Element: Air
Quality: Mutable
Simbol: The Twins
Planet: Mercury
Gemini is the third sign of the zodiac. It is ruled by Mercury, the planet that represents communication, writing, and movement. The sign of Gemini belongs to the element of Air. The Mutable Air of Gemini is the agent of the exchange. That which has been concentrated must now be distributed. This air is alive, without which reproduction could not occur. The air is full of activity. Pollen blows in the warm air, insects buzz and butterflies flit. The task of Gemini of weaving an information network for the cross fertilization that is essential if life is to reproduce itself. Before our eyes the marriage of heaven and earth is happening. The soltstice approaches. During these long days, the Sun is at its highest in the sky.
Professions of Gemini are writers, journalists, teachers, secretaries, сommercial agents and sales representatives. They might also work in the communications industry. Their work are usually connected with intellectual activity, in which their mental skills can be exercised.
The myth of Gemini
Often the constellation Gemini depicts in the form of the spirit of the brothers, the two Dioscuri or heavenly twins. They are children of the same mother Leda, but different fathers: the mortal Tindareus and the immortal Zeus. According to legend, Leda was wife Tindareus, the king of Sparta, but Zeus who seduced Leda in the guise of a swan. So Castor was the mortal son of Tindareus, and Pollux the divine son of Zeus. When one of the brothers, Castor, was killed, then the second persuaded Zeus to allow him to share with his brother immortality, because Pollux very fond of his brother and did not imagine his life without him. As a result, they have become inseparable and spend alternate days on Olympus as gods, and in Hades, the realm of the dead, as deceased mortals. That’s why Gemini are so different and often surprise others with their impermanence.