We need not trouble ourselves with the Grecian myths, even though we can see through them the original and ancient truth. The two were both heroes of peculiar and extraordinary birth—sons of Jupiter. They were supposed to appear at the head of armies; and as they had cleared the seas of pirates, they were looked upon as the patron saints of navigation. (Hence the name of the ship in Acts xxviii. 11.) They were held in high esteem both by Greeks and Romans; and the common practice of taking oaths and of swearing by their names has descended even to our own day in the still surviving vulgar habit of swearing “By Gemini!” The more ancient star‐names help us to see through all these and many other myths, and to discern Him of whom they testify; even Him in His twofold nature—God and Man—and His twofold work of suffering and glory, and His twofold coming in humiliation and in triumph. There are 85 stars in the sign: two of the 2nd magnitude, four of the 3rd, six of the 4th, etc. The name of α (in the head of the one at our right hand) is called _Apollo_, which means _ruler_, or _judge_; while β (in the head of the other) is called _Hercules_, _who cometh to labour_, or _suffer_. Another star, γ (in his left foot), is called _Al Henah_, which means _hurt_, _wounded_, or _afflicted_. Can we have a doubt as to what is the meaning of this double presentation? In _Ophiuchus_ we have the two in one person: the crushed enemy, and the wounded heel. But here the two great primeval truths are presented in two persons; for He was “two persons in one God,” “God and man in one Christ.” As man, suffering for our redemption; as God, glorified for our complete salvation and final triumph. A star, ε (in the centre of his body), is called _Waset_, which means _set_, and tells of Him who “set His face like a flint” to accomplish this mighty Herculean work; and, when the time was come, “steadfastly set His face to go” to complete it. He bears in his right hand (in some pictures) a palm branch. In the one from which our illustration is taken, it is a club; but both the club of this one and the bow of the other are _in repose_! These united ones are neither in action nor are they preparing for action, but they are _at rest_ and _in peace_ after victory won. The star ε (in the knee of the other, “Apollo”) is called _Mebsuta_, which means _treading under feet_. The names of other stars, which are not identified, have come down to us with the same testimony. One is called _Propus_ (Hebrew), _the branch_, _spreading_; another is called _Al Giauzâ_ (Arabic), _the palm branch_; another is named _Al Dirâ_ (Arabic), _the seed_, or _branch_. The day has here come to fulfil the prophecies concerning Him who is “the Branch,” “the Branch of Jehovah,” “the man whose name is the Branch.” “In that day shall the Branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious; And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely For them that are escaped of Israel.”