About this star:

One of the cluster of stars in the Archer's face called "the Handle".

"Manubrium" a handle-shaped anatomical part, for example the upper part of the sternum or part of the inner ear. From the Latin, ‘handle’, from manus ‘hand’.

Influence of the constellation:

The Archer is associated with the Hebrew letter Vau and the 6th Tarot Trump "The Lovers". (Robson).

General Influence of the star:

It causes blindness, explosions, fire, flaring heat heroism, courage, and defiance. (Robson).

The name Manubrium means a handle. Possibly this comes from some sketches of the Archer in which the hand holding the string of the bow is pulled right back to the position of this star. It is a Sun-Mars type, by Ptolemy and must thus be considered one of the `blind stars'. But the same planetary simile is of course symbolic of the fatal potency in the hand that may at any moment release the arrow into flight. To find a major planet in a chart very precisely on Manubrium rather than its neighbors (which are very close in longitude) is likely to show up the more aggressive connotations of the constellation and sign here, we should often find less of the philosopher than the high-performance athlete or the high court judge. The military strategist is also likely to have this star strong. (Dr. Eric Morse).