Gemini 4

Gemini is the first of the air elements whose basic elemental qualities are hot and wet. Its seasonal qualities are hot and wet in the Northern latitudes while cold and dry in the Southern. It is masculine whose similitude is of the diurnal sect.Gemini is the diurnal domicile of Mercury (Hermes) and the North Node is exalted in the 3rd°. It is the detriment of Jupiter. The ruler of its triplicity by day is Saturn followed by Mercury. By night it is Mercury followed by Saturn. The co-ruler by day and night is Jupiter.

"Gemini is masculine, bicorporeal, euphonius, ascending, airy, effeminate, pertaining to freedmen, barren, public. . . fond of discourse, who work with letters and education, poetic, lovers of music, teachers of the use of the voice, capable in matters of household management, those who receive trust.. . also interpreters, those with an aptitude for commerce, critics of good and bad, prudent, curious, initiates in occult matters."- - Vettius Valens: The Anthology Book I
Gemini is the next of the season's transitional signs. However here in the north Gemini is completely in it's element. Hot and wet. While Taurus was busy throwing down roots and establishing solidity and order, Gemini wants to learn to use them. This sign brings about mental application, awareness, versatility and communication making it essentially a "mental" constellation. Intellectuality and brilliance notwithstanding, Gemini, nevertheless bestows an impatient restlessness and seldom ease, it always craves excitement or sensation. It bestows a restless spirit which forces the planets' found there to continually seek variety.

In ancient star maps two naked boys, one of who holds a lyre and the other a sickle knife, represented Gemini. The earlier astrological texts offer that Gemini represented the gaiety and delightfulness of youth, like the young plant whose leaves are opening to receive and use the necessary elements for sustaining life. It is about discovery and investigation.It is perhaps appropriate that Mercury was awarded Gemini as its domicile.

Because Mercury is "logos" which functions like a relay switch for the two sects. As if to mimic the nature of this duality, Gemini is considered bicorporal, meaning double-bodied. The twins bring about a duality of perspective. It is a sign remarkable for its versatility and adaptability. As Castor cannot exist without his Pollux, neither can the planets found in Gemini without their "alter egos".