Heavenly Twins

Proper noun

the Heavenly Twins pl (plural only)

1. (plural, plural-only) The constellation and zodiacal sign Gemini.
   • 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...1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and their Meaning, New York: G.E. Stechert, page 225
   • ‘Today I seek Gemini,’ he said. ‘The Heavenly Twins.’1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 42

   Synonyms:

   Twins

2. (Greek, plural, plural-only) The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.

   Synonyms:

   Dioscuri, Gemini