...Do they ever stop talking?

Seriously. I cannot... CANNOT... live with someone who won't be quiet.

I can understand your point of view....I could not take too much talking either

maybe you need a third roommate....than you do not have all this much talking just for yourself

I have Mercury in Gemini and I go hours without saying anything. My best friend with Mercury in Leo never shuts up....EVER. She will almost explode if she is forced to go a few minutes without saying anything.

We both have them in the same house so it must be some other reason that your roommate talks all the time.

Sun, Mercury and Jupiter in Gemini reporting in.  I am always telling myself to shut up.  12th house Scorpio moon.  I usually just ignore myself in hopes I'll go away. 

lol Lupa!

Mercury Conjunct Jupiter in Gemini in the 11th house righhht here. Honestly, I don't talk that much. I'm pretty silent actually, my mercury is inconjunct my saturn in capricorn so it probably has a bit to do with that. but when I do speak it tends to be long, winding, verbose, sideways... Cancer sun in the 12th. I do love to talk about intellectual subjects though, and once I get going on hard to shut me up! Not gonna lie...

I find aquarians to be like this actually -- super super chatty...

I have Mercury and the Sun in Gemini, as does my daughter, who is ten.  She will talk and talk and talk and talk.  I'm more likely to be quiet for long stretches, punctuated by verbosity.  Her Moon is in Libra, mine is in Scorpio.  My Gemini stuff is in the first house, hers is right on the MC.

Aquarius + Gemini is the worst. They won't shut up long enough you can fuck them so I avoided them like the plague during my days out shopping. :-)

Hmmm I have Merc in Gem in the 1st house and I NEED peace and quiet to unwind. I get sensory overload with too much noise, it drives me crazy. I also have an Aqarius Moon,lol. I will talk but when I have something to say haha.

Can you imagine a Gemini with merc in Gemini? AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Get the muzzle!

Mr. Gemini is a non-stop talker, but only when he's all right.  When he's pissed off, his Merc and Mars in cancer kick in and then he's only talking until he's DONE talking and at that point, you better watch it.

luci my daughter is a gem with mercury in gem and Jupiter in Sadge opposing no less.

 In 3 words?

fuck a duck.

I've enjoyed reading your comments so far. Oh boy...post from a chatty Gemini + Aquarius ahead, feel free to skip ;)

My Mercury is "at home" in its sign and house. I have a restless 6th house Gemini Mercury along with Sun, Venus and Chiron - it's a tremendous challenge to "turn off" my  amped-up mind. Sometimes the energy plays as comforting background noise - I feel I'd rather die than sit down and be completely quiet. That sort of IS like death to a Gemini/Mercury person, not letting us express the oodles of anxious energy we seem to have. I'd rather not put up with marathon-talking, either, unless all parties involved are fully engaged. Not only is talking-just-for-the sake-of-talking hard for others to stand, it can get to be so taxing on us too. We could use a few pointers on how to relax!  

Since all my Gemini is in the 6th house, I have an urge to nip and tuck my naturally verbose, run on sentences with concise language. I like using "" and ( ) and punctuation when I write - people often underestimate how much is actually lost when spoken word appears in print! It's fun to attempt to convey the lost material with text. I am aware that it is hard for people to "get" me at times (Neptune on the asc?) so I try to cut the crap and communicate as clearly as I can.

Capricorn Saturn in the 12th opposes my Mercury and makes me sensitive about my "rep" - the way I'm being perceived by other people. I tend to err on the side of caution and doggedly keep quiet if I don't think the other person is going to be receptive to the discussion. I'm fully aware the conversation could morph into a huge production - I too have been known to talk for hours on end on a variety of subjects (Mercury conjunct Venus). It is easier for me to theorize and opine in the abstract in a forward-thinking, intellectual, detached manner (Aquarius Moon).   But my Moon's only major aspect is a square to Pluto - I am hesitant about confiding my private, intimate opinions. I shy away from answering direct questions of a personal nature. It takes a lot out of me to confess certain things. Maybe this aspect of my personality is amplified now, seeing as I have a progressed Scorpio Moon. When I do share my opinion, I prefer to be rock solid and prepared to stand behind it fully (Saturn-Mercury).

