THE FIXED STARS - Astroweb

Fixed star: ACHIRD.
Notes: A star in the girdle of the Ethiopian Queen.
Constellation: Eta Cassiopeia
Longitude 1900: 08TAU50 Longitude 2000: 10TAU15
Declination 1900: + 57.17' Declination 2000: + 57.49'
Right ascension: 00h49m Latitude: + 47.00'
Spectral Class: F9 Magnitude: 3.6
Suggested orb: 0' 39" Planetary nature: Saturn-Venus
Influence of the constellation: Haughtiness, boastfulness, exaggerated pride and at the same time power of
commanding respect. The Ethiopian Queen is associated the Hebrew letter Beth and the 2nd Tarot Trump "The High
Priestess". (Robson).
Fixed star: ZIBAL.
Notes: A star in The River.
Constellation: Zeta Eridanus
Longitude 1900: 12TAU26 Longitude 2000: 13TAU50
Declination 1900: -09.11' Declination 2000: -08.49'
Right ascension: 03h15m Latitude: -25.55'
Spectral class: A3 Magnitude: 4.9
Suggested orb: 0' 26" Planetary nature: Saturn
Influence of the constellation: According to Ptolemy all the stars with the exception of Achernar are like Saturn.
Eridanus gives a love of knowledge and science, much travel and many changes, a position of authority, but danger of
accidents, especially at sea and of drowning. (Robson).
Fixed star: CIH.
English translation: On the thighs of Cassiopeia the Ethiopian
Queen. Cih, Cassiopeia's girdle, was the Chinese Tsih, a Whip. This
was the first star discovered to contain bright lines in its spectrum, in
1886.
Constellation: Gamma Cassiopeia
Longitude 1900: 12TAU33 Longitude 2000: 13TAU56
Declination 1900: +60.11' Declination 2000: +60.43'
Right ascension: 00h56m Latitude: +48.48'
Spectral class: B0 Magnitude: 2.8 Variable
Suggested orb: 0' 47" Planetary nature: Saturn-Venus
Influence of the constellation: Haughtiness, boastfulness, exaggerated pride and at the same time power of
commanding respect. The Ethiopian Queen is associated the Hebrew letter Beth and the 2nd Tarot Trump "The High
Priestess". (Robson).
Fixed star: ALMACH. Alamak
Constellation: Gamma Andromeda
Longitude 1900: 12TAU50. Longitude 2000: 14TAU14.
Declination 1900: +41.51'. Declination 2000: +42.20'.
Right ascension: 02h03m. Latitude: +27.48'.
Spectral class: K2. Magnitude: 2.3.
Suggested orb: 0' 52" Planetary nature: Venus
History of the star: Earthkid (a small predatory animal of Arabian origin similar to a badger or weasel-like mammal).
There are other names given to it that mean "The Fifth of the Ostriches" and "Foot of the Woman." The Chinese called
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