The Royal Stars Slides
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Overview of Royal Stars Antares • Why the Royal Stars are Important • Past and Current Seasonal Sign and Degree Fomalhaut • Their astronomy and the Constellations they occupy • History and Stories Regulus • Planets and Moon including Aldebaran Moon Occultation series • Altair as a Former Royal Star • Resources Why Royal Stars are important! • They are 4 first magnitude stars that mark a Grand Cross of directional points, helping us navigate the sky. • The 4 stars were at cardinal directional points during significant turning points in humanity thousands of years ago and will be again. • These stars are written about in countless ancient texts from a wide variety of cultures and spiritual/religious beliefs, including the Christian Bible. That is a reflection of the large influences these stars have held for us without much modern-day realization (and still do!) in our spiritual expressions and writings today. • Like the zodiac, these 4 stars represent an intimate connection to our ancestors from all over the world. Fomalhaut 04 Pisces 07 (Mouth of the Fish known as Pisces Austrinus) Watcher of the South Marked the December Solstice Sun at zero Capricorn around 2582 BC Stone: Granite Antares 10 Sagittarius 01 (Heart of the Scorpion) Watcher of the West Marked the September Equinox at zero Libra around 3052 BC Stones: Sardonia and Amethyst Aldebaran 10 Gemini 03 (Eye of the Bull) Watcher of the East Marked the March Equinox at zero Aries around 3044 BC Stones: Carbuncle and Ruby Regulus 00 Virgo 06 (Heart of the Lion) Watcher of the North Marked the June Solstice at zero Cancer about 2345 BC Stone: Pearl The Royal Stars in the Bible These royal stars have been been been linked with the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse (Revelations 6) and the Chariot Horses in the Book of Zechariah. (The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology by Vivian Robson ). And these stars are also linked with the Archangels in this order: Michael (Aldebaran) watcher of the East Gabriel (Fomalhaut) watcher of the South Raphael (ReGulus) Watcher of the North Uriel (Antares) Watcher of the West Aldebaran/Winter Sky Aldebaran is Currently located in the Hyades an asterism in the The Bull constellation Winter Triangle a.k.a. of the Bull Heaven’s Gate near Orion and the Winter Triangle also known as Heaven’s Gate at the edge of our Galaxy. Astronomy of Aldebaran Magnitude -2.1 and the 14th brightest star in our night sky. An orange/red star about 153 times brighter than our Sun and 65 light years away from Earth. The Hyades are about 150 light-years away from Earth or 85 light years further from Earth than Aldebaran. Aldebaran is 44 times bigger than our Sun. That means if Aldebaran was in the place of our Sun its surface would extend close to the orbit of Mercury. Polaris is our present-day North Star. However, Aldebaran was the North Star around 450,000 years ago along with the star Capella. (see next two slides) At that time Aldebaran appeared several times brighter in the sky then than it does now and was near the very bright star Capella meaning 450,000 years ago these two brilliant stars served as a double pole star. ~ From EarthSky.org Aldebaran is Arabic - meaning “the follower.” According to Richard Hinckley Allen in his classic book Star Names: their Lore and Meaning the name Aldebaran originally applied to the entire Hyades star cluster and not just the single star. The bull In fact Aldebaran is not originally part of the Hyades cluster as already shared. Ancient sky lore, suggests the teary Hyades are the The Hyades daughters of Atlas and Aethra, forever crying for January evenings their brother Hyas, who was killed by a lion or a boar or in a hunting accident of some kind (different versions of the story). Aldebaran The Hyades are the half-sisters to the Pleiades, the daughters of Atlas and Pleione. The gods purposely kept Atlas’ daughters – the Hyades and the Pleaides – out of reach of Orion, giving them a safe haven from his lustful pursuits. Pleiades Aldebaran - Watcher of the East Capella The Bull • Planets within 6 to 10 degrees amplify the transmission of Aldebaran light codes (or any Royal Star) to our conscious awareness. • Is also known as the Calf, the Red Deer, the sow, the ox, God’s eye, Buddha’s eye, Star of Ascent (see Kabbalistic symbol below) • Aldebaran is “The Leading Star of Stars” because in antiquity all star longitudes were measured from it or from its opposite, Antares. • It has been described as a light portal to the mysteries of the mind This is the magical Hermetic Kabbalistic symbol for Aldebaran