About this star:

The Arabs called this Muscida, a word apparently coined in the Middle Ages for the muzzle of an animal, the feature of the Bear, Ursa Major, that the star marks. Omicron, pi, rho, A, d, and some others in the eyes, ears, and muzzle of the Bear, were the asterism that was known to early Arabs as Al Thiba', the Gazelle. (Allen).

Influence of the constellation:

It is said to give a quiet, prudent, suspicious, mistrustful, self-controlled, patient nature, but an uneasy spirit and great anger when roused. By the Kabalists it is associated with the Hebrew letter Zain and the 7th Tarot Trump "The Chariot". (Robson).

Rising:

Those born at the rising of this constellation will be tamers of wild beasts, that is men to teach bears, bulls and lions to lay aside their fierceness and share in human ways. (Manilius Astronomica 1st century AD).