Fixed Star Name : AL PHERG (Fomalsamakah)
Fomalsamakah Al phargh, an Arab word, means an outpouring of water and the mouth or lip of any vessel used for liquids.
Location Name : eta Pisces
Apparent Magnitude : 3.7
Spectral Class : G3
Right Ascension : 01h 31m
Latitude : +05.22'
Declination (1900) : +14.50'
Declination (2000) : +15.21'
 
Longitudinal Position (in 1900) : 25 Aries 25
Longitudinal Position (in 2000) : 26 Aries 49
Its Planetary Nature : Saturn - Jupiter
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About the star :

A double star in the cord near the tail of the Northern Fish of Pisces. Robson says it is associated with the Greek "Head of Typhon".

 

Fomalsamakah Al phargh, an Arab word, means an outpouring of water and the mouth or lip of any vessel used for liquids.

 

This marked the 1st ecliptic constellation of the Babylonians, Kullat Nuna, the "Cord of the Fish". Another meaning may be the "Dwelling of the Fish".

The uniting cords linking the two fishes of Pisces, branching from alpha through omicron, pi, eta, and rho to the tail of the northernmost Fish, and through xi, nu, mu, f, epsilon, zeta, and delta to omega that marks the tail of the one to the south, were Ptolemy's …, "thread," The Arabians knew these cords as Al H'ait al Kattaniyy, the "Flaxen Thread". Cicero called them Vincla, the "Bonds"; another name was Alligamentum linteum or luteum, divided by Hevelius into Linum boreum and austrinum. (Allen).

 

Influence of the constellation :

The Fishes are associated with the Hebrew letter Pe and the 17th Tarot Trump "The Stars". (Robson).

 

Remember, only the parallel and conjunction are important and the orb must be no more than 1 degree.

General Influence of the star :

Success through determination. (Noonan).

Preparedness, steadiness, determination and final success. (Robson).

 

This star crossed the Aries point (0º Aries) just at the time of the discovery of the planet Neptune in 1846 A.D., which was so soon to be recognized as co-ruler of Pisces along with Jupiter. The origins of the Babylonian name is obscure now, but it was long thought to be "Cord of the Fish". There is good reason, however, to interpret this as "Home of the Fish". This brings to mind the Sagittarian star Nunki (Pelagus), "the voice from the Sea" symbolizing guidance. It is further significant that the astrological Fishes (Pisces Astrinus and Pisces) are known specifically by their stars in their mouth, Fomalsamakah (this star) and Fomalhaut, (in Pisces Astrinus) in other words by their voices. (Dr Eric Morse The Living Stars).

 
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