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The Royal Stars, also known as the Royal Stars of Persia, are Aldebaran, Regulus, Antares, and Fomalhaut, four prominent stars that played a significant role in ancient astronomy and astrology. These stars were regarded as the celestial guardians of the sky during the time of the Persian Empire (550 BCE–330 BCE) and were considered markers of ...
In traditional astrological nomenclature, the stars were divided into fixed stars, Latin stellæ fixæ, which in astrology means the stars and other galactic or intergalactic bodies as recognized by astronomy; and "wandering stars" (Greek: πλανήτης αστήρ, planētēs astēr), which we know as the planets of the Solar System.
Some old Persian names in astronomy have barely survived; the names of the four Royal stars that were used by the Persians for almanacs are Aldeberan, Regulus, Antares and Fomalhaut, and are thought by scientists to equate to the modern-day star systems of Alcyone, Regulus, Albireo, and Bungula (Alpha Centauri) for almanacs.
Symbol Constellation Tropical zodiac dates [1] Sidereal zodiac dates [2] [3] [4] (Lahiri ayanamsa)Dates based on 14 equal length sign zodiac used by Schmidt [5] [i] Based on IAU boundaries [6]
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The Behenian fixed stars are a selection of fifteen stars considered especially useful for magical applications in the medieval astrology of Europe and the Arab world. Their name derives from the Arabic bahman , "root," as each was considered a source of astrological power for one or more planets .
The Book of Fixed Stars, a 10th-century synthesis of the comprehensive star catalogue in Ptolemy’s Almagest with local Arabic astronomical traditions on the constellations (notably the constellation system of the Anwā’). This page shows Orion (al-jabbar, "the giant"). The star Rigel in his foot derives its name from the Arabic rijl, "foot."
Karl Ludwig Harding, who discovered and named Juno, assigned to it the symbol of a scepter topped with a star. [ 15 ] The modern astrological form of the symbol for Vesta, ⚶, was created by Eleanor Bach, [ 16 ] who is credited with pioneering the use of the big four asteroids with the publication of her Ephemerides of the Asteroids in the ...