Markab
Imum Coeli Conjunct Markab
With your natal The lowest point of the chart, opposite the Midheaven, often called the IC. It points to home, roots, family, and your private foundation. 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. Markab, a star of Pegasus, the star's sharp, steady intellect and its alertness to sudden hazard grounds your home, family, and private base. Your roots favor clear thinking and well-laid foundations, yet the star warns that the home can meet abrupt jolts, so the security you build wants a margin of foresight. At the end of matters Markab rewards the prepared over the careless. Read it with Markab's full nature and the rest of the chart, since a single star colors but does not dictate.
- fixed star
- markab
- imum coeli
- conjunction
Sources
- Robson, The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology (1923)Gives the nature and influence of Markab as it falls on the relationship and foundation angles of a chart.
- Brady, Brady's Book of Fixed Stars (1998)Reads Markab by its Pegasus myth and heliacal phase as it bears on partnership and the private base.
- Ebertin, Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation (1971)Gives the modern reading of Markab on the lower and western angles of the chart.