Brady's Book of Fixed Stars

By Bernadette Brady

Book Overview

Since prehistory, humanity has been held in thrall by the night sky, captivated by the mystery of the stars. Seeking to make sense of such a magical overhead landscape, people used the stars to relate beliefs, creation stories, and mythologies. And just as the fixed stars have ancient origins in human life, their astrological interpretations get right to the heart of our lives. Celebrated astrologer Bernadette Brady melds modern astrological techniques with Egyptian and early Greek mythology to bring astrologers to a deeper understanding of the horoscope, and provides delineations for using fixed stars in chart interpretation. Her methods open a window on the fixed stars, revealing how a major star in a person's chart indicates the stage of life in which it is active and how it affirms the person's life journey through the mythology that the star represents. Though the fixed stars have been watched and studied for all of humanity, Brady's Book of Fixed Stars continues to be the astrological bible for how to use them in practice. This is an essential resource that should be on every astrologer's bookshelf. For the first time, this book offers astrologers: Paran Maps and Star Phases for over 60 starsnew insights into the natal use of fixed stars, as well as their use in mundane astrologyextensive appendices of Heliacal Rising and Acronychal Setting--graphs and tables so that, for any given location, the dates of these risings and settings can be founda list of 176 stars with their 21st century Ptolemaic precessed positions versus their commonly--considered positions based on Ulugh Beg's methods. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877288860
• ISBN13: 9780877288862
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Weiser Books
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

the beach astrologer

Bernadette Brady is obviously one of the great teachers of astrologers today in the modern world. The lady is trained in astronomy, astrology, the Christian religion, mythology and obliviously a Wiccan priestess. Those are only a few of her areas of expertise. She has with this book brought the ancient use of the fixed stars back into traditional western astrology. Since writing her books she has graduated with a master's...

Excellent addition to your Astrology library.

When this book had just come out, I attended Ms. Brady's Fixed Star workshop in Atlanta, May,'98.The lecture given was enthral ling ...Ms. Brady's interest & expertise in her subject were very impressive. Naturally, I signed up to have a Fixed StarReport done by the lady herself, & it has added "oodles" of info to my own charts, etc. Soon I had the book in hand & have been very impressed with it also. Not a beginner's...

easier than I thought, excellent revival of a good method

I'd been avoiding this book probably because I expected working with parans to be difficult. I succumbed to it during a recent chest cold and it turned out to be so clearly and well written that I had no trouble getting my one-track mind off the ecliptic. Brady's discussion of the history, charting methods, and meanings of the stars/constellations are enjoyable and enlightening, often providing a constructive viewpoint...

Awesome Astrology Book!

Brady's Book of Fixed Stars brings the world of fixed stars to the tropical astrologer. Her method of delineation takes into account the ancient myths associated with the constellations, and her introduction of the ancient technique of star "parans" has consistently shed additional light on natal charts for me. My only quibble is her relying on Barbara Walker's "The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets", which is...

Brilliant

This book sheds a new light on fixed stars. Bernadette Brady delineates the fixed stars according to their psychological influence. She teaches some very useful new methods, based on (recovered) ancient techniques. Her interpretations are practical and to the point. A must read.