Vertex at 27°51′ Aries has an orb of 1°40′

The Sun joins Vertex on April 17

Fixed star Vertex, M31 Andromeda Galaxy, is a 3.44 magnitude spiral galaxy situated on the thigh of the Chained Woman, Andromeda Constellation. It is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way and is approaching us at over 100 kilometers per second. It is expected to directly collide with the Milky Way in about 4 billion years. The fate of the Earth and the Solar System from the Andromeda–Milky Way collision is currently unknown. [1]

2000*	2050	Name	Orb
24♈13	24♈55	Kurhah	1°20′
26♈49	27♈31	Alpherg	1°40′
27♈51	28♈33	Vertex	1°40′
29♈23	00♉05	Alrisha	1°30′
00♉24	01♉06	Mirach	2°10′

Vertex Astrology

VERTEX. 31 M Andromedae. The Great Nebulae located to the north of Andromedae’s head. Of the nature of Mars and the Moon. It causes blindness, injuries to the eyes, sickness and a violent death. [2]

GREAT NEBULAE. 31M Andromedae. The great nebulae located to the north of Andromedae’s head. This group imparts to its natives violence, passion, health problems, eye and/or ear problems. The native is changeable and has the drive to excell or succeed. [6]

Ptolemy classed it malefically as a Mars-Moon type, about as bad as it can be! Someone has unfortunately given it the name Vertex, which is used for a quite different kind of item in astrology, so it is better to call it Great Galaxy or Andromeda Galaxy. It really is one of the most potent Signs in this part of the sky, revealing to us, if well aspected, the person who has great gifts for treating sickness of neurosis, psychosis or obsession; otherwise it shows up just as the people suffering most from those very Mars-Moon problems deep within them from the past, personal or collective. [3]

Vertex rules slightly to the back of the crown of the head. [4]

Constellation Andromeda

According to Ptolemy, the influence of this constellation is similar to that of Venus, though the legend would lead one to suppose some connection with Virgo. It is said to bestow purity of thought, virtue, honor, and dignity upon its natives, but to cause battle with chimerical fears and a tendency to become easily discouraged. By the Kabbalists it is associated with the Hebrew letter Pé and the 17th Tarot Trump, The Stars” If Mars afflicts the luminaries from Andromeda and especially if in an angle, it causes death by hanging, decapitation, crucifixion or impalement. [1]

Tetrabiblos asserts that the brights stars of this constellation are of the nature of Venus and so os its brightest star. It is a generally favorable constellation denoting that which is honorable and eminent. Badly placed, however, it can portend earthquakes, and in the Middle Ages was said that Mars in this constellation in aspect with the Sun caused death by crucifixion or hanging. [5]

Fixed Star Vertex Conjunctions

Ascendant conjunct Vertex: Tyco Brahe 0°43′, MacKenzie Scott 1°18′

Midheaven conjunct Vertex: Richard Branson 0°15′, Otto von Bismarck 0°38′, Elon Musk 0°53′, Pablo Picasso 1°08′, Toby Maguire 1°16′ (and Mars)

Descendant conjunct Vertex: Adolf Hitler 0°22′ (and Mercury), Jimmy Carter 0°42′, Courtney Love 1°01′, Pierre Cardin 1°09′, Hugo Grotius 1°12′, Dua Lipa 1°16′.

Imun Coeli conjunct Vertex: Jane Roberts 0°29′, Charles Bronson 1°17′. 

Part of Fortune conjunct Vertex: Hans Fritzsche 0°01′, Charles Chaplin 0°03′ (and Sun), Barack Obama 0°04′

Sun conjunct Vertex: The native may gain high preferment in dealings with the public or in connection with public matters. Negative nativities may be subject to chronic, difficult-to-diagnose or possibly serious illness, and other health problems. Violence is possible. [6]

Kourtney Kardashian 0°16′, Beatrice, Princes of the UK °′, Ernst Thälmann 0°21′, Henri Mancini 0°24′, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 0°36′, Charles Chaplin 0°41′ (and POF), Conan O’Brien 0°41′, James Woods 0°46′, Peter Ustinov 0°53′ (and S.Node), Émile Durkheim 1°08′, Hayley Mills 1°11′, Nikolay Gumilyov 1°12′, Beatrice, Princes of the UK 1°19′, Elizabeth Montgomery 1°20′, Linda Perry 1°24′ (and Venus), J. P. Morgan 1°29′. 

