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Rotanev at 16°20′ Aquarius has an orb of 1°40′

The Sun joins Rotanev on February 5

Fixed star Rotanev, Beta Delphini, is a 4th-magnitude binary star system located in the middle of the Constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin.
      Combined magnitude 3.62, spectral types F5 III and F5 IV. ^[1]

β Del is officially and historically named Rotanev, and sometimes called Venator. The Sicilian astronomer Niccolò Cacciatore named α Del and β Del (Sualocin) after himself:
      The English translation of Niccolò Cacciatore is Nicholas Hunter.
      The Latin translation of Nicholas Hunter is Nicolaus Venator.
      Reversing Nicolaus Venator gives Rotanev Sualocin.

2000	2050	Name	Orb
12♒44	13♒26	Armus	1°00′
13♒50	14♒33	Dorsum	1°20′
16♒20	17♒02	Rotanev	1°40′
20♒12	20♒54	Castra	1°10′
21♒48	22♒30	Nashira	1°40′

Rotanev Astrology

Fixed star Rotanev has a spectral type of F5, indicating a planetary nature similar to that of Mercury.

MERCURY: If rising, honor, intellect, great learning. If culminating, business activity, and gain through books and intellectual matters. ^[2]

SPECTRAL CLASS F: A thoughtful, serious, sincere, hardworking, adventurous, private, demanding and self-centered nature. Career and material success, the ability to lead and conquer, mental keenness, determination, endurance, a rise followed by a fall, melancholy, self-destruction and possibly violence. Harsh aspects can cause impatience, irritability, hostility, excessive drive, and an overly ambitious nature. ^[3]

In the 8th degree of Capricorn, Delphinius (β Del) arises. Whoever is born in the east of this star will have a passion for swimming, but with the testimony of Saturn he will be a diver, but with Mars and Mercury he will be a rope dancer, acrobat, gymnast, or certainly a sailor, with a course of agility. But if his star is found in the setting, and Saturn looks at this place with a threatening radiation, he will be drowned in the sea or in a river by storms and whirlwinds. ^[4]

Constellation Delphinus

According to Ptolemy, Delphinus is like Saturn and Mars. It gives a simple appearance, cheerfulness, dissembling and duplicity, love of hunting, and sport in general but little happiness. There is a fondness for pleasure, ecclesiastical matters and travel, but danger of suffering from ingratitude. ^[2]

Delphinus (Del) or the constellation of the Dolphin is one of these. In Greece, it was called the Sacred Fish. It is the sky emblem of philanthropy and its bright stars are of the nature of Mercury and Jupiter, although there are others as Saturn and Mars. It denotes an individual devoted to his children and of a very religious nature. The Martian element manifests itself in love of hunting and sport, while that of Saturn portends a difficulty in finding true happiness. In judicial astrology the constellation presages good fortune in regards the sea. ^[5]

Rotanev Conjunctions

Ascendant conjunct Rotanev: Honor, intellect, great learning. ^[2]

A passion for swimming; aspecting Saturn, will be a diver; aspecting Mars and Mercury, great agility and will be a rope dancer, acrobat, gymnast, or sailor. ^[4]

Andy Bell 0°06′, Emmanuelle Charpentier 0°10′, Mikey Madison 0°21′ (and Uranus), Carlos Castaneda 0°35′ (and Venus), Spike Milligan 0°36′, Albert Kesselring 0°39′, Pierre-Auguste Renoir 0°40′ (and Neptune), Holly Madison 0°40′, Björn Borg 0°41′, Goldie Hill 0°48′, KT Tunstall 0°50′, Louise, Princess Royal 0°52′, Guy Fieri 0°55′ (and Mercury), Tori Spelling 0°57′, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo 1°00′ (and Mars), Sarah Schulman 1°06′, Calum Best 1°13′ (and Sun), William Lilly 1°26′, Larry Hagman 1°26′,  Ernest Renan 1°29′, Beverly Sills 1°30′.

Midheaven conjunct Rotanev: Business activity, and gain through books and intellectual matters. ^[2]

Descendant conjunct Rotanev: In a harsh aspect to Saturn, will be drowned in the sea or a river by storms and whirlwinds. ^[4]

Sun conjunct Rotanev: Calum Best 1°40′ (and AC).

Mercury conjunct Rotanev: Guy Fieri 1°05′ (and AC) .

Venus conjunct Rotanev: Carlos Castaneda 1°34′ (and AC).

Mars conjunct Rotanev: Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo 0°32′ (and AC), Cathy Rigby 0°36′.

Jupiter conjunct Rotanev: Michael Phelps 0°12′, Mark Spitz 0°30′.

Uranus conjunct Rotanev: Mikey Madison 0°49′ (and AC).

Neptune conjunct Rotanev: Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1°12′ (and AC) .

References

1. Delphinus Constellation: Constellation Guide.
2. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.42-43, 100.
3. The Power of the Fixed Stars, Joseph E. Rigor, 1979. p.246.
4. Maternus, Julius Firmicus, Mathesis, 336 AD, viii 15.2.
5. Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990, p.28.