The Sun enters Gemini and suddenly everything feels like it’s moving in stereo. Welcome to Gemini Season—the time of year when life stops being a simple headline and turns into a choose-your-own-adventure novel written in real time. And right at the center of the action? The myth of Castor and Pollux—the heavenly twins who put the “both/and” into a world that desperately wants “either/or.”
These brothers weren’t just matching zodiac mascots; they were a cosmic paradox. Born to the same mother, Leda, Castor was mortal (sired by a mere man), and Pollux was immortal (fathered by Zeus, naturally). One could die; the other could not. So what happens when fate inevitably pulls the plug on Castor? Pollux doesn’t take it well. He offers to split his immortality with his brother. Zeus, apparently feeling generous that day, agrees—and the twins become the Gemini constellation, taking turns between Olympus and the Underworld.
It’s mythology’s version of a timeshare.
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