History of the star: A pale yellow star in Eridanus, the River. The Arabic spelling for Azha is Al-Udhi (1), "The hatching-place". Azha is supposed to have been the Azha of Al Sufi, and the equivalent Ashiyane of the Persians, and was known by Kazwini as Al Udhiyy, being chief among the stars of the Ostrich's Nest, which the word signifies. The other components were zeta (Zibal), rho, and sigma.

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

The astrological influences of the constellation: According to Ptolemy all the stars with the exception of Achernar are like Saturn. Eridanus gives a love of knowledge and science, much travel and many changes, a position of authority, but danger of accidents, especially at sea and of drowning. (Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923)