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Etamin at 27°57′ Sagittarius has an orb of 2°10′

The Sun joins Etamin on December 20

Fixed star Etamin, Gamma Draconis, is a 2nd-magnitude single star marking the right eye of the Dragon, Draco Constellation (Beta Draconis, Alwaid, marks the left eye).

Magnitude 2.23, spectral type K5 III, color orange. ^[1]

γ Dra is officially and traditionally named Eltanin.
      Applied in Renaissance times from the modern Arabic constellation name al-tinnīn, “the Serpent,” for Draco.
      Also, Rastaban has been applied with various spellings since medieval times, from the modern Arabic ra’s al-tinnīn, “the Serpent’s Head.” Transferred to β Dra in recent times (originally, Ptolemy had γ Dra on the “head,” and β Dra more specifically on the “eye”). ^[2]

γ, Double, 2.4 and 13.2, orange.
      Eltanin, also written Ettanin, Etannin, Etanim, Etamin, etc., is from Ulug Beg’s Al Rās al Tinnīn, “the Dragon’s Head,” applied to this, as it also is to α Dra; Riccioli wrote it Ras Eltanim. The word Tinnīn is nearly synonymous with Thuʽbān, and Bayer mentioned Rastaben as one of its titles, the Alfonsine Rasaben, and now Rastaban in the Century Cyclopedia; but in early Arabic astronomy it was one of the Herd of Camels alluded to at β Dra.
      γ has been a notable object in all ages. It was of importance on the Nile, as it ceased to be circumpolar about 5000 B.C., and a few centuries thereafter became the natural successor of Dubhe (α Ursae Majoris), which up to that date had been the prominent object of Egyptian temple worship in the north. γ was known there as Isis, or Taurt Isis, — the former name applied at one time to Sirius, — and it marked the head of the Hippopotamus that was part of our Draco. Its rising was visible about 3500 B.C. through the central passages of the temples of Hathor at Denderah and of Mut at Thebes; Canopus being seen through other openings toward the south at the same date. And Lockyer says that thirteen centuries later it became the orientation point of the great Karnak temples of Rameses and Khons at Thebes, the passage in the former, through which the star was observed, being 1500 feet in length; and that at least seven different temples were oriented toward it. When precession had put an end to this use of these temples, others are thought to have been built with the same purpose in view; so that there are now found three different sets of structures close together, and so oriented that the dates of all, hitherto not certainly known, may be determinable by this knowledge of the purpose for which they were designed. Such being the case, Lockyer concludes that Hipparchos was not the discoverer of the precession of the equinoxes, as is generally supposed, but merely the publisher of that discovery made by the Egyptians, or perhaps adopted by them from Chaldaea.
      He also states that Apet, Bast, Mut, Sekhet, and Taurt were all titles of one god in the Nile worship, symbolized by γ Draconis.
      It is interesting to know that the Boeotian Thebes, the City of the Dragon, from the story of its founder, Cadmus, shared with its Egyptian namesake the worship of this star in a temple dedicated, so far as its orientation shows, about 1130 B.C.: a cult doubtless drawn from the parent city in Egypt, and adopted elsewhere in Greece, as also in Italy in the little temple to Isis in Pompeii. Here, however, the city authorities interfered with this star-worship in one of their numerous raids on the astrologers, and bricked up the opening whence the star was observed.
      γ lies almost exactly in the zenith of Greenwich, in fact, has there been called the Zenith-star; and, being circumpolar, descends toward the horizon, but, without disappearing, rises easterly. ^[3]

2000	2050	Name	Orb
24♐01	24♐43	Lesath	2°00′
25♐47	26♐29	Aculeus	1°20′
27♐57	28♐39	Etamin	2°10′
28♐42	29♐25	Acumen	1°40′
29♐45	00♑27	Sinistra	1°40′

Etamin Astrology

Fixed star Etamin has the spectral type K5, indicating a planetary nature of Mars.

