Thuban at 07°27′ Virgo has an orb of 1°00′

The Sun joins Thuban on August 31

Fixed star Thuban, Alpha Draconis, is a 3.6 magnitude pale yellow star in the tail of the Dragon, Draco Constellation. The traditional name Thuban comes from the Arabic word ثعبان‎ (thuʿbān) which means large snake. It has also been called the Dragon’s Tail and as Adib.

Thuban is a relatively inconspicuous star in the night sky of the Northern Hemisphere, it is historically significant as having been the north pole star from the 4th to 2nd millennium BCE. Despite being the Alpha star, Thuban is much fainter than Etamin, the brightest star in the constellation.

Fixed Star Thuban Astrology

Thuban was the pole star 3000 years ago. It was called the “Judge of Heaven” during the reign of the first Saragon king of Akkad, and it can be seen from the bottom of the central passage of the Great Pyramid of Cheops. [2]

Having the fixed star Thuban in your astrology chart shows a depth of character. Artistic skills and a passion for all the arts are found.. Living a life where your talents are regularly seen and heard is a pathway offered here. Singing, preaching, writing and general leader are all promising with Thuban in your astrology chart.

Thuban does also indicate a hard time with family. Situations where a lack of understanding and compromise spoil the mood for reconciliation. Although with patience the Thuban star energy will take over and all love connections grow due to the complications.

On the shadow side of Thuban if the star’s energy is used negatively it backfires on us. If our intentions with our fellow man are not honest and forthcoming an anger sets in. Creating mistakes and broken promises. Be sure to handle all things in this time calmly with gratitude. Remind yourself the universe is testing you and act accordingly.

Caught in a pattern of forces over which we have no control and are restless for change, this energy is best focussed on analyzing the current situation. Travel opportunities and finances are favoured, especially if others are included. Just don’t be a slave to the addiction of emotional highs and lows… since this will isolate and divide. [3]

Constellation Draco

Constellation Draco the Dragon gives an artistic and emotional but somber nature, a penetrating and analytical mind, much travel and many friends but danger of robbery and of accidental poisoning. According to Ptolemy the bright stars are like Saturn and Mars (bold, cruel, heartless, adulterous, criminal, liar, loss of estates, poverty, few friends. If of 1st magnitude, rises by usury or unfair means. If culminating, bad name, rise by trade followed by disgrace and ruin). It was said by the Ancients that when a comet was here poison was scattered over the world. By the Kabalists it is associated with the Hebrew letter Mem and the 13th Tarot Trump “Death.” [1]

The early astrologers called Draco “The Poisonous Dragon”. The constellation is especially hurtful to mineral resources, and presages the pollution of rivers and the air. The Moon’s Nodes are named after this constellation. The Dragon’s Head (North Node) and the Dragon’s Tail (South Node) refer to the Moon’s undulating course symbolized by the twisting of the Dragon about the North Pole. [2]

10th Arabic Manzil – Al-Jabhah

Strengthens buildings, promotes love, benevolence, and help against enemies.

With Moon: Sow, plant, release prisoners but take no purgatives.

26th Chinese Xiù – 張 (Zhāng) Extended Net

The name of this mansion is taken to mean “spreading”, like a net. Associated with festivities, such as after a good hunt (game collected for a feast). As it was customary to bring presents on such occasions, this mansion indicated gifts/presents.

Right conduct is rewarded. It brings harmonious relationships and rewards due to industriousness such as promotion and salary increase. Good for family reunions and acquiring new property. It also presages the sickness of the authority figure.

Fixed Star Thuban Conjunctions

Ascendant conjunct Thuban: When rising, Thuban indicates prospectors of gold and silver or those who are ministers of money (occupations in banking, insurance, or other financial professions.) [2]

Whoever was born with this constellation rising will be Marsi (wizards and snake-charmers), who are accustomed to prepare beneficial remedies from poisons and the pigments of herbs. [4]

Sarah Paulson 0°58′.

Midheaven conjunct Thuban: Sarah, Duchess of York 0°08′

Descendant conjunct Thuban: If setting and if Mars is conjunct the descendant or in harsh aspect with it, it is said to presage the native being burned in his own house or killed by public execution. [2]

But if this constellation is found in the DSC, they will perish struck by the bite or serpents, or surely by having drunk poison. [4]

Nicole Brown Simpson 0°13′

Sun conjunct Thuban: Bruce McLaren 0°13′, Warren Buffett 0°17′

Moon conjunct Thuban: Ted Kennedy 0°05′ (and Neptune)

Mercury conjunct Thuban: Sara Aldrete 0°59′, Percy Bysshe Shelley 0°59′, Tom Brady 1°00′

Saturn conjunct Thuban: Kourtney Kardashian 0°17′

Uranus conjunct Thuban: Helen Keller 0°02′, Nigel Farage 0°21′, Courtney Love 0°22′, Boris Johnson 0°25′

Neptune conjunct Thuban: Elizabeth Taylor 0°05′, Ted Kennedy 0°13′ (and Neptune), Donald Rumsfeld 0°31′

Pluto conjunct Thuban: Barack Obama 0°04′, Jordan Peterson 0°45′, Diego Maradona 0°48′, Princess Diana of Wales 0°51′.

North Node conjunct Thuban: Emily Dickinson 0°12′

South Node conjunct Thuban: Theodore Roosevelt 0°08′

References

1. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.43.
2. Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990, p.9.
3. Thuban Fixed Star Meaning, sentientmetaphysics.com, Ian Scott.
4. Mathesis, Julius Firmicus Maternus, 336 AD, xvii.7.

• All fixed star positions are for the year 2000. Add one degree per 72 years to correct for precession.