CORVUS. FIXED STAR - Algorab👺

In the constellation Raven (Corvus) is not a single star of the first magnitude. Are the largest stars in this constellation - Gienah (y Corvus) at Kraz (B Corvus)

LIBRA 10º 44’ ~ GIENAH IN THE LEFT WING OF CORVUS THE RAVEN. 2.8*
LIBRA 11º 40’ ~ MINKAR IN THE NECK OF CORVUS THE RAVEN. 3.2
LIBRA 12º 15’ ~ ALCHITA IN THE BEAK OF CORVUS THE RAVEN. 4.2
LIBRA 13º 27’ ~ ALGORAB IN THE RIGHT-WING OF CORVUS THE RAVEN. 3.1
LIBRA 17º 22’ ~ KRAZ IN THE RIGHT CLAW OF CORVUS THE RAVEN. 2.8
*Star positions for the year 2000.
*Dates are approximate as precession changes the position the older you are.

Legend

• Apollo gave a feast to Jupiter and requiring water sent the raven with a cup (Crater) to fetch some. On his way the raven noticed a fig tree, and, resting there until the figs became ripe, feasted himself upon them until, remembering his errand and fearing the anger of Apollo, he picked up a snake (Hydra) and on his return gave as an excuse that it had prevented him from filling the cup. Apollo ordained in punishment that the raven should never drink so long as figs were not ripe, and placed the raven (Corvus), cup (Crater) and snake (Hydra) in the heavens as a memorial.

• Another myth says “The Raven, was given a task by Apollo of keeping a watchful eye on Apollo’s pregnant lover Coronis. The raven reported back to Apollo the unwelcome news that she was having an affair with someone else. Apollo in anger cursed the raven, and its colour changed from its former silver hue to the present black.”

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Algorab is the most notorious star of Corvus even though it is not the brightest.
The Algorab has a terrible reputation, a reputation of being fiendish but is this notoriety warranted?
In medieval astrology, Algorab was one of the 15 Behenian fixed stars, which were considered useful in magical applications and believed to influence planets when they passed near them. Each of these stars was associated with a plant and gemstone that would be used in rituals to draw the star’s influence. Algorab was linked with the planets Mars and Saturn.

Copperplate 7 from Johann Conrad Barchusen’s 1718 Elementa chemiae, appearing in Johannes Fabricius’s 1976 collection, Alchemy. wikipedia

Its plant was burdock and its gemstone, onyx.

In medieval magic, Algorab is used with “Burdock seed, leaves, and roots, with the tongue of a frog, placed etc. makes men angry, hateful, daring, and evil-speaking, causes wicked dreams, drives demons away, and protects men against demons and evil winds.”

Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology - Vivian Robson
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