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Betelgeuse

α Orionis · Orion · also Shoulder of the Hunter

Ecliptic position at J2000.0
Gemini 28.75°
Ecliptic latitude -16.04°·Magnitude 0.42·M1-2Ia-Iab
General reference

Nature

Variable red supergiant.

Classical attribution

Robson assigns Mars-Mercury nature. Variable red supergiant; classically associated with martial success.

Other stars in Orion

Other stars in Gemini

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

Last reviewed .