Sirius at 14°04′ Cancer has an orb of 2°50′
Canis Major [Stellarium]
The Sun joins Sirius on July 5
Fixed star Sirius, Alpha Canis Majoris, is the brightest star in the sky. It is situated in the neck of Canis Major, the Greater Dog. It is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star.
Sirius is a binary star. The main component has an apparent magnitude of −1.46 and the spectral type A0mA1 Va. The companion is a faint white dwarf with a magnitude of +8.44 and spectral type DA2. [1]
Sirius. From the ancient Greek name Σείριος, the “Scorching One, or Brilliant One,” appropriate for this brightest of the fixed stars. Reapplied in Renaissance times. [2]
| 2000 | 2050 | Fixed Star | Orb |
| 05♋18 | 06♋00 | Tejat Posterior | 2°00′ |
| 09♋06 | 09♋48 | Alhena | 2°20′ |
| 14♋04 | 14♋46 | Sirius | 2°50′ |
| 14♋58 | 15♋39 | Canopus | 2°40′ |
| 18♋31 | 19♋13 | Wasat | 1°40′ |
Sirius Astrology
Fixed star Sirius is colored white with the spectral class A0, indicating the planetary nature of Venus. However, Ptolemy said it was red and gave it a Jupiter-Mars nature. Anonymous (379 AD) [3] said it has a Mars nature.
The astronomer Ptolemy of Alexandria, who wrote the Almagest, the only surviving comprehensive astronomical treatise from the 2nd century CE, described Sirius as “The [star] on the mouth, brightest, called ‘the Dog,’ and reddish.” He depicted Sirius as one of the six reddish stars, along with Aldebaran, Antares, Arcturus, Betelgeuse and Pollux. The other five stars all appear orange or red and have the spectral types K or M, while Sirius is a class A star, appearing white or blue-white in color, which spurred a debate that has not yet come to a unified conclusion. As this was not the only ancient reference to Sirius’ redness – the orator Cicero, philosopher Seneca and poet Aratus also called the star red, among others – and it is not very likely that Sirius simply changed its color from red to bluish-white within such a short period of time, this remains an unresolved mystery. To confuse things further, there are also many ancient texts calling the star white. [1]
SIRIUS. α Canis Majoris. A binary star, brilliant white and yellow, situated in the mouth of the Greater Dog. From Seiros, Sparkling or Scorching, or according to some authors from the Egyptian god Osiris. Among these people it was also Thoth and Sothis, and formed the basis of the Sothic period of chronology. The Chinese knew it as Teen Lang, the Heavenly Wolf, and said that when unusually bright it portended attacks from thieves.
According to Ptolemy it is of the nature of Jupiter and Mars and, to Alvidas, of the Moon, Jupiter and Mars. It gives honor, renown, wealth, ardor, faithfulness, devotion, passion and resentment, and makes its natives custodians, curators and guardians. It also gives danger of dog bites, and two examples of this effect will be found under Procyon.
Sirius is one of the 15 Behenian Fixed Stars. Its image is a hound or a little virgin. It gives honor, the goodwill and favor of men and the airy spirits, and the power to pacify nobles and others. Rules beryl, savine, mugwort, dragonwort and the tongue of a snake. [4]
SIRIUS. α Canis Majoris. A binary, white and yellow star. The main star belongs to spectral class A l. It has a companion star, Sirius ‘B,’ a white dwarf star that rotates around the main star every 50 years. This is a dwarf star having 90,000 times the density of our Sun. Sirius has twice the diameter of our Sun and is 9 light years distant.
The native is ambitious, loves to exercise ‘power,’ and has a grandeur of outlook. Good for business prosperity, custodial guardian, honors, wealth, and renown. Native receives favors from superiors and friends. Questionable writings, speeches, and statements could bring latent honors. Negatively: Native is subject to problematical actions, accusations, just or unjust. [5]
The astrology of Canis Major is really that of the Dog star, Sirius. Without a doubt this brightest star in the night sky is one of the most important objects in the heavens, even rivaling the Sun and Moon in its influence. The Roman farmers sacrificed to Sirius a fawn-colored dog at their three festivals when the Sun began to approach Sirius (merdinal culmination). In Persia its name meant “Creator of Prosperity” and the Egyptians considered Sothis a “favorable star”, especially in its mutatine rising with the Sun. The Dog star is also at the vertices of the two triangles that mark the Egyptian constellation “X”. This constellation of two trines is formed by the star Procyon (α-CMi), Betelgeuse (α-Ori). Naos (ζ-Pup), and Phact (α-Col). As each of these stars is favorable in its own peculiar way, the grouping of a grand trine must be considered extremely propitious. In early astrology, wealth and renown was the happy lot to all those born under the influence of Sirius. This star is also said to give faithfulness and devotion and to make its natives guardians and custodians to those they serve.
