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Praesepe

Ascendant Conjunct Praesepe

With your natal The zodiac degree rising on the eastern horizon at your birth, also called the rising sign. It sets the whole house framework of the chart and colors how you meet the world. When two planets sit at the same point in the zodiac, blending their meanings into one. The most powerful and direct of the aspects. Praesepe, the star's character marks your self and how you meet life: the swarm and the unseen industry of the crowd. 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. tints whatever planet it sits on, lending its old reputation to that part of you. Read it together with Praesepe's full nature and the rest of the chart; one star colors but does not dictate, and a hard star rewards conscious, disciplined handling.

Sources

  • Robson, The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology (1923)Gives the traditional nature and influence of Praesepe.
  • Brady, Brady's Book of Fixed Stars (1998)Reads Praesepe through its myth and its meaning by conjunction.
  • Ebertin, Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation (1971)Gives the practical, observed effect of Praesepe on a conjunct planet.