Fixed Star Name : ACUBENS (Sertan)

Az-Zubana, "The claw"
Location Name : alpha Cancer
Apparent Magnitude : 4.3 Spectral Class : F0
Right Ascension : 08h 58m Latitude : - 05.04'
Declination (1900) : +12.15' Declination (2000) : +11.52'
 
Longitudinal Position (in 1900) : 12 Leo 15
Longitudinal Position (in 2000) : 13 Leo 38
Its Planetary Nature : Saturn - Mercury
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About this star:

A double star, 4.4 and 11 magnitude, white and red.

The Arabic name for Acubens is Az-Zubana, "The claw". This is the southern claw of the Crab, Cancer, which lies near the head of Hydra.

Pliny's names for it were Acetabula, "the Arm Sockets" (of the crab). [The acetabulum is the curved cavity on the side of the hipbone where the end of the thighbone fits - Encarta].

Another name was Cirros, — properly Cirrus, — the Arms themselves, which some translate as "The scissors of the Crab", equivalent to Ovid's Flagella, [scourge, whip, or threadlike appendage of certain cells that functions as an organ of locomotion. - AHD]; others similarly saying Branchiae [a gill in aquatic animals or a similar structure found in the embryos of higher animals, including humans -AHD] and Ungulae [hoof]. Bayer also cited the "Barbarians" "Grivenescos. Sartan and Sertan are from the Arabic word for the whole figure. (Allen).

 

Influence of the constellation:

The Crab is associated with the Hebrew letter Tzaddi and the 18th Tarot Trump "The Moon". (Robson).

General influence of the star:

Activity, malevolence and poison, making its natives liars and criminals. (Robson).

Acubens has a Martian nature and a strong blending in of Saturnian influence, conveying an unbalanced and "jumpy" nature. If the chart is a disharmonious one to people effected by it and especially if Acubens is in conjunction with Mars, Sun or Uranus, this will make for an unsettled mentality and helplessness. If in conjunction with Saturn, major disappointments in life, ordeals and trials, mental suffering, excitements, loss, opposition, disputes and deception are indicated. According to Elsbeth Ebertin's experience, this is the case especially if these persons are in positions of social standing or are politically active. (Ebertin).

One significance of Acubens is the enforced use of applied intelligence when finding oneself in combat at someone else's behest. But a generally more positive quality to read from Acubens is that of a sharp intellect and ease of coming to grips with problems, for which one might earn public renown. But, again there is the note of doing this under pressure of others demanding 'from behind'. (Dr. Eric Morse).


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