Alphard
Descendant Conjunct Alphard
With your natal 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. the 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. Alphard, the Solitary One, the star's deep passion and demand for mastery colors who you attract and how you relate one to one. You tend to draw intense, emotionally powerful partners, and your bonds run strong and serious rather than light, asking you to master the depths they stir. Open enemies, like your alliances, are felt keenly. Read it with Alphard's full nature and the rest of the chart, since a single star colors but does not dictate.
- fixed star
- alphard
- descendant
- conjunction
Sources
- Robson, The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology (1923)Gives the nature and influence of Alphard as it falls on the relationship and foundation angles of a chart.
- Brady, Brady's Book of Fixed Stars (1998)Reads Alphard by its myth as the Solitary One and heliacal phase as it bears on partnership and the private base.
- Ebertin, Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation (1971)Gives the modern reading of Alphard on the lower and western angles of the chart.