Alkaid
Alkaid
Alkaid (Benetnash), the tip of the Great Bear's tail, is of the nature of the Moon and Mars and counted among the mourning stars. It marks an acquaintance with loss, crisis, and endings, and the strength to confront death and catastrophe directly. Faced consciously, it gives the power to stand in hard places others avoid; unconscious, it can pull toward grief and destruction.
- fixed star
- star
- alkaid
Sources
- Robson, The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology (1923)Gives the traditional nature and meaning of the fixed star Alkaid.
- Brady, Brady's Book of Fixed Stars (1998)Reads Alkaid in its constellational and predictive context.
- Ebertin, Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation (1971)Supplies the modern cosmobiological interpretation of Alkaid.