Moon conjunct Vertex: The native has an inner drive to succeed, get ahead, obtain recognition. There is the drive for money, authority. The native gains and loses friends, acquaintances; they seem to ‘come and go’, not necessarily due to disagreements. The native may develop ‘secret’ bad habits – – in positive nativities this may exhibit itself as health problems leading to self destruction. Negative nativities secret bad habits could also lead to self destruction, but could involve sexual promiscuity, dishonesty, which may be outright dishonesty, or not above making ‘shady deals’ or taking unnecessary chances that could lead to self destruction. Violence is possible. [6]

Kamala Harris 0°17′, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1°16′, Pablo Escobar 1°21′

Mercury conjunct Vertex: Secret bad habits, a loner, sexual fantasies or problems, subject to violence or self-destruction. If Mercury is negative, mental disturbances and any kind of mind-altering substances would bring the worst to the forefront and take its toll. [6]

Vincent van Gogh 0°11′, Adolf Hitler 0°38′ (and DC)

Venus conjunct Vertex: Secret bad habits, a loner, sexual fantasies or problems, subject to violence or self-destruction. A cold, detached, unfeeling, unemotional personality. However, can appear outwardly to be very sociable and agreeable, with the possibility of a tendency to overreact to situations. [6]

David Berkowitz 0°02′, Sigmund Freud 0°21′, Linda Perry 0°22′ (and Sun), George Takei 0°52′, Morgan Freeman 1°00′, Queen Victoria 1°14′, Marshall Applewhite 1°22′, Melville Davisson Post 1°28′, David Helfgott 1°29′ (and Mars)

Mars conjunct Vertex: Secret bad habits, a loner, sexual fantasies or problems, subject to violence or self-destruction. Can be heroic, courageous, and even defiant but with a tendency to be reckless, thoughtless, inconsiderate and even accident-prone. [6]

This position is quite devastating, as it activates all of the fixed star positions involving the head area. Its energy multiplies eye problems, and greatly increases difficulties with the pineal and pituitary glands. This is an individual that is born blind, and it would be irreversible. [4] The following list of famous people with Mars conjunct Vertex shows this channeled material to be inaccurate:

Tobey Maguire 0°01′ (and MC), Rocco Siffredi 0°15′, Geraldo Rivera 0°17′, Trish McKelvey 0°20′, Marquis de Sade 0°22′, Princess Caroline of Hanover 0°25′, Stuart O’Grady 0°29′, Samantha Fox 0°38′, Judith Durham 0°48′, David Helfgott 1°13′ (and Venus), George Ginzburg 1°16′, Jack Parr 1°17′.

Jupiter conjunct Vertex: Nigel Farage 0°35′, Rihanna 1°02′, Kirk Douglas 1°03′, Pablo Neruda 1°23′, Che Guevara 1°23′.

Saturn conjunct Vertex: Hunter Schafer 1°04′, Helen Keller 1°11′.

Uranus conjunct Vertex: Roman Polanski 0°23′, Elvis Presley 0°32′, Daniel Chester French 0°42′, Shirley MacLaine 0°49′, Andreas Vesalius 0°59′, Manuel Noriega 1°06′.

North Node conjunct Vertex: Mark Ruffalo 0°02′, Winston Churchill 0°15′, Gavin Newsom 0°35′. 

South Node conjunct Vertex: Peter Ustinov 0°40′ (and Sun), Ivan The Terrible 0°58′, William Butler Yeats 1°24′, Giorgia Meloni 1°34′. 

References

1. Andromeda Galaxy, Wikipedia.
2. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.26, 214.
3. The Living Stars, Dr. Eric Morse, 1988, p.128.
4. The Fixed Star Health and Behavior Imbalance, Ted George and Barbara Parker, 1985, p.15.
5. Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan,1990. p.30.
6. The Power of the Fixed Stars, Joseph E. Rigor, 1979, p.56-57, 248-249.

• All fixed star positions are for the year 2000. Add one degree per 72 years to correct for precession.