At this moment, it forms a conspicuous triangle with two nearby bright stars, Castor and Pollux, in the constellation Gemini. To echo H.A. Rey in his classic "The Stars — A New Way to See Them ...

THERE YOU SHOULD SEE BRIGHT RED MARS. THEN SHINING TO THE RIGHT OF MARS ARE TWO BRIGHT FIRST MAGNITUDE STARS THE TWIN STARS OF GEMINI POLLUX AND CASTOR! IF IT’S DARK ENOUGH LOOK BELOW C AND P TO ...

A return to its roots for Castor et Pollux, Jean-Philippe Rameau’s lyric tragedy first performed in 1737 at the Académie royale and inspired by the mythological episode of the Gemini.

By then its position will have changed so that it is no longer forming a triangle with Pollux and Castor, but rather a crooked line. On April 12, Mars will leave the boundaries of Gemini ...