Gemini (astrology)

In Babylonian astronomy, the stars Pollux and Castor were known as the Great Twins. Their names were Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea, meaning "The Mighty King" and "The One who has arisen from the Underworld". Both names are titles of Nergal. Also could be referencing Zeus and Hades.{{sfn|White|2008|p=125}}

In Greek mythology, Gemini is associated with the myth of Castor and Pollux, a pair of twins conceived by different fathers. Zeus, who seduced Leda and conceived Pollux while Tyndareus, the king of Sparta and Leda's husband, conceived Castor. When Castor died, because he was a mortal, Pollux begged his father Zeus to give Castor immortality, which was done through uniting them together in the heavens.

NASA named its two-person space capsule Project Gemini after the zodiac sign because the spacecraft could carry two astronauts.{{sfn|Humans|n.d.}}

Google's next-generation AI model announced on December 6, 2023, is named Gemini.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-06 |title=Introducing Gemini: our largest and most capable AI model |url=https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-gemini-ai/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Google |language=en-us}}

File: Gemini (medieval Georgian astrological treatise).jpg|From the medieval Georgian manuscript of a 12th-century astrological treatise

File:Illustration-zodiac-gemini.jpg|Ornamentation from an altar cloth from 13th-century Germany. The two figures are depicted with the heads of dogs.

File:Book of Wonders folio 5b.jpg|Gemini (al-Gawzaa) depicted in the 14th/15th-century Arabic astrology text Book of Wonders

File:Tvillingarnas stjärntecken, 1602 - Skoklosters slott - 102429.tif|Gemini by Willem Blaeu, 1602

File:Geminis, Blanco y Negro, de Arija, 07-05-1904 (cropped).svg|White and Black Geminis by Arija, 1904

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• Chinese zodiac
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• Cusp (astrology)
• Elements of the zodiac
• Gemini (language model)
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• Air (classical element)

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• {{Cite encyclopedia| title = Gemini | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia Britannica| access-date = January 3, 2022| url = https://www.britannica.com/place/Gemini-constellation-and-astrological-sign | date = n.d. | ref = {{harvid|Britannica|n.d.}} }}
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• {{Cite book|last=White|first=Gavin|title=Babylonian Star-lore|publisher=Solaria Pubs|year=2008}}

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• [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-17061 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (over 360 medieval and early modern images of Gemini)]

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