Alnilam at 23°28′ Gemini has an orb of 2°20′

The Sun joins Alnilam on June 14

Fixed star Alnilam, Epsilon Orionis, is a massive, blue supergiant star located in the middle of the Belt in Constellation Orion the Hunter. Apparent magnitude is slightly variable: 1.69 (1.64 – 1.74). Spectral type: B0 Ia.

ε Alnilam. Applied in recent times from the Indigenous Arabic asterism name al-nizām, “the String of Pearls,” for δ, ε, and ζ Ori. ^[1]

Orion’s Belt, astrologically called Cingula Orionis, contains three stars: Alnitak (Zeta Orionis), Alnilam (Epsilon Orionis) and Mintaka (Delta Orionis).

2000	2050	Fixed Star	Orb
22♊34	23♊17	El Nath	2°20′
22♊59	23♊41	Ensis	1°20′
23♊28	24♊10	Alnilam	2°20′
24♊47	25♊29	Al Hecka	1°50′
28♊34	29♊16	Polaris	2°10′

Alnilam Astrology

Fixed star Alnilam has the spectral type B0, indicating the planetary nature of Jupiter.

ALNILAM. ε Orinis. A bright white star occupying the central position in Orion’s Belt. From Al Nitham, the String of Pearls. According to Ptolemy it is of the nature of Jupiter and Saturn; and to Alvidas of Mercury and Saturn. It gives fleeting public honors. ^[2]

ALNILAM. ε Orinis. A white star, spectral class B0. The native is subject to fleeting honors, fame, wealth, romantic problems. Native is keen, shameless, of a headstrong nature, a studious nature, rash, a fabricator. ^[3]

The star Alnilam portends public honors to all those born under its influence. It is also said to indicate a good nut crop. When rising, Alnilam. together with Alnitak and Mintaka, portend irreligious and treacherous individuals. These stars in medieval times were said to presage those who were “passionately devoted to hunting, but not noble hunting with falcon or bow.” Aspected by Saturn, the indications are for excellent fishermen, and in a female chart, any of these three stars rising or aspected by both Mars and a benefic portend a shrew. When setting and aspected by Mars any of these three stars indicate individuals who will incur all kinds of dangers. ^[3]

Alnilam has a generally brighter message with its pearls or jewels on the belt, and its Jupiter-Saturn simile. It is the signal of being able to do really great things if it is well aspected, and to be well rewarded as a result. Otherwise, however, it can reflect much of the useless bravado and show of some (not all) whom we see around at present with glittering studs over their leather jackets, and nothing better to fight about than whether the rival gang has long or short hair! Alnilam gives a combative nature with the tongue, and sometimes manually too, which can lead to misfortune. ^[5]

Alnilam rules the diaphragm. ^[6]

The Belt of Orion

CINGULA ORIONIS. δ and ε (and ζ) Orionis. Orion’s Belt, of which the chief stars are Mintaka and Alnilam. The joint influence is said to give strength, energy, industry, organizing abilities, notoriety, good fortune, lasting happiness, a sharp mind and a good memory. With a malefic and the Moon at the at the same time with Markab, death at human hands. ^[2]

These stars in medieval times were said to presage those who were “passionately devoted to hunting, but not noble hunting with falcon or bow.” ^[4]

Constellation Orion

According to Ptolemy the bright stars with the exception of Betelgeuze and Bellatrix are like Jupiter and Saturn. It is said to give a strong and dignified nature, self-confidence, inconstancy, arrogance, violence, impiety, prosperity in trade and particularly by voyages or abroad, but danger of treachery and poison. It was thought by the Romans to be very harmful to cattle and productive of storms. By the Kabalists it is associated with the Hebrew letter Aleph and the 1st Tarot Trump “The Juggler.” ^[2]

Orion is the most important constellation in the heavens outside the zodiac. In judicial astrology this is the constellation of war. In the Middle Ages this constellation was said to be a direful influence to agriculture, being the “the veri cuttrhrote of cattle” and presaging violent storms and much rain. In genethiacal charts the indications are for arrogance, rebellion, strength, and courage. Tetrabiblos lists the stars in the shoulder of Orion to have a nature similar to that of Mars and Mercury, and the other bright stars in the constellation to be similar to the natures of Jupiter and Saturn. ^[4]

Fixed Star Alnilam Conjunctions

Ascendant conjunct Alnilam: A splendid and illustrious life; glorious, mighty and commanding nature; fame, busy with many activities, bountiful resources, well known or feared in cities and regions. Prosperity from youth and in own city. The natives possess much and are very rich and have estates in various towns and cities and are lovers of the countryside and skilled in building houses. ^[7]

Irreligious and treacherous. In a female chart, Alnilam rising and aspected by both Mars and a benefit portends a shrew. ^[4]

Ascendant conjunct Cingula Orionis: Legacies, love or dissipation, gravity and austerity. ^[2]

Ed Gein 0°20′ (and Pluto), Jamison Twins 1°01′, Volodymyr Zelenskyy 1°22′, Kamala Harris 1°27′ (and N. Node), April Ashley 1°59′, John Wayne Bobbitt 2°17′.

