Gemini crossed arms imagery

[Koen G]

I've been researching now into what marriage ceremonies looked like in formal manuscripts. Interestingly, it is not always a priest, or even a man, who joins the couple.
The by far most common and standard pose is this, where a figure of authority joins the right hands of the couple. This can be shown with hands clasped, or approaching as in this example.

De Mulieribus Claris: Scene, Tertia Aemilia arranging Marriage of two Servants -- Tertia Aemilia, wearing hennin, stands flanked by man, wearing cap and woman wearing headdress. With her right hand Tertia Aemilia grasps right wrist of the man and right wrist of the woman with her left hand, holding their hands in front of her body.

As we've been figuring out, this confirms that the crossed arms pose likely meant something else, some step to be taken before they'd get married.