#deneb adige

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“In its own person the Swan hides a god and the voice belonging to it; it is more than a bird and mutters to itself within." - Manilius

[incorporeality]

brilliant white supergiant

Deneb Adige is the brightest star from Cygnus, located in the tail of the swan.

Magnitude: 1,3

Projected Ecliptical Degrees: 50 Pisces 26′

Declination: 45N16’01”

Planetary nature: Venus/Mercury

Official name: Alpha Cygnus

  Symbolism:

- art, science, quick at learning, intelligence, skill;

- spirituality;

- aggressive state;

- love, lust.

[incorporeality]

From this constellation shall flow a thousand human skills (artes): its child will declare war on heaven and catch a bird in mid-flight, or he will rob it of its nestling, or draw nets up and over a bird whilst it is perched on a branch or feeds on the ground (swans had a reputation for being hostile to other birds). And the object of these skills is to satisfy our high living. Today we go farther afield for the stomach than we used to go for war: we are fed from the shores of Numidia and the groves of Phasis; our markets are stocked from the land whence over a new-discovered sea was carried off the Golden Fleece. Nay more, such a man will impart to the birds of the air the language of men and what words mean; he will introduce them to a new kind of intercourse, teaching them the speech denied them by nature's law.

Manilius on Deneb Adige

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Deneb Adige 5° Pisces 16' constellation Alpha Cygnus

Intelligent, creative, original, naive, astrology, writing, the public

This beautiful white supergiant star in the tail of the Swan is said to give the power to develop the mind and the artistic talents, and to become quick at learning and inventing. This star is nicknamed the star of the Shamen, it has a mystical, enchanted and almost euphoric feel to it, it is gently powerful in a very subtle way. The Swan as a bird is strong and can be very protective and aggressive, so there is a duality about this star that one never knows exactly what qualities are going to come out.

Deneb Adige does insure that the artists among them make gains from their talent seeing this star has a fortunate influence over artistic or scientific pursuits. This star is also known for unsteady affections being a late developer. They retain their childlike wonder at the world long past their midlife. This maybe because their luck at not really having to bear much responsibility for others, they travel light and they float high.