Castor and Pollux

This topic was created in the Miscellaneous forum by aime7 on Monday, April 7, 2014 and has 7 replies.

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Posted by SanchoMuyTerrible
I could, but you could just look it up... or I could scan some pages for you, but I wouldn't be able to until much later in the day.

I know that Castor was a horseman and Pollux was a boxing champion. I just want to know what influence these stars can have.

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This has some cool stuff about the Mythology of Castor and Pollux. Not really if its what you are after.

http://songsdomain.tripod.com/geminimyth/index.html

Other than that i only know a little about the actual stars from what i have read on wikipedia. Stuff like "Castor is the second brightest star in the constellation Gemini and one of the brightest stars in the night sky. etc" Actually the wikipedia page is an interesting read.

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Posted by Sunshinedaze
This has some cool stuff about the Mythology of Castor and Pollux. Not really if its what you are after.

http://songsdomain.tripod.com/geminimyth/index.html

Other than that i only know a little about the actual stars from what i have read on wikipedia. Stuff like "Castor is the second brightest star in the constellation Gemini and one of the brightest stars in the night sky. etc" Actually the wikipedia page is an interesting read.

Thanks.

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Posted by duchessedenemours
I forgot which is which, but the mortal twin died and the other was so distraught he gave up half his immortality to share with his brother and they ended up alternating days on Earth.

That's the version I heard most often.

I've heard that Pollux is in the 20th degree of Cancer. Maybe that's why Cancers, especially 3rd decan Cancers are good at boxing.