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Sirius

α Canis Majoris · Canis Major · also Dog Star

Ecliptic position at J2000.0
Cancer 14.14°
Ecliptic latitude -39.61°·Magnitude -1.46·A1V
Behenian fixed star

Nature

Brightest star in night sky.

Classical attribution

Brightest star in Earth's night sky. Robson assigns Mars-Jupiter nature; classically associated with eminence and ambitious success.

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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