Gemini

A 30° sector of the sidereal zodiac — one bed in the StarGarden.

Gemini (Rashi)

Mithuna · Symbol: Twins

A 30° sector of the sidereal zodiac. In the StarGarden, each rashi anchors one bed — and every plant in that bed carries the signature of this sign's element, modality, and planetary ruler.

Ruler: MercuryElement: Air Modality: Mutable House: 3

Lungs, hands, siblings, neighbors, communication

"Gemini teaches cooperation and exchange. The Three Sisters bed: corn, beans, and squash growing as one community."

Grow one plant from this sign's bed and taste its archetype.

Plants of Gemini (5)

Buckwheat

Fagopyrum esculentum

Air·Gemini+House 3·Mutable·Mrigashira

Pacifies Pitta & KaphaTaste: Sweet; AstringentEnergy: Cooling

Helps with: Fragile capillaries / easy bruising, Poor circulation

Corn

Zea mays

Air·Gemini+House 3·Mutable·Magha

Pacifies Pitta & VataTaste: SweetEnergy: Neutral

Helps with: Water retention / bloating, Urinary irritation

Horehound

White Horehound

Marrubium vulgare

Air·Gemini+House 3·Mutable·Ashlesha

Pacifies Kapha & VataTaste: Bitter, PungentEnergy: Heating

Helps with: Cough, Chest congestion / bronchitis, Sore throat

Pole Beans

Phaseolus vulgaris

Air·Gemini+House 3·Mutable·Dhanishtha

Pacifies Pitta & KaphaTaste: Sweet, AstringentEnergy: Neutral

Squash (Three Sisters)

Squash

Cucurbita maxima

Air·Gemini+House 3·Mutable

Pacifies Vata & PittaTaste: SweetEnergy: Neutral

Helps with: Eye strain / weak vision