History of the star: A yellow star in the Jaw of the Dragon, Draco. It was thought to have marked Draco's darted tongue in the earliest representations of the figure. Ptolemy marked it as the Dragon's under-jaw calling the star Genam. Grumium, was one of the ancient Arabic "Herd of Camels". It was one of Al'Awa'id, "the Mother Camels" which was known as the Quinque Dromedarii. In the Arabic theme for this constellation; the stars beta (Alwaid), gamma (Etamin), nu (Kuma) and xi (this star Grumium) in the Head of the Dragon represent four mother camels protecting a baby camel from the attack of two hyenas (eta and zeta (Nodus 1). The nomads camp located nearby (the three unnamed stars in the neck of the Dragon: upsilon, tau, and sigma). 

[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)