Gemini (astrology)

Gemini (Template:Emoji presentation; Template:IPAc-en Template:Sfn Template:Langx, Latin for "twins") is the third astrological sign in the zodiac. Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits this sign between about May 21 to June 21.Template:Sfn Gemini is represented by the twins, Castor and Pollux,Template:Sfn known as the Dioscuri in Greek mythology. It is known as a positive, mutable sign.

Mythology

In Babylonian astronomy, the stars Pollux and Castor were known as the Great Twins. Their names were Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea, meaning "The Mighty King" and "The One who has arisen from the Underworld". Both names are titles of Nergal. Also could be referencing Zeus and Hades.Template:Sfn

In Greek mythology, Gemini is associated with the myth of Castor and Pollux, a pair of twins conceived by different fathers. Zeus, who seduced Leda and conceived Pollux while Tyndareus, the king of Sparta and Leda's husband, conceived Castor. When Castor died, because he was a mortal, Pollux begged his father Zeus to give Castor immortality, which was done through uniting them together in the heavens.

In popular culture

NASA named its two-person space capsule Project Gemini after the zodiac sign because the spacecraft could carry two astronauts.Template:Sfn

Google's next-generation AI model announced on December 6, 2023, is named Gemini.

Gallery

• From the medieval Georgian manuscript of a 12th-century astrological treatise
  From the medieval Georgian manuscript of a 12th-century astrological treatise
• Ornamentation from an altar cloth from 13th-century Germany. The two figures are depicted with the heads of dogs.
  Ornamentation from an altar cloth from 13th-century Germany. The two figures are depicted with the heads of dogs.
• Gemini (al-Gawzaa) depicted in the 14th/15th-century Arabic astrology text Book of Wonders
  Gemini (al-Gawzaa) depicted in the 14th/15th-century Arabic astrology text Book of Wonders
• Gemini by Willem Blaeu, 1602
  Gemini by Willem Blaeu, 1602
• White and Black Geminis by Arija, 1904
  White and Black Geminis by Arija, 1904

See also

• Astronomical symbols
• Chinese zodiac
• Circle of stars
• Cusp (astrology)
• Elements of the zodiac
• Gemini (language model)
• Digital twin
• Air (classical element)

References

• Longitude of Sun, apparent geocentric ecliptic of date, interpolated to find time of crossing 0°, 30°....

External links

• Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (over 360 medieval and early modern images of Gemini)