Schedir at 07°47′ Taurus has an orb of 2°10′

The Sun joins Schedir on April 27

Fixed star Schedir, Alpha Cassiopeiae, is a 2nd-magnitude single star on the breast of the Ethiopian Queen, Cassiopeia Constellation.

Magnitude 2.24, Spectral type K0IIIa, color orange ^[1]

α Cassiopeiae has been sometimes classified as a variable star, but no variability has been detected since the 19th century. Also, three companions to the star have been listed in the Washington Double Star Catalog, but it seems that all of them are just distant line-of-sight optical components. ^[2]

α Cas is traditionally and officially named Schedar. Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from the Arabic word al-şadr, “the breast,” used in the Arabic Almagest in describing this star. ^[3]

Ulug Beg called it Al Dhāt al Kursiyy, “The Lady in The Chair,” which Riccioli changed to Dath Elkarti. ^[4]

2000*	2050	Name	Orb
03♉58	04♉41	Sheratan	2°00′
07♉40	08♉22	Hamal	2°10′
07♉47	08♉29	Schedir	2°10′
14♉14	14♉56	Almach	2°10′
14♉19	15♉01	Menkar	2°00′

Schedir Astrology

Fixed star Schedir has the spectral class K0, indicating the planetary nature of Mars.

SCHEDIR, α Cassiopeia. A giant star of spectral class KO, with bright line spectra. This is a multiple and slightly variable star. The companion star reduces the adverse effectiveness of the main star. The irregularly variable period is about 79 days. The companion star is blue.
This star will generally be used for positive negativities. The star imparts to its natives sorrows in love, good tempered, fame through help of superiors, demon power, mystical preference, outwardly serious but likes the good life. ^[5]

Schidir, Alpha Cassiopeia. Schedir is the main star of Cassiopeia, and has a Saturn nature, lessened by Venus. This fixed star incorporates serious demeanor with joi se vivre. Should good living transgress reasonable limits the results will be disadvantageous.
The Arab name Sader means “bosom of Cassiopeia”. This star is not really considered unlucky, but a certain amount of demonic power seems to be ascribed to it, critical results must be ascribed to Hamal which is only 8′ distant. ^[6]

Schedir in most spellings is a mishandling of the emphatic Arabic S in Al Sadr, the Breast. It lies at the more acute apex of a large W in the sky which represents the Queen on her throne. There is no Ptolemaic classification for any of her stars, surprising for such a clearly visible figure, but this may be because of Schedir’s near-conjunction with Hamal of Aries.
The Queen’s capacity for disastrous bombast suggests the same Mars-Saturn simile we find with Hamal, save for the generous gratitude she showed then to Perseus, so Mars-Jupiter seems the best likeness. The man or woman with this star strong may have great qualities to rule over others, but should beware of letting it go to his/her head. ^[7]

The ancients believed that Schedir was a signification of makers of jewelry and those who earn their livelihood from the arts, especially as fine craftsmen. ^[8]

Constellation Cassiopeia

According to Ptolemy this constellation is of the nature of Saturn and Venus. It is said to give haughtiness, boastfulness and exaggerated pride, but at the same time the power of commanding respect. It is associated by the Kabalists with the Hebrew letter Beth and the 2nd Tarot Trump “The High Priestess.” ^[9]

The constellation Cassiopeia (Cas) presages events that concern Africa and African people. Its bright stars are said to have the nature of Saturn (Schedir) and Venus (Rucha). ^[8]

Fixed Star Schedir Conjunctions

Ascendant conjunct Schedir: 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). ^[9]

Charles Manson 1°39′.

Midheaven conjunct Schedir: Martial eminence, success in trade and in occupations of a Mars nature. ^[9]

Marilyn Monroe 0°54′, Michael Moore 1°02′, Chris Brown 1°08′, Margot Robbie 1°56′. 

Descendant conjunct Schedir: Hunter Schafer 0°18′, Sid Vicious 1°50′.

Imun Coeli conjunct Schedir: Ayrton Senna 1°01′. 