In later classical times this star and its constellation earned the evil reputation of so many Venusian stars. This was due in part to the ancient Egyptian practice of predicting the fortunes of the ensuing year from the helical rising of the star—a dim star presaging hard times ahead.
Chinese astrologers asserted that Sirius portended attack from thieves, and Jewish astrologers held the star in abhorrence, probably due to the fact their former masters worshipped it. (Leviticus xvii:7 has been interpreted to refer specifically to Sirius and Procyon.) Hippocrates made much in his Epidemics and Aphorisms of this star’s power over the weather and its consequent effect on the physical well-being of mankind. Some of these theories were current in medicine in Italy even during the eighteenth century. The superstitions attributed the midsommer heat to the “dog days” of Sirius and claimed that dog bites were the result of the star’s influence. A belief in the evil influence of the Dog star goes back even before recorded history. Homer wrote”
… for Sirius’ burning breath
Taints the red air with favors, plagues and death.
But the more reasonable ancient meteorology claimed that a mutatine setting or a vespertine rising at the full Moon preceding the winter solstice portends an uncommonly cold winter. [6]
Well-connected, it promises fame, honors and riches. According to tradition, Sirius will give a famous death with honors beyond the grave, if positioned in the 8th house. In good aspect with Mars and Jupiter and close to the MC, promise is given of gaining extensive wealth, a lucky hand in commercial enterprise or matters of government. This star so placed is most excellent for military, lawyers and civil servants. Sirius in conjunction with the Sun and well placed in the chart will be found to be the case with numerous important and famous personalities. Possibly, the rise in station is made possible by protection from people of influence. [7]
Sirius marks immense creative talents in any field at all with ‘only’ the warning that there may be more inner power than can be safely managed. Harshly aspected it can show a psychotic person truly a menace to himself and the community, but in better condition we have here the star of the truly Great figures in every field of human endeavor. [8]
Fixed star Sirius rules the nipple of the right breast. [9]
Constellation Canis Major
Ptolemy states that the stars of this constellation, with the exception of Sirius, are like Venus. It is said to give good qualities, charity and a faithful heart, but violent and dangerous passions. There is some danger from, or fear of, darkness and the night, and liability to dog bites, though the latter characteristic is probably associated more particularly with Sirius. Canis Major is connected by the Kabalists with the Hebrew letter Tzaddi and the 18th Tarot Trump, “The Moon”. [4]
Sirius, Alpha Canis Majoris [constellation-guide.com]
Fixed star Sirius Conjunctions
Ascendant conjunct Sirius: 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. [3]
Elon Musk 0°11′ (and Mercury), Michael Jordan 0°28′, Albert Einstein 0°46′, Fromental Halevy 0°46′ (and Venus, Mars), Josef Mengele 0°58′, Mark Wahlberg 1°14′, Billy Joel 1°59′, Judy Garland 2°06′, Robert De Niro 2°07′, Steven Spielberg 2°33′.
Ascendant conjunct Sirius and born in the day: Capable of commanding, valiant, energetic, active, fearless, submissive, greedy, hard and haughty, a military leader, tyrannical, glorious. [3]
Elon Musk, Michael Jordan, Albert Einstein, Fromental Halevy, Josef Mengele, Mark Wahlberg, Billy Joel, Judy Garland.
Ascendant conjunct Sirius and born at night: Insolent, cruel, lacking in mercy, hasty, rapacious, agitated and drunk. [3]
Robert De Niro, Steven Spielberg.
Ascendant conjunct Mars conjunct Sirius: On the Ascendant and with Mars combined, Sirius can be quite dangerous, pushing ahead with too much ambition is then seen, resulting in dangers by injuries or attempts on the native’s life. [7]
Midheaven conjunct Sirius: 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. Sensible, merciful and generally don’t die a good death. [3]
High office under Government giving great profit and reputation. High ecclesiastical honor, martial preferment, prosperity in business. [4]
Cat Stevens 0°31′, Boris Johnson 0°42′, Tony Abbott 1°34′, Edwin Castro 2°41′ (and POF).