ETAMIN. γ Draconis.
      A red giant, double star. Spectral class K5. Located in the Dragon’s eye.
      BASIC INFLUENCES:   This star gives its natives a rise followed by a fall, loss of prestige, keen mental ability, a pioneer, a preference for solitude, self-destruction, violence, honors. ^[4]

Ettanin, Gamma Dracinis.
      Ettanin, in the Right Eye of the Dragon, has a Saturn-Jupiter nature with Martian influence. According to tradition, the Saturnian predominance will give a liking for solitude. Good mental concentration. ^[5]

In the narrow longitudinal space between Aculeus and Acumen is the star Etamin, γ Draconis, chief star and one of the eyes of Draco the Dragon Constellation, and it may well be that it was this one which caused the other two to be so much associated with eyesight. But Etamin seems not to have been noticed by Ptolemy.
      Etamin, γ Draconis, is another Arabic form of The Dragon’s Head. The planetary simile is Mars-Moon. Since both this star and its namesake Rastaban (Alwaid) are commonly regarded as the two Eyes in the Head, there may be something here of the old notion that one’s right eye sees good, the left eye evil. Mars-Moon is never popular as a combination in astrology, for it often does show the inclination to look on the black side of things. We are here looking perhaps at the source of that morbid tendency in us, with the strength of Hercules to slay it for us. In those who do overcome their own states of anxiety, revealed by Mars-Moon, there is always the power to heal others also. ^[6]

Constellation Draco

DRACO.   The Dragon.   Circles round pole.
      Legend.   Draco represents the dragon that guarded the golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides. According to other accounts, however, it is either the dragon thrown by the giants at Minerva in their war with the Gods, or the serpent Python slain by Apollo after the deluge.
      Influence.   According to Ptolemy the bright stars are like Saturn and Mars. Draco gives an artistic and emotional but somber nature, a penetrating and analytical mind, much travel and many friends but danger of robbery and of accidental poisoning. It was said by the Ancients that when a comet was here poison was scattered over the world. By the Kabalists it is associated with the Hebrew letter Mem and the 13th Tarot Trump “Death.”
      Magical.   Gives craft, ingenuity, and valor. ^[7]

The early astrologers called Draco “The Poisonous Dragon”. The constellation is especially hurtful to mineral resources, and presages the pollution of rivers and the air. The Moon’s Nodes are named after this constellation. The Dragon’s Head (North Node) and the Dragon’s Tail (South Node) refer to the Moon’s undulating course symbolized by the twisting of the Dragon about the North Pole. ^[8]

Fixed Star Etamin Conjunctions

Ascendant conjunct Etamin: Wealth, power, courage, generosity, ingenuity, rise to authority, martial success, subject to cuts, wounds, accidents, sores and injuries to the face, pains in the head and fevers. ^[7]

Whoever was born with this constellation rising will be Marsi (wizards and snake-charmers), who are accustomed to prepare beneficial remedies from poisons and the pigments of herbs. ^[9]

Prince William 0°13′, Sylvester Stallone 1°18′, Stormy Daniels 1°2′, Warren Buffett 1°29′, Jimmy Swaggart 1°43′.

Ascendant and Saturn conjunct Etamin: Dishonor, downfall and loss of prestige. If this Saturn, however, is well placed otherwise, this star is said to be helpful for mental concentration and gives a liking for philosophical and esoteric studies. ^[5]

Midheaven conjunct Etamin: Martial eminence, success in trade and in occupations of a Mars nature. ^[7]

Rosemary Kennedy 0°31′.

Midheaven and Saturn conjunct Etamin: Dishonor, downfall and loss of prestige. If this Saturn, however, is well placed otherwise, this star is said to be helpful for mental concentration and gives a liking for philosophical and esoteric studies. ^[5]

Descendant conjunct Etamin: But if this constellation is found in the DSC, they will perish struck by the bite or serpents, or surely by having drunk poison. ^[9]

Albert Hofmann 0°17′ (and Mercury), Javier Milei 0°24′, Timothy McVeigh 0°35′, Lady Gaga 0°40′, Chiang Kai-shek 0°57′, LeBron James 1°17′, Theodore Roosevelt 1°22′, RuPaul 1°50′.

Imum Coeli conjunct Etamin: David Duke 0°22′, Warren Beatty 0°59′, Kris Jenner 1°16′, Emma Watson 1°37′ (and Moon), Bob Woodward 1°53′, Shirley MacLaine 1°59′.

Part of Fortune conjunct Etamin: William Blake 0°09′, Yoko Ono 0°16′, Maria Mandl 0°28′ (and Mercury), Cecil Rhodes 0°31′, Vito Genovese 0°37′, Klaus Barbie 1°52′, James Dean 2°04′, Lana Del Rey 2°09′.

Sun conjunct Etamin: High preferment in legal, writings and matters associated with public affairs. The native is ‘dauntless’, aggressive and may become involved in out of the ordinary subjects, ideas. ^[4]

Uri Geller 0°19′, Joseph Stalin 0°36′, Steven Spielberg 0°45′, Billie Eilish 0°59′ (and S.Node), Pope Francis I 1°09′, Brad Pitt 1°34′, Keith Richards 1°45′, Sarah Paulson 1°45′, Emmanuel Macron 1°46′.

