Algieba
Gamma Leonis · Leo
Position (2026)
♌ 29°59' Leo
Magnitude
2.01
Planetary Nature
Saturn / Mars (robson)
Robson: Saturn and Mars. Gamma Leonis, in the mane of the Lion.
Spectral Type
K0III
Appearance
A beautiful double star of two golden orange giants in the mane of the Lion
Name Origin
Language
Arabic
Original Form
Al Jabhah
Meaning
The Forehead (of the Lion)
Gamma Leonis. From the Arabic Al Jabhah, referring to the forehead of the Lion, though the star actually sits on the mane. The name has been written as Algieba, Al Gieba, and Algeiba. It is a fine visual double star.
Known As
Algieba in Astrology
Algieba, in the mane of Leo the Lion, carries Saturn-Mars energy that bestows a combination of martial pride and disciplined strategic thinking. It grants you a commanding presence and the instinct to defend your position with both force and calculated patience. Authority is maintained through demonstrated strength and tactical intelligence.
Mythology & History
Algieba takes its name from the Arabic al-Jabhah, meaning 'the forehead,' though it actually marks the mane of Leo the Lion. It is a beautiful double star, its two golden-orange components resolvable through a small telescope, making it a favorite of amateur astronomers. The mane of the lion in ancient cultures represented the crown of solar power radiating from the king of beasts, and Algieba's Saturn-Mars nature gives it a concentrated, disciplined ferocity quite different from the open, expansive power of nearby Regulus.
Leo Context
Algieba sits in the sickle of Leo, the curved asterism of stars forming the lion's head and mane. Leo was associated by the Greeks with the Nemean Lion whose impervious hide could not be pierced by any weapon. Heracles killed it by strangling it with his bare hands, then wore its skin as armor. The mane region of the constellation represents the awe-inspiring, intimidating aspect of leonine power: the visual display that warns enemies before any physical contest begins. Algieba at the mane carries this quality of concentrated, visible authority.
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Natal Conjunctions
Find your conjunctions →Algieba Conjunct Sun
Algieba conjunct the Sun produces a personality of disciplined martial pride and controlled, strategic intensity. You combine the lion's commanding presence with calculated restraint, projecting authority visibly backed by force but rarely needing to deploy it.
Algieba Conjunct Moon
Algieba conjunct the Moon creates emotional instincts of proud, disciplined intensity. Your feelings are powerful but controlled, and emotional security comes through maintaining the dignity and strategic composure of someone who knows their own strength.
Algieba Conjunct Mercury
Algieba conjunct Mercury gives a mind of strategic, proud intelligence. You think with the calculated precision of a commander who never reveals more than necessary, and communication carries the weight of authority backed by carefully concealed force.
Algieba Conjunct Venus
Algieba conjunct Venus brings disciplined pride and artistic refinement to love and creative expression. You attract through commanding presence and strategic elegance, and creative work carries the quality of beauty backed by controlled power.
Algieba Conjunct Mars
Algieba conjunct Mars amplifies strategic martial energy into exceptionally controlled, disciplined force. You possess the lion's capacity for sudden, devastating action combined with the patience to wait for the precisely right moment.
Algieba Conjunct Jupiter
Algieba conjunct Jupiter expands proud, strategic authority into broad leadership of commanding scope. You lead with the combined force of visible dignity and philosophical conviction.
Algieba Conjunct Saturn
Algieba conjunct Saturn deepens disciplined ferocity into a lifetime mastery of controlled, strategic authority. You build power slowly and deploy it with the precision of decades of practiced command.
Algieba Conjunct Uranus
Algieba conjunct Uranus channels controlled martial pride into unexpected strategic innovations. You surprise opponents with calculated moves that break convention while maintaining commanding dignity.
Algieba Conjunct Neptune
Algieba conjunct Neptune infuses proud authority with intuitive strategic perception. You sense power dynamics through feel rather than analysis, and your commanding presence carries an almost mystical quality.
Algieba Conjunct Pluto
Algieba conjunct Pluto transforms disciplined authority into profound, fundamentally transformative commanding force. Your controlled intensity operates at depths that permanently alter power dynamics.
Algieba Conjunct North Node
Algieba conjunct the North Node orients destiny toward developing disciplined martial authority and strategic, proud leadership that commands through controlled strength.
Algieba Conjunct Ascendant
Algieba on the Ascendant gives a commanding, proud presence of visibly controlled intensity. Others sense the strategic power behind your composure and instinctively defer to authority that is felt rather than declared.
Algieba Conjunct Midheaven
Algieba on the Midheaven builds a career through strategic, disciplined authority and commanding professional presence that earns respect through visible, controlled strength.
