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Gemini

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Gemini, illumination from a Book of Hours, Italian, c. 1475; in the Pierpont Morgan Library, …—Courtesy of the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, the Glazier Collection

(Latin: “Twins”) In astronomy, the constellation lying between Cancer and Taurus; in astrology, the third sign of the zodiac, governing approximately the period May 21–June 21. It is represented by a set of twins. The twins are most often identified as the mythological Castor and Pollux (Dioscuri), but have also been equated with other famous pairs such as Romulus and Remus.

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