Fixed Star Name : ZUBEN ELAKRAB

Location Name : gamma Libra
Apparent Magnitude : 5.1 Spectral Class : F6
Right Ascension : 15h 35m Latitude : +04.23'
Declination (1900) : -14.27' Declination (2000) : -14.46'
 
Longitudinal Position (in 1900) : 23 Scorpio 44
Longitudinal Position (in 2000) : 25 Scorpio 08
Its Planetary Nature :

About this star:

A star in the middle of the northern Claw or scale of Libra.

The two scales of Libra are marked by two stars which Bullinger (in The Witness of the Stars) called the Price of the Deficient (Zuben Algenubi) balanced by the Price which Covers (Zubenelschemali) and added "But there is a third star, gamma, below, towards Centaurus and the Victim slain (Lupus), telling, by that and by its name, of the conflict by which that redemption would be accomplished. It is called Zuben Akrabi or Zuben al Akrab, which means 'the price of the conflict!'".



Influence of the constellation:

The Scales are associated with the Hebrew letter Heth and the 8th Tarot Trump "Justice". (Robson).


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