The 8th degree of Gemini
“A smith smiting on iron, and a woman standing by idle.”
It signifies a person shunning labour, and loving idleness.Johannes Angelus, Astrolabium planum (1488), in Raphael, The Faces and Degrees of the Zodiac, 1879.
This degree covers 7°00′ to 7°59′ of Gemini.
When the Sun is on this degree
In 2026: 28 May in the tropical zodiac; 23 June in the sidereal zodiac. The date shifts by a day from year to year.
In the directory
- Frederick Eckstein: Uranus (tropical)
- G. R. S. Mead: Mars (tropical)
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