♉︎ The lucky star of Taurus: Aldebaran
The brightest star in the constellation Taurus (α Tau), magnitude 0.85.
The name comes from Arabic and means 'the follower', because it follows the Pleiades across the sky. Aldebaran is the red eye of the Bull, about 65 light years away.
It stands highest around 10 pm in December. It can be seen from everywhere north of 66°S, and it never sets north of 90°N.
More on the constellation: Taurus · The lucky stone: Emerald
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.