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Jishui at 08°05′ Gemini has an orb of 1°00′
The Sun joins Jishui on May 29
Fixed Star Jishui, 43 Persei (A Per), is a 5th magnitude spectroscopic binary star system above the Shield of Perseus Constellation.
Magnitude 5.28, spectral type F5V, color yellow-white. [1]
43 Per has the traditional Chinese name 積水 Jīshuǐ, “Stored Water,” representing the accumulation of water inside the Celestial Boat (Tianchuan). It is the only star of the ancient asterism Jīshuǐ, the 7th asterism of the 17th lunar mansion Wei (Stomach). [2]
65 Aurigae is also named 積水 Jīshuǐ, “Accumulated Water.” This one represents the water stored for brewing or water supplied by officials responsible for brewing, oil and cooking. 65 Aur is the only star in the asterism Jīshuǐ, the 7th asterism and the 22nd lunar mansion Jing (Well). [3]
Jishui is the official name of Omicron Geminorum. [4]
| 2000 | 2050 | Fixed Star | Orb |
| 06♊53 | 07♊35 | Hyadum II | 1°30′ |
| 07♊58 | 08♊40 | Hyadum III | 1°30′ |
| 08♊05 | 08♊47 | Jishui | 1°00′ |
| 08♊07 | 08♊49 | Ain | 1°40′ |
| 09♊48 | 10♊30 | Aldebaran | 2°40′ |
Jishui Astrology
Jishui has the spectral type F5, indicating the planetary nature of Mercury (compare Procyon, Mirfak).
MERCURY: If rising, honor, intellect, great learning. If culminating, business activity and gain through books and intellectual matters. [5]
SPECTRAL CLASS F: A thoughtful, serious, sincere, hardworking, adventurous, private, demanding and self-centered nature. Career and material success; the ability to lead and conquer; mental keenness; 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. [6]
Ma Duanlin (1317)
One star in the middle of Tianchuan is called Jishui (积水), which indicates the looming of floods. [7]
Song History (1346)
Jishui is one star located within Tianchuan (Celestial Boat) and serves as an omen for water disasters. If this star shines brightly, moves upward, or becomes active, people put boats and ships to use. If Mars transgresses Jishui, water disasters occur. [8]
Perseus Constellation [Stellarium]
Constellation Perseus the Champion
12♉02 to 18♊06
PERSEUS. The Champion
Legend. Perseus, the son of Jupiter and Danæ, was furnished with the sword, cap and wings of Mercury and the shield of Minerva. He killed the Medusa by cutting off her head and afterwards rescued and married Andromeda. On his return home he inadvertently killed his grandfather Acrisius and pined away through grief, whereupon Jupiter took pity on him and placed him among the stars.
Influence. According to Ptolemy, Perseus is like Jupiter and Saturn. It is said to give an intelligent, strong, bold and adventurous nature, but a tendency to lying. By the Kabalists it is associated with the Hebrew letter Lamed and the 12th Tarot Trump “The Hanged Man.”
Magical. Frees from envy and witchcraft and preserves from lightning and tempests. [5]
Called Cacodaemon by medieval astrologers, Perseus (Per) contains stars of the nature of Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Mercury according to Tetrabiblos. The constellation is indicative of events affecting large numbers of people, especially those caused by major meteorological phenomena. This constellation when prominent in a geneathical chart is said to denote adventurous individuals, but also those who are less than honest in their dealings with others. [9]
References
- 43 Persei – Wikipedia.
- Stomach Constellation – Baidu Encyclopedia.
- Well Constellation – Baidu Encyclopedia.
- IAU Catalog of Star Names.
- Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.56, 101, 232.
- The Power of the Fixed Stars, Joseph E. Rigor, 1979, p.246.
- General Examination of Literature, Volume 279, Part 2, Ma Duanlin, 1317.
- Song History, Volume 50, Chapter 3, 1346.
- Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990, p.14.