Fixed Stars

Fifteen stars considered especially useful for astrological applications (in the mediæval astrology of Europe and the Arab world) are known as the Behenian Fixed Stars (each marked with † Behenian Star).

The name derives from Arabic bahman, "root," as each was considered a source of astrological power for one or more planets. Each is also connected with a gemstone and plant used in rituals intended to draw the star's influence (e.g., into a talisman).

When a planet was within six degrees of an associated star, this influence was thought to be particularly strong. For Agrippa's table, see the Behenian Fixed Stars; for a different viewpoint, see the Table of Hermes.

This article examines the influence of the Fixed Stars, with a comprehensive table of their year 2000 (& 2010) position and the character of their effects.

"The strength and efficacy of the Fixed Stars is to be considered from their magnitude, their splendours, their natures or properties, their nearness to the Ecliptic, their place in the World, their multitude, their first oriental appearance, the purity of their place, the similitude or agreement of the body or rays of a Planet with them and their circle of position."
— The Seven Segments of Cardan [ed. William Lilly, 1675]

Joseph A Seiss, compiled his own version of the Constellation based on Biblical data and the results are amazing.  Seeing the meaning behind the stars in terms of the Messiah and our Redemption adds new understanding to how everything really is connected.

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A dévák és aszurák harcának egyik fő fejezetét alkotja az a rész, amikor a dévák megkérik Visnut, hogy mivel elfogyott az erejük, a kozmikus óceán kiköpüléséhez az ellenségtől kérjen segítséget. Az istenség eléri, hogy átmeneti fegyverszünet legyen a két fél között és megkéri Vaszukit, az alvilág kígyódémonát, hogy segítsen ezen művelet végrehajtásában. Köpülőkötélként a világhegyet botként használva tizennégy mágikus entitást nyernek ki az óceánból, utolsóként az ambróziát/nektárt/szómát. Bár az aszurák átmenetileg megszerzik az isteni nedüt, Visnu elcsalja tőlük a nemes italt, és a dévák isszák meg az egészet, miáltal visszatér erejük. Ekkor a kígyó ittas dévának álcázva magát a maradék nektárhoz férkőzik és iszik belőle. A Nap és a Hold átlát a szitán, de mivel már ivott az ambróziából, halhatatlanná vált, így Visnu hiába vágja le a fejét, kettévált teste Brahma parancsára Rahuként /fej/ és Ketuként /farok/, árulójukat, a Napot és Holdat örökkön-örökké üldözve az ekliptikán veszélyezteti a fővilágosítókat.

Most of us know that the stars serve as a reliable compass, but it is less known that they can also be an accurate clock. The fact that during the middle of the month of March in Romania the hour hand of the sky clock - formed by the last two stars in the Big Dipper (Dubhe and Merak) - reads exactly zero hours at midnight is the key to the calculations we must make anytime we want to determine the correct hour by the stars. First, read the time by the hour hand of the sky clock to the nearest quarter hour. Second, determine the number of months that have passed since the middle of March and add this to the number indicated by the hour hand of the sky clock. Third step is to multiply by two the figure you have just arrived at in the preceding step. Finally, subtract this number from 24 or 48 and add one hour for Daylight Saving Time (if applicable). This will give you the correct time in hours, from 1 to 24.

Astronomy was very important science in the medieval Islamic world, and we can witness its achievements in modern day science. The copies of the 10th century astronomical illustrated manuscript, “The Book  of Fixed Stars”, by  'Abd ar Raḥman aṣ-Ṣufi, survived to these days and they represent the basis of this paper. Aṣ-Ṣufi left us the list of 48 constellations from Ptolemy’s Almagest, as well as the information about traditional constellations and star names of pre-Islamic Arabia.
By studying the cultural translation and transliteration through the nomenclature and the iconography of the constellations, we can easily understand what were concerns and interests of star-gazing Bedouin Arabs, spot the cultural differences between ancient Greek and the growing Islamic civilization in its golden period, and by observing the transformation of  the  illustrations,  especially  when  representing  human  figures,  we  can  easily  follow  the  history  of  Islamic civilization and the mixture of cultural influences which followed the territorial expansion and the conquests.

Bibliotheca Sacra and Biblical Repository, Vol XX. Edward A. Park and Samuel H. Taylor Editors.  Warren, W.F.  - Biblical Cosmology and the Doctrine of the Fall of the World. London:1863

An excellent analysis of the changes made to ancient cosmological concepts and the damaging results to a clear understanding of the Universe based on modern scientific theories.  Very obscure historical accounts of the Fall and how science has disconnected us from a clear understanding of things that were written by Moses, the Prophets and Paul.  This will open your eyes to many missing details.....

