Gemini is prominent in the winter skies of the northern Hemisphere and is visible the entire night in December–January. The Sun will move through Gemini from June 21 to July 20 through 2062. In 1990, the location of the Sun at the northern solstice moved from Gemini into Taurus, where it will remain until the 27th century AD and then move into Aries. During the first century AD, axial precession shifted it into Gemini. In classical antiquity, Cancer was the location of the Sun on the northern solstice (June 21). Gemini lies between Taurus to the west and Cancer to the east, with Auriga and Lynx to the north, Monoceros and Canis Minor to the south, and Orion to the south-west. Gemini is associated with the myth of Castor and Polydeuces (also known as Pollux), collectively known as the Dioscuri. An animation of the constellation Gemini (center), "the twins", shows two parallel stick figures. Location The constellation Gemini as it can be seen with the unaided eye, with added connecting lines. Its name is Latin for twins, and it is associated with the twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. It was one of the 48 constellations described by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. Gemini is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the northern celestial hemisphere. Visible at latitudes between + 90° and − 60°.īest visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of February.
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