About the star :

A star positioned in front of Castor's foot. "Forward foot" (of the Northern Twin, Castor) in Gemini.

Propus is its universal title, with the equivalent Praepes.

Some called it Tropus, "Turn", referring to the apparent turning-point of the sun's course at the summer solstice, which nowadays is more precisely marked by the star gamma (Alhena) just eastward from this star; eta.

This was Pish Pai of the Persians.

The Arabs included it with gamma (Alhena) and mu (Tejat Posterior), in their Nuhatai; as explained with Alhena.

In Babylonia gamma (Alhena) with eta (Propus), probably was Mas-tab-ba-tur-tur, the "Little Twins"; and, with eta (Propus), mu (Tejat Posterior), nu, and xi (Alzirr), all in the Milky Way, may have been the Babylonian lunar mansion Khigalla, the "Canal", and the equivalent Persian Rakhvad, the Sogdian Ghathaf, and the Khorasmian Gawthaf.

It was included in the Arabic 4th manzil, Al Han'ah, "The brand-mark" which comprised of; gamma (Alhena), mu (Tejat Posterior), nu, eta (this star Propus), and xi (Alzirr), in the feet of the Twins. [4th mansion influences: Favorable for hunting, besieging towns, and the revenge of princes].

It portended lives of eminence to all born under its influence. (Allen).

General influence of the constellation:

"Ptolemy makes the following observations; the stars in the feet of Gemini have an influence similar to that of Mercury, and moderately to that of Venus; the bright stars in the thighs are like Saturn. It is said to cause trouble and disgrace, sickness, loss of fortune, affliction and danger to the knees. By the Cabalists it is associated with the Hebrew letter Qoph and the 19th Tarot Trump, The Sun". (Robson).

General influence of the star: Of the nature of Mercury and Venus. It causes violence, pride, over-confidence and shamelessness. (Robson).

Portends lives of eminence to those born under its influence. (R. H. Allen).

The ability to express ideas in reasonable and acceptable ways which win because of their manifest intelligence. Al Hena with Tegat Posterior and Propus (Tegat Prior) entered Cancer 1349, 1621 and 1755 AD. respectively. Each of these dates, within a year or two, was significant in the rise of European thought and literature from the Renaissance onwards. (Dr. Eric Morse).

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