The Fixed Stars

Sadr

Gamma Cygni

The breast, from the Arabic as-sadr. It stands at about 25° Aquarius (tropical).

The heart of the cross, wading breast-deep in the Milky Way.

Sadr sits at the crossing point of the Northern Cross, the swan's breast, in one of the richest star fields the eye can find, the surrounding glow of the Milky Way is thickest here. The name is plain Arabic anatomy, the breast. The star has no individual delineation in Robson, and little traditional astrological lore attaches to it.

Little traditional lore attaches to this star; Ptolemy's Venus and Mercury note for Cygnus concerns the constellation's bright stars generally.