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Procyon

α Canis Minoris · Canis Minor · also Forerunner of the Dog

Ecliptic position at J2000.0
Cancer 25.81°
Ecliptic latitude -16.01°·Magnitude 0.38·F5IV-V
General reference

Nature

Bright F-type star.

Classical attribution

Robson assigns Mars-Mercury nature. Rises shortly before Sirius; classically associated with rapid action and danger.

Other stars in Cancer

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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