♈︎ The lucky star of Aries: Hamal
The brightest star in the constellation Aries (α Ari), magnitude 2.0.
The name comes from Arabic and means 'the lamb'. Hamal is an orange giant star, about 66 light years away.
It stands highest around 10 pm in November. It can be seen from everywhere north of 57°S, and it never sets north of 71°N.
More on the constellation: Aries · The lucky stone: Ruby
The zodiac sign and the constellation of the same name no longer lie over each other, because the Earth's axis has turned in two thousand years: the true constellation.