Gemini, The Twins

To look at Gemini is to look away from the Milky Way...

Gemini is dominated by Castor and Pollux, two bright stars that appear relatively very closely together forming an o shape, encouraging the mythological link between the constellation and twinship.

Today is my birthday. I often wonder if I had a twin in the womb that somehow never happened...and I have a deep, subconscious feeling that I still miss him...not that I miss a "sibling" but that there is another me that should be here.

BEAUTY: Painting--Chris Sedgwick

Mystical symbols abound in the dense, allegorical work of Chris Sedgwick. These absorbing paintings are crammed full of ideas and concepts from astrology, alchemy, Jungian psychology, science, and genetic biology. He has even created his own code using colored dots to represent the letters of the alphabet and hidden messages are spelled out on banners above or around, and on cloaks and robes on characters in the tableux.

Top to bottom: title unknown; The Geometer; The Passing of the Ages; The Sunset Ritual; The Alchemical Divination of Soul Synthesis

For fascinating and detailed explanations about the symbology, visit his website and click on CONCEPTS.
http://www.crsedgwick.com/