Alexander is built from Greek roots meaning "to defend" and "man," commonly translated as "defender of men." The name has carried that protective sense through millennia of use, from ancient conquerors to modern namesakes, and it tends to suggest someone who shields others rather than merely leads them.
Saturn passing out of one sign into another, causes strange apparitions in the heavens, which the Arabians term Assub; or certain other signs of a Fiery nature. - William Lilly (1602.-1681.)