Half a century ago in an inner-city elementary school in northern Ohio, we had playground rituals for the days of the week: Tuesday was “Ten Thousand Kisses Day,” Wednesday was “Wedding Day,” and Friday was “Flip Up Day” which meant the boys flipping up the skirts and dresses of the girls. As a girl, the rituals appeared to be created by the boys but at the time I didn’t know statistics but was also busy protecting myself, as girls learn to do.

After all these years, can’t recall the ritual assignments for Monday and Thursday. Maybe we had “ten thousand kisses” on Thursday and Tuesday was something else. Maybe the weekly rituals started on “hump day” Wednesday.

Today such rituals in America would probably result in the common extreme and dualistic response of our culture: half the school would see the behavior of the boys as needing refinement, understanding the boys learned about sexuality before their time, that yes, boys, you may marry someday and kiss the girl but ten thousand times needs to be agreed upon and the lifting of the skirt will be taught to you in high school, don’t do it now or without permission later because it’s a bad thing to do.

The other half of the school would see in the behavior traditional family values and remind the world that “boys will be boys” which isn’t said out loud anymore but appears to still hold true. It’s a fact that kisses often lead to upturned skirts. And let’s not forget that a lot of pride – male and female – is based on sexual conquest. And for elementary school kids who still don’t (or didn’t) have much interest in the opposite sex to know this also relates to parental beliefs.

I can see the headlines now!

Although it doesn’t align with the sounds of Monday and Thursday, I do recall vaguely an “Opposite Day.” Maybe Opposite Day was spontaneous. As the planet Uranus will soon transit (move into) Gemini in 2025, it’s a good time to remember this elementary school rituals and how to respond.

Uranus

Traditionally Uranus rules Aquarius, the fixed air sign. Astrology like many disciplines has undergone a more modern interpretation so you won’t find astrologers commenting that if you have Mars in the first house you may be stabbed in the head with a sword.

Half a century ago, Uranus/Aquarius was known for being rebellious which could mean upside down, opposite or backwards behavior to the norm. For example, if most folks sleep at night, Uranus/Aquarius might sleep during the day (excluding night shift behavior). If folks eat bacon and eggs for breakfast, Uranus/Aquarius might eat it for dinner and have spaghetti for breakfast which a long while back might have been seen as odd behavior. Homosexuality was also lumped into Uranus/Aquarius behavior as being different, odd or against the norm.

The opposite behaviors can be deliberate rebelliousness looking for reaction or simply the unique way of looking at the world. Maybe our Uranus/Aquarius friend was eating spaghetti for breakfast in advance of a long jog and deemed it the logical breakfast.

Uranus in Gemini

Now take this unique and rebellious energy and insert Gemini, the mutable air sign known for its mental and verbal agility, dual nature (Gemini is represented by the twins), and constant shifting. Gemini won’t let you pin it down so even if you’ve figured out the Gemini “formula” don’t let Gemini know or there will be a reactive change to keep you guessing.

With these skills, Gemini gone bad is known as the con artist, another traditional interpretation that astrologers today don’t use much. Con artistry is more prevalent than ever but as a term has been replaced by more nuanced definitions: scams, phishing, kiting, disinformation, and branding.

With Uranus in Gemini, plan to think “opposite.” When, say, a government official proclaims that they are making the community safe, understand that they may truly be asking for more violence so that we can be more “safe.”

If, say, a government official says they are making a place “great” (a vague adjective), look to see if that same government official is truly disdainful of and destructive to his own people. Can one love a country but not its people?

When business and technology owners ask us to enroll in ever more digital tools and devices for our safety and convenience, are we safer or are we now fielding more threats to our safety? Is anyone less busy than they were 20 years ago?

Here’s a joke from the late 19^th or early 20^th century that I read long ago but am paraphrasing as I can’t find it today. It’s a Twain-like joke if not by Twain and also very Uranus-in-Geminis:

Two men are talking about Mrs. Abbott and her two sons. The one man says, “Yeah, she’s got two sons. One went bad and is a criminal. The other isn’t a senator.”