About this star:

Alpha is actually two stars, 4 minutes apart, in the right horn of the Goat, Capricornus. Alpha¹ (this star Giedi Prima) double, 3.2 and 4.2, yellow. Alpha² (Giedi Secunda), triple, 3, 11.5, and 11.5, pale yellow, ash, and lilac.

These are the Prima and Secunda Giedi, or plain Algedi, from the Arabian constellation title Al Jady "The goat".

Other titles, Dabih and the degenerated Dschabbe and Dshabeh, applied to them, but more commonly to beta (Dahib), have been traced by some to Al Jabbah, the Forehead, although the stars are nearer the tip of the horn; but the names undoubtedly come from Al Sa'd al Dhabih, "the Lucky One of the Slaughterers", the title of the Arabic 20th manzil (of which these alphas and betas were the determinant point), manifestly referring to the sacrifice celebrated by the Arabs at the heliacal rising of Capricorn. [Influences of 20th mansion: Helps the escape of servants and captives and the curing of diseases. With Moon transiting here; take medicine, travel, but do not lend money or marry (Robson)].

And of similar signification was the Euphratean Shak-shadi and the Coptic Eupeutos, or Opeutus, for the same lunar asterism of those peoples.

It was thought that this star, alpha, then seen only as a single star, with beta (Dahib) and nu (Alshat) was known by the Akkadians as Uz, "the Goat"; and as Enzu in the astronomy of their descendants.

Alpha is said to have represented the 8th antediluvian king Amar Sin. (Allen).

Influence of the constellation:

"The Goat is associated with the Hebrew letter Yod and the 10th Tarot Trump, The Wheel of Fortune". (Robson).

General influence of the star:

Associated with piety and self-sacrifice. (Larousse Encyclopedia of Astrology).