Sadalmelik
Alpha Aquarii · Aquarius
Position (2026)
♓ 3°43' Pisces
Magnitude
2.95
Planetary Nature
Saturn / Mercury (robson)
Simmonite: Saturn / Jupiter
Alvidas: Jupiter / Uranus / Sun (Jupiter and Uranus in sextile to the Sun from Pisces and Taurus)
Spectral Type
G2Ib
Appearance
A yellow supergiant on the right shoulder of the Water Bearer
Name Origin
Language
Arabic
Original Form
Sa'd al-Malik
Meaning
The Lucky One of the King
Alpha Aquarii. From the Arabic Sa'd al-Malik, the fortune or luck of the king. Another of the 'Sa'd' (lucky) stars. Despite being the alpha star, it is slightly fainter than Sadalsuud (beta). Also given as Sa'd al-Mulk (luck of the kingdom).
Known As
Sadalmelik in Astrology
Sadalmelik, the lucky star of the king in Aquarius, carries Saturn-Mercury energy that bestows the fortune that comes through benevolent governance and leadership exercised for communal welfare. It grants you a protective authority and the instinct to use positions of power for the benefit of those you serve. The Saturn-Mercury nature combines structured thinking with communicative wisdom, and your fortune flows through leading for the common good.
Mythology & History
Sadalmelik, or Alpha Aquarii, derives from the Arabic Sa'd al-Malik, meaning 'the lucky one of the king' or 'the fortune of the kingdom,' associating this star with fortunate outcomes in matters of state, rulership, and collective governance. Like its companion Sadalsuud, the name reflects the Arabian practice of assigning luck-designations to stars whose risings coincided with favorable seasonal changes. Sadalmelik's fortune operates specifically in the realm of leadership and the welfare of the community, making it a star of benevolent governance rather than personal luck.
Aquarius Context
Sadalmelik marks the right shoulder of Aquarius the Water Bearer, the arm that holds the urn from which the cosmic waters flow. As the alpha star by Bayer designation (though slightly fainter than Sadalsuud), Sadalmelik occupies the position of the water carrier's active shoulder, the joint that enables the pouring. The constellation Aquarius spans a large section of the sky in a region sometimes called the Celestial Sea, surrounded by other water-themed constellations including Pisces, Cetus, and Piscis Austrinus. Sadalmelik's position in this aquatic region reinforces its themes of flow, distribution, and nourishment.
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Natal Conjunctions
Find your conjunctions →Sadalmelik Conjunct Sun
Sadalmelik conjunct the Sun produces a personality of fortunate, benevolently distributed leadership. You possess the lucky star of the king's quality of good fortune that flows outward to benefit entire communities, and your identity is shaped by nourishing leadership rather than extractive rule.
Sadalmelik Conjunct Moon
Sadalmelik conjunct the Moon creates emotional instincts of fortunate, communally nurturing sensitivity. Your feelings naturally distribute care broadly, and emotional security comes through knowing that your well-being is connected to the prosperity of those around you.
Sadalmelik Conjunct Mercury
Sadalmelik conjunct Mercury gives a mind of fortunate, communally beneficial intelligence. You think in terms of what nourishes the collective rather than what enriches the individual, and communication carries the quality of a king sharing wisdom with his people.
Sadalmelik Conjunct Venus
Sadalmelik conjunct Venus brings fortunate, communally distributed beauty to love and creative expression. You create beauty that benefits broadly and attract love through the generous quality of your nourishing, benevolent presence.
Sadalmelik Conjunct Mars
Sadalmelik conjunct Mars channels assertive energy into fortunate, communally protective action. You fight for the collective welfare rather than personal gain, and your courage serves the nourishment of your community.
Sadalmelik Conjunct Jupiter
Sadalmelik conjunct Jupiter amplifies fortunate, communal leadership into broadly distributed philosophical governance. You lead with the combined force of genuine good fortune and the wisdom to share it equitably.
Sadalmelik Conjunct Saturn
Sadalmelik conjunct Saturn grounds fortunate communal leadership in disciplined, structurally sustained governance. You build lasting institutions of shared prosperity and earn authority through decades of equitably distributed nourishment.
Sadalmelik Conjunct Uranus
Sadalmelik conjunct Uranus brings unexpected communal fortune and surprising redistributions of collective benefit. You discover unconventional ways to nourish communities that established governance had not imagined.
Sadalmelik Conjunct Neptune
Sadalmelik conjunct Neptune infuses communal fortune with spiritual sensitivity and the capacity for nourishing leadership that transcends material provision to feed the collective spirit.
Sadalmelik Conjunct Pluto
Sadalmelik conjunct Pluto transforms communal fortune into profoundly powerful, fundamentally redistributive leadership. Your governance permanently alters how prosperity flows through the communities you lead.
Sadalmelik Conjunct North Node
Sadalmelik conjunct the North Node orients destiny toward developing the fortunate, benevolently distributed leadership that nourishes entire communities through equitable, generous governance.
Sadalmelik Conjunct Ascendant
Sadalmelik on the Ascendant gives a fortunate, benevolently nourishing presence that communicates communal generosity. Others sense that your good fortune extends outward to benefit everyone around you.
Sadalmelik Conjunct Midheaven
Sadalmelik on the Midheaven builds a career through fortunate, communally beneficial professional leadership. Recognition comes for the nourishing, equitably distributed quality of your professional governance.
