Fixed Star Jishi

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Jishi at 23°54′ Taurus has an orb of 1°40′

Fixed star Jishi, Pi Persei (π Per), is a 5th-magnitude single star on the Medusa’s Head of the Perseus Constellation.

Magnitude 4.70, spectral type A2Vn, color white. λ Per is a fast spinner, with a projected rotational velocity of 196 km/s, giving the star an equatorial bulge 6% larger than the polar radius. ^[1]

π Per has the traditional name Gorgonea Secunda, the (second star in the) head of the Gorgon. ^[2]

The traditional Chinese name for π Per is 積屍 Jīshī, “Piled Corpses,” referring to the bodies within the tomb (Daling). It is the only star of the asterism Jīshī, the sixth asterism of the Stomach Mansion. ^[3]

Allen romanized Jishi as Tseih She and mistakenly associated it with Algol. ^[4]

2000*	2050	Name	Orb
21♉45	22♉27	Capulus	1°00′
23♉52	24♉35	Zaurak	1°50′
23♉54	24♉37	Jishi	1°00′
26♉10	26♉52	Algol	2°10′
00♊00	00♊42	Alcyone	2°00′

Jishui Astrology

The star of piled corpses is in Daling. If bright, there will be a great mourning, with corpses piled high. If the moon invades it, there will be rebellious ministers. If five planets invade it, there will be a great disease. If a comet or a celestial comet invades it, there will be a great mourning. When pale clouds enter and invade it, many will die; if black, there will be plague. ^[5]

One star in the middle of Daling is called Jishi (积尸). A bright Jishi indicates mountains of dead bodies. Zhang Heng said it is also called Jilin (积廪). A bright and large Jishi, or one with many surrounding stars, indicates abundant death and loss, or war. If it is not visible and dim, it is auspicious. If Mars guards it, there will be widespread weeping. ^[6]

Fixed star Jishi has the spectral type A2, indicating the planetary nature of Venus. However, any astrological influence is overpowered by the brighter fixed star Zaurak, only 0°02′ distant by longitude.

Pi Persei, Jishi [SIMBAD]

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. ^[7]

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. ^[8]