From The Alpha and the Omega - Volume III
by Jim A. Cornwell, Copyright © July 20, 2002, all rights reserved
"Volume III - The Seventh Month - Star Names for Libra"

In the Seventh Month of Libra

Star Names of Libra

    J. Epping (1889) "Astronmisches Aus Babylon," provides the Babylonian and Hassan Al-Saba (Saudia Arabia) provides the Arabic source for the following 28 lunar mansion names listed as:

a Zubenelgenubi or Zuben' El Genu'bi, which is Arabic for "southern claw," (of the scorpion) marks one end of the beam of the "balance of the scales."    It is a double star, which is the brightest star in the lower scale. b Zubeneschamali or Zuben Eschama'li, and is Arabic for the "northern claw," (of the scorpion) the other end of the "balance of the scales." d Librae (no name) which is an eclipsing variable star. e Zuben'ha'krabi or Zubanalakrab, from one source, whereas:

g Zubenelakrab, Zuben Elakrab, Zuben Hakrabi or Zuban el Hakrabi, which is Arabic for the "scorpion's claw," and it marks one of the "pans of the scale." s Librae (no name). Other stars not mentioned above are:
i, u, n, t, h, and q, which completes the 12 stars in the constellation of Libra.


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