Constellation Libra
Tula mandala – The balance – Burj al Mizan – Chelai, the claws. Constellation Libra.
Alpha – Zuben Esh Shemali, the northern claw(of the scorpion) – Saumya-Kilaka – Zubenesh.
Beta – Zuben el Janib – Zubenelg, southern claw – Yamya Kilaka.
Delta – Mulu-Lizi, man of fire – Tarit – Al Hakrab, the scorpion.
Eta – Zubenhakrabi, scorpion’s claw.
Asterisms in Libra
Nakshatra Visākha – Radha. The 16th of sequence. Made up of Alpha and Beta Libra. Deity – Indra and Agni.
El Zubana – The claws. Alpha and Beta Libra. The 16th Arabic lunar mansion.
Stars at Sidereal Zodiac Degree
Zuben Elakrab
1°16’ Scorpio
– Gamma Libra. ‘The price of the deficient’. In reference to (slain) Lupus, the price of the conflict.
Zuben Elgenubi
21°13’ Libra
– Alpha Libra. The Southern scale. Also to be referred as the claws of the Scorpion in the olden eras. Also the Nakshatra Visakha, the star of purpose.
Zuben Elakribi
21°25’ libra
– Delta Libra. In the northern claw. Also called the ‘Man of Fire’, or the one next to the leader.
Zuben Hakrabi
24°54’ Libra
– Nu Libra. A star in the southern claw. Near the scale. Has regal origins.
Zuben Eschamali
25°30’ Libra
– Beta Libra. The Northern Scale. Also known as the ‘full price that covers it’, and the Northern Light in the most ancient systems.
Lupus constellation
Sārdula mandala – The wolf.
Alpha – Men.
Asterisms in Lupus
Vyāghra, old nakshatra – Vrik.
Made up of Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta Lupus.
Constellation Centaurus
Mahishāsura mandala.
Alpha – Rigel Kentaurus.
Beta – Hadar – Agena.
Gamma – Muhlifain.
Theta – Menkent.
Kappa – Ke Kwan.
Toliman
5°38’ Scorpio
– Alpha Centaurus. Rigel. Mahisasura in the Indian pantheon. This is the closest star after our Sun.
Menkent
18°27’ Libra
– Theta Centaur. The left shoulder of the centaur, the one that holds the bow.
Agena
29°55’ Libra
– Beta Centaurus. The knee of the Centaur. Also called Hadar, the ground.
Circinus constellation
Vritta mandala – compass.
Apus constellation
Dhumrāt mandala – bird of paradise.
A coat of quotes and passing poetry
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The Triumph Song of Trisanku - Constellation Crux
I shall not die.
Although this body, when the spirit tires Of its cramped residence, shall feed the fires, My house consumes, not I. Leaving that case I find out ample and ethereal room. My spirit shall avoid the hungry tomb, Deceiving death's embrace. Night shall contain The sun in its cold depths;
Time too must cease;
The stars that labour shall have their release.
I cease not, I remain.
Ere the first seeds
Were sown on earth, I was already old,
And when now unborn planets shall grow cold
My history proceeds.
I am the light.
In stars, the strength of lions and the joy
Of mornings; I am man and maid and boy,
Protean, infinite.
I am a tree
That stands out singly from the infinite blue;
I am the quiet falling of the dew
And am the unmeasured sea.
I hold the sky
Together and upbear the teeming earth.
I was the eternal thinker at my birth
And shall be, though I die.
"Triumph song of Trisanku | Aurobindo