Q 01/05

What does the Latin name Gemini mean?

A) Brothers

B) Sailors

C) Twins

D) Horsemen

Answer · why

C) Twins

The Greeks called the sign Didymoi, which means the same thing.

Q 02/05

Gemini is which sign in the order of the zodiac?

A) 2nd

B) 4th

C) 3rd

D) 5th

Answer · why

C) 3rd

It follows Taurus and precedes Cancer, closing out the spring signs.

Q 03/05

Which planet is the traditional ruler of Gemini?

A) Mercury

B) Jupiter

C) Mars

D) Venus

Answer · why

A) Mercury

Mercury also rules Virgo, the other sign the astrologers link with communication and analysis.

Q 04/05

Which sign sits opposite Gemini on the zodiac wheel?

A) Pisces

B) Sagittarius

C) Capricorn

D) Aquarius

Answer · why

B) Sagittarius

Opposite pairs share a modality: Gemini and Sagittarius are both mutable signs.

Q 05/05

Gemini has which modality (quality) in astrology?

A) Fixed-cardinal

B) Cardinal

C) Fixed

D) Mutable

Answer · why

D) Mutable

Mutable signs close each season; Gemini ends spring in the northern hemisphere.