About this star:

A pale emerald star marking the Northern Scale. This star, beta, Zubenelschemali, is the Northern Scale of Libra. Alpha, Zuben Algenubi, is the Southern Scale of Libra.

Robson (in Fixed Stars and Constellations) lists it as "Scale North" and said it is symbolically called "The Full Price" or "the price which covers". [The two scales of Libra were the Price of the Deficient (Zuben Algenubi) balanced by the Price which Covers (Zubenelschemali)]

The early Greeks did not associate Libra's stars with a "Balance" or "Scales", to them it was the Chelae; the Claws of the Scorpion.

Zubeneshamali is Arabic Az-Zuban ash-Shamali (1), "The northern claw"; the titles were borrowed from the Greeks. Zuben el Chamali, Al Zuban al Shamaliyyah, and Vazneschemali, are variations of the spelling.

Kiffa borealis is Arabic and Latin for "the Northern Scale Tray"; Lanx septentrionalis signifies the same thing.

This star marked the 22d ecliptic constellation of Babylonia, Nuru sha-Iltanu, "the Northern Light". It was considered that under the name of the Sugi Stars, the scales were associated with Bilat, "the Lady", or Beltis; and that the Persians knew them as Crob, "the Horned"; the Sogdians knew them as Ghanwand, the "Claw-possessing", equivalent to the Khorasmian Ighnuna, and the Coptic Pritithi, "the Two Claws", — all these being lunar stations. (Allen).

Close to the helio planetary South Node of Mars; 18SCO57 in 1900 - 19SCO44 in 2000, which might give a Martian influence.

The Arabian names for the two main stars reveal an interesting reflection upon the essence of balance: the Southern Scale is termed Zuben Elgenubi, 'the price to be paid', with the Northern Scale, Zubenelschemali, translating as 'the Price to be Received'. Because of the malefic nature of the Southern Scale, astrological influences relating to justice and good fortune through legal skills have tended to be focused upon the Northern Scale, which is considered a very fruitful and prosperous star, associated with riches, honour and good fortune. This is an emerald, 2nd magnitude star, noted for its unusual colour and attributed a Jupiter-Mercury influence by Ptolemy. According to Ebertin and Hoffman, its conjunction with the Sun, Moon or Jupiter favours civil servants, lawyers and scientists. \

Influence of the constellation:

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

General influence of the star:

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

General influence of the star: According to Ptolemy it is of the nature of Jupiter and Mercury, but later writers have considered it similar to Jupiter and Mars, and Alvidas likens it to Mars in sextile to Jupiter. It gives good fortune, high ambition, beneficence, honor, riches, and permanent happiness. (Robson).

Chaldeans believed that when this star was clear the crops would be good. (Noonan).

The Northern Scales has a Jupiter-Mercury nature and therefore positive properties. Tied up with the MC and Ascendant or with well placed stellar bodies, the Northern Scales are credited with helping the native to gain honors and distinction. When connected with Mercury they are supposed to make the native studious. In good position, the star will arouse, above all things, spiritual and mental forces. The conjunction with Sun, Moon, or Jupiter favors civil servants, lawyers and scientists. Confiscation of possessions during times of war. Credited with bestowing an immortal name. (Ebertin).

If rising or culminating:

Honor, preferment, good fortune. (Robson).

With Sun: Great good fortune, high position, transitory difficulties eventually proving beneficial. (Robson).

With Moon: Active mind, organizing ability, benefits through flew and influential friends, valuable gifts, uses friends' names to obtain money but matter is amicably settled, high position, love of respectable women. (Robson).

With Mercury: Active, alert, favors from influential people, good position, much expenditure, benefits through writings. (Robson).

With Venus: Social success, help from women, favorable for love affairs and marriage. (Robson).

With Mars: High ambitions, success through energy, influential position, forceful writer and speaker. (Robson).

With Jupiter: Philosophical mind, ecclesiastical or legal preferment, able writer or speaker, influential friends. (Robson).

With Saturn: Cautious, reserved, studious, economical, analytical, good chemist or detective, good judge of human nature, early losses never fully recovered, favorable for gain and domestic matters, sickness to children in infancy. (Robson).

With Uranus: Economical, great self-control, psychic, material instincts, many difficulties, good for gain but much expenditure, loss through law and enemies, help from influential friends, occasional peculiar domestic disharmony, sudden death often from heart trouble. (Robson).

With Neptune: Occult writer or speaker, medical or chemical discoveries, practical, kind, sympathetic, alive to self interests, gain through marriage and business, disharmony with parents, grandparents or relatives, legacy obtained through litigation, suffers from accidents, death resulting from previous injury. (Robson).