Algol
Algol is a fixed star in Perseus, at 26.43° Taurus, of the nature of Saturn and Jupiter.
Longitude is the tropical position for 2020 from Agrippa's table as tabulated in modern reference works; fixed stars precess about 1 degree per 72 years, so a working should recompute the position for its own epoch. The gem and plant are Agrippa's, and where the gem is not itself a catalogued stone the value is the catalogue's family head, with Agrippa's own name in `gem_name`. Algol is the most feared fixed star in the tradition: it is used to protect, not to bless, and Agrippa pairs it with Saturn and Jupiter because the two together can bind what either alone would only provoke.
Correspondences
Sacred timing
- Sign
- Taurus
- Degree
- 26.43
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Caput AlgolCaput Larvaethe Medusa's Head
Practice
- Magical Uses
- Protection at any costBindingSeveranceFacing the gorgonWarding
Nature and meaning
- Nature
- Malefic
Details
- Designation
- Beta Persei
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Longitude
- 26 Taurus 26
- Gem Name
- Diamond
- Stone
- Diamond
- Plant Name
- black hellebore
- Keywords
- DangerProtectionThe gorgonSeveranceShadowCourage
- Sigil
- Agrippa's sigil is the Gorgoneion: a face with a serpent-crown, used on protective talismans rather than on talismans of attraction.
- Herb
- Hellebore
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♈ Zodiac 1
- Taurus Behenian stars
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