Gemini

Gemini refers to one of the constellations of the zodiac, the twins. It is part of the winter sky, lying between Taurus to the west and the dim Cancer to the east, with Auriga and the near-invisible Lynx to the north and Monoceros? and Canis Minor to the south.

In some cosmologies, Gemini is associated with the Classical Element Air, and thus called a Air Sign (with Libra and Aquarius). Its polar opposite is Sagittarius.

Gemini includes two bright stars, named after the two twins, who correspond to the Dioscuri? in Greek mythology - Castor? (α), a pretty telescopic binary?, and Pollux? (β), which is brighter and more southwesterly. The other stars are relatively dim - only one, Alhena (γ) is ever seen from a large city - and trace out a rectangle to the southeast.

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Zodiac signs : Aries -- Taurus -- Gemini -- Cancer -- Leo -- Virgo -- Libra -- Scorpio -- Sagittarius -- Capricorn -- Aquarius -- Pisces