Gemini

"If you’ve ever wondered why you can hear someone counting “3, 2, 1…” at the beginning of this song, it’s probably because Project Gemini was the name of the second human spaceflight program of NASA. The Gemini flights were all launched using a launch vehicle called the Titan II GLV (Gemini Launch Vehicle) or Gemini-Titan.

There is also the constellation Gemini, of course, and in Chinese astronomy, some of the stars that correspond to Gemini are located in the White Tiger (Byakko) of the West area.

In addition, the Gemini twins from Greek and Roman mythology, Castor and Pollux, were the patron gods of sailors, and took the form of St. Elmo’s Fire (which appears in “Ishi no Niwa”)."

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 * 1 "The phrase inochi no oto (“sound(s) of life”) is also used in “Kaze no Bunshin”."