✨ Name Meaning
Male · Greek
Alexander
defender of men, protector
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.
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✦ Astro Quote
In the beginning of journeys, and returns therefrom, let not the Moon be in the ascendant, fourth, or ninth houses, although she be not afflicted. In the entering of a city, place her neither in the ascendant, second, or fourth houses. - William Lilly (1602.-1681.)