| DENEB OKAB | |
| Delta Aquila | |
| 22CAP14. | 23CAP38. |
| +02.55'. | +03.06'. |
| 19h25m. | +24.49'. |
| A5. | 3.4. |
History of the star: Deneb Okab "Tail of the Eagle" is a star southwest of the Eagle's right shoulder. Although this star was always part of Aquila, for a time it was also once part of the constellation of Antinous along with eta and sigma, theta, iota, kappa, lamda, upsilon, all now in Aquila. The constellation is said to have been introduced into the sky, in the year 132, by the Emperor Hadrian, in honor of his young Bithynian favorite, whose soul his courtiers had shown him shining in its lucida after the youth's self-sacrifice by drowning in the Nile from his belief that his master's life might thus be prolonged. This was because the oracle at Beza had asserted that only by the death of the object which the emperor most loved could great danger to the latter be averted. The new asterism, however, was little known among early astronomers; and although Ptolemy alluded to it, he did so but slightingly [doubtlessly because of catamite connotations].
This star delta (Deneb Okab), eta and theta, of 3rd to 4th magnitudes, in Antinous, were Al Mizan, the "Scale-beam", of early Arabia, from their similar direction and nearly equal distances apart.
[Star
Names,
Their Lore and Meaning, Richard Hinchley Allen,
1889].
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.].
The general astrological influences of the star: Ability to command. Success in martial arts. (Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990).