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Gemini: Origins in Mythology
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The Gemini Character Portrait
Everyone loves a Gemini because everyone loves a schizophrenic. You like to think that you are a half-and half mixture of Socrates and Michelangelo, but in reality it's more like Prince and Bea Arthur.
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Everyone loves a Gemini because everyone loves a schizophrenic. You like to think that you are a half-and half mixture of Socrates and Michelangelo, but in reality it's more like Prince and Bea Arthur.
You
Well, I've had a couple incidents with my Gemini friend and wanted some feedback from some of you perhaps. He told me that he considers me to be a good friend but not in his like close circle of family or anything. I guess that's good right? Now how do
I have had a Gem male friend for several years now and could use some help. It seems like he always takes our friendship for granted. I feel like I'm always the one making the effort and in fact not even really sure how he feels about me!!! I want to kno
OK you Gemini people, what is it that keeps you all coming back for more....What is it that you like so much, the chase, the cold shoulder, the attention, what? Here's the scenario...know this Guy that I thought things were totally over with...I mean I e
Ok all you Gem folk...tell me how can you tell when a Gem guy is about to blow his stack...Do they ever? Or do they just stay in a bad mood?
What is it with these Gem Guys...When they want to be nice and charming man they could be, but when they want to be jerks they're jerks first class.....the one that I am talking about in particular loves attention, however, the minute I give it it's like
What has been your best or worst relationship experience with a particular zodiac sign? Gems only please......
Hello fellow gems! I'd like to know what celebrity best represents us? It can be anyone.
I can't stand being told what to do such as at my job. Do you have the same feeling?
I am a gemini and i think that we are just fab! We are outgoing, social, witty, and loving. However, we are shy, and sensitive. It just depends on the mood. I feel we are always going from one idea to another, but not following through. We have many aspir
The constellation of Gemini has been seen as twin figures by cultures throughout the world, back into prehistory. The Greeks recognized them as Castor and Polydeuces. To the Romans they were Hercules and Apollo. Often perceived as twin boys, the lore sustains that they were placed in the night sky by Jove to honor and exemplify the fidelity of their brotherly love. In other instances they were seen as a sister and brother or two angels, then within later Christian traditions, as Adam and Eve.
Stories of hero twins are also related throughout the world. For the Greeks they were the children of Zeus and Leda, queen of Sparta.The exploits of these twins are many, and all heroic. In their youth they sailed with Jason to retrieve the Golden Fleece.
To the Romans, who knew them as Castor and Pollux, the twins were invoked on the field of battle to assure victory. For centuries beyond they were held as guardians to sailors on extended or risky voyages.