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Double-bodied

Double-bodied Signs - Gemini is known as one of the double-bodied signs (dual signs) because it has two "bodies" in its symbol, the symbol of the Twins. The other dual signs are Sagittarius (part man, part beast) and Pisces (two fishes).

Double-bodied or Bicorporeal Signs. Gemini, Sagittarius and Pisces; and by some authorities, Virgo (v. Signs).

Double-bodied, or bi-corporeal signs are those represented by two figures. All the mutable signs are double-bodied - Gemini: two twins; Virgo: maiden and bird; Sagittarius: man and horse; Pisces: two fishes.

A double-bodied sign on the cusp of the fifth house is said to indicate the likelihood of twins or multiple births, as is the moon being posited in such a sign. Such signs being the mutable signs of Gemini, Sagittarius or Pisces.

Said of double-bodied Signs: Gemini, Sagittarius and Pisces. As originally employed by Ptolemy, bicorporeal was the only term by which he characterized the signs that are now designated as Mutable, or Deductive.

double signs, double-bodied signs Synonymous with bicorporeal signs; Gemini, Sagittarius, and Pisces. See also bicorporeal signs.
dragon's head An ancient term for the Moon's North Node, derived from the Latin caput draconis.

bi-corporeal: Litterally means double-bodied, refers to the mutable signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces.

bicorporeal signs : Gemini, Sagittarius and Pisces. Also called double-bodied and double signs, they are associated with twins and dual experiences.