you know a group of flamingos is called a flamboyance?” Gem: “Libby told us. Libby’s told everyone. Libby had it printed on a mug.” 3. A two-player game Chess, battleships, anything with a rematch built in. Gem: “Best of three.” Eye: “Best of five.” Gem: “Best of whoever’s winning.” 4. A podcast microphone A Gemini already has a lot to say. Give them a way to say it to more people. Eye: “Episode one: ‘Things We Noticed Today.’” Gem: “It’s going to be a long episode.” 5. A magazine subscription Something new arriving every month: the perfect pace for a Gemini attention span. Gem: “We’ll read every page.” Eye: “We’ll read the first page of every article.” Gem: “Same thing.” 6. Tickets to a comedy show Geminis love quick wit, and they’ll repeat the best lines for a month. Eye: “We’ll do the whole show again for you in the car.” Gem: “Both parts.” 7. A language-learning course A new language means new words, new jokes and new people to talk to. Gem: “We’re learning Spanish.” Eye: “And Italian.” Gem: “At the same time. It’s going brilliantly. Mostly.” 8. A puzzle book Crosswords, riddles, logic grids: a workout for the busiest brain in the zodiac. Eye: “I do the across.” Gem: “I do the down.” Eye: “We meet in the middle and argue.” 9. Matching mugs One gift, two personalities. Gem: “Mine says Gem.” Eye: “Mine says Eye.” Gem: “We swap them every morning to keep things interesting.” 10. A clever little gadget Anything that lights up, folds out or does something unexpected. Eye: “What does this button do?” Gem: “Don’t press—” Eye: “Well, now we know.” 11. A day trip somewhere new A city they haven’t explored, a museum they haven’t been round. Gem: “New place, new people, new facts.” Eye: “New snacks.” Gem: “Mainly new snacks.” 12. An Astrominals Gemini birthday card Whatever you choose, put it with a card that gets them. The Astrominals zodiac birthday cards feature Gem & Eye as DJs, framed by a border of true-to-sign Gemini traits. Eye: “That’s us!” Gem: “That’s mostly me.” Eye: “It’s exactly half each.” Gem: “I’ve got the better half.” Gem & Eye’s three rules for buying a Gemini a present Make it interesting. Gem: “Anything boring, we’ll re-gift.” Eye: “Politely.” Keep it moving. Eye: “We like new things.” Gem: “And then newer things.” Buy for both. Gem: “Every Gemini has two sides.” Eye: “Ours just have separate beaks.” So, which present would Gem & Eye choose for themselves? Gem: “The walkie-talkies.” Eye: “The comedy tickets.” Gem: “Both.” Eye: “Over.” Not sure which Astrominal you’re buying for? Take the quiz, or meet Gem & Eye the Toucans and the rest of Team Air. Astrological and zoological. Illogically logical.