Midheaven conjunct Alnilam: Honor and preferment. ^[2]

A splendid and illustrious life; glorious, mighty and commanding nature; fame, busy with many activities, bountiful resources, well known or feared in cities and regions. Prosperity from youth and in own city. ^[7]

Franklin D. Roosevelt 0°17′, Francisco Franco 0°24′, Tiger Woods 0°47′, Paul McCartney 1°05′, Roy Orbison 1°46′, Albert Camus 1°57′, Tom Hanks 2°09′ (and Venus). 

Descendant conjunct Alnilam: A splendid and illustrious life; glorious, mighty and commanding nature; fame, busy with many activities; bountiful resources; well known or feared in cities and regions. Prosperity around middle age or through marriage or women. ^[7]

Alnilam setting and aspected by Mars indicates the native will incur all kinds of dangers. ^[4]

Richard Ramirez 0°12′, Agatha Christie 1°40′, Jimi Hendrix 2°00′, Bernadette Brady 2°06′, Bob Dylan 2°19′ (and Mercury).

Imum Coeli conjunct Alnilam: A splendid and illustrious life; glorious, mighty and commanding nature; fame, busy with many activities, bountiful resources, well known or feared in cities and regions. Prosperity in old age or through savings, investments or pensions, death will be famous and known to all. ^[7]

Jenna Ortega 1°53′, Tycho Brahe 1°54′.

Part of Fortune conjunct Alnilam: Donald Rumsfeld 0°29′, David Berkowitz 0°36′ (and Mercury, Mars), Vladimir Putin 0°39′, William S. Burroughs 0°43′, Allison DuBois 1°19′, Jim Carrey 1°47′, Gavin Newsom 1°48′, Amelia Earhart 2°04′ (and Neptune).

Sun conjunct Alnilam: Rash, headstrong, surly. If also culminating, military preferment and gain. ^[2]

Natives with this conjunction get ‘involved’ – – this may be on debatable subjects, public affairs, family conditions. Some of the natives ideas, statements, could be of a questionable nature, but the native will persist to the end, being rash and headstrong; however, such natives can also suddenly ‘change course’ when it is convenient for them. ^[3]

Sun conjunct Cingula Orionis: Notoriety, good fortune, lasting happiness. ^[2]

Boy George 0°08′, Donald Trump 0°13′, George H. W. Bush 1°05′, William Butler Yeats 1°16′, Vera Atkins 1°19′ (and Pluto), Xi Jinping 1°25′, Anne Frank 1°40′, Jordan Peterson 1°58′.

Moon conjunct Alnilam: Many sudden and unexpected losses and reverses, much help from friends, ill health of family. ^[2]

A splendid and illustrious life; great, distinguished and opulent nature. ^[7]

Natives with this conjunction can develop the ability to gain friends as they need them; experience good fortune in their selection of friends and associates; but these natives are also subject to sudden losses and reversals. ^[3]

Moon conjunct Cingula Orionis: Blindness of at least one eye, new and influential friends, valuable gifts, love of respectable women. If a malefic be with Markab, drowning. If the moon is with Saturn also, drowning and assassination. ^[2]

Bruce McLaren 1°08′, Khloé Kardashian 2°04′, Bonnie Parker 2°13′.

Moon conjunct Ascendant or Midheaven with Alnilam: The natives have a virtuous disposition and are respectful of their elders, have noble feelings, are generous, tolerant, sensible, and love their loved ones. ^[7]

Mercury conjunct Alnilam: Hasty, quick temper, quarrels with associates, domestic disharmony through actions, troubles through writings and the opposite sex. ^[3]

These natives may create their own problems; they can be subjected to trouble or embarrassment due to writings, speeches, conversations and the possibility of quarrels due to misunderstandings. Mental keenness is evident. ^[3]

Pierre Cardin 0°01′, Cecilia Bartoli 0°10′, Bob Dylan 0°24′ (and DC), Mel B 0°28′, Angelina Jolie 0°47′, David Berkowitz 1°47′ (and Mars, POF).

Venus conjunct Alnilam: Trouble through love affairs, scandal, enemies among women. ^[2]

Family problems or problems with the opposite sex are a possibility, some of which could be of major proportions. ^[3]

Tom Hanks 0°01′ (and MC), Megan Fox 0°15′, Julius Evola 0°19′ (and Neptune), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 0°42′, Alexis Arquette 1°09′, Eva Perón 1°23′, André the Giant 1°47′ (and N.Node), David Beckham 1°48′, Richard Branson 1°51′, Adele 2°03′, Frida Kahlo 2°10′, Dwayne Johnson 2°19′.

