The 64 Mythologically Bright Stars

[glaucus]

The 64 Mythologically Bright Stars





Star and Planet Combinations by Bernadette Brady

Section 1 - Working with the Sky and Stars

page 7



The Stars Delineated In this Book



There are over 9,000 stars in the sky visible to the naked eye and one is always faced with the question of which stars to use. When I first started working with fixed stars, I assumed that only the brightest stars would be important, but although all the bright stars with magnitudes 1 or brighter are important, so too are stars which are quite faint and hard to see even on a good night. Another approach was the idea that possibly only the stars in the zodiac belt were important for astrologers, but this was also proved to be incorrect.



What I have found is that the stars seem to contribute a consistent and reliable symbolism across diverse groups, from the famous and celebrated, to one's clients' -- and even one's pets' charts, are the stars that are mythologically "bright." The stars that hold, for different reasons, a great deal of mythology. Like, for example, Alkes, a small star in The Cracter with a magnitude of only 4.08. For reasons not totally clear, it carries the mythology of the grail, or the cauldron, with all of its stories and mysticism. And it carries this rich symbolism to every planet it touches.

Thus the 64 stars given here are the set that I have worked with over the last fifteen years, and I have only allowed a star membership in the group if it shows a consistent symbolic application. Other astrologers may of course choose to work with more or less stars. If you are new to fixed star work then you may want to start with just the bright stars (each star's magnitude is listed with its other details) to help you first to become familiar with a smaller group.



Names and themes of the stars listed in Section 3 of Bernadette Brady’s book Star and Planet Combinations



Achernar - rapid changes

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Acrux - The material world

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Acubens - The love of life

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Aculeus - Constructive Criticism

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Acumen - Criticism that weakens

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Agena - The common touch

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Al Rescha - Joining things together

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Alcyone - Inner vision

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Aldebaran - Integrity at all times

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Alderamin - Honour and leadership

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Algol - Intense passion

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Alhena - Promotion of ideas

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Alkes - To carry a precious thing

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Alinilam - To hold together

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Alphard - Obsession

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Alphecca - A gift with thorns

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Alpheratz - Speed and freedom

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Altair - Boldness

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Ankaa - Resurrection

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Antares - Obsessive Passion

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Arcturus - A path-finder

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Bellatrix - Success with stress

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Betelgeuese - Success with ease

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Canopus - The dominant leader

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Capella - Independence

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Capulus - Penetrating action

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Castor - The storyteller

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Deneb Adige - The spiritual warrior

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Deneb Algedi - The law giver

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Denebola - Non-conforming

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Diadem - a sacrifice

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Dubhe - Passive strength

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El Nath - Focus attack

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Facies - Penetrating vision

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Fomalhaut - Will and determination

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Hamal - Will and determination

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Markab - Stability

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Menkar - Open to the collective

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Mirach - Receptive, indulgent

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Mirfak - A love of action

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Murzim - To wish to speak

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Phact - To explore

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Polaris - To feel guided

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Pollux - Insights through stress

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Procyon - Things in transition

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Ras Algethi - The natural order

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Ras Alhague - The healer

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Regulus - Success but vengeance

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Rigel - The educator, the scholar

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Rukbat - Steadfastness

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Sadalmelek - Making one's own luck

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Sadalsuud - A natural rapport, luck

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Scheat - Searching for truth

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Schedar - Dignity

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Sirius - The quest for mortality

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Spica - To be gifted

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Sualocin - Playfulness

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Thuban - To hoard or guard

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Toliman - The teacher

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Vega - Enchantment

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Vindemiatrix - To collect and gather

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Zosma - Victimisation

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Zuben Elgenubi - The volunteer

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Zuben Elschamali - The professional helper

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[Ava]

Great resource glaucus, thank you.

Longitude given is for tropical zodiac.

My husband has Zuben Elgenubi exactly on his Scorpio NN, which is funny, since he says it's his favorite star (he likes the name), and he volunteers (key word) his work as a celestial navigator.

[glaucus]

Yeah...I know that Longitudes are Tropical.
Most Western Fixed Star astrologers use Tropical Zodiac like Bernadette Brady and Diana Rosenberg who used different fixed star methods.
Brady uses parans, and Rosenberg used ecliptic longitude projections like Anne Wright does.
Kenneth Bowser is a Western Sidereal Astrologer that uses fixed stars, but he doesn't even use their longitude. He focuses on Right Ascension, Declination, and parans.

[Ava]

Mar 25, 2019 16:51:39 GMT glaucus said:

Yeah...I know that Longitudes are Tropical.

I just mentioned it for the convenience of others who come across the thread.

[glaucus]

In my Astrological Nativity:


3D True Body Aspects within 1'00 (angles 2'00)
Takes both longitude and latitude accounts
measures along the great circle

Angles
None

Moon
none

Sun
none

Mercury
Mercury-Sualocin square - '30 - playfulness

Venus
none

Mars
Mars-Agena square - '04 - The common touch
Mars-Capulus square - '01 - Penetrating action
Mars-Algol square - '50 - Intense passion


Right Ascension within 1'00 (Angles:2'00)

Angles
MC-Aldebaran conjunction - 1'06 - Integrity at all times

Moon
none

Sun
Sun-Arcturus conjunction - '33 - A path-finder

Mercury
Mercury-Menkar opposition - '20 - Open to the collective

Venus
Venus-Zuben Eschamali conjunction - '31 - The professional helper

Mars
none


Declination Aspects within '10 (Angles: '20)


Angles
none

Moon
Moon parallel Alphard - '00 - intensity

Sun
none

Mercury
none

Venus
Venus parallel Alkes - 02- To carry a precious thing

Mars
none


Parans within '30 (angles: 1'00)
Sirius measure the orb to the horizon in altitude. David Cochrane pointed out that measurement in altitude makes more sense because altitude is the distance of the body from the horizon and this is what we want to know.

Angles
none

Moon
Moon-Murzim            rises-IC    alt.  =  0S03 - To wish to speak
Moon-Canopus           rises-IC    alt.  =  0N19 - The dominant leader

Venus
Venus-Fomalhaut         sets-rises  alt.  =  0S02 - Idealism
Venus-Mirfak            MC-sets     alt.  =  0N24 - A love of action
Venus-Sirius            IC-rises    alt.  =  0N28 - The quest for immortality

Mars
Mars-Murzim            rises-IC    alt.  =  0S08 - To wish to speak
Mars-Canopus           rises-IC    alt.  =  0N13 - The dominant leader



Stars with highest precedence and strongest themes 
(involving angles,Sun,Moon,2 or more star aspects)

Aldebaran (conjunction with Midheaven in Right Ascension) - Integrity at all times
Arcturus (conjunction with Sun in Right Ascension) - A path-finder
Alphard (parallel with Moon)- Obsession
Murzim (paran square with Moon and Mars) - To wish to speak
Canopus (paran square with Moon and Mars) - The dominant leader