Sirius
Sirius is a fixed star in Canis Major, at 14.35° Cancer, of the nature of Venus.
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`. Beryl is the family head of aquamarine in the catalogue. Sirius is Sopdet to the Egyptians, whose heliacal rising marked the Nile flood; the star is hot, loyal and purifying rather than gentle.
Correspondences
- Planet
- Venus
Sacred timing
- Sign
- Cancer
- Degree
- 14.35
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Canis Majorthe Dog StarSopdet
Practice
- Magical Uses
- FidelityLoyaltyProtection of the homeThe floodPurification
Nature and meaning
- Nature
- Benefic
Details
- Designation
- Alpha Canis Majoris
- Constellation
- Canis Major
- Longitude
- 14 Cancer 21
- Gem Name
- Beryl
- Stone
- Aquamarine
- Plant Name
- Juniper
- Keywords
- HeatFidelityThe dogThe nile floodGoddessLoyalty
- Sigil
- Agrippa's sigil is the dog, used for talismans of fidelity and for the heat that purifies.
- Herb
- Juniper
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♈ Zodiac 1
- Cancer Behenian stars
☾ Lunar mansions 1
- al-Tarf Behenian Star
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