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Gemini represents the twins, Castor and Pollux, who are children of Zeus. Their mother, Leda, was raped by Zeus after he appeared before her disguised as a swan. They were the patron saints of sailors, and were given the power to rescue sailors from shipwrecks by Poseidon.

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