Vega
Vega is a fixed star in Lyra, at 15.57° Capricorn, of the nature of Mercury and 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`. Vega is the lyre of Orpheus and the falling vulture of the older star-lore; the tradition reads it as a star of enchantment and of the arts.
Correspondences
Sacred timing
- Sign
- Capricorn
- Degree
- 15.57
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Vultur Cadensthe Falling VultureWaghi
Practice
- Magical Uses
- MusicPoetryEnchantmentMagicPersuasionArt
Nature and meaning
- Nature
- Mixed
Details
- Designation
- Alpha Lyrae
- Constellation
- Lyra
- Longitude
- 15 Capricorn 34
- Gem Name
- Chrysolite
- Stone
- Chrysolite
- Plant Name
- winter savory
- Keywords
- The vultureThe lyreMusicMagicPoetryEnchantment
- Sigil
- Agrippa's sigil is the falling vulture or the lyre, used for enchantment and for the arts.
- Herb
- Winter Savory
One of 3,120 entries in the Grimoire — the whole library, every cross-reference, is free to take. Take the whole thing Is it wrong somewhere?
Referenced by 2
Every entry that names Vega, grouped by the system it comes from.
♈ Zodiac 1
- Capricorn Behenian stars
☾ Lunar mansions 1
- Sa'd al-Su'ud Behenian Star
More in Fixed stars
The entries either side of this one in the same catalogue.
- Antares Antares is a fixed star in Scorpius, at 10.02° Sagittarius, of the nature of Mars and Jupiter.
- Deneb Algedi Deneb Algedi is a fixed star in Capricornus, at 23.8° Aquarius, of the nature of Saturn and Mercury.
- Alphecca Alphecca is a fixed star in Corona Borealis, at 12.57° Scorpio, of the nature of Venus and Mars.
- Algol Algol is a fixed star in Perseus, at 26.43° Taurus, of the nature of Saturn and Jupiter.
- Arcturus Arcturus is a fixed star in Boötes, at 24.5° Libra, of the nature of Mars and Jupiter.
- Alcyone Alcyone is a fixed star in Taurus, at 0.27° Gemini, of the nature of Moon and Mars.
New entries, when they land
Occasional notes when a section of the grimoire is added or revised. No account, no tracking across sites, and one line to leave.