History of the star: A star in the Lesser Lion Leo Minor. Praecipua is a Latin word meaning head, leader, chief, or first.

Influence of constellation: It gives a generous, noble, peaceable, but fearless nature, with the ability to undertake prominent and responsible positions. (Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology , Vivian E. Robson, 1923)

Astrologers believed that the clarity of these stars in Leo Minor, foretold the election of meritorious men. (The New Patterns in the Sky, Julius D.W. Staal, 1988).