

Fomalhaut (at 3★2’ Pisces) is connected to creativity, musical talent, and idealism. They confer charisma and a special gift or task when pronounced in a chart.

The Four Royal Stars of Persia are often seen as the most important stars in the sky, with rich mythological histories. (It is one of the Royal Stars of Persia, the Watcher of the South opposite Regulus, now at 0° Virgo, after 2,160 years in Leo.)

This is a view I currently am exploring.įomalhaut, from the Arabic for “fish’s mouth,” is in the constellation of the Southern Fish, i.e., Piscis Australis, near the constellation Aquarius. They are parts of ourselves that we don’t understand, the deepest part of ourselves. He articulated the idea that the fixed stars operate at the unconscious level they speak of qualities that are deeply embedded in our psyche, which he also related to our biology and physiology. I was inspired by Serbian astrologer Aleksandar Imsiragic’s talk at UAC 2012 on the fixed stars. I heard John Frawley say once that the fixed stars influence the body, not the soul (except in rare situations). Another person has Menkar conjunct Jupiter (the Ascendant ruler) this is the nativity of a psychologist who focuses on bringing the unconscious into consciousness in quite dramatic ways. I have seen Menkar (13☃7’ Taurus) conjunct the Sun in the radix of someone who suffered from devastating mental illness and someone else who is an astute psychological astrologer.

The sudden emergence of deep unconscious issues.” (1) Of Menkar, Bernadette Brady writes: “The unconscious becoming conscious. We understand that the sea is a symbol of the unconscious. He arises from the depths of the sea, unannounced and terrible. The early myths of this constellation connect it to a massive sea monster that is destructive and all-powerful. That impression was in part formed by experiences of people in my life with Menkar, the brightest star in the constellation Cetus the Whale, in a prominent place. I have always thought of the fixed stars in natal astrology as operating at a deep stratum in the psyche.
