Castor at 20°14′ Cancer has an orb of 2°20′

The Sun joins Castor on July 12

Fixed star Castor, Alpha Geminorum, is a 1.9 magnitude complex multiple star system made up of six individual stars, located in the head of the Northern Twin of Gemini Constellation. Although it is designated α, it is actually fainter than β Geminorum (Pollux).

A binary star, bright white and pale white, it is situated on the head of the Northern Twin. It represents Castor, the mortal one of the twins, famous for his skill in taming and managing horses. Sometimes called Apollo, and symbolically named A Ruler yet to Come. [1]

Castor and Pollux were the Two Gods of Sparta in Greece, sons of Leda, Queen of Sparta. Their Roman equivalents are Apollo and Hercules. Pollux (Hercules) comes from the Greek Polydeuces, hence he was the Boxer. Pollux was the immortal twin and a skilled Horseman. When Castor was killed in battle, Pollux asked his father Zeus (Jupiter) that he die to forever be with Castor. Zeus killed Pollux with a bolt of lightning and placed the twins in heaven as the constellation Gemini.

Fixed Star Castor Astrology

Castor gives distinction, a keen intellect, success in law and many travels, fondness for horses, sudden fame and honor but often followed by loss of fortune and disgrace, sickness, trouble and great affliction. Its natives are said to be mischievous and prone to violence.

According to Ptolemy, it is of the nature of Mercury; to Wilson, Simmonite and Pearce, of Mars, Venus and Saturn; and, to Alvidas, of the Moon, Mars and Uranus. [1]

Fixed star Castor has a Venusian spectra and has always been considered to portend mischief and violence, but can indicate a keen mind and many travels. Venus can cause an indolent character leading an individual to his own destruction. [2]

Castor, in the Twins and together with Pollux, is called “Thiassis eyes”, a name given to these two stars by the ancient Germans. The Babylonians considered both stars as a pair belonging together, as “herdsman and warrior”. The Phoenicians recognized in the twin stars, helpers if in peril on voyages at sea.

Castor is influenced by Mercury and has a blend of Jupiter in it. Linked with the Moon and Mercury, it has the effect of such people being blessed with a good nature and fine morals. It is also supposed to convey refined manners. A conjunction with the Sun or Mars will make for energetic characteristics and a certain tendency for satire and cynicism, depending on the position of Mercury or Mars in the chart as a whole. [3]

Castor, α Gemorium, was the horseman of the twins, just as Abel was the animal keeper, and he shared Abel’s fate of being killed by his brother. Pollux got his brother drunk to make the task easier, or as one wag among classical astrologers put it: He got Castor oiled! In astrology, Castor is counted a star of misfortune, and the specific association with breaking an arm or leg may come from the Ptolemaic classification of this as a Mercury star; a planet which is much associated with the arms, or the limbs generally. Castor is also noted in natal astrology for proneness to nervous breakdowns, and the author has often found it prominent on the horoscopes of his many clients in neurotic distress.

But Castor’s Mercury quality does have a better side to it, as does all else counted ‘bad’ in this world of the heavens. People with it prominent and well aspected are exceptionally gifted intellectually, a good creative quality along with this – a bonus from the combination of intellectual Gemini Constellation and intuitive Cancer Sign. Where these potential geniuses often need help is in not letting their concern for others go ‘over the top’ beyond their own sensible state of responsibility and practical ability to help, the negative qualities of the combined Gemini-Cancer qualities.

Castor’s connection with Mercury goes deeper yet. he Greeks knew it at one time as Apollo, and, at another time, they called the planet Mercury by that name. Still earlier, Apollo was that other sun which we have since called Phaeton, which is no more. And just as that was Sun’s close companion then, so is Mercury its closest one now. And to cap that, Castor, the former Apollo, is in fact a Binary Pair of stars, as once were Sun and Phaeton. A binary pair evokes a deep-seated fear in humanity, an unconscious recall of The Disaster, so that we tend to react to it just as one does all the wrong things in a moment of crisis, if it happens to half-awaken in one some earlier trauma of the same kind. The author has experimented with acquainting ‘Castor-stricken’ clients with the true story behind our fear of binaries, and the results so far in banishing panic reactions in crises have been very heartening. [4]

Fixed star Castor the front of the stomach and the parathyroids in the human body. [5]

Constellation Gemini

Gemini is said to cause trouble and disgrace, sickness, loss of fortune, affliction and danger to the knees. [1]

Those born within Gemini will be crafty in the good sense of the word, in all their works and in all their tasks. Among them will be writers, mathematicians, astronomers, and famous sages. They will be truthful individuals and moderate in their fear of God. In terms of children, the Gemini are specially charged with the production of twins. Gemini was given the name “many-faced” in ancient times because it denotes not only twins, but three or more children at a single birth.

