Wezen
Delta Canis Majoris · Canis Major
Position (2026)
♋ 23°46' Cancer
Magnitude
1.83
Planetary Nature
Venus (robson)
Robson: Venus. Delta Canis Majoris.
Spectral Type
F8Ia
Appearance
A yellow-white supergiant in the body of the Greater Dog, an exceptionally luminous star despite its modest apparent brightness
Name Origin
Language
Arabic
Original Form
Al Wazn
Meaning
The Weight
Delta Canis Majoris. From the Arabic Al Wazn, the Weight. Allen suggests the name may relate to the difficulty of the star's rising above the horizon in northern latitudes, as though it were heavy and struggled to climb. An exceptionally luminous supergiant despite its modest naked-eye appearance.
Known As
Wezen in Astrology
Wezen, in the hindquarters of Canis Major, carries Venus energy that bestows a gentle, devoted nature with an underlying current of sorrow. It grants faithfulness and emotional depth, though you often carry a melancholic awareness of impermanence. Love is expressed through quiet, sustained devotion rather than dramatic display.
Mythology & History
Wezen takes its name from the Arabic al-Wazn, meaning 'the weight,' likely referring to the difficulty of observing it low on the southern horizon from Arabian latitudes. The star is in fact a supergiant of extraordinary true luminosity, among the most luminous stars visible to the naked eye, but its great distance somewhat dims its apparent brightness. This contrast between hidden magnitude and visible modesty gives Wezen astrological associations with concealed power and gravitas that operates beneath the surface.
Canis Major Context
Wezen sits in the hindquarters of Canis Major, the Greater Dog that accompanies Orion the Hunter. While Sirius commands attention as the constellation's alpha star and the brightest star in the sky, Wezen represents the body of the dog, the powerful haunches that drive the pursuit. Canis Major has been recognized as a dog since Babylonian times, and its association with loyal companionship, relentless pursuit, and the hot summer weather makes it one of the most storied constellations in the sky.
Learn more about Canis Major and its stars.
Natal Conjunctions
Find your conjunctions →Wezen Conjunct Sun
Wezen conjunct the Sun produces a personality of quiet substance and hidden depth. You carry far more power than you display, and your identity is defined by a gentle faithfulness underlaid with reserves that others consistently underestimate.
Wezen Conjunct Moon
Wezen conjunct the Moon creates an emotional nature of profound, understated depth. Your feelings run far deeper than their surface expression suggests, and emotional security comes through bonds that have proven themselves over time.
Wezen Conjunct Mercury
Wezen conjunct Mercury gives a mind of greater substance than its presentation reveals. You think with quiet thoroughness and communicate without ostentation, but the depth of your understanding consistently exceeds what others expect.
Wezen Conjunct Venus
Wezen conjunct Venus deepens the capacity for love and beauty with a current of gentle sorrow. You experience devotion as something weighty and real, and creative expression gravitates toward beauty that acknowledges impermanence as part of what makes things precious.
Wezen Conjunct Mars
Wezen conjunct Mars channels physical drive into quiet, sustained effort of surprising strength. You do not display your force but deploy it steadily, and others learn not to underestimate the endurance hidden beneath your gentle exterior.
Wezen Conjunct Jupiter
Wezen conjunct Jupiter expands hidden depth into broad, quietly powerful influence. You achieve on a significant scale without fanfare, and your philosophical understanding carries the weight of someone who has absorbed more experience than they advertise.
Wezen Conjunct Saturn
Wezen conjunct Saturn deepens concealed substance into a lifetime practice of quiet, structural endurance. You build slowly and without display, and the full extent of what you have constructed only becomes apparent after decades of unassuming labor.
Wezen Conjunct Uranus
Wezen conjunct Uranus brings unexpected revelations of hidden depth. Others discover your concealed power at surprising moments, and your innovations carry far more substance than their understated presentation suggested.
Wezen Conjunct Neptune
Wezen conjunct Neptune refines hidden depth into spiritual sensitivity and an almost invisible capacity for compassion. You absorb the sorrows of others with a gentle, quiet empathy that heals without drawing attention to itself.
Wezen Conjunct Pluto
Wezen conjunct Pluto transforms hidden reserves into profound, quietly irresistible power. You operate at depths others cannot see, and the full force of your transformative capacity reveals itself only at moments of genuine necessity.
Wezen Conjunct North Node
Wezen conjunct the North Node orients destiny toward developing the quiet strength and hidden substance that make you a source of steadfast, gentle power others can depend on.
Wezen Conjunct Ascendant
Wezen on the Ascendant gives a gentle, unassuming presence that conceals reserves of remarkable depth. Others consistently underestimate you at first, discovering only gradually the substantial power hidden beneath your quiet, faithful bearing.
Wezen Conjunct Midheaven
Wezen on the Midheaven builds a career of quiet substance that reveals its full significance only over time. Professional recognition arrives late but proves lasting, and your contributions carry far more weight than their modest presentation suggested.
