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Beta (β) Pegasus, Scheat, is deep yellow star on the leg of the Winged Horse. | Beta (β) Pegasus, Scheat, is deep yellow star on the leg of the Winged Horse. | ||
The [[Great Square of Pegasus]] which consists of four stars; Alpheratz, Algenib, [[Markab]] and [[Scheat]], of which this star beta (β Scheat) formed one corner, constituted the double asterism, the 24th and 25th nakshatras (Hindu Moon Mansions) Purva, Former, and Uttara, Latter, Bhadra-pada, Beautiful, Auspicious, or Happy Feet. sometimes also called Proshtha-pada, Proshtha meaning a Carp or Ox; but the 19th American philologist Professor Whitney’s translated it “Footstool Feet,” and said that the authorities do not agree as to the figures by which they are represented, for by some the one, by others the other, is called a Couch or Bed, the alternate one, in either case, being pronounced a Bifaced Figure, or Twins.<ref>Star Names, Their Lore and Meaning, Richard Hinckley Allen, 1889.</ref><ref>[https://www.constellationsofwords.com/scheat/ | The [[Great Square of Pegasus]] which consists of four stars; Alpheratz, Algenib, [[Markab]] and [[Scheat]], of which this star beta (β Scheat) formed one corner, constituted the double asterism, the 24th and 25th nakshatras (Hindu Moon Mansions) Purva, Former, and Uttara, Latter, Bhadra-pada, Beautiful, Auspicious, or Happy Feet. sometimes also called Proshtha-pada, Proshtha meaning a Carp or Ox; but the 19th American philologist Professor Whitney’s translated it “Footstool Feet,” and said that the authorities do not agree as to the figures by which they are represented, for by some the one, by others the other, is called a Couch or Bed, the alternate one, in either case, being pronounced a Bifaced Figure, or Twins.<ref>Star Names, Their Lore and Meaning, Richard Hinckley Allen, 1889.</ref><ref>[https://www.constellationsofwords.com/scheat/ Constellationsofwords]</ref><ref>from p.325 of Star Names, Richard Hinckley Allen, 1889.</ref> | ||
==Astrological influences of Scheat== | ==Astrological influences of Scheat== | ||