Zubeneschamali
Beta Librae · Libra
Position (2026)
♏ 19°44' Scorpio
Magnitude
2.61
Planetary Nature
Jupiter / Mercury (robson)
Alvidas: Mars / Jupiter (Mars in sextile to Jupiter)
Spectral Type
B8V
Appearance
A pale blue-white star in the northern scale of the Balance, reported by some observers to show a rare green tint
Name Origin
Language
Arabic
Original Form
Al Zubān al Shamāliyyah
Meaning
The Northern Claw (of the Scorpion)
Beta Librae. The northern counterpart to Zubenelgenubi. Notable for its reported greenish tint, one of the very few stars visible to the naked eye said to appear green. Eratosthenes and others recorded it as brighter than Antares in antiquity, though it is now magnitude 2.6.
Known As
Zubeneschamali in Astrology
Zubeneschamali, the northern claw in Libra, carries Jupiter-Mercury energy that bestows fortunate judgment, intellectual balance, and the capacity for equitable decision-making. It grants you a keen sense of proportion and the ability to weigh competing claims with genuine fairness. Social advancement comes through demonstrated impartiality and wise counsel.
When Zubeneschamali Is Angular
Zubeneschamali carries additional weight when it falls on one of the chart angles, independent of any planet conjunction.
If Rising
Zubeneschamali rising bestows high ambition, good fortune, and a natural capacity for leadership that earns the respect of others. The native benefits from a strong sense of justice and fair dealing that attracts loyal supporters and advantageous alliances. This is one of the more consistently positive stellar influences on the Ascendant, favoring steady advancement through merit.
If Culminating
When Zubeneschamali culminates at the Midheaven, the native enjoys professional honors and preferment that reflect genuine competence and moral standing. The career benefits from the star's Jupiterian quality, attracting opportunities for advancement in legal, religious, or governmental spheres. Good fortune under this culmination tends to be well deserved and sustainable.
Mythology & History
Zubeneschamali, Beta Librae, derives from the Arabic al-Zuban al-Shamali, meaning 'the northern claw,' the counterpart to Zubenelgenubi. This star represents the upper or northern pan of the Scales of Justice. In contrast to its southern counterpart, Zubeneschamali has traditionally been considered the more fortunate of the pair, associated with the rewards that come when the scales tip in one's favor. Its Jupiter-Mercury nature grants a quality of fortunate judgment, where intelligence is rewarded and wisdom brings material benefit. Some ancient observers reported seeing Zubeneschamali as green, one of the few naked-eye stars with such a claim.
Libra Context
Zubeneschamali marks the upper scale pan of Libra, balancing Zubenelgenubi below. Together, the two stars form the core of the constellation, representing the fulcrum upon which justice operates. Libra's association with the autumnal equinox and the moment of perfect balance between light and dark gives Zubeneschamali a quality of the lighter, more fortunate outcome: the pan that rises, the burden that lifts, the verdict that favors. The constellation's position on the ecliptic means planetary transits frequently activate these scales, making both stars important in predictive work.
Learn more about Libra and its stars.
Natal Conjunctions
Find your conjunctions →Zubeneschamali Conjunct Sun
Zubeneschamali conjunct the Sun produces a personality of fortunate judgment and the capacity for balanced, intellectually sound decisions that lead to positive outcomes. You possess a natural talent for weighing options and choosing wisely.
Zubeneschamali Conjunct Moon
Zubeneschamali conjunct the Moon creates emotional instincts of balanced, fortunate sensitivity. Your feelings orient naturally toward equilibrium, and emotional decisions tend to produce favorable outcomes through their inherent fairness.
Zubeneschamali Conjunct Mercury
Zubeneschamali conjunct Mercury gives a mind of exceptional balanced judgment and fortunate intellectual outcomes. You think with a quality of impartial clarity that consistently produces conclusions others recognize as wise.
Zubeneschamali Conjunct Venus
Zubeneschamali conjunct Venus brings fortunate, balanced beauty to love and creative expression. You attract through the quality of fair, measured charm, and relationships benefit from your talent for equitable, mutually rewarding partnership.
Zubeneschamali Conjunct Mars
Zubeneschamali conjunct Mars channels assertive energy through balanced, fortunately aimed action. You fight fairly and effectively, and competitive outcomes tend to favor you when you maintain the quality of balanced judgment.
Zubeneschamali Conjunct Jupiter
Zubeneschamali conjunct Jupiter amplifies fortunate judgment into broad, philosophically balanced leadership. You make large decisions with the combined force of impartial wisdom and expansive, generous vision.
Zubeneschamali Conjunct Saturn
Zubeneschamali conjunct Saturn deepens balanced judgment into a lifetime of disciplined, reliably fortunate decision-making. Your authority comes from decades of proven, impartially sound professional judgment.
Zubeneschamali Conjunct Uranus
Zubeneschamali conjunct Uranus brings unexpectedly fortunate outcomes from balanced, unconventional decisions. You discover that fair, impartial judgment applied to unconventional situations produces surprisingly positive results.
Zubeneschamali Conjunct Neptune
Zubeneschamali conjunct Neptune infuses balanced judgment with intuitive fairness and the capacity for fortunate decisions guided by something beyond rational analysis.
Zubeneschamali Conjunct Pluto
Zubeneschamali conjunct Pluto transforms fortunate judgment into the capacity for making balanced decisions of profound, transformative consequence.
Zubeneschamali Conjunct North Node
Zubeneschamali conjunct the North Node orients destiny toward developing the balanced, fortunate judgment that consistently produces wise, positive outcomes.