Descendant conjunct Sirius: 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. [3]
Marie Curie 0°13′ (and Uranus), Gwen Stefani 0°32′ (and Moon), Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán 1°14′, Elizabeth I 1°35′, Nicholas Culpeper 1°36′, Sirhan Sirhan 2°07′, Novak Djokovic 2°10′, Ted Kennedy 2°20′, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex 2°30′.
Imum Coeli conjunct Sirius: 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. [3]
Part of Fortune conjunct Sirius: Edwin Castro 1°56′ (and MC), RuPaul 2°36′
Sun conjunct Sirius: Success in business, occupation connected with metals or other martial affairs, domestic harmony. If rising or culminating, kingly preferment. [4]
Preferment in astrology, sports, government, business and matters dealing with the public. Native may receive high favors, preferment, deserved or not. If honors and preferment are received too early in life, the native may dissipate or, in other ways, not be appreciative of their windfall. [5]
Well-aspected, may become an important and famous personality, possibly helped by protection from people of influence. [7]
Megan Rapinoe 0°10′, George W. Bush 0°26′, Frida Kahlo 0°34′ (and Neptune), Leona Helmsley 0°53′ (and Venus), Sylvester Stallone 0°55′, James VI and I 1°15′
Moon conjunct Sirius: A splendid and illustrious life; great, distinguished and opulent nature. [3]
Success in business, influential friends of the opposite sex, favorable for the father, good health, beneficial changes in home or business. If a malefic be with Scheat, death by fiery cutting weapons or from beasts. If Saturn be with the Moon, death by wild beasts or soldiers. [4]
Natives with this conjunction can receive high honors, develop influential friends, and expect beneficial changes in business and/or domestic affairs. Possibly domestic problems later in life. Friends come to their aid when needed. [5]
Kurt Cobain 0°24′, Michael Richards 1°11′, William Blake 1°17′, Dave Chappelle 1°18′, Gwen Stefani 1°22′ (and DC), Drake 1°35′, Dua Lipa 2°05′, Olivia De Havilland 2°36′ (and Venus),
Mercury conjunct Sirius: Great business success, help through influential people, worries unnecessarily, associated with the Church, physical defect through accident. [4]
Great business and legal success are possible. Native can receive assistance from friends, relatives or superiors. Natives with this conjunction have considerable ‘depth’ to their minds and mental processes, which, if directed into the right channels, can bring high preferment from friends and superiors. Native has a clear accurate mind, but also a tendency towards needless worrying. Latent honors are possible. [5]
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 0°02′, Matt LeBlanc 0°15′, Emmett Till 0°19′, Elon Musk 0°22′ (and AC), Will Ferrell 0°44′, Khloé Kardashian 0°55′, Robert Graves 1°30′, Lionel Messi 2°22′, Lana Del Rey 2°31′, Priyanka Chopra 2°37′ (and N.Node)
Venus conjunct Sirius: Ease, comfort and luxury, extravagant, gain by inheritance. [4]
Positive: Native radiates a charm of manner or appearance; regardless of their station in life, these natives often prefer a life of ease and comfort.
Negative: Native may become resentful over fancied wrongs, or in some instances in what they consider an affront. These natives entertain strong opinions, ideas, about people, conditions. Turbulence, self-destruction possible. [5]
Tom Jones 0°00′ (and Mars), Nancy Sinatra 0°08′ (and Mars), Fromental Halevy 0°09′ (and AC, Mars), Olivia De Havilland 0°17′ (and Moon), Ernest Hemingway 0°26′, Leona Helmsley 0°44′ (and Sun), Carlos Santana 1°02′, Sidney Gottlieb 1°05′, Errol Flynn 1°11′, Kathie Lee Gifford 1°15′, Steve Forbes 1°31′, Mata Hari 1°39′, Bob Dole 1°43′ (and Pluto), Lucy Hale 1°46′, Rafael Nadal 1°47′, Tylyn John 1°57′ (and Mars), Steve Martin 1°59′, Petrarch 2°25′, Queen Camilla 2°46′.
Mars conjunct Sirius: Courageous, generous, military preferment, work in connection with metals. [4]
This conjunction produces industrious natives, one with ambition and an authoritative disposition. Domestic problems possible. Negatively, problematical actions, even accusations. [5]
Tylyn John 0°03′ (and Venus), Pablo Picasso 0°06′, Roger Federer 0°07′, Tom Jones 0°09′ (and Venus), Nancy Sinatra 0°51′ (and Venus), Fromental Halevy 0°54′ (and AC, Venus), Robin Williams 1°30′ (and Uranus), Diego Maradona 2°14′, Vera Atkins 2°21′ (and Neptune), Meghan, Duchess of Sussex 2°22′.
