Cor Caroli
Alpha Canum Venaticorum · Canes Venatici
Position (2026)
♍ 24°56' Virgo
Magnitude
2.89
Planetary Nature
Venus (robson)
Not in Robson (named after King Charles). Nature assigned as Venus from constellation character.
Spectral Type
A0spe...
Appearance
A variable blue-white star below the handle of the Big Dipper, named in honor of King Charles and the brightest star in the Hunting Dogs
Name Origin
Language
Latin
Original Form
Cor Caroli
Meaning
Heart of Charles
Alpha Canum Venaticorum. Named by Charles Scarborough in honor of King Charles I of England (or Charles II, accounts differ). The name Cor Caroli Regis Martyris (Heart of Charles the Martyred King) was given in the 17th century, making it one of the few stars with a purely modern European name commemorating a historical figure.
Known As
Cor Caroli in Astrology
Cor Caroli, the Heart of Charles in Canes Venatici, carries Venus energy that bestows a noble heart, regal courage, and the capacity for steadfast dignity under persecution. It grants you a sovereignty of character that endures even when circumstances strip away external power. The Venus nature here expresses as grace under pressure, and you maintain composure and moral authority regardless of opposition.
Mythology & History
Cor Caroli, meaning 'Heart of Charles,' was named by Charles Scarborough, the royal physician, in honor of King Charles I of England, who was executed during the English Civil War, or possibly Charles II, who was restored to the throne. The name was supposedly inspired by the star shining with particular brightness on the night of Charles II's return to London in 1660. This explicitly royalist naming gives the star a unique political mythology: it represents the heart of a king, the courage of sovereignty under persecution, and the restoration of rightful authority.
Canes Venatici Context
Cor Caroli is the brightest star in Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs, a small constellation representing the two dogs Asterion and Chara held on a leash by Bootes as they chase the Great Bear around the pole. The constellation was created by Johannes Hevelius in the seventeenth century. Cor Caroli's Venus nature gives it a gentler, more refined quality than one might expect from a hunting dog constellation, suggesting the nobility of well-bred hounds rather than the savagery of wild predators.
Learn more about Canes Venatici and its stars.
Natal Conjunctions
Find your conjunctions →Cor Caroli Conjunct Sun
Cor Caroli conjunct the Sun produces a personality of noble-hearted courage and the capacity for loyal devotion to people and causes, even under persecution. You possess a regal quality that leads through the heart rather than through dominance.
Cor Caroli Conjunct Moon
Cor Caroli conjunct the Moon creates emotional instincts of noble, fiercely loyal feeling and the capacity for devotion that holds firm through persecution. Your emotional nature carries the quality of a heart that does not betray its commitments.
Cor Caroli Conjunct Mercury
Cor Caroli conjunct Mercury gives a mind of noble, loyally principled intelligence. You think with the quality of someone whose intellectual commitments are backed by genuine heart, and communication carries the authority of noble conviction.
Cor Caroli Conjunct Venus
Cor Caroli conjunct Venus brings noble-hearted beauty and regal devotion to love and creative expression. You love with a quality of courageous, dignified faithfulness, and creative work carries the beauty of genuine, heart-centered loyalty.
Cor Caroli Conjunct Mars
Cor Caroli conjunct Mars channels assertive energy through noble, loyally courageous action. You fight from the heart for people and causes you believe in, and your courage has the quality of regal devotion rather than mere aggression.
Cor Caroli Conjunct Jupiter
Cor Caroli conjunct Jupiter expands noble-hearted loyalty into broad, generously principled leadership. You lead through the genuine quality of your heart rather than institutional authority, and your generosity is backed by real courage.
Cor Caroli Conjunct Saturn
Cor Caroli conjunct Saturn deepens noble loyalty into a lifetime of structured, faithfully sustained devotion. You hold your commitments with the patience and reliability of someone whose heart has been tested by time and found constant.
Cor Caroli Conjunct Uranus
Cor Caroli conjunct Uranus brings unexpected tests of noble loyalty and surprising demonstrations of heart-centered courage. Your devotion survives upheavals that would shatter less genuinely committed hearts.
Cor Caroli Conjunct Neptune
Cor Caroli conjunct Neptune infuses noble-hearted loyalty with spiritual sensitivity and the capacity for devotion that transcends personal attachment. Your heart serves something larger than itself.
Cor Caroli Conjunct Pluto
Cor Caroli conjunct Pluto transforms noble loyalty into profoundly powerful, heart-centered encounters with the deepest tests of devotion. Your commitments survive transformations that strip away everything except what is genuinely held by the heart.
Cor Caroli Conjunct North Node
Cor Caroli conjunct the North Node orients destiny toward developing noble-hearted courage and the loyal, regal devotion that remains faithful through genuine persecution and testing.
Cor Caroli Conjunct Ascendant
Cor Caroli on the Ascendant gives a noble, loyally courageous presence that communicates the quality of a faithful heart. Others sense your regal devotion and are reassured by the genuineness of your commitment.
Cor Caroli Conjunct Midheaven
Cor Caroli on the Midheaven builds a career through noble-hearted professional loyalty and the regal quality of faithful, courageously devoted service. Recognition comes for the genuine nobility of your heart.
