Fixed Stars in Astrology
Here is a list of the most common fixed stars and their interpretation that are used in astrology charts.
The fixed star needs to be within one degree and in conjunction to one of your personal planets to have impact. Also realize that these intense meanings are not to be taken literally, such as for Caput Algol, the fixed star of beheading. If you have Algol on your Venus, for example, then you could be prone to “lose your head” when it comes to love affairs. The 4 Persian Royal Fixed stars used to be at the solstice and equinox points, however due to the precession of the equinox they are now at different positions.
The important fixed stars used in chart interpretation.
The fixed stars degrees are listed for their current degrees.
Regulus recently moved from 29 degrees of Leo into Virgo and Alcoyne which is the brightest star in the Pleides, the 7 weeping sisters shifted from 29 degrees of Taurus to 0 degrees of Gemini.
The most common fixed stars used in astrology chart interpretation.
The following are from standard interpretation of the fixed stars from Vivian Robson and/or added observation from my practice.
22° Aries 04: Baten Kaitos: Isolation, depression, accidents, emigration, shipwrecks.
Unfortunate Mars/ Saturn
7° Taurus 53: Hamal: Violence, cruelty, brutality. Sexual impulses.
Unfortunate Mars/ Saturn
14° Taurus 32: Menkar: Disease, throat trouble, disgrace, ruin, unjustified enmities; sudden emergence of deep unconscious issues.
Unfortunate Saturn/ Venus
26° Taurus 23: Caput Algol: Losing one’s head over something! Strangulation, beheading, danger to throat and neck, murder, violence, mass catastrophe; the Demon Star; passionate; intense; hysterical. In natal chart interpretation Algol has a bad reputation, however Algol as a talisman is a protection amulet. She is powerful in protecting you against those that have bad intentions towards you. Such as hatred, negative vibes, even curses.
Very Unfortunate or problematic in natal charts when connected to personal points Saturn/ Jupiter
0° Gemini 13: Pleiades : Recently moved into Gemini, perhaps it will be a bit different than when it was at the late degrees of Taurus. A combination of 7 stars called the weeping sisters of which Alcyone is the brightest. Accidents, blindness, violence, feminine power.
0° Gemini 13: Alcyone: Ambition, honor and glory. Trouble with opposite sex. Bereavement; loss; sorrow.
Unfortunate Moon/ Jupiter/ Mars
9° Gemini 59: Aldebaran – A Royal Star. The archangel Michael, the Watcher of the East. Eloquence, high honors, integrity, popularity, courage, danger, violent death.
Unfortunate Mars
28° Gemini 47: Polaris- Sickness, trouble, loss, affliction, spiritual powers.
Unfortunate Saturn/ Venus
28° Gemini 58: Betelgeuse– Gotta love the name. Great fortune and fame, especially military success, but associated with calamities, danger, and violence.
Unfortunate Mars/ Mercury
14° Cancer18: Sirius- Ambition, pride, emotionality, fame, leadership, wealth, fires, drought, danger through impetuosity. Sirius was worshipped in many cultures; its heliacal rising signaled the peak of summer, the annual flooding of the Nile and the beginning of the ancient Egyptian calendar .
Fortunate Jupiter/ Mars
20° Cancer 27: Castor- Sudden fame or loss, distinction, keen mind, violence, mischief. (Heliocentric node of Pluto, go big or go home- deep insight, fear of being out of control.)
Unfortunate Saturn/ Mars/ Venus
23° Cancer 26: Pollux- Contemplative speculation, audacity, ruin, disgrace, death, calamity. (Heliocentric node of Saturn, depression possible.)
Unfortunate Mars/ Moon/ Uranus
0° Virgo 03: Regulus– The most Royal Star. Raphael, the Healing Archangel, the Watcher of the North. Not sure what to make of it since it went into Virgo a couple of years ago, was in Leo for centuries which is the sign that is traditionally connected to kings, queens and the noble. Nobility, ambition, alertness, great power, status, leadership, sudden downfall, accidents, violence.
Very Fortunate Mars/ Jupiter
10° Libra 09: Vindemiatrix- Widowhood, (divorce) depression, witch-hunts, mysticism & the occult.
Unfortunate Saturn/ Mercury
24° Libra 03- Spica– Basically an all around good luck charm. Wealth, fame, honor, glamour, the “Fortunate One”. Spica was known as the gatherer, a star prominent at harvest time.
Very Fortunate Venus/ Mars
24° Libra 27- Arcturus- One of the few fixed stars w/o mixed positive/negative. Inspiration, riches, fame, benefits through travel, success through work. Very Fortunate Jupiter/ Mars
19° Scorpio Serpentis- – A malefic degree, tragedy, misfortune, the “Accursed Degree”. This degree does not change. Also the heliocentric node of Mercury and Mars, tendency towards verbal abuse.
Unfortunate Mars/ Saturn
9° Sagittarius 59- Antares- A Royal Star. The Archangel Oriel, the Watcher of the West. Another fixed star that has mixed messages, is it honor? Or misfortune? Spirit of adventure, honors, sudden loss, stubborn, suspicious, violent.
27° Sagittarius 00: Galactic Centre– A vast Black Hole at the center of our galaxy, discovered 1932; source of energy, single-minded dedication. some consider this as Fortunate = Jupiter, however it can be falling into a ‘black hole’ and not that pleasant if not conscious of your patterns.
15° Capricorn 32: Vega– Luck in politics, artistic talent, fleeting fame, double dealing, generosity, practicality.
Fortunate Venus/ Mercury
2° Aquarius 00: Altair– Sudden but ephemeral fortune, impulsiveness, courage, accidents, astrology, writing. Neutral Mars/ Jupiter
4° Pisces 05: Fomalhaut– A Royal Star. Archangel Gabriel, the Watcher of the South. Congenital birth defects, magic, fame, occult, faith, “Star of Alchemy”.
Fortunate Venus/ Mercury/ Neptune
5° Pisces 32: Deneb Adige– Intelligent, creative, original, naive, astrology, writing, the public.
Fortunate Venus/ Mercury
23° Pisces 42: Markab– This one is a roller coaster. Violence, honors and riches, sadness sorrow, legal problems, accidents. Unfortunate Mars/ Mercury/ Venus
29° Pisces 35: Scheat- Take this one with a grain of salt but do pay attention if it is on one of your planets to see if you feel ‘imprisoned’ in the area of your life of the house that the planet rules.
Imprisonment, murder, suicide, drowning, extreme misfortune.
Unfortunate Mars/ Mercury
