History of the star: An orange star in the Dragon, Draco. The Arabic spelling for Edasich is Adh-Dhikh (1), "The hyena". It was called Al Dhih, the "Male Hyaena", from which comes Ed Asich, or Eldsich, its usual title now. In China it was Tso Choo, the "Left Pivot".

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

The astrological influences of the constellation: "According to Ptolemy the bright stars are like Saturn and Mars. Draco gives an artistic and emotional but somber nature, a penetrating and analytical mind, much travel and many friends, but danger of robbery and accidental poisoning. It gives craft, ingenuity, and valor. The Ancients said that when a comet was here, poison was scattered over the world. By the Kabalists it is associated with the Hebrew letter Mem and the 13^th Tarot Trump, Death". (Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology , Vivian E. Robson, 1923)