History of the star: Alshain is the southern of the two stars flanking Altair. Alshain is from Shahin, a portion of the Persian name for the constellation Aquila. Another title is Arabic Al Unuk al Ghurab, "the Raven's Neck". 

This star, beta (Alshain), Alpha (Altair), and gamma (Tarazed) constituted the twenty-first Hindu nakshatra Sravana, the "Ear", and probably was at first so drawn, although also known as Crona, "Lame", or as Acvattha, "the Sacred Fig Tree", Vishnu being regent of the asterism; these stars representing the "Three Footsteps" with which that god strode through the heavens, a Trident being the symbol.

[Star Names, Their Lore and Meaning, Richard Hinchley Allen, 1889].

Influences of 21st Hindu Moon Mansion: cunning, active, bold, truthful, virtuous, religious and skilful. With Moon transiting here at birth native will be rich, learned, famous, and have a good wife. (Robson*)

Antinous is now taken as part of this constellation, Aquila. It lies just south of the alpha star Altair. No astrological influence was suggested for Antinous by the ancients, but it seems to have been associated with the ideas of passion, love and friendship, for certain of its components stars were named Alkhalimain or Al Halilain, the Two Friends, by the Arabs, and the Kabalists associated it with the Hebrew letter Vau and the 6th Tarot Trump "The Lovers." It has also been said to give a love of swimming, and to be connected with certain sex irregularities [homosexuality], the latter probably being greatest in that part of the constellation lying in Capricorn. [Altair is said to be included and those stars south of Altair are; this star beta (Alshain),  gamma (Tarazed), iota, eta and lamda]. (Robson*).

Antinous is now taken as part of this constellation. It lies just south of Altair in Aquila. No astrological influence was suggested for this constellation by the ancients, but it seems to have been associated with the ideas of passion, love and friendship, for certain of its components stars were named Alkhalimain or Al Halilain, the Two Friends, by the Arabs, and the Kabalists associated it with the Hebrew letter Vau and the 6th Tarot Trump "The Lovers." It has also been said to give a love of swimming, and to be connected with certain sex irregularities [homosexuality], the latter probably being greatest in that part of the constellation lying in Capricorn. [Altair is said to be included and those stars south of Altair are; beta (Alshain), gamma (Dheneb Okab),  iota, eta and lamda]. (Robson*).

The astrological influences of the constellation given by Manilius:

"The Eagle, soars to the heights, the bird of mighty Jupiter carrying thunderbolts, it is a bird worthy of Jupiter and the sky, which it furnishes with awful armaments. This bird brings back the thunderbolts which Jupiter has flung and fights in the service of heaven. He that is born on earth in the hour of its rising, will grow up bent on spoil and plunder, won even with bloodshed; he will draw no line between peace and war, between citizen and foe, and when he is short of men to kill he will engage in butchery of beast. He is a law unto himself, and rushes violently wherever his fancy takes him; in his eyes to show contempt for everything merits praise. Yet, should perchance his aggressiveness be enlisted in a righteous cause, depravity will turn into virtue, and he will succeed in bringing wars to a conclusion and enriching his country with glorious triumphs. And, since the Eagle does not wield, but supplies weapons, seeing that it brings back and restores to Jupiter the fires and bolts he has hurled, in time of war such a man will be the aide of a king or of some mighty general, and his strength will render them important service". [Astronomica, Manilius, 1st century AD, book 5, p.341.].

References

*(Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology , Vivian E. Robson, 1923) 

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