History of the star: A pale yellow in the Dragon Draco. Thuban from Arabic Ath-Thu'ban (1), "The snake". Thuban and Al Tinnin are from the Arabic title for the whole of Draco. The Persian title was Azhdeha. It is also Adib, Addib, Eddib, Adid, Adive, and El Dsib, all from Al Dhi'bah, "the Hyaenas", that also appears for the stars zeta (Nodus 1), eta, and iota, as well as for others in Bootes and Ursa Major. Al Tizini called it Al Dhifi, "the Male Hyaena". Among seamen it has been the Dragon's Tail.

Sayce says that the great astrological and astronomical work compiled for the first Sargon, king of Agade, or Akkad, devoted much attention to this star, then marking the pole [Polaris marks the Pole nowadays], as Tir-An-na, "the Life of Heaven"; Dayan Same, "the Judge of Heaven"; and Dayan Sidi, "the Favorable Judge", — all representing the god Caga Gilgati, whose name it also bore. Dayan Esiru, "the Prospering Judge", or "the Crown of Heaven", and Dayan Shisha, "the Judge Directing", as having the highest seat amongst the heavenly host [when it was the Pole star]. About 2750 B.C. it was less than 10' from the exact pole.

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

"Thuban (Hebrew), the subtle. Some 4,620 years ago it was the Polar Star. It is still a very important star in nautical reckonings, guiding the commerce of the seas, and thus 'the god of this world' is represented as winding in his contortions round the pole of the world, as if to indicate his subtle influence in all worldly affairs."

[Witness of the Stars, E. W. Bullinger 1893].

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". (Robson).

The general astrological influences of the star: When rising, Thuban indicates prospectors of gold and silver or those who are ministers of money (this might include accountants, clerical workers, cashiers etc. nowadays). If setting and if Mars is conjunct the descendant or in harsh aspect with it, it is said to presage the native being burned in his own house or killed by public execution. (Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990).