1. Seeing The natal chart in its totality: It would be impossible to interpret a chart with the fixed stars in isolation. At the outset it is to be stated that the general rules of reading a chart should be given the utmost importance, taking into consideration the elements, signs, houses, placement of planets, aspects, sahams, declinations, etc. After doing a thorough study, then only application of the rules of the fixed stars should be attempted.
2. Taking the significators into account: The countless artifacts, socifacts,mentifacts, etc., which are the creation of man and indictors and stamps of different civilizations, are signified by the signs of the zodiac, houses and planets. The interpretation of a natal charts becomes easier by using these significators. These significators have been used in the case studies of Lata Mangeskar, Neil Armstrong, Albert Einstein and Rigel.
3. Identifying the fixed stars on the angles, cusps and planets: The Elizabethan astrologer, William Lilly, identified about fifty fixed stars in his horary delineations. According to him the Fixed Stars have an influence when in conjunction, opposition, square or parallel aspect with a planet, or significant point in the horoscope. They are particularly important when in the Ascendant or Angles at birth, or when near the Sun or Moon. They also have an effect when directed to the Angles. Cusps and the Planets and can be activated by major transits.
4. Reinhold Ebertin says: “ practice shows that a star's high latitude does not appear to matter at all.” From my own experience, I wholeheartedly agree with this claim because research into events in history of the natives show that the fixed stars operate by longitude position, whether on the ecliptic or away from it.
5. Use of orbs for the fixed stars: So far as the orbs are concerned, Vivian Robson gives larger orbs of 5 degrees on either side for 1 magnitude stars but astrologers of recent times have restricted orbs to 1 degree. There is no hard and fast rule so far as orbs are concerned and even orbs of 2 ½ degrees could be given to stars of 1 magnitude, moresoever when they fall on angles and the luminaries and the planets. 6. Effects of fixed stars to various angles and cusps: Dr. Randall C. Roffeo, in his
“Introduction to Fixed Stars” says, “interpretations are done for conjunctions of planets (listed by house rulers), ascendant, midheaven, and other house cusps to over 60 major "fixed" stars and star clusters, all distant suns in their own systems. Called "fixed" because of their unchanging constellation patterns, against whose backdrop the planets move, these stars are the brightest stars we see at night. Bright stars generally not used for interpretation are those over 45 degrees north or south of the ecliptic path; and in "crowded" areas of the heavens, only the most powerful stars are selected for interpretation.
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7. Great Men and the Power of the Subconscious: In one of the bestsellers at the turn of the twenty first century, “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Dr. Joseph Murphy and Dr. Ian McMahan state the following in Chapter One “The Treasure House Within You”: “Most of the great scientists, artists, poets, singers, writers and inventors have had a deep understanding of the workings of the conscious and the subconscious minds. It was this that gave them the power to accomplish their goals.” Prayer, is the constant interaction of the conscious and subconscious minds along with the superconscious linked to the Crown Chakra with infinite petals. As most of the present case studies are of achievers in various fields, their souls are advanced. Due to this constant interaction of the different sections of the mind, which is a storehouse of infinite treasures and miracles, these advanced souls are linked to the divine and metaphysics. We are told of a famous Egyptiologist who attempted to read the hieroglyphic carvings. After continuous study to decipher it, he got the answer in his dream through the interpretations given by a temple priest of those times. Many metaphysical descriptions of the fixed stars have been mentioned in the case studies and I feel that they are relevant to these great and advanced beings.
8. In some case studies, the description of fixed stars is given for academic purpose and may not be relevant in the true sense.
Many of these stars interpreted here form part of the familiar zodiacal constellations, and many of them are also our nearest neighbouring star systems, being in most cases less than one hundred light years away. Interpretation of fixed stars is the key to reconciling the tropical signs and the precession of the zodiac, thus understanding the relationship of astrology to the visible sky.The influences of stars correspond to their color, variability, brightness or magnitude, distance from us, and apparent distance north or south of the ecliptic path, as well as their traditional constellation myths. Generally, northern stars are more favorable than southern ones; and most white, blue/white, yellow and some orange stars are favorable, whereas most red or highly variable stars are considered potentially difficult. The most powerful stars are those nearest the ecliptic path, and the equator, the brightest, and those the closest to us. In a horoscope, the rising star (conjunct ascendant) and the culminating star (conjunct midheaven) are most important, as is any star conjunct the ascendant ruler.”
The following are the effects of fixed stars when they are conjunct to the angles or various cusps or their respective rulers:
Fixed Stars Rising Or Conjunct To :
Ascendant And Ascendant Ruler
These stars affect your life, personality, appearance, nature and expression most strongly of all celestial bodies beyond the planets.
Second Ouse Cusp Or Ruler
Third House Cusp Or Ruler
strongly affect your communication style, messages, local transportation, siblings and neighbours.
Fourth House Cusp Or Ruler
strongly affect your security issues, home, mother, parents, land, farms and mines, and ancestrl property.
Fifth House Cusp Or Ruler
strongly affects risk, romance, your lover, eduction, creativity, your children, luck and entertainment life.
Sixth House Cusp Of Ruler
strongly affects your health, duties, employees, coworkers, and pets.
Seventh House Cusp Of Ruler strongly affects marriage, partnership, your partner(s) or your opponent(s)
Eight House Cusp Or Ruler
strongly affects loss, debt, inheritance, enemies, punishment, and other's or your partner's money or possessions. the areas of life associated with this house, and for relationships. Ninth House Cusp Or Ruler
strongly affects voyages, higher education, religious faith and belief ,publishing, legal matters, your teacher, judge or lawyer.
Tenth House Cusp Or Ruler
strongly affect your career, reputation, achievement, your employer or overseer, and your father.
Eleventh House Cusp Or Ruler
strongly affects your ideals and your friends. Twelfth House Cusp Of Ruler
strongly affects your spiritual life, atonement, institutions, unknown opponents, and your livestock or large animals.
9. The scope for research is very wide: As the study of the fixed stars is still very open, further research backed by case studies could be done and a balance judgement be obtained, which could be of help to the native with the sole view of suppressing the negative features and concentrating on developing the positive features and traits, so that the native could evolve to be a being of higher consciousness and even develop super-consciousness. This attempt could serve the noble purpose propogated by the early Aryan sages who used astrology as a way of
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life with the sole aim of developing one’s life spiritually in this cosmic journey of life.
10. Brief biographical sketch of natives: Attempts have been made to give a brief biographical sketch of all the individuals so that the reader is aware of the native’s background and will be in a position to correlate interpretations to his/her life.
11. Interpreting the positive traits and action: It is rather easy to see the negative and degrading effects. As this study is solely aimed to portray “the good life” and to emphasize “Character is destiny” I have attempted to give only the positive results, so that readers and students will be motivated to change the lives of the masses by doing so. If negative qualities or events have been shown, then I feel that such incidents could be avoided by concentrated efforts and we could become better persons in the process of evolution in the cosmic journey.