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Zosma

Zosma

Zosma, Delta Leonis at the lion's hindquarters near 11 degrees of Virgo, sits where the lion is most exposed. Robson ties it to fear, egotism, and melancholy, but also to benefit through others and an alert, if anxious, mind. Brady reads it through the victim-and-savior theme, the one who feels the wound of the group. Worked with awareness it gives compassion and usefulness; unworked it sinks into fearfulness.

Sources

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