Fixed Star Name : KORNEPHOROS

Location Name : beta Centaurus
Apparent Magnitude : 2.8 Spectral Class : G8
Right Ascension : 16h 30m Latitude : +42.42'
Declination (1900) : +21.42' Declination (2000) : +21.29'
 
Longitudinal Position (in 1900) : 29 Scorpio 42
Longitudinal Position (in 2000) : 01 Sag 05
Its Planetary Nature : Mercury

About this star:

A pale yellow star on the right shoulder of the Man Kneeling Hercules.

Korneforos and Kornephoros. Kornephorus vel Rutilicus, perhaps the diminutive of rutilus, "golden red," or "glittering".

Rutilicus from rutellum, the diminutive of rutrum, a sharp instrument of husbandry or war in Roman times that Hercules in some early representations is carrying. The Century Cyclopedia gives Rutilico as a rarely used name for this star. (Allen).


Influence of the constellation:

According to Ptolemy it is like Mercury. It is said to give strength of character, tenacity and fixity of purpose, an ardent nature and dangerous passions. By the Kabalists it is associated with the Hebrew letter Daleth and the fourth Tarot Trump "The Emperor". (Robson).

Rising:

Hercules, the figure on bended knee and called by the Greek name of Engonasin, about whose origin no certainty prevails. Of this constellation is begotten the desertion, craftiness, and deceit characteristic of its children, and from it comes the thug who terrorizes the heart of the city. If perchance his mind is moved to consider a profession, Engonasin will inspire him with enthusiasm for risky callings, with danger the price for which he will sell his talents: daring narrow steps on a path without thickness he will plant firm feet on a horizontal tightrope; then, as he attempts an upward route to heaven, (on a sloping tightrope) he will all but lose his footing and, suspended in mid-air, he will keep a multitude in suspense upon himself. (Manilus, book 5 of Astronomica, 1st century AD).


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