Zeta (ζ) Cetus,  Baten Kaitos, is a topaz yellow star in the Whale or Sea Monster.   Fixed star:  BATEN KAITOS  Constellation:  Zeta (ζ) Cetus   Longitude 1900:  20ARI33  Longitude 2000:  21ARI57  Declination 1900:  -10.50' Declination 2000:  -10.20'  Right ascension:  01h 51m Latitude:  -20.20'  Spectral class:  K0 Magnitude:  3.9    Baten Kaitos  is the Arabian Al Batn al Kaitos , the Whale's Belly, although the star is higher up in the body. The Alfonsine Tables had Batenkaiton  and Batenel Kaitos ; and English writer on globes John Chilmead (circa 1639), Boten . In astrology it portended falls and blows.  [Star Names, Their Lore and Meaning, Richard Hinckley Allen, 1889].   The astrological influences of the star Baten Kaitos: It gives compulsory transportation, change or emigration, misfortune by force or accident, shipwreck but also rescue, falls and blows. [Robson*, p.145.]  The Whale really means "monster". The Saturnine properties, such as inhibiti...
 
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