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✨ Name Meaning

Male · Hebrew
James
supplanter, one who follows, leadership

James traces back to the Hebrew Jacob, and its traditional meaning is often given as 'supplanter' or 'one who follows' -- though the name has been reshaped by centuries of use into something that reads more like steadiness than rivalry. It's a name commonly linked with quiet reliability rather than any dramatic origin story.

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Today's Moon 23 Aug
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7°25' ♑ Capricorn
1st Quarter
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✦ Astro Quote
The North Node with the infortunes denotes terrible mischiefs, for he increases their malice; but with the fortunes he works good, and augments their benignity. But the significations of the Dragon's tail are to be noted the contrary way. - William Lilly (1602.-1681.)