Entries Tagged as 'Fixed Stars'
Aspects for the week beginning 19 February 2017
Fixed Stars of the Week Our Sun is aligned with three Fixed Stars this week, and working with these may add extra dimension to our journey. I personally feel more alive and conscious when I work out there with the Fixed Stars. Sadalmelik This star, the brightest star in the constellation of Aquarius, represents the […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 21 February 2016
Piscean Animal Totems and Archetypes The Sun entered Pisces on Friday morning, 19th February 2016 at 5.34 a.m. in the U.K. This is the tenth in the series where I look at some of the animal totems and Archetypes for the various signs. Do you, or someone close to you, have Sun, Ascendant or Moon […]
Categories: Animal Totems · Archetypes · Book Review · Fixed Stars
Aspects for the week beginning 7 February 2016
Fixed Stars of the Week The twelve zodiac signs, which we work with in traditional astrology as the backdrop to our constantly moving planets, are just twelve out of a vast number of fixed constellations, and within those constellations are myriads of stars, known as the fixed stars. So as the Sun moves through Aquarius […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 3 August 2014
Fixed Stars of the Week I haven’t written about the Fixed Stars for some time, but they can enrich our experience of the week, when we look at their input as the steady backdrop to the ever revolving influence of the planets of our Solar System. When I first came to Norfolk, I did some […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 11 August 2013
Fixed Stars of the Week The ancient interpretations of the Fixed Stars are mostly negative, based on fear and superstition (admittedly built up from observations of the timings of earthquakes and other disasters). The stars deserve a certain respect and awe, but there is enough negativity in astrological interpretation (my own included) without adding to […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 21 October 2012
Fixed Star of the Week – Izar The fixed star of the week, which aligns with our Sun today, is Izar, the Epsilon star in the constellation of Bootes. It is therefore a helpful influence in setting a tone for the coming week. According to “Starlight Elixirs” by Fred Rubenfeld and Michael Smulkis, its consciousness […]
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Venus And The Bears
With the anticipation and atmosphere hotting up towards Wednesday’s Transit of Venus event (1.09 a.m. in the U.K.) and in the throes of Jubilee and Olympic fever, we have another scholarly piece from Asia Haleem. Asia is no stranger to this blog, indeed I think of her as our resident Astro-Archaeologist…! Asia started out as […]
Categories: Astro Archaeology · Astrology · Fixed Stars · Guest Posts
Fixed Star – Altair
The first degree of Aquarius is a breath of fresh air after the stringencies of Capricorn, no disrespect to that honourable sign. I hope one day to write about one of the Fixed Stars associated with the latter, but am starting with Altair, a Fixed Star which is at one degree of Aquarius, in the constellation […]
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