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Felicem Natalem Diem!

    GEMINI            (Scroll down for large constellation)

The Dioscuri, twin half brothers Castor and Pollux (Polydeuces. They were hatched from eggs, along with their twin sisters Clytemnestra, and Helen of Troy. While they shared a mother, Pollux was the son of Zeus, and therefore immortal. Castor was the son of their mother’s husband, and was mortal. They were known as great heroes, sailing on the Argo with Jason to retrieve the Golden Fleece (see Aries), and rescuing a young Helen from Theseus (long before the Trojan War.) Castor was eventually killed in a cattle raid, and Pollux volunteered to give up half his immortality to bring Castor back. To allow them to be together, the pair spends every other day on Mt. Olympus, or in the Underworld.

Gemini - This sign stems from the Tale of Castor and Pollux. Castor and Pollux were half-brothers. Castor was born of Tyndareus and Leda, Pollux was born of the affair between Zeus and Leda (also known as the Tale of Leda and the Swan). The twins grew inseparable as time went on. One day, Castor was killed in a battle. Pollux was so grief stricken that he took his own life to join his brother at death. In honor of the brothers' great love, Zeus placed them among the stars.