Mars conjunct Alnilam: Quarrels, loss by lawsuits, domestic disharmony, bad health, violent death. ^[2]

Natives with this conjunction should exercise great caution, or else they develop their own problems, which could result in legal entanglement. Domestic problems are possible. Violence and chronic, difficult-to-diagnose or serious illness are a possibility. ^[3]

Martin Luther King 0°34′, Dwayne Johnson 0°49′, David Berkowitz 1°04′ (and Mercury, POF), F. Scott Fitzgerald 1°23′ (and neptune), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1°54′.

Jupiter conjunct Alnilam: Legal or Church preferment but danger of disgrace, loss by speculation, trouble through relatives and foreign affairs. ^[2]

Preferment in legal, government, and church matters. The native can experience problems with their relatives or family and possibly actions not necessarily created by the native that could create an embarrassing situation. ^[3]

Theodore Roosevelt 0°25′, Michael Moore 1°04′, Clint Eastwood 1°35′.

Jupiter conjunct Saturn conjunct Alnilam: These are persons who make decisions affecting their financial position through strong intuitive feelings. It is what is commonly referred to as a “gut” feeling. They are excellent at business propositions, gathering together the necessary capital through those who wish to put their money in investments they have proposed. After one money-making investment is completed, they go on to another investment as their strong intuitive sense dictates. They are definitely not prudent individuals, and the money is spent as fast as it is made. They are at times in the public eye due to their financial exploits, but there are long periods when they are out of public view. ^[6]

Saturn conjunct Alnilam: Courageous, domestic disharmony, leaves home early, successful but many unexpected losses, favorable for health. ^[2]

Keith Richards 0°16′, Mick Jagger 0°42′, Alexander the Great 1°16′, Olivia Rodrigo 1°22′, Jimmy Page 1°25′, Robert De Niro 1°29′, Sirhan Sirhan 2°18′.

Uranus conjunct Alnilam: Scientific ability, critical, enthusiastic, too many interests, may practice medicine or invent new surgical appliances but reaps no gain from them, many troubles and annoyances, disharmony with brothers and sisters who may cheat native out of inheritance, loss through law and in business, several marriages, enmity between native and partner’s relatives, unfavorable for children, sudden death in middle age while traveling, leaving affairs involved in litigation.  ^[2]

Alice Cooper 0°20′, Salman Rushdie 0′23, O. J. Simpson 0°42′, Queen Camilla 1°07′, Liz Greene 1°08′, Steve Forbes 1°10′, Robert the Bruce 1°29′, Bill Clinton 1°33′, Arnold Schwarzenegger 1°46′, Ted Bundy 2°14′.

Neptune conjunct Alnilam: Honest, outspoken, hasty in speech, rash and impulsive, offends others through irreligious speech, business and mercantile pursuits or engaged in science, may be head of learned institution or connected with large companies, fond of speculation, sports and the water, quick and level headed in emergencies, many friends but loss through some, danger of accidents, domestic harmony, dies before old age. ^[2]

Joseph Goebbels 0°11′, Hubertus Strughold 0°17′, Vito Genovese 0°18′, M. C. Escher 0°20′, Lucky Luciano 0°23′, Amelia Earhart 0°28′ (and POF), Julius Evola 0°42′ (and Venus), F. Scott Fitzgerald 1°42′ (and Mars). 

Pluto conjunct Alnilam: Arthur Koestler 0°32′, Pablo Neruda 1°13′, Ed Gein 1°28′ (and AC), Frida Kahlo 1°35′, Vera Atkins 2°05′ (and Sun).

North Node conjunct Alnilam: André the Giant 0°34′ (and Venus), Virginia Giuffre 1°02′, Vincent van Gogh 1°03′, Kamala Harris (1°32′) (and AC), Donald Trump 1°54′, George W. Bush 2°07′, Mary Shelley 2°13′.

South Node conjunct Alnilam: Miley Cyrus 0°56′, Billy Bob Thornton 1°09′, Pope Francis I 1°41′, Kenneth Copeland 1°45′. 

References

1. A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, Kunitzch, Smart, 2006, p.46.
2. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.55, 128-130, 156-157.
3. The Power of the Fixed Stars, Joseph E. Rigor, 1979, p.89-90.
4. Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990, p.59.
5. The Living Stars, Dr. Eric Morse, 1988, p.135.
6. The Fixed Star Health and Behavior Imbalance, Ted George and Barbara Parker, 1985, p.36.
7. Shiny stars, passionate, harmful, rescuers. Anonymous from the year 379, translation by Giuseppe Bezza from CCAG V/1 pp. 194-211.

• All fixed star positions are for the year 2000. Add one degree per 72 years to correct for precession.