From Sloane 3847, tr. Sergei Belokon, https://new-ot.com (rus), Russia, Samara What stones and hearbes are appropiated unto the 15 starres accordinge to John Gower in his booke intituled de Confessione Amantis, the wich he dedicated unto king Henry the eight. Prima stella. Vocatur, Aldeboran, cuius lapis carbunculus et herba anabulla est. Secunda stella, vocatur, Clota, seu Pliades cuius lapis christallum, et herba feniculus est. Algol. cuius lapis Diamans. Herba heleborum nigrum Alhaiot. Lapis saphirus herba marubium Canis Maior. Lapis berillus, herba sauma est Cаnis minor. Lapis Achatas, herba primula Arial, quid lapis Gonza, herba celidonia est Alacorvi, lapis honochinus, herba lappacia Alaezel. Cuius lapis smaragdus, herba salgea Almareth, lapis jaspis, herba plantago Venenas, cuius lapis adamas et herba cicorea est Alpheta, lapis topasion, herba rasmarineus Cor Scorpionis, lapis sardis, herba astrologia (aristolochia) Boter cadent. Lapis Chrisolitus, herba saturea Quinta decima stella vocatur, Cauda Scorpionis, cuius lapis calcidonis et herba maiorana est

We present results of an investigation on a high-galactic latitude sample of late-type field stars selected from the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS). The sample comprises about 200 G, K, and M stars. Lithium abundances were determined for about 180 G-M stars. Radial velocities were measured for most of the circ. 140 G and K type stars. Combined with proper motions these data were used to study the age distribution and the kinematical properties of the sample. Based on the lithium abundances half of the G-K stars were found to be younger than the Hyades (660 Myr). About 30% are comparable in age to the Pleiades (100 Myr). A small subsample of 10 stars is younger than the Pleiades (100 Myr). They are therefore most likely pre-main sequence stars. Kinematically the PMS and Pleiades-type stars appear to form a group with space velocities close to the Castor moving group but clearly distinct from the Local Association.

Owen Bruce Slee is one of the pioneers of Australian radio astronomy. During World War II he independently discovered solar radio emission, and, after joining the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, used a succession of increasingly more sophisticated radio telescopes to examine an amazing variety of celestial objects and phenomena. These ranged from the solar corona and other targets in our solar system, to different types of stars and the ISM in our Galaxy, and beyond to distant galaxies and clusters of galaxies. Although long retired, Slee continues to carry out research, with emphasis on active stars and clusters of galaxies. A quiet and unassuming man, Slee has spent more than half a century making an important, wide-ranging contribution to astronomy, and his work deserves to be more widely known.

Owen Bruce Slee is one of the pioneers of Australian radio astronomy. During World War II he independently discovered solar radio emission, and, after joining the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, used a succession of increasingly more sophisticated radio telescopes to examine an amazing variety of celestial objects and phenomena. These ranged from the solar corona and other targets in our solar system, to different types of stars and the ISM in our Galaxy, and beyond to distant galaxies and clusters of galaxies. Although long retired, Slee continues to carry out research, with emphasis on active stars and clusters of galaxies. A quiet and unassuming man, Slee has spent more than half a century making an important, wide-ranging contribution to astronomy, and his work deserves to be more widely known.

We are interested in the similarities and differences between the quantum-classical (Q-C) and the noncommutative-commutative (NC-Com) correspondences. As one useful platform to address this issue we derive the superstar Wigner-Moyal equation for noncommutative quantum mechanics (NCQM). A superstar $\bigstar$-product combines the usual phase space $\ast$ star and the noncommutative $\star$ star-product. Having dealt with subtleties of ordering present in this problem we show that the classical correspondent to the NC Hamiltonian has the same form as the original Hamiltonian, but with a non-commutativity parameter $\theta$-dependent, momentum-dependent shift in the coordinates. Using it to examine the classical and the commutative limits, we find that there exist qualitative differences between these two limits. Specifically, if $\theta \neq 0$ there is no classical limit. Classical limit exists only if $\theta \to 0$ at least as fast as $\hbar \to 0$, but this limit does not yield Ne...

Emily Rauscher and Kristen Menou Department of Astronomy, Columbia University, 550 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027 ... James YK. Cho Astronomy Unit, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK