| ACUMEN | |
| M7 Scorpius | |
| 27SAG21. | 28SAG45. |
| -34.47'. | -34.49'. |
| 17h53m. | -11.22'. |
| C. | 3.2. |
History of the star: A star in the sting of the Scorpion Scorpius. A companion cluster to Aculeus and of the same nature.
The Akkadians called Scorpio,
Girtab, the "Seizer", or "Stinger", and the Place where One
Bows Down, titles indicative of the creature's dangerous character;
and referring to the striking curve of stars which lies in
a dark portion of the Milky Way that forms the tail of the Scorpion, terminating
in the poisonous upturned stinger, as if ready for an attack.
[Star
Names,
Their Lore and Meaning, Richard Hinchley Allen,
1889].
Etymology:
Isaac Mozeson author of "The Word", says about Acumen:
"It means sting in Latin, smarts in English. [K]HaKHMaH means smart in Hebrew.
Either way, it smarts (hurts). Beyond other things said about the sting root in
Indo-European and Edenic, QaM means an enemy, or literally one who rises up
against you".
In "The Word" Isaac Mozeson says about the word Acumen:
"ACUMEN is a Latin word meaning mental acute-ness as well as a point and a
sting. The IE root is ak, signifying sharpness. Hebrew HAKH'MA means
intelligence and skill, a word of mental acuity with many sharp branches.
BRANCHES: To sting is Hebrew OKUTZ or HEKESH. HOAKH is a briar or thorn, while English COG is a tooth. HAKU is a fishhook and HAKA is to angle (for fish) or to wait. The KM element of HAKHMA recalls the objects of wisdom: the KUMA (how much), the KIMO (in common) and the KAMOOS (hidden, concealed). Psalms 111:10: At the head of wisdom is awe for God. " [The Word, dictionary, Isaac Mozeson, Edenic (Biblical Hebrew), SPI books, ISBN 15671-942-0].
The astrological influences of the constellation: The Scorpion is associated with the Hebrew letter Oin and the 16th Tarot Trump "The Lightning-Struck Tower". (Robson*).
"The Scorpion presides over arms" [Manilius,
Astronomica
By virtue of his tail armed with its powerful sting, wherewith, when
conducting the Sun's chariot through his sign, he cleaves the soil
and sows seed in the furrow, the Scorpion creates natures ardent for
war and active service, and a spirit which rejoices in plenteous
bloodshed and in carnage more than in plunder. Why, these men spend
even peace under arms : they fill the glades and scour the woods;
they wage fierce warfare now against man, now against beast, and now
they sell their persons to provide the spectacle of death and to
perish in the arena, when, warfare in abeyance, they each find
themselves foes to attack. There are those, too, who enjoy
mock-fights and jousts in arms (such is their love of fighting) and
devote their leisure to the study of war and every pursuit which
arises from the art of war. [Manilius,
Astronomica
The general astrological influences of the star: It effects the eyesight and causes blindness of one or both eyes, if in conjunction with an afflicted luminary or in conjunction with a malefic that afflicts the luminaries. The opposition seems to be equally important. (Robson*).
This star along with
Aculeus has a notorious reputation in astrology as
'blind stars' or stars associated with eyesight problems. These stars shows up a
negative Mars-Moon quality in people who have them poorly aspected, with a
tendency towards a morbid outlook, seeing the worst rather than the best in
everything. If their religious views are affected, as so often with anything in
Sagittarius, there is a tendency to be either the 'hellfire and damnation
brigade' or to take up a fierce anti-religious and even anti-God stance. But at
their best, well aspected, they can have very sharp minds and a perception well
above average as though, perhaps 'blind' to what we see and take for granted,
they see what we do not, at levels where eyesight does not reach. Not for
nothing has the word Acumen come down to us as a term for a sharp mind. (The Living Stars
References
*(Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology
, Vivian E. Robson, 1923)