Elsa has mentioned on the blog that her stories don't reduce. I'm familiar with that scenario, I've often found myself staring at a huge email I've written, trying to figure out how to neatly consolidate everything before sending - but ultimately deciding there simply wasn't a thing I could have deleted without somehow damaging the rest of the letter.

Until now, I didn't realize how much I tone myself down on this board. On other sites I type intermittently in caps and am a bit generous with the !'s and acronyms (and emoticons!). Wouldn't fly around here coming from me, LOL

i have a friend who has his sun, moon and mercury in gemini.  i call him the "serial talker".  i've watched him at parties... he can go from person to person to person without ever shutting up.  most of the time he doesn't finish one conversation before moving onto the next.

he is VERY charming.  and funny and witty and tells great stories.  he can also be very kind (until his attention is distracted, anyway).  

and i'd probably kill him if i ever had to spend much time with him.  haha!

"fuck a duck"

LOL Elsa. I have thought of tapeducting someone's mouth in bed once. And he's got gem merc.

I'm have gemini sun and mercury in the 8th house square pluto in virgo. I can chat superficially til the cows come home. However silence can speaks volumes.

Silence = Amputate

I'm not asking about a roommate but all you guys with the "get a third roommate" solution make a good point. I DID have a chatty roommate, and it WAS better when we lived with other people.

The real hell started when everyone else married off and it was just us, stuck in a little apt together. We're going back a ways... this was maybe 1998?

I JUST looked up my old roommate's birthday and of course she's got fucking gemini mercury AND gemini venus.

It ended badly, with us. In the end I decided she was a nutcase. But I mean, this chick would call up her friends, one after the other, and ramble the same goddamn stories to each one. Then she'd hang up after 2 straight hours of being on the phone and start yapping to me about the same exact shit and I'd be like "Uhh.. yeah. I KNOW. I've been here the entire time listening to you, remember?"

She would talk and talk about how much she hated her job and then do NOTHING to change it. I'd say "well maybe you can do this! or maybe you can do this!" and she'd shoot down all my suggestions but then come home whining about the same shit every day.

Living with her was HELL on earth.

Oh, dear lord. The guy I'm seeing now has mercury in gemini. He doesn't talk as much as she does, but then, I've never lived with him. The question is coming though.

The other day he was watching football and he made a few remarks about players to me... it got me thinking, "oh, NOOO.... he's just talking to TALK. I don't care about this! But he doesn't care that I don't care. The only thing that he cares about his hearing his own voice...!!!"

::shudder::

Gemini Mercury: yes, he definitely talks just to fill the air. There really isn't much silence when we're together, but I don't mind it. He's polite; he'll say something and then say, "oh, sorry, I didn't mean to distract you while you were working." I'm very airy, and I like to know what he's thinking and I like to communicate with him, even if it's just mindless chatter. It's not so much the substance of the conversation, it's more so that I know that if he's talking, that means he's happy and comfortable.

Haha Persian cat, I have done that! (The duct tape thing over the mouth.) He was a Gemini.  Tell you what, he liked it.

I am married to Gemini, Scorpio rising. We have been separated for almost a year, with a possibility of getting back together. I've met him halfway, the ball is in his court, but so far no resolve. I am a Virgo.

Welcome, lennieguys! :)

My brother: Gemini Moon, Sag sun and Mercury, Venus in Aquarius.

Quite a talker. I remember him taking SOOOO long to eat when we were little because he kept talking and talking and talking! Later on, he's become quite a smooth talker - or so I heard.

One of my BFF's is a Gemini sun and Merc.

Yeah, she can talk, and talk, and talk, and talk, and.....................

ZZzzzzZZZzzzz...

..Oh, but I love her so.  She has Libra moon, so at least her opinion is fair and balanced =)