Asellus Australis
Delta Cancri · Cancer
Position (2026)
♌ 9°05' Leo
Magnitude
3.94
Planetary Nature
Mars / Sun (robson)
Alvidas: Sun / Mars (Sun and Mars in semisquare)
Spectral Type
K0III
Appearance
An orange giant south of the Beehive cluster, representing the Southern Donkey in the body of the Crab
Name Origin
Language
Latin
Original Form
Asellus Austrālis
Meaning
The Southern Donkey
Delta Cancri. The southern companion to the Northern Donkey, together flanking the Manger. In astrology this star was considered more unfortunate than its northern companion, being associated with aggressive and reckless energy.
Known As
Asellus Australis in Astrology
Asellus Australis, the Southern Donkey in Cancer, carries Mars-Sun energy that bestows a caring, nurturing quality combined with stubborn determination. It grants you a protective instinct toward those in your care and the endurance to support others through difficult passages. Success comes through service-oriented persistence.
When Asellus Australis Is Angular
Asellus Australis carries additional weight when it falls on one of the chart angles, independent of any planet conjunction.
If Rising
The South Asellus rising imparts a fierce, somewhat volatile energy to the personality, with heightened vulnerability to fevers, eye ailments, and injuries from animals. The native may attract conflict with people of lower social standing or find themselves drawn into contentious situations. Martial pursuits or emergency response roles can channel this combative energy constructively.
If Culminating
When the South Asellus culminates, the public reputation becomes fragile and subject to sudden collapse. Positions of authority achieved under this influence often prove unstable, and the native must exercise exceptional caution in professional conduct. The culmination warns against hubris and the assumption that current success will endure without constant vigilance.
Mythology & History
The southern Asellus is the companion ass ridden into the battle between Gods and Titans, where the braying of these beasts routed the enemy and won the day for the Olympians. In gratitude for this improbable victory, the gods translated both asses and their manger, Praesepe, into the constellation of the Crab, where they remain as reminders that even the lowliest creatures may turn the tide of great conflicts.
Asellus Australis, the Southern Donkey, takes its name from the Latin for 'southern ass.' In Greek mythology, the two Aselli (northern and southern) were the donkeys ridden by Dionysus and Silenus into the battle against the Titans. Their braying terrified the Titans, contributing to the gods' victory, and in gratitude Dionysus placed them in the sky flanking the Praesepe cluster (the Manger). The Mars-Sun nature gives Asellus Australis a bold, forthright energy, the power to intimidate through sheer audacity.
Cancer Context
Asellus Australis sits just south of the Praesepe cluster (the Beehive, M44) in Cancer. The two donkey stars flanking the Manger create a charming domestic scene within the faint crab constellation. In traditional astrology, the Aselli and Praesepe together were associated with vision problems due to the nebulous quality of the nearby cluster, but more broadly they represent nourishment, sustenance, and the humble but essential creatures that serve the gods.
Learn more about Cancer and its stars.
Natal Conjunctions
Find your conjunctions →Asellus Australis Conjunct Sun
Asellus Australis conjunct the Sun produces a personality of bold, caring energy and the capacity for audacious nurturing. You possess the donkey's quality of surprising strength in humble form, and your identity combines forthright boldness with genuine, protective care.
Asellus Australis Conjunct Moon
Asellus Australis conjunct the Moon creates emotional instincts of boldly caring, protectively forthright sensitivity. Your feelings carry surprising force in their nurturing expression, and security comes through the direct, audacious quality of your caring.
Asellus Australis Conjunct Mercury
Asellus Australis conjunct Mercury gives a mind of boldly direct, caringly forthright communication. You think and speak with the surprising force of someone who combines nurturing intent with audacious intellectual directness.
Asellus Australis Conjunct Venus
Asellus Australis conjunct Venus brings boldly caring beauty and audaciously nurturing devotion to love and creative expression. You love with forthright, surprising warmth and create with a quality of bold, caring directness.
Asellus Australis Conjunct Mars
Asellus Australis conjunct Mars amplifies bold caring energy into audaciously protective, forthright assertive action. You fight to nourish and protect with surprising force that catches others off guard.
Asellus Australis Conjunct Jupiter
Asellus Australis conjunct Jupiter expands bold caring into broad, audaciously generous philosophical nurturing. You provide on a large scale with the combined force of forthright energy and genuine caring vision.
Asellus Australis Conjunct Saturn
Asellus Australis conjunct Saturn grounds bold caring in disciplined, sustainedly forthright protective service. You learn that the most effective nurturing requires consistency, and your audacious caring matures into reliable, structured support.
Asellus Australis Conjunct Uranus
Asellus Australis conjunct Uranus electrifies bold caring with sudden, unexpected demonstrations of audacious nurturing. Your forthright protective energy arrives when least expected.
Asellus Australis Conjunct Neptune
Asellus Australis conjunct Neptune infuses bold caring with spiritual sensitivity and compassionately audacious nurturing intuition.
Asellus Australis Conjunct Pluto
Asellus Australis conjunct Pluto transforms bold caring into profoundly powerful, audaciously protective transformative nurturing.
Asellus Australis Conjunct North Node
Asellus Australis conjunct the North Node orients destiny toward developing boldly caring, audaciously forthright nurturing capacity.
