Gemini (astrology)

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, a major Babylonian god of plague and pestilence, who was king of the underworld.[5]

In Greek mythology, Gemini is associated with the myth of Castor and Pollux. Pollux was the son of Zeus, who seduced Leda, while Castor was the son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta and Leda's husband. 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.

NASA named its two-person space capsule Project Gemini after the zodiac sign because the spacecraft could carry two astronauts.[6]

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

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