Algorab
Descendant Conjunct Algorab
With your The point directly opposite the Ascendant, on the western horizon. It describes partnership, others, and what you seek in relationship. When two planets sit at the same point in the zodiac, blending their meanings into one. The most powerful and direct of the aspects. Algorab, the star's raven nature, its scavenging wit and destructive edge, falls on partnership and what you meet in the other. Those you draw close can be quick, shrewd, and verbally keen, yet the same angle can court manipulation, repulsion, or a cutting word. A A star in the background sky beyond the planets, holding its place in the constellations. Astrology reads contacts to certain bright stars as carrying their own distinct fortunes. colors this setting point without ruling it, so read Algorab beside the rest of your chart and any planet it touches.
- fixed star
- algorab
- descendant
- conjunction
Sources
- Robson, The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology (1923)Gives Algorab's traditional nature of scavenging cleverness with a destructive, repellent edge, read here on the relational and domestic angles.
- Brady, Brady's Book of Fixed Stars (1998)Reads Algorab through the raven myth of Corvus and its meaning by conjunction, applied to partnership and the roots of the chart.
- Ebertin, Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation (1971)Gives the practical, observed effect of Algorab on a conjunct point, here the Descendant and Imum Coeli.