Asellus Australis Conjunct Ascendant
Asellus Australis on the Ascendant gives a boldly caring, audaciously forthright presence. Others are surprised by the force of your nurturing energy.
Asellus Australis Conjunct Midheaven
Asellus Australis on the Midheaven builds a career through boldly caring professional nurturing and the audaciously forthright protective service that earns respect through its surprising strength.
Paran Interpretations
Parans describe what happens when Asellus Australis and a planet simultaneously occupy the four angles (rising, culminating, setting, nadir) at a given location.
Asellus Australis in Paran with Sun
Rising
Asellus Australis rising with the Sun marks someone who enters life with bold caring energy and audaciously forthright nurturing instincts.
Culminating
Asellus Australis culminating with the Sun places boldly caring leadership at the peak of public achievement.
Setting
Asellus Australis setting with the Sun suggests a legacy of audacious nurturing and forthright protective care.
At the Nadir
Asellus Australis at the nadir with the Sun reveals deeply private bold caring reserves that power all outward nurturing.
Asellus Australis in Paran with Moon
Rising
Asellus Australis rising with the Moon instills early emotional boldness and the instinct for audaciously forthright nurturing.
Culminating
Asellus Australis culminating with the Moon brings boldly caring emotional energy to its most publicly effective form.
Setting
Asellus Australis setting with the Moon indicates bold caring emotion that grows more audaciously effective with experience.
At the Nadir
Asellus Australis at the nadir with the Moon conceals deep reserves of audaciously caring emotional energy.
Asellus Australis in Paran with Mercury
Rising
Asellus Australis rising with Mercury bestows early boldly direct communication and forthright, caring intellectual energy.
Culminating
Asellus Australis culminating with Mercury elevates audaciously caring communication to professional distinction.
Setting
Asellus Australis setting with Mercury suggests communication that grows more boldly caring with decades.
At the Nadir
Asellus Australis at the nadir with Mercury reveals hidden reserves of boldly caring intellectual energy.
Asellus Australis in Paran with Venus
Rising
Asellus Australis rising with Venus shapes early love with bold, audaciously forthright caring beauty.
Culminating
Asellus Australis culminating with Venus brings recognition for beauty expressed with bold, caring directness.
Setting
Asellus Australis setting with Venus suggests love that grows more boldly caring with maturity.
At the Nadir
Asellus Australis at the nadir with Venus conceals a private boldly caring aesthetic beneath forthright warmth.
Asellus Australis in Paran with Mars
Rising
Asellus Australis rising with Mars channels early energy into boldly protective, audaciously caring competitive action.
Culminating
Asellus Australis culminating with Mars places audaciously caring fighting energy at the apex of achievement.
Setting
Asellus Australis setting with Mars indicates bold protective caring that grows more effectively forthright with age.
At the Nadir
Asellus Australis at the nadir with Mars conceals reserves of boldly caring protective energy deployed with audacious force.
Asellus Australis in Paran with Jupiter
Rising
Asellus Australis rising with Jupiter expands early bold caring into broad, audaciously generous nurturing leadership.
Culminating
Asellus Australis culminating with Jupiter brings peak achievement through expansive, boldly caring leadership.
Setting
Asellus Australis setting with Jupiter indicates growing scope for bold caring in the later years.
At the Nadir
Asellus Australis at the nadir with Jupiter reveals vast inner caring boldness and generous nurturing vision.
Asellus Australis in Paran with Saturn
Rising
Asellus Australis rising with Saturn demands early discipline in developing the sustained, reliably bold caring of maturity.
Culminating
Asellus Australis culminating with Saturn achieves lasting authority through decades of boldly caring professional service.
Setting
Asellus Australis setting with Saturn builds an enduring legacy of audaciously caring contributions.
At the Nadir
Asellus Australis at the nadir with Saturn establishes inner reserves of disciplined, boldly caring endurance.
Asellus Australis in Paran with Ascendant
Rising
Asellus Australis rising with the Ascendant stamps the personality with boldly caring, forthright nurturing presence.
Culminating
Asellus Australis culminating with the Ascendant projects audaciously caring energy onto the broadest stage.
Setting
Asellus Australis setting with the Ascendant draws others who are surprised and warmed by your bold caring energy.
At the Nadir
Asellus Australis at the nadir with the Ascendant grounds identity in deeply private bold caring reserves.
Asellus Australis in Paran with Midheaven
Rising
Asellus Australis rising with the Midheaven launches a career defined by boldly caring professional nurturing.
Culminating
Asellus Australis culminating with the Midheaven represents peak career achievement through audaciously forthright caring leadership.
Setting
Asellus Australis setting with the Midheaven indicates a career legacy of bold caring contributions valued for their forthright quality.
At the Nadir
Asellus Australis at the nadir with the Midheaven builds career success on hidden foundations of audaciously caring discipline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the name Asellus Australis mean?
The name Asellus Australis comes from Latin: Asellus Austrālis, meaning "The Southern Donkey." Delta Cancri. The star is known by 4 different cultural names across world traditions.
Lunar Mansions
Asellus Australis serves as the determinant star for this lunar mansion across different traditions.
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