Geminis and Scorpios can get along—a lot of astrologers will tell you that Geminis and Scorpios can’t be together but I think they can. You don’t need to decide who to date just based on one zodiac sign. All people have all twelve signs in their chart. Gemini and Scorpios can be friends. Just look at Kendrick Lamar and Drake—the two of them used to be really good friends. Lamar is a Gemini and Drake is a Scorpio. Okay. Maybe there is something about Gemini and Scorpio that make a friendship a bit testy.

Gemini is the energy of early spring. What happens during the early weeks of spring? Trees release pollen and plants release new seeds. Geminis loves to plant the seeds of ideas everywhere around them. They’ll tell you something bewildering, plant a seed in your head, and then completely forget about what they told you.

Scorpio is the energy of mid autumn. What happens during Scorpio season? Plants are going dormant and releasing leaves for decomposition. Scorpio season is literally the season of fermentation. Just like a jar of kimchi, Scorpios like to go into a really opaque place and hide everything that they are thinking. They don’t like to share what they are thinking. Kimchi isn’t supposed to open up its jar and walk out. It’s supposed to stay buried for years.

What happens when a Gemini and a Scorpio get together? Gemini is always planting seeds inside of Scorpio’s head. Then, Gemini walks away and forgets about it. Gemini just likes to disperse weird ideas. That’s what they like to do. Meanwhile, Scorpio is carefully looking over the seed and trying to evaluate it for any hidden messages.

Yes, a Gemini releases hidden messages. They also don’t mean to. A lot of their words don’t mean anything. They just like to say things, to talk shit. A tree that is filled with fuzzy seeds doesn’t need every single seed to take root. Likewise, Gemini doesn’t mean everything they say.

Scorpio does mean everything they say. They may not want to. They try to hide some of their feelings with their words. However, they do mean what they say. A Scorpio’s word is their bond. If a Scorpio alludes to believing something, then they have been brewing over that thing for years and years. Remember, Scorpio is like a jar of kimchi. Kimchi always keeps its word.

This is why I think that Scorpio and Gemini can have a lot of misunderstandings. Recently, Kendrick Lamar called Drake out for having a daughter. Does Drake actually have a secret daughter? We actually don’t know. Drake says that he released that information to see if Lamar would take the bait. He did and it might not be true. Drake cares about if the information about his secret daughter is true or false because he’s a Scorpio but Lamar actually doesn’t seem to. Some people believe Drake has a secret daughter. The people who care a lot know that it’s not confirmed but a lot of people (myself included) don’t actually care enough to do that much research over the issue.

Gemini will just spread information. Scorpio really, really cares about the truth. Did Drake “get” Kendrick using fake info about his “daughter”? Or did Drake troll himself by releasing a red herring to a Gemini?

Another famous Gemini and Scorpio couple is actually Yugi Motou and Seto Kaiba. Yugi is a Gemini and Kaiba is a Scorpio. In the anime Yu Gi Oh, Yugi and Kaiba are rivals who both play a card game called Duel Monsters. A lot of the storyline is built out of the tension in their dynamic. Yugi is a young boy who has a talent for games and Kaiba is the rich kid who wants to beat him in one.

Some people will say that Gemini and Scorpio can be together if both people are mature about their differences. I say, yes that’s true. I also think that most of us are immature and mature all at once. I think that Gemini and Scorpio can be together if they have a sense of humor about their own tendencies.

Gemini and Scorpio are actually what we call inconjunct in modern astrology. This means that Gemini and Scorpio sits adjacent to the signs that the other opposes. Gemini is mutable air. Scorpio is fixed water. The two signs are so different that they might as well come from two worlds. Gemini is kind of random and Scorpio is cautious and deliberate.

Gemini doesn’t like to worry about things that they find to be too boring. What is boring will depend on the Gemini. Some Geminis find math fascinating and art tedious. Some Geminis only want to study plants while neglecting their finances. If Gemini finds a task that is necessary to life boring, they will greatly appreciate someone when that person picks up the task for them.

Scorpios tend to be fairly consistent people. Just like kimchi, Scorpios build up power and pungency slowly. They like to do responsible things and to hold themselves to their word. Let’s say that Gemini and Scorpio are living together. Gemini isn’t interested in furnishing the home at all. They’re much more interested in painting a mural on the walls. If Scorpio takes on the task of choosing furniture, then Gemini will really feel supported. They get to do the things they find interesting while leaving the decisive tasks to someone else. Scorpio may be happy with this arrangement because Scorpios don’t like their choices made by someone else.

Of course, a dynamic between two very different people who each take on what the other doesn’t like takes a lot of communication. This type of dynamic can make each person involved feel somewhat beholden to the other person. Everyone wants to be a full person, especially when sharing their lives with their loved one. Because Scorpio tends to care more about boring but also necessarily tasks, a Gemini and Scorpio relationship can make the Gemini too dependent on the Scorpio’s input if they’re not careful. Geminis can easily become financially dependent on Scorpio because Scorpio is simply more cautious and invested in figuring out boring money related issues.

Very easily, Scorpio is taking care of financial matters in the partnership. You can actually see that in Yugi and Kaiba’s dynamic. Yugi is a star player of Duel Monsters but Kaiba owns the technology that the game is played on. Even though Kaiba is losing intellectually against Yugi, he is winning financially the entire show.

The main issue that Scorpio might run into when in a partnership with a Gemini is that, while Gemini is fascinated by Scorpio’s inner mystery, they’re also interested in every single cool person they come across. Geminis are versatile in their affection. They love making friends with a bunch of very different people. Scorpios are often tormented (or aroused) by jealousy. You can also see this in Yu Gi Oh as Kaiba is visibly excited when he sees Yugi play against other players. He is obsessed with Yugi and watches him play every game.

Jealousy itself doesn’t make or break a relationship dynamic. If a Gemini isn’t allowed to talk about their friend crushes and curiosities about everyone they know, they’ll start to feel small and drained. Scorpio also isn’t afraid of jealousy. They don’t necessarily want to stop feeling it. They want to know what jealousy means and how their partner holds the emotion with them. What tends to work with Gemini and Scorpio relationships when it comes to the issue of Gemini’s curiosity and Scorpio’s jealousy is just playfulness. If both people can accept jealousy as an erotic feeling and a game, then they can transform the emotion.

Scorpios don’t want to stop feeling jealousy—jealousy is adjacent to desire. They don’t actually want to control their partners. They want to experiment with their feelings. Scorpios can fuck with someone who engages with their jealousy, someone who toys with it in pleasurable and safe ways. Gemini has a lot of psychological tricks up their sleeve.

I think that Gemini and Scorpio can work really well if they don’t take themselves too seriously—both signs have to be aware of their own tendencies for this pairing to work. Gemini has to be aware that they tend to leave responsible adult choices to someone else. Scorpio has to be aware that they don’t want control but playful connection. Both Gemini and Scorpio are freaks. They need to respect each other and themselves to play.