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Ancha at 03°16′ Pisces has an orb of 1°20′

The Sun joins Ancha on February 23

Fixed star Ancha, Theta Aquarii (θ Aqu), is a 4th-magnitude single star located on the hip of the Water Bearer, Aquarius Constellation.
      Magnitude 4.18, spectral type G8, color yellow.

θ Aqr is officially named Ancha, from the Medieval Latin for “the haunch” (buttock and thigh). ^[1]

θ, 4.3,
      is Ancha, the Hip, although on most modern atlases the star lies in the belt on the front of the figure. The word is from the Latin of the Middle Ages, and still appears in the French hanche, our haunch.
      Reeves says that in China it was Lei, a Tear. ^[2]

θ Aqr belongs to the Chinese asterism Qi (Weeping) and has the traditional name Qìèr, “2nd star of Weeping.” Qi is the 7th asterism of the 11th Chinese lunar mansion Xū (Emptiness). ^[3]

2000	2050	Name	Orb
23♒32	24♒15	Deneb Algedi	2°00′
01♓53	02♓35	Enif	2°10′
03♓16	03♓57	Ancha	1°20′
03♓21	04♓03	Sadalmelik	1°50′
03♓52	04♓34	Fomalhaut	2°30′

Ancha Astrology

Fixed star Ancha has a G8 spectrum, indicating the planetary nature of Sun-Mars.

SPECTRAL CLASS G:   A thoughtful, serious, sincere, hardworking, adventurous, private, demanding and self-centered nature. It brings career and material success, the ability to lead and conquer, keenness of mind, determination, endurance, a rise followed by a fall, melancholy, self-destruction, and possibly violence. Harsh aspects can cause impatience, irritability, hostility, excessive drive, and an overly ambitious nature. ^[4]

SUN-MARS:   Fearless, intolerant, warlike skill, over-confident, fierce, cruel, vindictive, energetic organizer, danger to the eyes, accidents, violent death. ^[5]

Ancha indicates danger and can cause persecution and even death, but it is also said to give good fortune. ^[6]

Fomalhaut and those stars arising on the same degree give an immortal name; so said Cardan in commendations of himself. ^[7]

Asterism Qi, Weeping

03♓16 to 03♓57

Qi oversees mourning and death. If the moon, Five Luminaries, comets, or bright guest stars transit this area, it indicates mourning. ^[8]

The two stars of Qi signify death; their brightness indicates much weeping in the country, and the same applies if they are guarded by Venus and Mars. ^[9]

Constellation Aquarius

AQUARIUS   indicates reliability, ease of making friends, generally an understanding of human nature, a well-developed social life, and a public life appeal. Financially, affairs may be chaotic, somewhat careless. The environment will have a great effect on the life of an Aquarian, who requires harmony. Domestic life in general is not a problem. Aquarians are enterprising. An unsettled state of mind is not advantageous to an Aquarian. They require ambitions partners. Sometimes Aquarians require a certain amount of solitude. Because of their sense of sociability, they can become an enigma to some partners.
      Negatively;   Aquarians tend to be destructive, stirring up conditions, being erratic and unreliable, tending to be very nosy, interfering when they should not. They can be touchy and argumentative. They also tend to be overly prideful and very vain, sensitive about personal remarks, taking offense at the smallest details. They tend to lack common sense and waste time in abstract ideas.

KEYWORDS   for the Aquarius constellation:

      (+) Positive:   Altruistic; intuitive, psychic, modest, affectionate, clever, original, innovative, discreet, reliable, ambitions, tactful, stable, visionary, prideful, imaginative.

      (–) Negative:   Extremism, careless, overly sensitive, touchy, restless, impatient, demonstrative, reckless, thoughtless. ^[4]

AQUARIUS.   The Waterman.
      Legend.   Aquarius is said to represent Ganymedes, son of Callirhoe, the most beautiful of mortals, who was carried to heaven by an eagle to act as cupbearer to Jupiter. According to other accounts, however, it is Deucalion, son of Prometheus, who was translated to heaven in memory of the mighty deluge from which only he and Pyrrha were saved.
      Influence.   Ptolemy makes the following observations: “The stars in the shoulders of Aquarius operate like Saturn and Mercury; those in the left hand and in the face do the same: those in the thighs have an influence more consonant with that of Mercury, and in a less degree with that of Saturn: those in the stream of water have power similar to that of Saturn, and moderately to that of Jupiter.” By the Kabalists Aquarius is associated with the Hebrew letter Nun and the 14th Tarot Trump “Temperance,” over which virtue the constellation appears to have some rule. The beauty of Ganymedes and his flight through the air also link it to the ideas of personal charm and aviation with which it is certainly connected. ^[5]

The constellation of Aquarius is traditionally the place of good fortune. It indicates full-flowing rivers and springs and portends a sufficient amount of water for agricultural requirements. When in mutatine rising (Sun in 12th house conjunct Ascendant) or in vespertine setting (Sun in the 7th house conjunct Descendant) aspect to the Sun the indication is for rains (but not floods). In medieval astrology Saturn in the constellation of Aquarius meant that mankind was completely dominated by this planet. While none of the named stars are of the Saturnian spectra, the house of Saturn can be expected to exert its influence throughout the constellation. ^[6]

References

1. Theta Aquarii – Wikipedia.
2. Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning, Richard H. Allen, 1889, p.54.
3. Void Rat Sun – Baidu Encyclopedia.
4. The Power of the Fixed Stars, Joseph E. Rigor, 1979, p.194, 246.
5. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.28-29, 102.
6. Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990, pp. 51-52, 54.
7. Christian Astrology, William Lilly, 1647, pp. 621.
8. Song History, Volume 50, Chapter 3, 1346.
9. General Examination of Literature, Volume 279, Part 2, Ma Duanlin, 1317.