Constellation Mensa the Table Mountain is a southern constellation bordering Chamaeleon, Dorado, Hydrus, Octans and Volans. It was introduced by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in 1752 and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Mensa spans 55 degrees of the zodiac in the Signs of Sagittarius, Capricorn and Aquarius.

Mensa Constellation Stars

2000	2050	Star	Name	Sp. Class	Mag.	Orb
25♐15	25♐57	α Men		G5	5.08	1°00′
09♑32	10♑14	γ Men		K4	5.18	1°00′
10♒42	11♒26	β Men		G8	5.30	1°00′

Mensa Astrology

Robson

MONS MENSÆ. The Table Mountain.

History. Formed by La Caille, 1752, and now generally known by the name Mensa.

Influence. It gives an ambitious, aspiring and proud nature. There will be many difficulties in the life, but they will eventually be overcome and the latter years will be peaceful. ^[1]

Mensa Constellation [Bode]

Allen

Mons Mensae, the Table Mountain, now abbreviated by astronomers to Mensa.

La Caille, who did so much for our knowledge of the southern heavens, formed the figure from stars under the Greater Cloud, between the poles of the equator and the ecliptic, just north of the polar Octans; the title being suggested by the fact that the Table Mountain, back of Cape Town, “which had witnessed his nightly vigils and daily toils,” also was frequently capped by a cloud.

Gould found in the constellation 44 naked-eye stars, the brightest being of 5.3 magnitude; but within its borders is a portion of the Nubecula Major. ^[2]

References

1. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.52.
2. Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning, Richard H. Allen, 1889, p.291.