Paran Interpretations
Parans describe what happens when Cor Caroli and a planet simultaneously occupy the four angles (rising, culminating, setting, nadir) at a given location.
Cor Caroli in Paran with Sun
Rising
Cor Caroli rising with the Sun marks someone who enters life with a noble heart and instinctive loyalty under all conditions.
Culminating
Cor Caroli culminating with the Sun places noble-hearted devotion and regal courage at the peak of public achievement.
Setting
Cor Caroli setting with the Sun suggests a legacy of faithful, nobly courageous devotion honored across a lifetime.
At the Nadir
Cor Caroli at the nadir with the Sun reveals a deeply private noble heart that silently sustains all outward loyalty.
Cor Caroli in Paran with Moon
Rising
Cor Caroli rising with the Moon instills early emotional nobility and the instinct for fiercely loyal, regal feeling.
Culminating
Cor Caroli culminating with the Moon brings noble-hearted emotional devotion to its most publicly recognized form.
Setting
Cor Caroli setting with the Moon indicates emotional nobility that grows more deeply devoted and regally faithful with age.
At the Nadir
Cor Caroli at the nadir with the Moon conceals a profoundly noble emotional heart that operates as the hidden center of all devotion.
Cor Caroli in Paran with Mercury
Rising
Cor Caroli rising with Mercury bestows early intellectually noble communication and a talent for loyally principled speech.
Culminating
Cor Caroli culminating with Mercury elevates noble, heart-centered communication to the highest professional standard.
Setting
Cor Caroli setting with Mercury suggests communication that grows more nobly principled and loyally authoritative with decades.
At the Nadir
Cor Caroli at the nadir with Mercury reveals hidden reserves of noble intellectual loyalty beneath principled communication.
Cor Caroli in Paran with Venus
Rising
Cor Caroli rising with Venus shapes early love with noble-hearted devotion and regal, courageously faithful beauty.
Culminating
Cor Caroli culminating with Venus brings recognition for beauty and love expressed with genuine noble-hearted courage.
Setting
Cor Caroli setting with Venus suggests love and beauty that grow more nobly devoted and regally faithful through the years.
At the Nadir
Cor Caroli at the nadir with Venus conceals a noble heart's private devotion to beauty and faithfulness beneath regal composure.
Cor Caroli in Paran with Mars
Rising
Cor Caroli rising with Mars channels early energy into nobly courageous, loyally devoted action from the heart.
Culminating
Cor Caroli culminating with Mars places noble-hearted fighting courage at the apex of professional achievement.
Setting
Cor Caroli setting with Mars indicates noble fighting loyalty that grows more regally effective with maturity.
At the Nadir
Cor Caroli at the nadir with Mars conceals extraordinary reserves of noble-hearted fighting devotion deployed for causes of the heart.
Cor Caroli in Paran with Jupiter
Rising
Cor Caroli rising with Jupiter expands early noble-heartedness into broad, generously loyal philosophical leadership.
Culminating
Cor Caroli culminating with Jupiter brings peak achievement through expansive, noble-hearted generous leadership.
Setting
Cor Caroli setting with Jupiter indicates growing scope for noble devotion and expanding regal influence in later years.
At the Nadir
Cor Caroli at the nadir with Jupiter reveals vast inner noble-hearted generosity that fuels all outward loyal leadership.
Cor Caroli in Paran with Saturn
Rising
Cor Caroli rising with Saturn demands early discipline in developing the sustained, structurally faithful noble devotion of maturity.
Culminating
Cor Caroli culminating with Saturn achieves lasting authority through decades of noble, faithfully disciplined professional loyalty.
Setting
Cor Caroli setting with Saturn builds an enduring legacy of noble-hearted constancy and regal devotion across a lifetime.
At the Nadir
Cor Caroli at the nadir with Saturn establishes the deepest inner reserves of nobly disciplined, loyally faithful heart.
Cor Caroli in Paran with Ascendant
Rising
Cor Caroli rising with the Ascendant stamps the personality with visible noble-hearted courage and regal, loyal bearing.
Culminating
Cor Caroli culminating with the Ascendant projects noble devotion and heart-centered regal authority onto the broadest stage.
Setting
Cor Caroli setting with the Ascendant draws others who sense your noble heart and trust your loyal, regal courage.
At the Nadir
Cor Caroli at the nadir with the Ascendant grounds identity in a deeply private noble heart and regal inner loyalty.
Cor Caroli in Paran with Midheaven
Rising
Cor Caroli rising with the Midheaven launches a career defined by noble-hearted, loyally faithful professional devotion.
Culminating
Cor Caroli culminating with the Midheaven represents peak career achievement through regal, nobly courageous professional loyalty.
Setting
Cor Caroli setting with the Midheaven indicates a career legacy of noble-hearted devotion and faithful service honored long after.
At the Nadir
Cor Caroli at the nadir with the Midheaven builds career success on hidden foundations of noble-hearted loyalty and regal discipline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the name Cor Caroli mean?
The name Cor Caroli comes from Latin: Cor Caroli, meaning "Heart of Charles." Alpha Canum Venaticorum. The star is known by 2 different cultural names across world traditions.
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