The Gemini produces a generous and chaste personality. Individuals excelling in games and fond of philosophy and astronomy are also indicative of Gemini, as are also those who are magnanimous, munificent, and (sometimes) violent. Modern astrologers attribute the following to the Gemini: clever, intuitive, restless, heartlessness, undependability, inquisitive, lack of perseverance, and sometimes too clever. Classicists say that the Geminian follow the professions of kings, calculators, teachers, hunters, dancers, musicians, painters, and tailors. The Modernists add: journalists, novelists, lecturers, linguists, commercial travelers, and pupils. [6]

Astrologers assigned to this constellation guardianship over human hands, arms, and shoulders; while Albumasar held that it portended intense devotion, genius, largeness of mind, goodness, and liberality. Considered the House of Mercury and a fortunate sign. Chinese astrologers asserted that if this constellation were invaded by Mars, war and a poor harvest would ensue. [2]

7th Arabic Manzil – Al-Dhira

Favorable for gain and friendship and for lovers, and destroys magistracies.

With Moon: Travel and take medicine.

22nd Chinese Xiù – 井 (Jǐng) Well

This is the head of the Phoenix. Associated with beauty, water, navigation at sea, hygiene, cleaning, repairs, and refurbishments. Because of the association of cleanliness with Godliness (virtue), this mansion also presides over law and order, moral uprightness and cleansing of moral wrongs.

The luck in this mansion is said to vary because of the conflict of the elements involved. Labor is rewarded, while idleness is sanctioned. It is good for taking exams, tending to herbivorous animals and all types of industriousness. It is very good for gardening and widows. Bad for funerals because of the risk of epidemics and sudden death, though, and all projects in progress should be worked on instead of being put aside.

Fixed Star Castor Conjunctions

Ascendant conjunct Castor: Honor, intellect, great learning, blindness, bad eyes, injuries to the face, disgrace, stabs, wounds, imprisonment. [1]

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]

Arnold Schwarzenegger 0°22′, Cecilia Bartoli 1°21′, Rudolf Hess 1°29′

Conjunct Ascendant born in the day: Natives who are lovers of letters, scholars, popular speakers, ingenious, lovers of music and the arts, who hit the mark, good-looking, capable of many activities, dignified, pious, religious, fit for business, well known or those who acquire gold and silver and other riches thanks to fortunate relationships or exchanges and who retain their noble feeling even in misfortune. [7]

Cecilia Bartoli, Rudolf Hess

Conjunct Ascendant born at night: They claim to be wise and are braggarts and affected and pretenders. They are nevertheless erudite, have a good memory, are capable of teaching and are pure in their desires. [7]

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Midheaven conjunct Castor: Business activity, gain through books and intellectual matters. [1]

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]

Roman Polanski 0°12′, Tom Brady 0°19′, Joe Exotic 0°32′, Allison DuBois 2°00′, Monica Lewinsky 2°08′

Descendant conjunct Castor: 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]

Ariana Grande 0°31′, Nero 0°33′, Alexis Arquette 0°37′ (and POF), Megan Fox 0°40′, Elizabeth II 2°11′ (and N.Node)

Imum Coeli conjunct Castor: 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. []

Part of Fortune conjunct Castor: Noor Inayat Khan 0°04′, Charles Manson 0°04′, Alexis Arquette 0°11′ (and DC), Bonnie Parker 0°37′ (and Venus), M. C. Escher 0°45′, Michael Bloomberg 0°47′, Pablo Escobar 1°12′, Phil McGraw 1°15′, James Joyce 1°28′, Erwin Rommel 1°45′, Sarah Paulson 2°03′.

Sun conjunct Castor: Prominence in occult matters, government work dealing with foreign affairs, serious accidents, blows, stabs, shooting, shipwreck, injuries to the face, blindness, disease, violent fevers, evil disposition (LGBT?), rape or murder committed or suffered, imprisonment, banishment, decapitation. [1]

Nikola Tesla 0°25′, Bill Cosby 0°36′, Henry VIII 1°24′, Conor McGregor 1°43′, Donald Rumsfeld 1°48′ (and Pluto), Courtney Love 2°05′

Moon conjunct Castor: Timid, sensitive, lacks confidence, occult interest and psychic ability, blindness, injuries to the face, disgrace, stabs, wounds, imprisonment. [1]

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

Augusto Pinochet 0°05′‚ Liza Minnelli 0°20′ (and Saturn), Theodore Roosevelt 1°25′, Drew Barrymore 1°47′