by Cornelius Agrippa Capella and Aldebaran were the from his book Occult Philosophy North Pole Star 450,000 years ago. published in 1533 Aldebaran is now located in the Hyades. …the Silver Gate is above Orion, at the centre of the Duat; the Aldebaran Egyptian Netherworld…represented on the ground in the Giza area. The ancient Greeks, who received much of their Orion knowledge from Egypt, believed that souls reside in the Milky Way between incarnations, and that there are 2 “gates” on the Milky Way. These are the Silver Gate of (The Twins) Gemini, where souls descend to earth, and the Golden Gate of (The Archer) Sagittarius, where souls ascend. Other versions say the souls of men (humans) can ascend by either gate, but that the Silver Gate leads to reincarnation and the ancestors, and the Golden Gate leads beyond reincarnation. The Golden Gate is the gate the Gods descend into this reality… The Silver Gate is just above the “hand” of Orion, who the Egyptians associated with Osiris, and they depicted him holding a star in his hand. In The Orion Mystery, Bauval & Gilbert presumed this to be the star Aldebaran. Now, Gilbert has found that the Egyptian word for star, s’ba, also means “door”, so Osiris is holding a Star-Gate. In some depictions, Osiris is holding an ankh towards the gate, so this must be the key that unlocks the star-gate. http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/7.htm As already described Aldebaran seems to be the key to opening the doorway to the enlightened mind – or as some have indicated the entrance into one of the Halls of Records. (Starwalking by Page Bryant). Aldebaran is the key to the silver gate where souls entered this realm and is the key (or ankh to the Egyptians) that the High Man (Orion) holds in his hand. This suggests this area of the sky (highly activated when planets are here) is opening a portal of unprecedented transformation. The late Astronomer Jack Eddy suggests Aldebaran has a connection with the Big Horn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming. Eddy feels ancient Native Americans may have used this site as an observatory to view the rising of Aldebaran just before the Sun (heliacal rise) in June to predict the June solstice. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/us/18eddy.htm Stars of the First People by Dorcas S Miller speaks to this medicine wheel saying holy people from different tribes may have visited and ceremonially used it - as its location does not support large encampments. Has been linked with the Cheyenne and Arapahoe. The Crow said it was built by “people who had no iron” or before the white man came and has long been associated with the Sun Dance lodge. Aldebaran is located in the Sacred Hoop of Stars The Galactic Edge As Identified by the Lakota at the Edge of our Galaxy opposite of Antares near the Aldebaran Center of our Galaxy. The Stars that mark the Rim of the Hoop are Capella, Castor, Pollux, Procyon, Sirius, Rigel, and the Pleiades Aldebaran is Primarily a The Bull winter and spring evening star for those in The Bull the northern hemisphere. In Early The Galactic Edge December, Aldebaran rises just after sunset and is visible all night. By March it is high to the south at sunset, and sets at Around 7 pm March around 7 pm around January around 7 pm March 8 pm Daylight Time midnight. By early May, Aldebaran hangs low in the west disappearing with the Sun at the end of May and returning to the predawn sky around late June early July. The Bull The Bull Orion Rising Around 7:30 pm Standard 4:30 am Daylight Time 8:30 Daylight Time 5:30 am Standard Time May Late June/July Inner Planets with Aldebaran from 2021 to 2022 Mar 21 2021 Mars Cnj Aldebaran 10°Ge04' D Sep 07 2022 Mars Cnj Aldebaran 10°Ge06' D Dec 26 2022 Mars Cnj Aldebaran 10°Ge06' D . May 10 2021 Mercury Cnj Aldebaran 10°Ge04' D Jun 22 2022 Mercury Cnj Aldebaran 10°Ge05' D . May 16 2021 Venus Cnj Aldebaran 10°Ge04' D Jul 01 2022 Venus Cnj Aldebaran 10°Ge05' D . May 31 2021 Sun Cnj Aldebaran 10°Ge04' D May 31 2022 Sun Cnj Aldebaran 10°Ge05' D Sun is within 6° of Aldebaran from May 24 to June 07 Moon Passes Next Occultations of the Moon over Aldebaran Aldebaran 2021 Aug 18, 2033 to Feb 23, 2037 Jan 23 Feb 20 Mar 19 Apr 14 May 13 Jun 09 Jul 06 Aug 02 Aug 30 Sep 26 Oct 23 The Bull Nov 20 Dec 17 Some cultures viewed Aldebaran as war-like, others have considered it was one of the four "Guardians of Heaven" or one of the "four sentinels watching over other stars" or one of the four royal stars - including Antares, Regulus, Fomalhaut - known as the "Watcher of the East" and others have seen it linked to archangel Michael - Military Commander of the Heavenly Host.