Barcelona, España
Algunos textos astrológicos medievales escritos en lengua árabe aluden a las “estrellas-corazones” en referencia a tres estrellas de gran luminosidad pertenecientes a constelaciones del círculo del zodíaco: Qalb al-Ṯawr (El Corazón de Tauro, situada en el ojo de la figura del toro), Qalb al-Asad (El Corazón de Leo, en el pecho del león) y Qalb al-‘Aqrab (El Corazón de Escorpio, en el tórax del escorpión); en la constelación boreal de Andrómeda, hay una cuarta estrella-corazón, Qalb al-Ḥūt (El Corazón del Pez) que, sin embargo, no tuvo una significación astrológica tan importante. Este artículo ilustra las características astrológicas de una estrella-corazón, su asociación con el concepto astrológico «cortador» que las convertía en especialmente dañinas en los horóscopos, así como su relación con bābanī, un término de origen persa.
Medieval astrologers writing in Arabic used the term “heart-stars” to refer to three unusually bright stars that appear in the zodiac circle. They are Qalb al-Thawr (the Heart of Taurus, which appears as the eye of the bull), Qalb al-Asad (the Heart of Leo, which is in the lion’s chest) and Qalb al-‘Aqrab (the Heart of Scorpio, which appears in the thorax of the scorpion). In the northern constellation of Andromeda there is a bright star called Qalb al-Ḥūt (the Heart of the Fish), but its astrological signifi cance was not so great. This paper illustrates how these astrologers attributed an evil influence to the three heart-stars on the zodiac circle. According to them, the heart-stars had an affinity with the planet Mars, which was known to have maleficent powers. Due to this connection, the heart-stars could block the motion of any heavenly body on its way around the circle of the zodiac. This meant that the heart-stars had a harmful effect on human affairs. In a prediction on the length of a human life, they were used to determine the date of death. In some astrological texts, the heart-stars were distinguished with a Persian adjective: the biyabāniyya stars.
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