Capella
Capella is a fixed star in Auriga, at 22.13° Gemini, of the nature of Jupiter and Saturn.
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`. Capella is the goat that nursed Zeus; the tradition reads it as a protective, nourishing star, and Agrippa pairs Jupiter with Saturn to steady it.
Correspondences
Sacred timing
- Sign
- Gemini
- Degree
- 22.13
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- AlhayhochHircusthe Goat
Practice
- Magical Uses
- ProtectionLearningSafe travelNourishmentCuriosity
Nature and meaning
- Nature
- Benefic
Details
- Designation
- Alpha Aurigae
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Longitude
- 22 Gemini 08
- Gem Name
- Sapphire
- Stone
- Sapphire
- Plant Name
- Thyme
- Keywords
- ProtectionLearningThe goatNourishmentCuriositySafe return
- Sigil
- Agrippa's sigil is the goat Amalthea, the nurse of Zeus, used for protection and plenty.
- Herb
- Thyme
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♈ Zodiac 1
- Gemini Behenian stars
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