Paran Interpretations
Parans describe what happens when Algieba and a planet simultaneously occupy the four angles (rising, culminating, setting, nadir) at a given location.
Algieba in Paran with Sun
Rising
Algieba rising with the Sun marks someone who enters life with natural commanding pride and disciplined strategic instincts.
Culminating
Algieba culminating with the Sun places controlled martial authority at the peak of public career recognition.
Setting
Algieba setting with the Sun suggests a legacy of strategic leadership and disciplined commanding presence honored over time.
At the Nadir
Algieba at the nadir with the Sun reveals a deeply private strategic intensity that silently powers all outward authority.
Algieba in Paran with Moon
Rising
Algieba rising with the Moon instills early emotional pride and the instinct for disciplined, strategic emotional control.
Culminating
Algieba culminating with the Moon brings proud, controlled emotional intensity to its most publicly compelling form.
Setting
Algieba setting with the Moon indicates emotional authority that grows more deeply strategic with experience.
At the Nadir
Algieba at the nadir with the Moon conceals fierce emotional pride and controlled intensity beneath a dignified exterior.
Algieba in Paran with Mercury
Rising
Algieba rising with Mercury bestows early strategic intelligence and a talent for proud, commanding communication.
Culminating
Algieba culminating with Mercury elevates strategic, authority-backed speech to the highest professional distinction.
Setting
Algieba setting with Mercury suggests a mind that grows more strategically precise and commandingly articulate with decades.
At the Nadir
Algieba at the nadir with Mercury reveals hidden strategic depth and controlled analytical power beneath dignified surfaces.
Algieba in Paran with Venus
Rising
Algieba rising with Venus shapes early love with proud, dignified devotion and strategically elegant beauty.
Culminating
Algieba culminating with Venus brings recognition for art and love expressed with commanding elegance.
Setting
Algieba setting with Venus suggests creative expression that grows more commandingly refined with age.
At the Nadir
Algieba at the nadir with Venus conceals a private aesthetic pride and controlled creative intensity.
Algieba in Paran with Mars
Rising
Algieba rising with Mars produces exceptional early disciplined martial energy and controlled competitive force.
Culminating
Algieba culminating with Mars places strategically controlled fighting power at the absolute peak of achievement.
Setting
Algieba setting with Mars indicates controlled martial energy that grows more precisely devastating with experience.
At the Nadir
Algieba at the nadir with Mars conceals extraordinary reserves of disciplined, precisely controlled fighting force.
Algieba in Paran with Jupiter
Rising
Algieba rising with Jupiter expands early commanding authority into broad, strategically proud leadership.
Culminating
Algieba culminating with Jupiter brings peak achievement through expansive, commandingly dignified leadership.
Setting
Algieba setting with Jupiter indicates growing commanding influence and expanding strategic authority in later years.
At the Nadir
Algieba at the nadir with Jupiter reveals vast inner strategic vision and philosophical pride that fuel all outward authority.
Algieba in Paran with Saturn
Rising
Algieba rising with Saturn demands early discipline in developing controlled, strategic authority of commanding maturity.
Culminating
Algieba culminating with Saturn achieves the deepest commanding authority through decades of disciplined strategic mastery.
Setting
Algieba setting with Saturn builds an enduring legacy of controlled, strategic leadership refined across a lifetime.
At the Nadir
Algieba at the nadir with Saturn establishes the deepest inner reserves of disciplined strategic control.
Algieba in Paran with Ascendant
Rising
Algieba rising with the Ascendant stamps the personality with proud, commanding presence and visible strategic control.
Culminating
Algieba culminating with the Ascendant projects disciplined martial authority onto the broadest stage.
Setting
Algieba setting with the Ascendant draws others who sense your controlled power and defer to your commanding dignity.
At the Nadir
Algieba at the nadir with the Ascendant grounds identity in deeply private strategic intensity and controlled pride.
Algieba in Paran with Midheaven
Rising
Algieba rising with the Midheaven launches a career defined by strategic commanding authority from the earliest steps.
Culminating
Algieba culminating with the Midheaven represents peak career achievement through disciplined, strategically controlled leadership.
Setting
Algieba setting with the Midheaven indicates a career legacy of commanding strategic authority honored across a lifetime.
At the Nadir
Algieba at the nadir with the Midheaven builds career success on hidden foundations of disciplined strategic control.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the name Algieba mean?
The name Algieba comes from Arabic: Al Jabhah, meaning "The Forehead (of the Lion)." Gamma Leonis. The star is known by 2 different cultural names across world traditions.
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