{"product_id":"gemini-ii","title":"Gemini II","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eGemini II • The Hermaphrodite • Lord of Cruelty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eIn the first decan of Gemini there are endless threads to follow. In Gemini II, we find the exploration of duality within: the division of one into two and the reconciliation of two opposing parts. Gemini II has the capacity to hold contradiction and embrace both ends of a spectrum. With a desire to be more than one thing, this face defies boundaries and fuses binaries together. Kira Ryberg calls this face the Art of Contradiction - there is no boxing in Gemini II.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe co-rulers of Gemini II, Venus and Mars, in Mercury’s domain speak to the duality found here: creation and dissolution, love and war, harmony and confrontation, connection and separation. Placements found here have the ability to be both\/and, the embodiment of contradiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe tarot card associated with Gemini II is the nine of swords. Depicted is a person sitting awake in bed with their head in their hands, swords hung behind the bed. This is the image of late night despair, when the mind seeks clarity that cannot be found. Holding the irreconcilable parts of the self does not come without challenges, but the Gemini II figure will suffer more for denying the underlying duality of the self. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eIn the myth of soulmates in Plato’s Symposium and the various tellings of Cybele (the presiding deity over Gemini II) and Attis, we find recurring narratives of erotic union, dissolution and finally, reunion. Both are myths of jealousy, intense love, hate, and queerness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAn othering occurs when we don’t fit neatly into a box. Contradiction is neither neat nor tidy, and Gemini II is familiar with the internal and often external othering because of it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eMay Gemini II embolden us to embrace the other within and without.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e_____\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eGemini II talisman inspired by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eFilius philosophorum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e, the philosophers’ child in alchemy, where the reconciliation of opposites symbolises alchemical perfection. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAlongside the sun moon child, Hermes - Mercury- is often depicted as the philosophers’ child.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eJeweller's brass with sterling silver moon detail, strung on sterling silver 18in. chain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"muddied hands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48631419896030,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/3227\/4398\/files\/2BE3036B-14F4-4170-B16E-9CF67867CA60.jpg?v=1787534977","url":"https:\/\/muddiedhands.com\/products\/gemini-ii","provider":"muddied hands","version":"1.0","type":"link"}