In the Guanche mythology of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), the star Canopus was associated with the goddess Chaxiraxi, and later, with the arrival of Christianity, with the Virgin of Candelaria (also known as 'La morenita' because of the color of her skin), which spread rapidly throughout South America, during the New World era.
Canopus is a white bright gigant star of spectral type A9 II, with a surface temperature of 6998 K. It has a rotation speed of 8 km/s.
Photometric observations were carried out in December 1985, 2004, 2008, August 2014.
Position in relation to the ecliptic:
- Longitude: 105.3º (15º15' Cancer; heptataotile 105º [=semisquare 45º > 0º geminis/Virgo, =sesquicuadrate 135º > 0º Sagittarius/Pisces], 0º15' orb)
- Latitude: -75.8º (14º11' Capricorn; (quadri)novidecile@75º47', 0º02' orb).
Position in relation to the celestial equator:
- Right ascension: 96.0º ( 5º59' 4th House; (cuadra)quincile 96º, 0º01' orb)
- Declination: -52.7º ( 7º18' 11th House)
Canopus is a star that reminds the quality of the planets Mercury and Saturn. It is related with an amazing capacity for bilingualism or socio-cultural adaptation: retaining your own characteristics, at the same time as learning the language or adapting to the culture in which you are completely immersed.
"Divergent" (2014)
Theo James, actor of the movie "Divergent" (2014), has Canopus in Cancer (11th Moon-Node House), in quincunx with Uranus in Sagittarius (6th Moon-Node House).
Shailene Woodley, actress of the movie "Divergent" (2014), has Canopus in Cancer (6th Moon-Node House) in opposition to Neptune in Capricorn (12th Moon-Node House).
