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Alderamin at 12°47′ Aries has an orb of 2°00′

The Sun joins Alderamin on April 2

Fixed star Alderamin, Alpha Cephei, is a 2nd magnitude
single star in the right shoulder of the King, Cepheus Constellation.

Magnitude variable 2.44, spectral type A7V.

α Cep is officially named Alderamin.
      Applied to α Cep since medieval times. The derivation understood since Renaissance times was from al-dhirā‘ (al-)yamīn, “the Right Forearm,” an assumed modern Arabic descriptive term for α Cep. But this is apparently erroneous. Firstly, in the Almagest, α Cep is described on the “right shoulder” (Arabic al-katif or al-mankib) of Cepheus, whereas no right “forearm” (al-dhirā‘)  is described for the figure. Secondly, in Arabic, “right forearm” is spelled correctly as al-dhirā‘ al-yumnä, which (in contrast to al-yamīn) lacks assonance in the last syllable to Alderamin.
      Therefore, it is more likely that Alderamin is derived from the various medieval Western abbreviations of muqaddam al-dhirā‘ain, “the Preceding One of the Two Cubits, or Forearms,” which was a modern Arabic name (based on indigenous Arabic for α Gem. This would have been wrongly transferred to α Cep in medieval times. [A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, Kunitzch, Smart, 2006, p.28.]

In Chinese, Alpha Cephei is known as 天鈎五 (Tiān Gōu wu, the Fifth Star of the Celestial Hook.)

Alderamin is located near the precessional path traced across the celestial sphere by the Earth’s north pole. It will be the pole star in 7500 AD.

2000*	2050	Name	Orb
02♈35	03♈17	Deneb Kaitos	2°10′
09♈09	09♈51	Algenib	2°00′
12♈47	13♈28	Alderamin	2°00′
14♈19	15♈01	Alpheratz	2°10′
21♈57	22♈39	Baten Kaitos	1°30′

Constellation Cepheus

According to Ptolemy, Cepheus is like Saturn and Jupiter. It gives authority and a sober mind, sometimes making its natives judges or arbitrators, but exposes to cruel and severe trials. If Mars afflicts the luminaries from Cepheus, especially if in an angle, it causes death by hanging, decapitation, crucifixion or impalement. By the Kabalists this constellation is associated with the Hebrew letter Shin and the 22nd Tarot Trump “The Fool.” ^[1]

In classical times Cepheus was said to presage earthquakes and other events that affect large portions of mankind .^[2] The ancient astronomers were Cepheans who made Cepheus the father of their royal family of stars. ^[4] Cepheus was the inventor of astronomical science. ^[5]

Fixed Star Alderamin Conjunctions

Ascendant conjunct Alderamin: In the 15th part of Capricorn rises Cepheus. Whoever is born with this star in the east will be grave and austere, with all the authority of severity [and] to be feared, always pretending to have a face from the integrity of their morals, who follow the Stoic sect in true affection. Such were the ancient Catos, such in our times is Tullianus, who, by the merit of his severity, even obtained the insignia of the ordinary consulship. But if Venus and Mercury are witnesses in this place, they always read or compose tragic poems. ^[3]

Alderamin was rising in the charts of both Cato the Elder (234-149 BC), Roman statesman, and Tullian (Tullianus Symmachus Valerius), Roman consul, 280-330 AD.^[2]

James Dean 0°24′ (and Uranus), Yao Ming 0°38′, George Blake 0°43′, George Curzon 0°49′ (and Moon), Kendall Jenner 1°04′, Frieda Hughes 1°14′, Lena Horne 1°18′, Jon Voight 1°22′ (and Saturn), Johannes Vehlow 1°34′, Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse 1°36′.

Descendant conjunct Alderamin: But if this star is found in the setting, on the rocks where they had once been in danger, they will die with a miserable loss of body, or perish immediately after birth, or be punished by public notice for incest, so that a new and unheard-of death is inflicted on them. ^[3]

Midheaven conjunct Alderamin: Honor and preferment. ^[1]

George Wallace 0°05′, Larry Fink 0°15′, Marina Abramović 0°19′, Stephen King 0°25′, Queen Camilla 0°28′, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex 0°43′, Charles III 1°10′, Max Heindel 1°15′ (and Neptune), John Travolta 1°27′, Alexandra David-Néel 2°00′.

Imun Coeli conjunct Alderamin: L. Ron Hubbard 1°46′, Brigitte Bardot 1°51′.

Moon conjunct Alderamin: George Curzon 0°12′ (and AC).

Sun conjunct Alderamin: Al Gore 1°07′.

Moon conjunct Alderamin: Michael Wolff 0°49′.

Mercury conjunct Alderamin: Guglielmo Marconi 1°35′.

Venus conjunct Alderamin:

Mars conjunct Alderamin: Hermann Göring 1°21′.

Jupiter conjunct Alderamin: Viktor Orbán 0°08′, James Earl Ray 1°38′.

Saturn conjunct Alderamin: Bernie Madoff 0°07′, Jon Voight 0°31′ (and AC).

Uranus conjunct Alderamin: Jacob Schiff 0°11′, Alvin Ailey 0°17′, The Big Bopper 0°50′, Antonio Vivaldi 1°43′.

Neptune conjunct Alderamin: Max Heindel 0°23′ (and MC).

Pluto conjunct Alderamin: Lord Acton 0°16′.

North Node conjunct Alderamin: Marine Le Pen 0°56′, Anton Mussert 1°47′.

References

1. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.37.
2. Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990, p.12.
3. Mathesis: Liber Octavus, Firmicus Maternus, 4th Century AD, viii.15.4.
4. Stars, Stones and Scholars, Andis Kaulins, 2003, p.19-20, p.57.
5. Natural History, Pliny the Elder, AD 77, [VI.121]