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Alkes at 23°41′ Virgo has an orb of 1°20′

The Sun joins Alkes on September 16

Fixed star Alkes, Alpha Crateris, is a single star located on the base of the Cup, Crater Constellation.

Magnitude 4.07, spectral type K1 III, color orange. ^[1]

Alpha Crateris (α Cra) is traditionally and officially named Alkes. Applied in various spellings since medieval times, from the Arabic constellation name الكاس al-ka’s, “the (Wine) Cup,” for Crater. ^[2] It was also designated Aoul al Batjna (أول ألبجن awwil albajna), which was translated into Latin as Prima Crateris, meaning “the first cup.” ^[3] Another name was Fundus vasis, describing its position at the base of the vessel. ^[4]

2000	2050	Name	Orb
17♍42	18♍24	Asterion	1°20′
21♍37	22♍19	Denebola	2°10′
23♍41	24♍23	Alkes	1°20′
24♍34	25♍16	Cor Caroli	1°00′
25♍07	25♍50	Copula	1°00′

Alkes Astrology

Fixed star Alkes has the spectral class K1, indicating the planetary nature of Mars.

These orange-red stars impart to its natives the drive to succeed, success, activity, power, calamities, notoriety, violence, self-destruction, brute force, bad morals, demonic power, anxiety, tragedies, boldness, shamelessness, daring, many dangers. Negatively, impatience, irritability, hostility, excessive drive, overly ambitious nature, subject to self-destruction and violence. ^[4]

Cup: α Crateris, Arabic Alkes, presumably an Arabic translation of the Greek word for “cup,” “mixing jug.”
One of the stars of a Venus-Mercury nature, whose influence is particularly evident in artists’ horoscopes. Similar to Alhena, but not quite as strong. Course in scientific natal astrology; Volume 2, Johannes Vehlow, 1934, p.252, 255.

Robson, like many other authors, has associated the star [Labrum] with the myth of the much-sought Holy Grail. He states that, when rising, it brings “ecclesiastical preference or very good fortune.” In more worldly matters, Labrum, by its lubricating essence, can be expected to facilitate agreement, and foster smooth progress by offering an harmonious environment. A similar interpretation is given to Alkes (from the Arabic Al Kas ‘the cup’). It was also referred to as Fundus vasis, describing its position at the base of the vessel; and from this position we would expect it to relate more to philosophical or hidden, rather than worldy, benefits. ^[5]

Constellation Yi the Wings

20♍22 to 09♎40

The Wing Mansion is auspicious, ruled by the day, with wealth entering the house every year. All construction projects will be profitable, and descendants will be wealthy and own land. It is suitable for building houses, walls, markets, cities, towns, and carts, and digging moats. Engaging in agriculture, commerce, planting, and marriage are all auspicious.

Those born under the Wing constellation are strong, steady, self-assured, responsible, down-to-earth, hardworking and not ostentatious. They are gentle and romantic, desire harmony and pure love, like helping others and dislike competition and conflict.

The Wing gives talent in art, music, dance, literature and diplomacy. It is fortunate for travel and foreign countries. Suitable careers include performing arts, cultural dissemination, and international trade.

However, Wing people can be stubborn and inflexible in handling work, opinionated, sharp-tongued, critical and strict with others, which can cause hatred and trouble. Some may be poor throughout their lives, so they should practice self-improvement and do good deeds. As long as they work hard, they can achieve great success in any industry.

Wing people are generally healthy and look after themselves to prevent disease but may be prone to colds, throat, trachea and lung diseases. They should pay more attention to their liver and gallbladder, maintain a regular lifestyle, and avoid drinking alcohol.

Song History (1346)

The twenty-two stars of Yi Su (the Wing constellation) are the celestial music bureau, governing entertainers and theatrical performances, as well as foreign barbarians and guests from afar.

A bright and large star signifies the flourishing of rites and music, and the arrival of guests from all four kingdoms; a wavering star indicates the arrival of barbarian envoys; a shifting star signifies that the emperor will raise an army.

A solar eclipse signifies a king’s breach of etiquette, the slander of loyal ministers, and drought. A halo signifies the dismissal of music officials; three halos above the eclipse indicate that the enemy desires peace.

A lunar eclipse also indicates that loyal ministers are falsely accused, flying insects die in large numbers, warfare occurs in the north, and the empress’s displeasure. Shi Shen said: “High-ranking ministers plot treachery.”

If the moon transgresses Yi Su, national distress arises with warfare in that region; a great general dies, and the empress’s displeasure.

