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| Claudius Ptolemy: Of the Power of the Fixed Stars |
| As it is next in order to recount the natures of the fixed stars with reference to their special powers, we shall set forth their observed characters in an exposition like that of the natures of the planets, and in the first place those of the ones that occupy the figures in the zodiac itself. |
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| Fixed Stars , not fixed fate |
| What hogwash!" he said, only he used a different word. "When you screw up your life, you blame astrology, like you had no choice because you were born at a certain time. |
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| The Primary Directions to Fixed Stars |
| When we open the section on primary directions in William Lilly's Christian Astrology1, we can see directions to fixed stars. If primary directions designated as 'exotics' in modern astrological practice, then primary directions to fixed stars could be considered to be the 'exotics' of 'exotics'. Nevertheless, primary directions to fixed stars are not unusual in astrological tradition. |
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| Using the fixed stars |
| If a fixed star conjuncts a natal planet, there is a life-long melding of the influence of the fixed star on that planet. When an arc, progression or transit, activates this conjunction; it will express the nature of the fixed star in its essence. |
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