Zubeneschamali Conjunct Ascendant
Zubeneschamali on the Ascendant gives a balanced, fortunately positioned presence that others trust for fair judgment. You project the quality of someone whose decisions can be relied upon for their impartiality.
Zubeneschamali Conjunct Midheaven
Zubeneschamali on the Midheaven builds a career through fortunate, balanced professional judgment. Recognition comes for the consistently wise quality of your decisions.
Paran Interpretations
Parans describe what happens when Zubeneschamali and a planet simultaneously occupy the four angles (rising, culminating, setting, nadir) at a given location.
Zubeneschamali in Paran with Sun
Rising
Zubeneschamali rising with the Sun marks someone who enters life with natural balanced judgment and fortunate instincts.
Culminating
Zubeneschamali culminating with the Sun places fortunate, balanced decision-making at the peak of public achievement.
Setting
Zubeneschamali setting with the Sun suggests a legacy of wise, balanced judgment honored for its consistent fairness.
At the Nadir
Zubeneschamali at the nadir with the Sun reveals deeply private balanced wisdom that silently guides all fortunate outcomes.
Zubeneschamali in Paran with Moon
Rising
Zubeneschamali rising with the Moon instills early emotional balance and fortunate, equilibrium-seeking instincts.
Culminating
Zubeneschamali culminating with the Moon brings balanced emotional judgment to its most publicly effective form.
Setting
Zubeneschamali setting with the Moon indicates emotional balance that grows more fortunately wise with experience.
At the Nadir
Zubeneschamali at the nadir with the Moon conceals remarkable emotional equilibrium that operates as the source of fortunate feeling.
Zubeneschamali in Paran with Mercury
Rising
Zubeneschamali rising with Mercury bestows exceptional early balanced thinking and fortunate intellectual judgment.
Culminating
Zubeneschamali culminating with Mercury elevates balanced, fortunately sound communication to the highest professional level.
Setting
Zubeneschamali setting with Mercury suggests a mind that grows more fortunately balanced and wisely impartial with decades.
At the Nadir
Zubeneschamali at the nadir with Mercury reveals hidden reserves of balanced intellectual judgment beneath measured thought.
Zubeneschamali in Paran with Venus
Rising
Zubeneschamali rising with Venus shapes early love with fortunate, balanced attraction and fair, measured beauty.
Culminating
Zubeneschamali culminating with Venus brings recognition for beauty and love expressed with fortunate balance and wisdom.
Setting
Zubeneschamali setting with Venus suggests love and beauty that grow more fortunately balanced with the years.
At the Nadir
Zubeneschamali at the nadir with Venus conceals a private love of balanced beauty that quietly produces fortunate creative outcomes.
Zubeneschamali in Paran with Mars
Rising
Zubeneschamali rising with Mars channels early energy into balanced, fortunately aimed competitive action.
Culminating
Zubeneschamali culminating with Mars places balanced, fairly fought competitive success at the apex of achievement.
Setting
Zubeneschamali setting with Mars indicates fighting judgment that grows more fortunately balanced with experience.
At the Nadir
Zubeneschamali at the nadir with Mars conceals reserves of balanced fighting energy that produce fortunate competitive outcomes.
Zubeneschamali in Paran with Jupiter
Rising
Zubeneschamali rising with Jupiter expands early fortunate judgment into broad, philosophically balanced leadership.
Culminating
Zubeneschamali culminating with Jupiter brings peak achievement through expansive, fortunately balanced wisdom.
Setting
Zubeneschamali setting with Jupiter indicates growing fortunate scope and expanding balanced influence in later years.
At the Nadir
Zubeneschamali at the nadir with Jupiter reveals vast inner balanced wisdom that fuels all outward fortunate judgment.
Zubeneschamali in Paran with Saturn
Rising
Zubeneschamali rising with Saturn demands early discipline in developing the structured, reliably balanced judgment of maturity.
Culminating
Zubeneschamali culminating with Saturn achieves lasting authority through decades of disciplined, fortunately balanced decisions.
Setting
Zubeneschamali setting with Saturn builds an enduring reputation for reliable, balanced judgment refined across a lifetime.
At the Nadir
Zubeneschamali at the nadir with Saturn establishes inner reserves of disciplined balance that sustain fortunate outcomes.
Zubeneschamali in Paran with Ascendant
Rising
Zubeneschamali rising with the Ascendant stamps the personality with visible balanced judgment and fortunate bearing.
Culminating
Zubeneschamali culminating with the Ascendant projects balanced, fortunate presence onto the broadest possible stage.
Setting
Zubeneschamali setting with the Ascendant draws others who trust your balanced judgment and fortunate impartiality.
At the Nadir
Zubeneschamali at the nadir with the Ascendant grounds identity in deeply private balanced wisdom and fortunate instinct.
Zubeneschamali in Paran with Midheaven
Rising
Zubeneschamali rising with the Midheaven launches a career built on fortunate, balanced professional judgment.
Culminating
Zubeneschamali culminating with the Midheaven represents peak career achievement through wisely balanced, fortunate decisions.
Setting
Zubeneschamali setting with the Midheaven indicates a career legacy of balanced, fortunate judgment valued long after.
At the Nadir
Zubeneschamali at the nadir with the Midheaven builds career success on hidden foundations of balanced, fortunate wisdom.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the name Zubeneschamali mean?
The name Zubeneschamali comes from Arabic: Al Zubān al Shamāliyyah, meaning "The Northern Claw (of the Scorpion)." Beta Librae. The star is known by 4 different cultural names across world traditions.
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