Star in Cetus
Menkar
From the Arabic word al-minkhar, "the nostrils," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing λ Cet. Wrongly applied as a star name to α Cet (properly on the "jaw") in a Medieval Latin star table.
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Astronomy
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Name origin
Names
What this star has been called across cultures
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Myths
Astrology
Fixed-star astrology
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Magic
Magical correspondences
Stellar glyphs
Received as personal gnosis — not from a written source.
References
- Personal gnosis of Aileen Daw
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