![]() ![]() Pollux is the brightest star in Gemini and it is an orange-hued giant star, and Castor is the second brightest star in this constellation, and it is a sextuple star system which appears as a blue-white star to the unaided eye. It is special because the twins from Greek mythology were not represented only by the constellation, but by actual stars which mark the twin’s heads in it. This constellation is located between Taurus at the west and Cancer at the east. In Babylonian astronomy, these stars were known as the great twins and regarded as minor gods – Meshlamtaea (The One who has arisen from the Underworld) and Lugalirra (The Mighty King). He mentions that he observed an occulting a star in Gemini and speaks of observing Jupiter in conjunction with it. The first known reference of the Gemini constellation was in Aristotle’s Meteorologica, over 300 years BC. The word “Gemini” is a Latin word for twins and it is one of the constellations that actually look like its name would suggest. ![]() Spring is dying down and preparations are done for summer to take over with the beginning of Cancer. Gemini is a mutable sign that is preceding the summer, and as such, it announces change while ruling the time of year when Taurus spring has ended, and life on Earth is about to change. In the zodiac, it follows Taurus and takes the third 30 degrees of the zodiacal circle. As other signs in the zodiac, Gemini is not in the same position as the constellation of Gemini. ![]()
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