Algol:The Wink of the She Demon

Fixed star Algol, Medusa's gaze.

Algol may be one of the most notorious fixed stars, with associations of decapitation, violence and misfortune, Algol sits at 26⁰ Taurus in the Perseus constellation.

I would like to preface before moving on that while I use binary terms in this piece for ease of mythos and interpretation, I, by no means feel this is a “woman specific” space to feel int…