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General of a Constellation **// Constellations are not real. They are images that people have made from the past. They are the alignment of stars in the sky and tell youwhere the stars are and who their by. Most ancient cultures saw pictures in the stars of the night sky. The earliest known efforts to catalogue the stars date to cuneiform texts and artifacts dating back roughly 6000 years. The constellations as we know them today are undoubtedly very different from those first few, our night sky is a compendium of images from a number of different societies, both ancient and modern. By far, though, we owe the greatest debt to the mythology of the ancient Greeks and Romans. media type="custom" key="3474046" Example of Constellations

__General of the Constellation Gemini__ Gemini is latin for twins. It's symbol is II (Unicode II). It lies between taurus to the west and the dim cancer to the east. The numbers represent the brighest stars. 

C0nstellations and Constellation Gemini
Constellations are totally imaginary things that poets, farmers, astronomers, and etc. have made up over the past 6,000 years. They really tell us which stars are which. On a really dark night you can also locate planets, comets, and meteors. Gemini birthdays are from May 21-June 21. Gemini is considered a masculine sign. It is also an air sign and mutable and closely associated with with Mercury and considered ruled by it. Colors are yellow and rainbow. Birthstones Emerald and Moonstone. Gemstones are Ctirine, Peridot, Tigereye, and Agate. Flowers are Lily of the flower and Lavendar and animals are sparrows, butterflies, and monkeys. The sun passes through it from late june to late july. Therefore its best viewed in winter. They represent the heads of the twins, while fainter stars sketch out two bodies. Gemini is right between Cancer and Taurus. Gemini is one of the few constellations that actually looks like the figure it represents. Many different civilizations saw this pair in the sky. Ancient Greeks saw the twins Castor and Pollux, sons of Leda and Zeus. The Romans saw the brothers Romulus and Remus, two heroes that founded Rome. Both the Greeks and the Romans believed the twins were raised by the centaur, Chiron. There are a few interesting objects to look at around Gemini. There is a cluster of stars near the foot of the twin on the right, and a nebula near the arm of the twin.



__Quick Facts __
--Gemini is Latin for twins. --The brightest stars in the Gemini are Castor and Pollux. --The summer slstice line in Gemini. --There are 3 stars with known planets. --Stars appear to be fixed in their constellations pattern but they do slowly move relative to each other. -- Uranus and Pluto were discovered in Gemini. --In Greek mythology, Castor & Pollux were twin heroes. --**It is through Gemini that we find strength and creativity united.**

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