Pavo Constellation Meaning

Pavo is a constellation in the southern sky whose name is Latin for “peacock.” Pavo is bordered by Telescopium to the north, Apus and Ara to the west, Octans to the south, and Indus to the east and northeast. Constellation Pavo spans 30 degrees of the Zodiac.

Pavo was one of the twelve constellations established by Petrus Plancius from the observations of the southern sky by explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman. It first appeared on a celestial globe published in 1598 in Amsterdam by Plancius with Jodocus Hondius.

Pavo Constellation Stars

2000	B	Star	Mag	Orb
27 ♐ 57	η		3.61	1°20′
01 ♑ 14	π		4.33	1°00′
03 ♑ 30	ξ		4.35	1°00′
04 ♑ 40	ν		4.63	1°00′
05 ♑ 14	ζ		4.01	1°00′
07 ♑ 36	κ		4.40	1°00′
07 ♑ 47	λ		4.22	1°00′
13 ♑ 30	ε		3.97	1°10′
17 ♑ 35	δ		3.55	1°20′
22 ♑ 28	β		3.42	1°20′
23 ♑ 48	α	Peacock	1.94	2°10′
23 ♑ 51	φ¹		4.75	1°00′
28 ♑ 35	γ		4.21	1°00′

Pavo Constellation Astrology

Constellation Pavo is said to give vanity and love of display, together with a long life and sometimes fame.

It is said to represent Argos, the builder of the ship Argo, who was changed into a peacock by Juno when Argo Navis was placed in the heavens. ^[1]

Johan Doppelmayr’s celestial chart of Pavo and Indus [Wikipedia]

Pavo, the Peacock, lying south of Sagittarius and the Southern Crown (Corona Australis), is one of Bayer’s twelve constellations, and the Italian Pavone, the French Paon, the German Pfau. The title is an appropriate one for enduring stars, as this bird has long been a symbol of immortality, fancifully said to be from the annual renewing of its feathers; but this is common to all birds, and the symbolism probably is from the fact that its starry tail rendered the peacock sacred to Juno, the immortal queen of the heavens, and thus in classical times, as in the days of chivalry, an object of adjuration.

This bird was still further astronomical in originally having been Argos, the builder of the ship Argo, who was changed by Juno to a peacock when his vessel was transferred to the sky, where he has since rejoined her.

In China, the constellation was Joo Tseo, their translation of our word. Julius Schiller united it with h Indus in his biblical figure “S. Job.”

Gould cataloged 129 component stars, from the 2d to the 7th magnitudes, but none seem to be individually named, as is the case among all the new southern figures.^[1]