Brady's Book of Fixed Stars

Bernadette Brady

Weiser Books, Sep 1, 1999 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 480 pages

This text is the result of research into the original methods and concepts applied to the astrological use of fixed stars. It draws from the Egyptian and Greek philosophies and links their techniques to the myths that surround particular stars or constellations.

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 3
• THE BACKGROUND TO THE ASTROLOGICAL DECLINE OF FIXED STARS: 9
• THE FOUNDATIONS: 15
• PLANETS AND ORBS: 28
• DECIDING WHAT STARS TO USE: 30
• THE FOUR ANGLES AND THE FIXED STARS: 33
• THE EFFECT OF STARS ON NATAL PLANETS: 38
• HOW TO WORK WITH PARANS AND FIXED STARS: 43
• THE CONSTELLATIONS: 45
• THE CANVAS IN THE SKY: 47
• AQUILA THE EAGLE: 56
• ARA THE ALTAR: 61
• ARGO THE SHIP CARINA THE KEEL PUPPIS THE STERN VELA THE SAILS PYXIS THE COMPASS: 62
• AURIGA THE CHARIOTEER: 69
• BOOTES THE HUNTER WHO NOW FARMS: 75
• CANIS MAJOR THE DOG: 80
• CANIS MINOR THE LESSER DOG: 89
• CANES VENATICI BOOTES HUNTING DOGS: 92
• CASSIOPEIA THE QUEEN: 93
• CENTAURUS THE CENTAUR: 97
• CEPHEUS THE KING: 103
• CETUS THE WHALE: 105
• COMA BERENICES BERENICES HAIR: 109
• CORONA AUSTRALIS THE SOUTHERN CROWN: 114
• CORONA BOREALIS THE NORTHERN CROWN: 115
• CORVUS THE CROW: 119
• THE CRATER THE CUP: 120
• CRUX THE CROSS: 123
• CYGNUS THE SWAN: 126
• DELPHINUS THE DOLPHIN: 130
• DRACO THE DRAGON: 133
• EQUULEUS THE LITTLE HORSE: 137
• ERiDANI1S THE RIVER: 138
• HERCULES THE PHANTOM OR THE ONE WHO KNEELS: 143
• HYDRA THE SERPENT: 148
• LEPUS THE HARE: 153
• LUPUS THE WOLF: 154
• LYRA THE HARP: 155
• OPHIUCHUS THE SERPENT HOLDER AND SERPENS THE SERPENT: 159
• ORION GOD ON THE EQUATOR: 163
• PEGASUS THE WINGED HORSE: 177
• PERSEUS THE PRINCE: 185
• P1SCIS AUSTRALIS THE SOUTHERN FISH: 194
• SAGITTA THE ARROW: 199
• TRIANGULUM THE TRIANGLE: 200
• TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE SOUTHERN TRIANGLE: 201
• URSA MAJOR THE GREAT SHEBEAR: 202
• URSA MINOR THE LITTLE BEAR: 206
• THE NEW CONSTELLATIONS: 208
• THE ZODIAC THE RING OF LIFE: 221
• THE ZODIAC CONSTELLATIONS: 223
• ARIES THE RAM: 224
• TAURUS THE BULL: 229
• THE PLEIADES: 237
• THE HYADES: 241
• GEMINI THE TWINS: 243
• CANCER THE CRAB: 253
• THE MANGER: 257
• LEO THE LION: 259
• VIRGO THE VIRGIN: 270
• LIBRA THE SCALES: 278
• SCORPIUS THE SCORPION: 284
• SAGITTARIUS THE ARCHER: 293
• CAPRICORN THE GOAT: 300
• AQUARIUS THE WATER CARRIER: 305
• PISCES THE FISHES: 311
• STAR PHASES: 317
• THE SUN AND THE STARS: 319
• SUMMARY OF DEFINITIONS: 331
• STAR PHASES IN NATAL AND MUNDANE ASTROLOGY: 333
• FIXED STARS AND THE NATAL CHART: 343
• WORKING WITH FIXED STARS: 345
• USING FIXED STARS AS A PREDICTIVE TOOL: 363
• APPENDICES: 367
• LOCATING MEASURING AND NAMING THE STARS: 369
• STARS THAT RISE AND SET FOR ANY GIVEN LATITUDE: 374
• HELIACAL AND ACRONYCHAL ZODIAC MAPS: 377
• MUNDANE HELIACAL RISING MAPS: 412
• ECLIPTICAL DEGREES PTOLEMYS METHOD VERSUS THE MODERN SYSTEM: 417
• BIRTH DATA: 432
• STAR GUIDE: 437
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 439
• INDEX: 443

About the author

Bernadette Brady holds a PhD from University of Wales Trinity Saint David, where she studied beliefs in fate in 20th- and 21st-century astrology. She also holds a master's degree in cultural astronomy and astrology from Bath Spa University, UK. In 2006, she received the prestigious Charles Harvey Award for "exceptional service to astrology" from the Astrological Association of Great Britain, and the Regulus Award in Theory and Understanding in 2008 from the UAC in Denver. She is renowned for her innovative work in visual astrology, the role of fixed stars in Western astrology, and predictive astrology.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Brady's Book of Fixed Stars
• Author: Bernadette Brady
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Weiser Books, 1999
• ISBN: 157863105X, 9781578631056
• Length: 480 pages
• Subjects: Body, Mind & Spirit / Afterlife & Reincarnation; Body, Mind & Spirit / Astrology / General