Mars conjunct Saturn conjunct Sirius: These are persons who extend their ego into their children’s actions one day, and the next day, withdraw their support for what their children may be doing so that there would be an ego change back and forth. This affects the hormones on the diaphragm causing and overactive and underactive energy flow, so that the person feels energetic at times and ready to collapse at other times. Ultimately, a total restriction of energy would result, causing them to feel extremely tired. Consumption of oranges helps to balance the energy and oranges should be an important part of the diet. [9]
Jupiter conjunct Sirius: Business success, journeys, help from relatives, ecclesiastical preferment. [4]
High business preferment, high government preferment. Successful ventures and considerable traveling. Natives with this conjunction attract friends. Some of these natives may engage in very unusual occupations. [5]
This point develops large family ties for these individuals. It keeps them tied to the family circle, including all the relatives. They are generally born into a large family, and all those in the family circle are also interested in the large families themselves. Great emotional ties are developed so that whatever happens to one affects them all, and all respond with exaggerated emotions. [9]
Bonnie Parker 0°16′, Warren Buffett 0°31′, James Dean 1°31′, Billie Eilish 1°41′, Bobby Fischer 1°52′, Marguerite de Navarre 2°29′, Rupert Murdoch 2°39′
Saturn conjunct Sirius: Steady, reserved, diplomatic, just, persevering, high position through friends, favorable for home, gifts and legacies, domestic harmony. [4]
There are difficulties in raising children with this energy point. There would be a coldness towards the children with little or no emotional attachment. They take care of their children but they do not display warmth in their relationship. This causes a restriction in the digestive juices in the stomach that leads to bloating. To alleviate this problem, these persons should chew celery before or after a meal as celery stimulates the digestive process. [9]
David Beckham 0°18′, Drew Barrymore 1°27′, Mary Shelley 1°43′.
Uranus conjunct Sirius: Gain and prominence in Uranian matters, help from influential friends, gain through harmonious marriage, especially if male, sudden death. [4]
This is not extremely difficult. It causes slight, sharp pains on the right side of the chest. They usually have many health checkups from the fear that they may be having heart problems but they are just wasting their time and money. It is merely an energy flow problem where the energy is restricted at times. These persons are usually misdiagnosed as having heart trouble and are put on restrictive diets so as to avoid cholesterol buildup and so forth. [9]
Marie Curie 0°27′ (and DC), Robin Williams 2°34′ (and Mars)
Neptune conjunct Sirius: Intuition, occult interests, religious, good organizing ability, success in mercantile pursuits, banks or corporations, many influential friends, favorable for gain and domestic matters, natural death. [4]
Frida Kahlo 0°23′ (and Sun), Ed Gein 0°47′, Vera Atkins 0°58′ (and Mars).
Pluto conjunct Sirius: Marilyn Monroe 0°20′, Elizabeth II 0°21′, Hugh Hefner 0°26′, Jimmy Carter 0°29′, Charlton Heston 0°39′, Malcolm X 1°03′, Lorraine Warren 1°15′, Linda Goodman 1°35′, Johnny Carson 1°40′, George H. W. Bush 1°40′, Margaret Thatcher 1°41′, Bob Dole 1°49′ (and Venus), Che Guevara 2°18′.
North Node conjunct Sirius: Prince William 0°29′, Priyanka Chopra 1°07′ (and Mercury), Patch Adams 2°21′, Brad Pitt 2°25′, Adolf Hitler 2°32′.
South Node conjunct Sirius: Woody Allen 0°01′, Leonardo da Vinci 0°22′, John F. Kennedy 1°41′.
References
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- Sirius (α CMa): Star Facts.
- A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, Kunitzch, Smart, 2006, p.22.
- Shiny stars, passionate, harmful, rescuers. Anonymous from the year 379, translation by Giuseppe Bezza from CCAG V/1 pp. 194-211.
- Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.34, 208-209, 235.
- The Power of the Fixed Stars, Joseph E. Rigor, 1979, p.99-101.
- Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990, p.64-66.
- Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1928, p.38.
- The Living Stars, Dr. Eric Morse, 1988, p.149.
- The Fixed Star Health and Behavior Imbalance, Ted George and Barbara Parker, 1985, p.46.
- All fixed star positions are for the year 2000. Add one degree per 72 years to correct for precession.
