![]() From Cassiope come the memorials of Pompey’s triumph of old and the trophies which bear the features of Mithridates: they remain to this very day, spoils undimmed by the passage of time, their sparkle as fresh as ever. From Cassiope come the gifts of Augustus which gleam in the temples he consecrated, where the blaze of gold rivals the sun’s brightness and the fires of gems flash forth light out of shadow. “Cassiope will produce goldsmiths who can turn their work into a thousand different shapes, endow the precious substance with yet greater value, and add thereto the vivid hue of Jewels. It is associated by the Kabalists with the Hebrew letter Beth and the 2nd Tarot Trump “The High Priestess.” The astrological influences of the constellation Cassiopeia given by Manilius: It is said to give haughtiness, boastfulness and exaggerated pride, but at the same time the power of commanding respect. Influences: According to Ptolemy this constellation is of the nature of Saturn and Venus. She is said to have boasted that not only Andromeda but she herself was fairer than the Nereids, and for that reason she was bound to her chair and condemned to circle the pole head downwards as a lesson in humility. Legend: Cassiopeia, the the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, was taken into heaven in consideration of the deeds of Perseus (see Andromeda). The astrological influences of the constellation Cassiopeia Star Names, Their Lore and Meaning, Richard Hinckley Allen, 1889]. Headlong thitherward o’er the starry sea.” - Edgar Allan Poe’s AI Aaraf “When first Al Aaraf knew her course to be Just north of it is an especially bright patch in the Milky Way ![]() When above Polaris and nearest the zenith the astronomical day begins at 0 hours, 0 minutes, and 0 seconds when due west the sidereal time is 6 hours when south and nearest the horizon, 12 hours, and when east, 18 hours this celestial clock-hand thus moving on the heavenly dial contrary to the motion of the hands of our terrestrial clocks, and at but one half the speed.īeta (β)’s parallax, 0″.16, indicates a distance of 20 light years. This same location, 32° from the pole, and very near to the prime meridian, has rendered it useful for marking sidereal time. With alpha (α) Andromeda ( Alpherarz) and gamma (γ) Pegasus ( Algenib), as the Three Guides, it marks the equinoctial colure, itself exceedingly close to that great circle and, being located on the same side of the pole as is Polaris, it always affords an approximate indication of the latter’s position with respect to that point. [A scanned copy can be viewed on this webpageīeta (β) Cassiopeia, Caph, is a white star on the upper right-hand corner of the chair that the Ethiopian Queen is seated on.Ĭaph, Chaph, or Kaff, on the upper right-hand corner of the chair, are from the Arabic title of the constellation Cassiopeia but Al Tizini (Arabian astronomer, first half of 16th century) designated the star as Al Sanam al Nakah, the Camel’s Hump, referring to the contemporaneous Persian figure. From p.146 of Star Names, Richard Hinckley Allen, 1889.
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