Pollux was the inmortal brother of the Dioscuri, twin of Castor and brother of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra.
Pollux was famous for his skill in hand-to-hand fighting and Castor for his ability to tame and ride horses. When Theseus and Pirítoo kidnapped its sister Helena and took it to Afidna, the Dioscuros rescued it and kidnapped in revenge the mother of Teseo, Etra. They also accompanied Jason on the Argo. During the trip, Pollux killed the Atmic king in a fair play hand fight. When Astidamia, queen of Yolco, offended Peleus, the Dioscuri helped him to devastate his country. Castor and Pollux kidnapped the daughters of Leucippus, Hilaira, and Phoebe, and married them. Therefore, Idas and Linceo, nephews of Leucipo (or rival suitors), killed Castor. Pollux, who had received the gift of the immortality of Zeus, convinced his father to grant it also to Castor. Thus, both alternated between Olympus and Hades, as gods and deceased mortals.
Pollux is a orange giant star of spectral classificaction of K0IIIb, with a surface temperature of 4666 K. It is located at a distance of 33.7 light years from the solar system. It is the orange giant closest to the solar system, although its luminosity is low compared to other nearby giants, such as Arturo or Menkent.
Thestias, discovered in June 2006, although its existence was suspected since 1993, is a planet that orbits Pollux (it is the brightest star to which an extrasolar planet has been discovered). It has an approximate mass of 2.9 times that of Jupiter and describes an almost circular orbit at 1.64 AU of Pollux.
Photometric observations were made in December 1993, January 2005, September 2009, July 2012 and July 2014.
On rare occasions Pollux can be occulted by the Moon.
It is located at the longitude 112.9º (22º54' Cancer; semioctile 112º30', 0º24' orb), and latitude 6.7º ( 6º41' Aries).
And at right ascension 116.0º (25º58' 4th house; trine 120º, 4º02' orb) and declination 28.1º (28º 5' 1st house; trecile@27º42', 0º23' orb; (penta)octaoctile@28º 7', 0º02' orb)
"Tad, the lost explorer" (2012)
The quality of the star Pollux reminds the planets Jupiter and Mercury. It is related with adventure and discovery. Its main features are a great curiosity and an amazing ability to understand how things work.
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David Duchovny, actor of the TV series "X-Files" (1992), has Pollux in Cancer (2nd Moon-Node House) in conjunction with the Black Moon.
Gillian Anderson, actress of the TV series "X-Files" (1992), has Pollux in Cancer (9th Moon-Node House), in trine with Neptune in Scorpio (5th Moon-Node House), and in semisextile with the Black Moon in Gemini (10th Moon-Node House).
Marisa Tomei, actress of the movie "Only You" (1994), has Pollux in Cancer (12th Moon-Node House), in semisextile with Moon-Node in Gemini (1st Moon-Node House, AC), and in quincunx with Juno in Capricorn (7th Moon-Node House).
Julie Delpy, actress of the movie "Before Sunrise" (1995), has Pollux in Cancer (8th Moon-Node House), in conjunction with the Black Moon, and in opposition with Pallas in Capricorn (2nd Moon-Node House).