Paran Interpretations
Parans describe what happens when Sadalmelik and a planet simultaneously occupy the four angles (rising, culminating, setting, nadir) at a given location.
Sadalmelik in Paran with Sun
Rising
Sadalmelik rising with the Sun marks someone who enters life with fortunate communal instincts and the capacity for nourishing leadership.
Culminating
Sadalmelik culminating with the Sun places fortunate, communally distributed leadership at the peak of public achievement.
Setting
Sadalmelik setting with the Sun suggests a legacy of nourishing, benevolent governance honored across a lifetime.
At the Nadir
Sadalmelik at the nadir with the Sun reveals deeply private reserves of communal fortune that shape all outward generosity.
Sadalmelik in Paran with Moon
Rising
Sadalmelik rising with the Moon instills early emotional generosity and the instinct for communally nurturing feeling.
Culminating
Sadalmelik culminating with the Moon brings fortunate, communally nourishing emotional leadership to its most visible form.
Setting
Sadalmelik setting with the Moon indicates communal emotional fortune that grows more generously distributed with age.
At the Nadir
Sadalmelik at the nadir with the Moon conceals deep emotional communal generosity beneath fortunate, nurturing surfaces.
Sadalmelik in Paran with Mercury
Rising
Sadalmelik rising with Mercury bestows early communally intelligent communication and a talent for nourishing, fortunate speech.
Culminating
Sadalmelik culminating with Mercury elevates fortunate, communally beneficial communication to professional distinction.
Setting
Sadalmelik setting with Mercury suggests communication that grows more communally nourishing with decades.
At the Nadir
Sadalmelik at the nadir with Mercury reveals hidden reserves of communally fortunate thinking beneath generous expression.
Sadalmelik in Paran with Venus
Rising
Sadalmelik rising with Venus shapes early love with fortunate communal generosity and nourishing, distributed beauty.
Culminating
Sadalmelik culminating with Venus brings recognition for beauty that nourishes communities and distributes fortune broadly.
Setting
Sadalmelik setting with Venus suggests creative expression that grows more communally generous and fortunately beautiful.
At the Nadir
Sadalmelik at the nadir with Venus conceals a private generosity of beauty and fortunate communal aesthetic vision.
Sadalmelik in Paran with Mars
Rising
Sadalmelik rising with Mars channels early energy into fortunate, communally protective action.
Culminating
Sadalmelik culminating with Mars places communally nourishing competitive courage at the apex of achievement.
Setting
Sadalmelik setting with Mars indicates communally protective fighting spirit that grows more fortunately effective.
At the Nadir
Sadalmelik at the nadir with Mars conceals reserves of communally protective fighting energy directed toward collective welfare.
Sadalmelik in Paran with Jupiter
Rising
Sadalmelik rising with Jupiter expands early communal fortune into broad, generously distributed philosophical governance.
Culminating
Sadalmelik culminating with Jupiter brings peak achievement through expansive, fortunately communal leadership.
Setting
Sadalmelik setting with Jupiter indicates growing scope for communal fortune and expanding nourishing influence in later years.
At the Nadir
Sadalmelik at the nadir with Jupiter reveals vast inner communal generosity and fortunate philosophical vision.
Sadalmelik in Paran with Saturn
Rising
Sadalmelik rising with Saturn demands early discipline in building the structured, sustainably nourishing governance of maturity.
Culminating
Sadalmelik culminating with Saturn achieves lasting authority through decades of fortunate, communally nourishing professional governance.
Setting
Sadalmelik setting with Saturn builds an enduring legacy of fortunate communal leadership and nourishing institutional governance.
At the Nadir
Sadalmelik at the nadir with Saturn establishes inner reserves of disciplined communal fortune and nourishing governance.
Sadalmelik in Paran with Ascendant
Rising
Sadalmelik rising with the Ascendant stamps the personality with fortunate, communally generous, nourishing presence.
Culminating
Sadalmelik culminating with the Ascendant projects fortunate communal leadership onto the broadest possible stage.
Setting
Sadalmelik setting with the Ascendant draws others who benefit from your fortunate, communally nourishing presence.
At the Nadir
Sadalmelik at the nadir with the Ascendant grounds identity in deeply private communal fortune and nourishing generosity.
Sadalmelik in Paran with Midheaven
Rising
Sadalmelik rising with the Midheaven launches a career built on fortunate, communally nourishing professional leadership.
Culminating
Sadalmelik culminating with the Midheaven represents peak career achievement through fortunate, communally distributed governance.
Setting
Sadalmelik setting with the Midheaven indicates a career legacy of nourishing communal leadership honored across a lifetime.
At the Nadir
Sadalmelik at the nadir with the Midheaven builds career success on hidden foundations of communal fortune and nourishing discipline.
Star Connections
The Gorgon and the King's Fortune
Sadalmelik's association with royal favor takes a dark turn when linked to Algol through the luminaries and malefics. The king's fortune becomes the king's sentence: authority that should protect instead becomes the instrument of destruction, turning Sadalmelik's promise of blessing into an irrevocable decree.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the name Sadalmelik mean?
The name Sadalmelik comes from Arabic: Sa'd al-Malik, meaning "The Lucky One of the King." Alpha Aquarii. The star is known by 2 different cultural names across world traditions.
Lunar Mansions
Sadalmelik serves as the determinant star for these 2 lunar mansions across different traditions.
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