![]() From Cassiope come the gifts of Augustus which gleam in the temples he consecrated, where the blaze of gold rivals the sun’s brightness and the fires of gems flash forth light out of shadow. Īnd Cassiepia, her face upturned to witness the sacrifice she caused… Cassiope will produce goldsmiths who can turn their work into a thousand different shapes, endow the precious substance with yet greater value, and add thereto the vivid hue of Jewels. ![]() 126 and the constellation is rich in clusters. Cassiopeia lies between Cepheus, Andromeda, and Perseus, Argelander cataloguing 68 stars here, but Heis. Professor Young gives the word Bagdei as a help to memorizing the order of the chief components from their letters beta (Caph), alpha ( Schedir), gamma (Cih), delta (Rucha), epsilon (Segin), iota the last being the uppermost when the figure is on the horizon, hanging head downwards. Hyginus, writing the word Cassiepia, described the figure as bound to her seat, and thus secured from falling out of it in going around the pole head downward, - this particular spot in the sky having been selected by the Cassiopeia queen’s enemies, the sea-nymphs, to give her an effectual lesson in humility, for a location nearer the equator would have kept her nearly upright…Ĭonstellation Cassiopeia Īs the figure almost wholly lies in the Milky Way, the Celts fixed upon it as their Llys Don, the Home of Don, their king of the fairies and father of the mythical character Gwydyon, who gave name to that great circle… The astrologers said that it partook of the nature of Saturn and Venus. It also is known as the Celestial W when below the pole, and the Celestial M when above it. It is associated by the Kabalists with the Hebrew letter Beth and the 2nd Tarot Trump “The High Priestess.” Ĭassiopeia, or Cassiope more correctly Cassiepeia, although variously written, is one of the oldest and popularly best known of our constellations, and her throne, “the shinie Casseiopeia’s chair” of Spenser’s Faerie Queen, is a familiar object to the most youthful observer. If culminating, improved health, fame by help of superiors.) It is said to give haughtiness, boastfulness and exaggerated pride, but at the same time the power of commanding respect. If rising, good-tempered, healthy, gain by industry and marriage. She is said to have boasted that not only Andromeda but she herself was fairer than the Nereids, and for that reason she was bound to her chair and condemned to circle the pole head downwards as a lesson in humility.Īccording to Ptolemy this constellation is of the nature of Saturn and Venus (slovenly, very immoral, shameless, revolting, mean, sorrows in love. Cassiopeia, the the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, was taken into heaven in consideration of the deeds of Perseus (see Andromeda).
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