21°27' 5° 23'N (2) El Nath, Beta Tauri. (Mars) Eminence.
21°55' 28° 42'S (Neb) Ensis, 42m Orionis. (Mars Moon)
Blindness or defective sight; illness; violent death.
22°....Degree of Literature.
22°22' 24° 32'S (2) Alnilam, Epsilon Orionis. Bright white
star in the center of Orion's belt. (Jupiter Saturn - Mercury
Saturn) Confers fleeting public honors. The three stars in
Orion's belt, when in the Midheaven of a nativity are said to
confer signal honors.
23°....Faith: a military degree; also affecting the spine.
23°40' 2° 12' S (3) Al Hecka, Zeta Tauri. (Mars - Mercury
Saturn) Violence, malevolence, accidents.
25°....Degree of neurasthenia.
27°27' 66° 5N (2) Polaris, Alpha Ursae Minoris. A topaz-yellow
and pale white double star, in the tail of the Little Bear,
and marking the celestial pole. It is now 1°14' distant from
North Pole, but in 2095 it will reach the nearest distance,
26'30". The pole has been successively marked by Alpha Lyrae
(Wega), c. 12,200 B.C.; Tau Draconis, c. 4500 B.C.; and Alpha
Draconis, c. 2700 B.C. It will be marked by Gamma Cepheis, c.
4500 A.D., Alpha Cephei, c. 7500 A.D.; Delta Cygni, c. 11,300
A.D.; and again Wega, c. 13,500 A.D. (Saturn Venus) Sickness
and affliction; legacies attended by evil effects.
27°38' 16° 2'S (1) Betelgeuze, Alpha Orionis. Irregularly
variable orange star in right shoulder of Orion. (Mars Mercury
- Mercury Saturn Jupiter) When in opposition, said to cause
accidents; but in conjunction, to bring honors. A military
star.
28°....Degree of tuberculosis of lungs.
28°48' 21 ° 30'N (2) Menkalinan, beta Aurigae. (Mars Mercury)
Ruin, disgrace.
29°....Degree of imitation and acting.
Degrees, Individual, Cancer (accurate 1925; add 1º 5' for 2002 positions of fixed stars etc.)
(Abbreviations: neb, nebulae; cl, cluster; v, variable.)