Those born with Mercury in Gemini may be known for their mental restlessness, swift intellect, and wit. After the moon, Mercury is the fastest planet in our solar system and goes retrograde most often, giving it the reputation for being erratic, changeable, and unpredictable. Gemini was thought to be the diurnal/day home of Mercury, an adaptive air sign that allows Mercury to be as fluid, curious, and analytical as it likes to be when placed there. In classical astrology, Mercury was assigned rulership of both Gemini and Virgo. Gemini Planetary Rulership Domicile of Mercury The Twins’ affinity for gathering information, making social connections, and exploring the world with childlike curiosity-and at times mischief-are all activities akin to the active, flowing air element. Gemini’s element is air, a light and dispersive element thought by ancient astrologers to be an expression of matter that represents formlessness and dissolution. Gemini’s airy and mutable presence appears to clear the stage for the next seasonal performance and helps describe this sign’s restless, change-seeking, and curious role in the zodiac. Gemini is the first of the four mutable signs of the zodiac, who all hold an elemental energy of change and adaptation at the transitional end of the four seasons. There is a feeling of change in the air as the spring season heats up, and the hints of the oncoming hot, active summer season are beginning to take hold of the weather. It’s a time of year when the days are getting longer toward the summer solstice, where the proportion of daylight outweighs the duration of the night. In the western tropical zodiac, Gemini season begins on May 22, commencing at the end of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. The two were then placed in the heavens as the enduring Gemini-Twins constellation, immortalizing the myth that adds to the magical and mysterious duality of this sign’s archetype. The Dioscuri bonded eternally, with Pollux a half-god as the progeny of Zeus, sharing his immortality with Castor.
Leda laid two eggs as a result of this union, and Castor and Pollux were said to have hatched from each of these along with their twin sisters, Helen and Clytemnestra.Ĭastor and Pollux are present in many Greek and Roman stories and were known for their mastery of horses. These legendary brothers, also known as the Dioscuri, were the children of Leda, who was seduced by Zeus in the form of a swan. The Gemini zodiac symbol of the Twins is based on the half brothers Castor and Pollux from Greek mythology.
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