Fixed star:  TEJAT POSTERIOR
Constellation:  Mu Gemini
Longitude 1900:  03CAN54. Longitude 2000:  05CAN18.
Declination 1900:  +22.34'. Declination 2000: +22.30'.
Right ascension:  06h22m. Latitude:  -00.49'.
Spectral class:  M3. Magnitude:  3.2.

History of the star: Tejat Posterior is a double star, 3.2 and 11, crocus yellow and blue, in the right heel of the northern Twin (Castor) in the constellation of Gemini. Listed under Dirah "Seed" or "Branch" in Robson's book, Fixed stars and Constellations; and adds; "Symbolically called the Abused or Beaten One".

It was the Persian Pish Pai also seen for eta (Propus), yet appropriate enough for this similarly situated star.

It was Latin dicta Calx, the "Heel" the rounded part of the heel.

It was included in the Arabic 4th manzil, Al Han'ah, "The brand-mark" which comprised of; gamma (Alhena), mu (this star Tejat Posterior), nu, eta (Propus), and xi (Alzirr), in the feet of the Twins. Sometimes the title Nuhatai "Camel Hump" or "Turn" comes from the manzil of that title of which it formed a part.

In Babylonia gamma (Alhena), eta (Propus), mu ( this star Tejat Posterior), nu, and xi (Alzirr), all in the Milky Way, may have been the Babylonian lunar mansion Khigalla, the "Canal", and the equivalent Persian Rakhvad, the Sogdian Ghathaf, and the Khorasmian Gawthaf.

This star marked the 9th ecliptic constellation of Babylonia as Arku-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu, "the Back of the Mouth of the Twins".

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

Influences of the 4th Arabic Moon Mansion, Al Han'ah, the Brand Mark: Favorable for hunting, besieging towns, and the revenge of princes.

[Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923] 

 

The astrological influences of the constellation: "Ptolemy makes the following observations; the stars in the feet of Gemini have an influence similar to that of Mercury, and moderately to that of Venus; the bright stars in the thighs are like Saturn. It is said to cause trouble and disgrace, sickness, loss of fortune, affliction and danger to the knees. By the Cabalists it is associated with the Hebrew letter Qoph and the 19th Tarot Trump, The Sun".(Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology , Vivian E. Robson, 1923)

The astrological influences of the constellation given by Manilius:

"The arms to shoulders joined are accounted to the Twins" [Manilius p.119]

From the Twins come less laborious callings and a more agreeable way of life, provided by varied song and voices of harmonious tone, slender pipes, the melodies inborn in strings and the words fitted thereto : those so endowed find even work a pleasure. They would banish the arms of war, the trumpet's call, and the gloom of old age : theirs is a life of ease and unfading youth spent in the arms of love. They also discover paths to the skies, complete a survey of the heavens with numbers and measurements, and outstrip the flight of the stars: nature yields to their genius, which it serves in all things. So many are the accomplishments of which the Twins are fruitful. [Manilius, Astronomica, 1st century AD. p.281.]

 

The general astrological influences of the star: Energy, force, power, protection. (Robson). 

The ability to express ideas in reasonable and acceptable ways which win, because of their manifest intelligence. Al Hena with Tegat Posterior and Propus (Tegat Prior) entered Cancer 1349, 1621 and 1755 AD respectively. Each of these dates, within a year or two, was significant in the rise of European thought and literature from the Renaissance onwards. (The Living Stars, Dr. Eric Morse).