Fixed Star Name : SITULA

Latin for ‘bucket’

Location Name : kappa Aquarius
Apparent Magnitude : 5.3 Spectral Class : K1
Right Ascension : 22h 37m Latitude : +04.06'
Declination (1900) : -04.45' Declination (2000) : -04.14'
 
Longitudinal Position (in 1900) : 08 Pisces 01
Longitudinal Position (in 2000) : 09 Pisces 25
Its Planetary Nature : Saturn - Jupiter

About this star:

The western star in the flow of the water of Aquarius. Situla is from Latin ‘bucket’; referring to an ancient decorated metal or pottery vessel shaped like a deep bucket, urn, or vase. (Encarta Dictionay).


Influence of the constellation:

The beauty of Ganymedes and his flight through the air link it to the ideas of personnel charm and aviation with which it is certainly connected. The Water Bearer is associated with the Hebrew letter Nun and the 14th Tarot Trump "Temperance". (Robson).


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