Alpheratz
Imum Coeli Conjunct Alpheratz
At the The lowest point of the chart, opposite the Midheaven, often called the IC. It points to home, roots, family, and your private foundation. 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. Alpheratz, Andromeda's head with its independence, quick mind, and swift movement, settles into your roots and ancestry. Home and family may carry a restless, freedom-loving, quick-witted streak, a private base that moves more than it stays put. Alpheratz colors but does not dictate, so weigh its swift, independent quality against the rest of the chart before you read the roots as rootless.
- fixed star
- alpheratz
- imum_coeli
- conjunction
Sources
- Robson, The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology (1923)Casts Alpheratz as Andromeda's head, independence, a quick mind, and swift movement, here read at the setting and nadir angles.
- Brady, Brady's Book of Fixed Stars (1998)Reads Alpheratz by the Andromeda myth and heliacal phase, applied to partnership and to the private foundation.
- Ebertin, Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation (1971)Gives the modern reading of Alpheratz's swift, independent influence, turned toward what you attract and your roots.