Paran Interpretations
Parans describe what happens when Wezen and a planet simultaneously occupy the four angles (rising, culminating, setting, nadir) at a given location.
Wezen in Paran with Sun
Rising
Wezen rising with the Sun marks someone who enters life with hidden depth and gentle strength that others consistently underestimate.
Culminating
Wezen culminating with the Sun places quiet, substantial achievement at the peak of public recognition.
Setting
Wezen setting with the Sun suggests a legacy of concealed power and gentle faithfulness honored in the contemplative later years.
At the Nadir
Wezen at the nadir with the Sun reveals extraordinary hidden reserves that form the invisible foundation of all outward presence.
Wezen in Paran with Moon
Rising
Wezen rising with the Moon instills early emotional depth that runs far beneath the surface of quiet expression.
Culminating
Wezen culminating with the Moon brings profound, understated emotional power to its most publicly recognized form.
Setting
Wezen setting with the Moon indicates emotional depth that grows more substantial and quietly powerful with the years.
At the Nadir
Wezen at the nadir with the Moon conceals emotional reserves of extraordinary depth beneath a gentle, composed exterior.
Wezen in Paran with Mercury
Rising
Wezen rising with Mercury bestows early intellectual substance that exceeds its quiet, unassuming presentation.
Culminating
Wezen culminating with Mercury elevates quietly thorough, deeply substantial thinking to professional distinction.
Setting
Wezen setting with Mercury suggests a mind that grows more profoundly substantive and quietly authoritative with age.
At the Nadir
Wezen at the nadir with Mercury reveals hidden intellectual depth that operates beneath modest, unassuming communication.
Wezen in Paran with Venus
Rising
Wezen rising with Venus shapes early love with gentle faithfulness and beauty touched by an awareness of sorrow.
Culminating
Wezen culminating with Venus brings recognition for devotion and beauty expressed with profound, quiet substance.
Setting
Wezen setting with Venus suggests love and creativity that grow more deeply substantial and poignantly beautiful with time.
At the Nadir
Wezen at the nadir with Venus conceals a private devotion of remarkable depth and gentle sorrow beneath a composed exterior.
Wezen in Paran with Mars
Rising
Wezen rising with Mars channels early physical energy into quiet, sustained effort of surprising, hidden strength.
Culminating
Wezen culminating with Mars places quietly powerful, sustained physical effort at the apex of professional achievement.
Setting
Wezen setting with Mars indicates hidden strength and gentle endurance that grow more formidable with maturity.
At the Nadir
Wezen at the nadir with Mars conceals deep reserves of quiet, sustained fighting energy others consistently underestimate.
Wezen in Paran with Jupiter
Rising
Wezen rising with Jupiter expands early hidden depth into broad, quietly powerful influence and philosophical substance.
Culminating
Wezen culminating with Jupiter brings peak achievement through expansive, quietly substantial leadership.
Setting
Wezen setting with Jupiter indicates growing philosophical depth and expanding quiet influence in the later years.
At the Nadir
Wezen at the nadir with Jupiter reveals a vast inner substance and philosophical gravity that fuels all outward gentleness.
Wezen in Paran with Saturn
Rising
Wezen rising with Saturn demands early discipline in developing the quiet structural endurance that sustains hidden depth.
Culminating
Wezen culminating with Saturn achieves lasting authority through decades of quietly substantial, faithful professional work.
Setting
Wezen setting with Saturn builds an enduring legacy of concealed strength and gentle endurance recognized across a lifetime.
At the Nadir
Wezen at the nadir with Saturn establishes the deepest inner reserves of disciplined, quiet substance beneath all visible action.
Wezen in Paran with Ascendant
Rising
Wezen rising with the Ascendant stamps the personality with gentle, unassuming bearing that conceals remarkable depth.
Culminating
Wezen culminating with the Ascendant projects quiet substance and hidden power onto the broadest possible stage.
Setting
Wezen setting with the Ascendant draws others who gradually discover the profound depth beneath your gentle presence.
At the Nadir
Wezen at the nadir with the Ascendant grounds personal identity in deeply private reserves of strength and gentle substance.
Wezen in Paran with Midheaven
Rising
Wezen rising with the Midheaven launches a career of quiet, substantial professional contribution from the start.
Culminating
Wezen culminating with the Midheaven represents peak career achievement through quietly powerful, deeply substantial work.
Setting
Wezen setting with the Midheaven indicates a career legacy of hidden contributions whose full significance emerges over time.
At the Nadir
Wezen at the nadir with the Midheaven builds career success on hidden foundations of gentle, faithful, substantial effort.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the name Wezen mean?
The name Wezen comes from Arabic: Al Wazn, meaning "The Weight." Delta Canis Majoris. The star is known by 2 different cultural names across world traditions.
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