Part of Fortune conjunct Schedir: Joe Biden 0°22′, Niccolo Machiavelli 0°57′, Kurt Cobain 1°15′, Audrey Hepburn 1°30′

Sun conjunct Schedir: High preferment in sports, writings, finance, astrology, and matters dealing with the public. The native can develop materialistic tendencies, be of serious demeanor, but like the good life. Any sorrows in the natives life will be brought on by themselves, their actions and their inconsideration of others. ^[5]

Prince Andrew, Duke of York 0°10′, Rudolf Hess 0°15′, Jay Leno 0°20′, Marguerite de Navarre 0°28′, April Ashley 1°08′, Ulysses S. Grant 1°17′, Bernie Madoff 1°49′, Immanuel Kant 1°49′.

Moon conjunct Schedir: Natives with this conjunction will have similar attributes as the natives with the Sun in conjunction with Schedir, however, these natives will find success after slow, patient and hard work. ^[5]

Zendaya 0°36′, MacKenzie Scott 1°23′ (and Saturn), Monica Lewinsky 1°35′, F. Scott Fitzgerald 1°53′, Vespasian 2°04′.

Mercury conjunct Schedir: The native will exhibit great determination, and although they can become quite tactful when it suits their purpose, they can also be demanding, pushy and almost obnoxious which could be misunderstood or their intentions misinterpreted. ^[5]

Julius Evola 0°11′, Garry Kasparov 0°18′, Kristen Stewart 0°38′

Venus conjunct Schedir: Natives with this conjunction may become opportunists and become jealous of their accomplishments. Generally most of these natives may appear to be of a retiring nature and passive, nevertheless just the opposite is true – they are of a ‘positive’ type, but also may be classed as ‘private persons’. There is the possibility of domestic or other problems that would seriously affect the native. ^[5]

Boy George 0°02′, Walt Whitman 0°17′, Anton LaVey 0°18′, Anne Frank 0°22′, Prince 0°37′, Mikey Madison 0°45′, Novak Djokovic 1°03′, Otto von Bismarck 1°10′, Warren Beatty 1°16′ (and Uranus), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1°19′, Xi Jinping 1°34′, Salvador Dali 1°51′

Mars conjunct Schedir: The native has an inborn ability to rise to an influential position; they are dogged and determined. However always lurking in the background is something, or someone ready to either ‘dislodge’ the native or take undue advantage of the native. Negative nativities subject themselves to legal entanglements, even a judicial sentence. Turbulence or self destruction possible under the conjunction. ^[5]

Billy Joel 0°00′, Hubertus Strughold 0°14′, M. C. Escher 0°55′, Valerie Solanas 1°20′, John Maynard Keynes 1°32′. 

Jupiter conjunct Schedir: High preferment in religion, government, astrology and all matters dealing with the public. Generally, these natives are able to grow from small beginnings; build business with solid foundations, even make a name and fame for themselves. ^[5]

Bruce Lee 0°33′, Pierre Teilhard De Chardin 1°29′.

Saturn conjunct Schedir: Gwen Stefani 0°00′, James Joyce 0°02′, Franklin D. Roosevelt 0°03′, Ira Einhorn 0°05′, Alan Kay 0°19′, Dana White 1°06′, Alexis Arquette 1°07′, MacKenzie Scott 1°33′ (and Moon), Barbara Castle 1°50′, Charles Ponzi 2°08′.

Uranus conjunct Schedir: Michael Landon 0°38′, Kenneth Copeland 0°42′, Pope Francis I 0°51′, Warren Beatty 0°58′ (and Venus), Vincent van Gogh 1°03′, Roy Orbison 1°31′.

Neptune conjunct Schedir: Mata Hari 0°45′, Joseph Stalin 1°09′, Albert Einstein 1°45′.

Pluto conjunct Schedir: Nikola Tesla 0°14′, Theodore Roosevelt 0°47′, Sigmund Freud 1°20′, John Milton 2°07′.

North Node conjunct Schedir: John Wayne Bobbitt 0°04′, Francisco Franco 0°19′, J. Paul Getty 0°52′.

South Node conjunct Schedir: Benito Mussolini 0°40′, Ellen DeGeneres 1°10′, Abraham Lincoln 1°48′, Charles Darwin 1°49′.

References

1. Schedar (Alpha Cassiopeiae): Star Facts
2. Alpha Cassiopeiae – Wikipedia
3. A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, Kunitzch, Smart, 2006, p.26.
4. Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning, Richard H. Allen, 1889, p.146.
5. The Power of the Fixed Stars, Joseph E. Rigor, 1979, p.64-66.
6. Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1971, p.10.
7. The Living Stars, Dr. Eric Morse, 1988, p.129.
8. Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990, p.20.
9. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.36.