Mercury conjunct Castor: Remarkable psychic powers entailing criticism and ridicule but eventual prominence. [1]

There are no extreme problems at this point except that the energy flow to the parathyroids may cause an imbalance in the digestive fluids; that is, an imbalance of fluids at times, and at other times, a little less. This is not particularly severe. When the digestive enzymes are abundant, they can eat heavier foods. When low, they should eat lighter foods. Lettuce is excellent for this point. These are the persons who can write articles or books but success through their writings would not come during their lifetime. Recognition would come after the person has left the earth plane. Only then will they get the recognition and praise they deserve for helping humanity. [5]

Steve Forbes 0°10′, Arnold Schwarzenegger 1°27′

Venus conjunct Castor: Strange and peculiar life, many extreme ups and downs, unfavorable for marriage. [1]

This causes the natives to be overly parental in relationships, whether they are business, family, friendships or their marriage partner. They are continually attempting to mother everyone, making sure they are all wearing warm clothes in cold weather or have some hot soup to eat. This is extremely overdone, but it is not really harmful. It can become overbearing, however. [5]

Alan Leo 0°03′, JonBenét Ramsey 0°32′, Bonnie Parker 0°56′ (and POF), George H. W. Bush 1°43′, Mel B 1°58′

Mars conjunct Castor: Evil disposition (LGBT?), much travel, aimless life, many ups and downs. [1]

Marie Antoinette 0°22′, RuPaul 1°05′

Jupiter conjunct Castor: Philosophical and occult interests, loss through law, speculation or travel, danger of judicial sentence. [1]

Benito Mussolini 0°04′, Bruce Willis 0°16′, Frida Kahlo 1°29′, Marshall Applewhite 1°47′ (and Pluto), Jim Jones 2°20′ (and Pluto)

Saturn conjunct Castor: Timid, distrustful, eccentric, original mind but difficulty in expression, better writer than speaker, considerable intellectual powers, fond of detail, prejudiced against popular opinions, unfavorable for marriage, peculiar domestic conditions, early sickness of children, gain at end of life through hard work. [1]

Leonardo DiCaprio 1°05′, Liza Minnelli 1°29′ (and Moon), André the Giant 1°32′

Uranus conjunct Castor: Conscientious, sensitive, impressionable, great psychic power entailing much public criticism, desirous of pleasing all, favorable for marriage and gain, few, if any, children but harmonious relations with them, loss in early life of the parent of opposite sex to native. [1]

These are the individuals with nervous stomachs, and it is psychological. They have an insecure feeling within and to alleviate the problem, they must find out what makes them insecure, and then do what is necessary to eliminate it. It would be very helpful for these persons to drink a small glass of warm milk before retiring. [5]

Michael Moore 0°17′, Nicholas Culpeper 0°34′, Oprah Winfrey 0°42′, Vladimir Putin 1°11′, Henri Matisse 1°55′

Neptune conjunct Castor: Emotional, romantic, fond of pleasure and amusement, connected with or notoriety through watery matters, occult interests, theatrical work and acting, especially in parts where no speaking is required, many removals and journeys, some domestic disharmony or separation, marries too young especially if female, good for gain but loss through friends and speculation, trouble through one or more of the children, death through some Cancer ailment. [1]

Josef Mengele 0°10′

Pluto conjunct Castor: James Dean 0°04′, Marshall Applewhite 0°11′ (and Jupiter), Jim Jones 0°14′ (and Jupiter), Rupert Murdoch 0°29′, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 0°52′, Elizabeth Taylor 0°54′, Ted Kennedy 0°58′, Warren Buffett 1°04′, Clint Eastwood 1°07′, Imelda Marcos 1°34′, Anton LaVey 1°48′, Rolf Harris 1°49′, Andy Warhol 1°50′, Anne Frank 2°03′, Martin Luther King 2°06′, Donald Rumsfeld 2°17′ (and Sun), Yoko Ono 2°18′

North Node conjunct Castor: Whitney Houston 0°44′, Johnny Depp 0°54′, Marquis de Sade 1°01′, Elizabeth II 1°15′ (and DC), Hugh Hefner 1°51′, Marilyn Monroe 2°18′

South Node conjunct Castor: Holly Parker 0°04′, Kirk Douglas 0°59′, M. C. Escher 1°03′, Michael Moore 1°59′

References

1. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.46, 154.
2. Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990, p.39.
3. Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1971, p.33.
4. The Living Stars, Dr. Eric Morse, 1988, p.43.
5. The Fixed Star Health and Behavior Imbalance, Ted George and Barbara Parker, 1985, p.
6. Classical Scientific Astrology, George C. Noonan, 2005, p. 68, 69.
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.