Moon conjunct Etamin: Preferment in martial and government matters. This conjunction may bring to the native a pioneering spirit, this may exhibit itself in any number of ways. There is also the danger of becoming involved in intrigues or matters that could bring losses to its natives, possibly a loss of prestige, but not a fatal loss. A potential for violence remains with this conjunction. ^[4]

Camila Cabello 0°27′, Henri Matisse 0°48′, Charles Bronson 0°53′, Nigel Farage 0°58′, Charles Lindbergh 1°11′, James Van Praagh 1°30′, Sam Simon 1°33′ (and N. Node), Adele 1°35′, Liz Cheney 1°53′, Emma Watson 1°58′ (and IC), Patch Adams 2°10′.

Mercury conjunct Etamin: Natives with this conjunction know how to keep their counsel, keep confidences, but they may also get themselves involved in matters or intrigues that could prove costly. There is the possibility of self-destruction with this conjunction, particularly under conditions not easily resolved. ^[4]

Anastasio Somoza Debayle 0°03′, Nero 0°08′, Noor Inayat Khan 0°14′, Jeremy Renner 0°16′, Maria Mandl 0°25′ (and POF), Ryan White 0°30′, Vespasian 0°43′, Kirk Douglas 0°57′, Albert Hofmann 1°43′ (and DC), Kenneth Copeland 1°45′, Isaac Newton 2°00′, Francisco Franco 2°03′.

Venus conjunct Etamin: Prestige is important to these natives and any loss of prestige is keenly felt. Negative nativities subject to self-destruction; or becoming involved in situations that could lead to violence. ^[4]

Tony Abbott 0°40′, Barbara Hutton 0°53′, Hermann Göring 1°16′, .

Mars conjunct Etamin: Honors and preferment in matters dealing with public affairs. These natives have the drive to forge ahead, make their mark. The negative nativities can get themselves involved in situations that can self-destruct or lead to violence. ^[4]

Vladimir Putin 0°47′, Rihanna 0°55′, Iga Świątek 1°18′, Agatha Christie 1°29′.

Jupiter conjunct Etamin: High martial, financial, government preferment. These natives can get themselves involved in situations that require considerable tact or get involved in activities that are of an illegal nature. These natives must exercise caution against sudden happenings. [7]

Allison DuBois 0°01′, Prince Andrew, Duke of York 0°58′, Adam Schiff 0°59′, Elizabeth I 1°21′, Al Gore 1°21′, Bernadette Peters 1°26′, Charles Cullen 1°27′, Ben Shapiro 1°28′ (and Neptune), Vincent van Gogh 1°39′, William Butler Yeats 1°48′.

Saturn conjunct Etamin: Conor McGregor 0°14′ (and Uranus), Anne Frank 0°42′, Martin Luther King 1°36′.

Uranus conjunct Etamin: Jeane Dixon 0°16′, Conor McGregor 0°17′ (and Saturn), Pablo Neruda 0°23′, Martin Luther 1°58′, Queen Victoria 2°05′, Novak Djokovic 2°06′, Zoë Kravitz 2°08′.

Neptune conjunct Etamin: Adam Driver 0°04′, Karl Marx 0°41′, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex 0°54′, Virginia Giuffre 1°03′, JD Vance 1′15, Amy Winehouse 1°15′, Katy Perry 1°28′, Khloé Kardashian 2°05′, Ben Shapiro 2°09′ (and Jupiter).

Pluto conjunct Etamin: Columba 0°40′, Barron Trump 1°19′, Maximilien Robespierre 1°59′.

North Node conjunct Etamin: Lindsey Graham 1°00′, Sam Simon 1°01′ (and Moon). 

South Node conjunct Etamin: Joseph McCarthy 0°13′, Karen Silkwood 0°25′, Billie Eilish 0°49′ (and Sun), Liza Minnelli 1°11′, Sara Aldrete 1°28′, Kamala Harris 1°41′.

References

1. Eltanin (Gamma Draconis) – Star Facts.
2. A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, Kunitzch, Smart, 2006, p.34.
3. Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning, Richard H. Allen, 1889, pp. 207-209.
4. The Power of the Fixed Stars, Joseph E. Rigor, 1979, pp. 177-179.
5. Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1971, pp. 70-71.
6. The Living Stars, Dr. Eric Morse, 1988, p.87, 159.
7. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, pp. 43, 100, 231.
8. Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990, p.10.
9. Mathesis, Julius Firmicus Maternus, 336 AD, xvii. 7.