Procyon
Procyon is a fixed star in Canis Minor, at 26.05° Cancer, of the nature of Mercury and Mars.
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`. Procyon rises before Sirius (hence the name, 'before the dog'), and the tradition gives it the quality of anticipation rather than of arrival.
Correspondences
Sacred timing
- Sign
- Cancer
- Degree
- 26.05
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Canis Minorthe Little Dog
Practice
- Magical Uses
- SpeedAnticipationQuickeningMessenger workYouthful vitality
Nature and meaning
- Nature
- Mixed
Details
- Designation
- Alpha Canis Minoris
- Constellation
- Canis Minor
- Longitude
- 26 Cancer 03
- Gem Name
- Agate
- Stone
- Agate
- Plant Name
- water buttercup
- Keywords
- SpeedAnticipationThe hareQuickeningMessengerYouth
- Sigil
- Agrippa's sigil is the little dog or hare, used for speed and for coming events.
- Herb
- Water Buttercup
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Every entry that names Procyon, grouped by the system it comes from.
♈ Zodiac 1
- Cancer Behenian stars
☾ Lunar mansions 1
- al-Jabhah Behenian Star
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