If Mercury aggressively (moving towards the Sun) enters Yi Su, lower-ranking ministers rebel and are executed; if it remains here for prolonged periods, drought, famine, population displacement, and appearances of dragons or snakes occur. If it resides in the central part of this region, large-scale warfare erupts. When it appears in the west, ministers worry.

If Venus enters or transgresses Yi Su, warfare erupts; when exiting, entering, lingering, or remaining here for extended periods, there will be great winds and floods, and the ruler will be uneasy. If it lingers to the left side of this constellation, drought follows. When Venus strikes, encircles, or aggressively enters this area (moving towards the Sun), ministers seize control over royal decrees.

If Mars transgresses Yi Su, famine occurs among the people in that area; subordinates disobey orders, and border warfare erupts; whether it enters, exits, lingers or remains here, military conflicts result. If it stays over this position for a prolonged period, treacherous ministers will cause chaos.

If Jupiter transgresses the Yi Su constellation, the five grains are damaged by wind. If it remains here for a long time, royal treasures increase, generals and chancellors remain loyal, and literary arts are employed; if it retrogrades into this region, the ruler becomes fond of hunting.

If Saturn transgresses Yi Su, high-ranking ministers worry; if it remains here long-term, the ruler is wise, and his ministers virtuous, harvests are abundant, and good news awaits the empress. Whether exiting, entering, lingering or remaining in this region, warfare results. If moving backward, the empress loses power.

If a guest star enters or transgresses this region, war occurs in the country, and high-ranking ministers worry; another interpretation is that an envoy from a country near the sea will arrive; when it guards, war breaks out.

If a comet transgresses the Yi Su region, high-ranking ministers worry, and the country experiences war or mourning events. If a comet appears over Yi Su, it also indicates concern for high-ranking ministers and the loss of rites and music in that region; when exiting this area, there are plots occurring locally with warfare or mourning events below. The direction pointed by its芒 (radiant) indicates where surrendering people will come from.

If meteors transgress Yi Su, concern also arises for high-ranking ministers; when exiting this region, warfare occurs below it. If entering here, noble officials are imprisoned or detained. The Yi Si Zhan states: “When a meteor enters the sky, virtuous scholars from all over the world will come to pay homage, the southern barbarians will come to pay tribute, and the country will have virtuous ministers.”

If red cloud formations enter or exit this area, sudden warfare erupts; if yellow and moist in appearance, feudal lords come to pay tribute. Black clouds indicate national concern.

Constellation Crater the Cup

According to Ptolemy it is like Venus and in some degree like Mercury. It gives a kind, generous, cheerful, receptive, passionate and hospitable nature, with good mental abilities, but subject to apprehension and indecision. There is a disordered life full of sudden and unexpected events, and great danger of unhappiness, but usually some eminence. ^[6]

The constellation gives good mental abilities, but there can also be sudden changes and unexpected events. ^[7]

Crater the Cup is a somewhat intangible font of great blessing. The constellation is regarded as auspicious and has the capacity to bestow eminence and good fortune upon those who fall under its influence. It signifies success in pregnancy, creative matters, romantic unions or spiritual quests; and it represents the sense of honor which accompanies the successful completion of long-sought aims. It offers a sense of satisfaction which may not be attained by indirect means or sinister motivations: its reward is available only to the deserving, those who have staked their claim through the honest efforts of their past. The constellation has particular significance for those whose wares are nourished by moisture or associated with water. ^[5]

He will join your vines, Bacchus, in wedlock to your elms; or he will arrange them on props, so that the fronds resemble the figures in a dance or, allowing your vine to rely on its own strength, he will lead it to spread out its branches as arms, and entrusting you to yourself will forever protect you from the bridal bed, seeing how you were cut from your mother. ^[8]

Fixed Star Alkes Conjunctions

Ascendant conjunct Alkes: 

Whoever derives hence his birth and character will be attracted by the well-watered meadows of the countryside, the rivers, and the lakes. He will sow corn among the grapes and will adopt any other of the countless forms of cultivation that exist throughout the world as the conditions of the district will require. He will drink without stint the wine he has produced and enjoy in person the well-earned fruits of his labors; neat wine will incite him to jollity, when he will drown all seriousness in his cups. Nor only on the soil will he stake his hopes for paying his yearly vows he will also go in pursuit of the grain tax, and of those wares especially which are nourished by moisture or to which water clings. Such are the men to be fashioned by the Bowl, lover of all that is wet. ^[8]

