History of the star: A triple star, 4.5, 9.1, and 10.8, orange and sky blue, in the River Eridanus. The Arabic spelling for Keid is Al-Qaid (1), "The broken egg-shells", Omicron2 Eri is the Keid of modern lists, Burritt's Kied, from Al Kaid, the Egg-shells, thrown out from the nest close by. [The Ostrich's Nest were eta (Azha) zeta (Zibal) and rho]. Abbe Hell used it in the construction of his constellation Psalterium (Psalterium is no longer recognized by astronomers). 

[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).