Heavenly Twins

English

Proper noun

the Heavenly Twins pl (plural only)

  1. (astronomy, astrology) The constellation and zodiacal sign Gemini.
    Synonym: the Twins
    • 1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and their Meaning, New York: G.E. Stechert, page 225:
      Another symbol was a Pile of Bricks, referring to the building of the first city and the fratricidal brothers — the Romulus and Remus of Roman legend; although thus with a very different character from that generally assigned to our Heavenly Twins. Similarly Sayce says that the Sumerian name for the month May-June, when the sun was in Gemini, signified "Bricks" (?).
    • 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 42:
      ‘Today I seek Gemini,’ he said. ‘The Heavenly Twins.’
  2. (Greek mythology) The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.
    Synonyms: Dioscuri, Gemini
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