Whoever is born with this constellation rising will love well-watered fields and springs or streams, or he will lead off rivers from their own riverbed to other places. He will be both a lover and a cultivator of vineyards, and one who will graft live shoots by inserting them into unfruitful trees, or who, by trimming boxwood trees, shapes them into large animals, or who makes the greenery of the colonnade into a circle with winding vines. He drinks wine with pleasure without any admixture [of water]. But if an aspect benefic stars [planets] decrees actions for him, he will trade in wet goods. ^[9]

It prenotes the Native to attain the chiefest Degree of Ecclesiastical preferment, or a rich Benefice, with applause and great Estimation, and Sustance attending it, and all these for the admirable part of his Ingenuity; all Matters or Affairs he has to do with Venus or Mercury men, succeed well. ^[10]

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 (Mars nature). ^[6]

A dedicated environmentalist whose love for rivers and streams makes them very protective regarding water resources. At a less intense level, the native may become a landscape architect, a builder of canals, or in some other manner, do business in merchandise connected with water. ^[7]

Al-Biruni 0°20′, Albert Camus 1°11′ (and S. Node), Tom Hanks 1°20′. 

Descendant conjunct Alkes: But if this constellation is found in the DSC, without the testimony of the malefic, he who is born will die in middle age in the course of banquets and drinking bouts. But if there is an aspect from the malefic stars [planets], he will be found dead submerged either in a large wine container or in a well, or in a river, or in a lake, or in a marsh, or in the sea, or certainly in a fish pond, or in a tub. ^[9]

Rosemary Kennedy 0°13′.

Midheaven conjunct Alkes: Martial eminence, success in trade and in occupations of a Mars nature. ^[6]

Benjamin Disraeli 0°21′, Patch Adams 0°41′, Benjamin Netanyahu 0°41′.

Part of Fortune conjunct Alkes: Pete Hegseth 0°46′, Sidney Gottlieb 0°47′, Jodie Foster 1°16′.

Sun conjunct Alkes: Agatha Christie 0°29′, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex 1°31′

Moon conjunct Alkes: Susan Miller 0°05′, Sara Aldrete 0°35′, Danielle Carolan 0°43′ (and Mercury), Viktor Orbán 1°13′.

Mercury conjunct Alkes: Natalia Grace 0°25′, Amy Winehouse 0°25′, Danielle Carolan 1°00′ (and Moon), H.P. Lovecraft 1°10′.

Venus conjunct Alkes: Henry Ford 0°13′, Sylvia Plath 0°53′, Brigitte Bardot 1°16′.

Mars conjunct Alkes: Britney Spears 0°09′, Ronaldinho 0°19′, Barack Obama 0°34′, Jay Leno 0°49′, Michael Landon 1°11′, Charlton Heston 1°17′.

Jupiter conjunct Alkes: Bernardo Provenzano 0°20′, Guglielmo Marconi 0°42′.

Uranus conjunct Alkes: Kurt Cobain 0°00′, Joe Rogan 0°43′, Caroline Calloway 1°08′.

Neptune conjunct Alkes: Ricky Nelson 0°01′, Ira Einhorn 0°03′, Alan Kay 0°04′, Jon Voight 0°28′, John Milton 0°35′, Nancy Pelosi 0°56′, Anita Bryant 0°58′.

Pluto conjunct Alkes: Alexis Arquette 0°02′ (and S. Node), Dana White 0°03′ (and S. Node), Mariah Carey 0°10′, Will Smith 0°11′, Nicolaus Copernicus 0°14′, Lilly Wachowski 0°23′, Mark Ruffalo 0°41′, Tucker Carlson 0°47′, Mojtaba Khamenei 1°19′. 

North Node conjunct Alkes: Pablo Neruda 0°48′.

South Node conjunct Alkes: Mata Hari 0°15′, Alexis Arquette 0°16′ (and Pluto), Rihanna 0°21′, Albert Camus 0°23′ (and AC), Christina Onassis 1°01′, Klaus Barbie 1°05′, Dana White 1°15′ (and Pluto).

References

1. Alkes (Alpha Crateris): Star Facts.
2. A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, Paul Kunitzsch and Tim Smart, 2006, p.31.
3. Alpha Crateris – Wikipedia.
4. The Power of the Fixed Stars, Joseph E. Rigor, 1979, p.246.
5. Crater: The Cup, Skyscript, Deborah Houlding, 1998.
6. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.41.
7. Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990, p.71.
8. Astronomica, Manilius, 1st century AD, book 5, p.318-321.
9. Mathesis, Julius Firmicus Maternus, 336 AD, viii 10.6-7.
10. Christian Astrology, William Lilly, 1647, pp. 667.