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Alphard

α Hydrae · Hydra · also Solitary One

Ecliptic position at J2000.0
Leo 27.29°
Ecliptic latitude -22.39°·Magnitude 1.99·K3III
General reference

Nature

Heart of Hydra.

Classical attribution

Robson assigns Saturn-Venus nature. Orange giant; classically associated with emotional intensity.

Reference, not advice

This is cultural and astronomical reference, not personal prediction or advice.

Ecliptic position at J2000.0 epoch. Present-day position is shifted by precession (~50.3 arc-seconds per year). Classical attributions paraphrased from Vivian E. Robson, “The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology” (1923, public domain).

Sources

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