Dictionary term
Coma Berenices
Direct answer
Coma Berenices is a northern constellation representing Berenice's Hair and containing a broad naked-eye star cluster and many galaxies.
Coma Berenices is a spring constellation marked by a loose cluster of faint stars.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Constellations & Star Lore
- Also appears in
- Constellations & Star Lore
- Aliases
- None listed
- Last updated
- 2026-07-16
Quick reference
- Use when
- Find the hazy Coma Star Cluster between Leo's tail and the end of the Big Dipper handle.
- Do not use it for
- The nearby Coma Star Cluster and the vastly more distant Coma Galaxy Cluster are entirely different systems.
- Reference category
- Constellations & Star Lore
- Related terms
- Circinus, Columba, Corona Australis, Corona Borealis
The story behind Coma Berenices
The hair was known as an asterism in antiquity and became a separate constellation on early modern European maps.
Coma Berenices in spiritual tradition
Coma Berenices layers nearby stars and remote galaxies along one deceptively quiet line of sight.
The Great Almanac frames Coma Berenices with educational restraint. Mystical or symbolic language may be meaningful, but it should not be exaggerated into certainty, panic, or permission to ignore ordinary responsibility.
Coma Berenices in the Bible
This is a factual sky reference. It can support wonder and orientation without turning a measured position or inherited pattern into a claim of fate or private revelation.
Coma Berenices in numerology
Coma Berenices is not a numerology claim. Any numbers attached to it should retain their ordinary scientific, calendrical, navigational, or historical meaning unless a separate symbolic interpretation is clearly labeled.
Why Coma Berenices matters
It looks outward through the north galactic pole, giving observers relatively clear views toward the Coma and Virgo galaxy fields.
Example in a reading: Binoculars turn the naked-eye haze of Melotte 111 into a wide scatter of individual stars.
Interpretive caution: The nearby Coma Star Cluster and the vastly more distant Coma Galaxy Cluster are entirely different systems.
How Coma Berenices is used in a reading
Find the hazy Coma Star Cluster between Leo's tail and the end of the Big Dipper handle.
Where interpretation stops
Coma Berenices is presented as sourced astronomy, calendrical, Earth-science, cultural, or instrument-history reference. Definitions should distinguish measured phenomena from civil convention and historical interpretation, preserve location and time dependencies, and avoid turning factual sky data into a deterministic personal claim.
Sources and editorial method
Research references used for this entry include:
- International Astronomical Union: The Constellations - Official names, abbreviations, and boundaries for the 88 modern constellations.
- NASA Space Place: What Are Constellations? - NASA introduction to constellation regions, patterns, visibility, and seasonal sky changes.
The page starts with a direct definition, then separates use, example, caution, spiritual meaning, and historical context. For astrology, occult, demonology, curse, and spiritual warfare terms, the editorial rule is to explain the term without making fear-based, fatalistic, medical, legal, financial, or ritual-instruction claims.
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