posted May 18, 2008 02:33 PM              

Sirius is exactly conjunct my Moon in Cancer, so I've always wandered what it could mean. I've even had people tell me that my soul was from Sirius, which is supposedly a spiritually advanced 'planet' (I don't know).

Sirius was apparently very important astrologically to the Egyptians. "Sirius was the most important star in the sky to the ancient Egyptians. The ancient Egyptian calendar was based on the rising of Sirius. It is established for certain that Sirius was sometimes identified by the ancient Egyptians with their chief goddess Isis." They also apparently had festivals celebrating the rising of Sirius in the summmer.

Its funny how important this star was to the egyptians, yet is so overlooked and practically forgotten today. Wandering if anyone knows anything about Sirius and its significance astrologically.

posted May 18, 2008 06:05 PM            

Tuesday July 6 the Sun makes a conjunction with the fixed star SIRIUS, which Saturn conjuncted the last weeks of June. At this time Sirius is situated on approximately 14.25 Cancer. Sirius is the largest and most brilliant star in the evening skies, and called the dogstar as well, as it partakes of the constellation Canis Major. (The Big Dog) According to a site on fixed stars where delineations from Vivian Robson onwards are collected (see under resources at my linkspage, and under fixed stars) in ancient times the dog was not a very favoured animal, unlike the West these days where dogs are part of the Cancerian family. But folkore of ancient times since Ptolemy is consequently not too favourable on the influence of this star either. Sirius was thought to be responsible for plagues and droughts, the things we blame the emission of gasses into the atmosphere for these days. In this "new age" Sirius has regained a lot of its regal influence again though as if many secrets come from Sirius. Sirius is being regarded as the Sun itself of the Sun, shining 23 times as bright as well. In this respect Sirius is regarded as the Higher Self astrologically. In the texts on fixed stars Sirius is also being regarded as the star for honour, fame and glory, it having the effect of Mars/Jupiter. If Sirius is conjunct the Ascendant with Mars, it can give some danger upon one's life (apparently) as well as recklessness, but with Sirius in one's 8th house (as I have, grin) fame comes after one's death:-) A good aspect with Jupiter or with the MC can give riches and succes in trade.

Not a lot of people work with fixed stars in astrology. A quick look in my database of charts does not really reveal anything much, but admittedly, it was just a quick look.

The Dogon (an ancient African tribe) think that all of their vast and extensive knowledge of the starsystem of Sirius (which they possess) came from beings who came down in their spaceships ages ago from Sirius. Where the Dogon knew about Sirius B for ages, the western academic world did not discover it until 1862 (as can be gleaned from the site of NASA on Sirius even)

In the chart of the US of A, the most 'famous' country in the world, Sirius is conjunct the Sun (at 13+ Cancer). Sirius moves forward very slowly (so slow that it is a 'fixed' star on the firmament), but this year, the Sun-Sirius conjunction is on July 6, 2 days after the Celebration of Independence in America.

Apparently, Sirius cannot be seen 35 days prior and 35 days after the Sirius-Sun conjunction, and in ancient Egypt these were the days were no funerals took place, for it was believed that Sirius was the gateway to heaven, and if would be closed in these 70 days. Sirius equals the god Osiris often depicted with the head of a dog.

January 1 the Sun each year is roughly at 10 degrees of Capricorn. In the past Sirius was on 10 Cancer (it now moved forward to over 14 degrees) and when at midnight Sirius culminated in the past, and provided a new surge of enormous vitality to the world, this was the ritual of the New Year. From that ancient ritual our new year's day on January 1 came. On July 23 each year Sirius will rise heliacally just before the Sun that is in the East on the Ascendant, and this is the start of the New Year of the Dogon. For the Dogon, the number 23 is a magic number. July 23 has a 23 in it, Sirius B revolves 23 times per minute.... and Sirius A shines 23 times more brilliantly than the Sun.

posted May 18, 2008 06:05 PM            

Ambition, pride, emotionality, fame, leadership, wealth, fires, drought, danger through impetuosity.

14° Cancer 05

Fortunate Jupiter/ Mars

http://www.astrologycom.com/fixedstars.html

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Summer Heat - Sirius a 2nd Sun

Both the ancient Egyptian and Roman traditions, looked at the Dog Star as being a 2nd Sun, and agreed that the Dog Star was responsible for the intense summer heat by adding its own heat to the heat of the Sun.

Oddly enough, according to the National Geographic News (James Owen, July 16, 2004), it was in ancient Rome that the “dog days” – dies caniculares in Latin – came to have more negative associations, such as “intolerable heat, lethargy, disease, and mad dogs.”

According to Owens: “Pliny (A.D. 23-79), in his Natural History, refers to the increased risk of attack by rabid dogs in July and August.”

Beneficent Sirius Throughout The Centuries

Nevertheless, throughout the centuries, the dog star, Sirius, has most often been thought of as having a beneficial influence. In traditional astrology, Sirius is thought to combine the energies of Jupiter and Mars. It is thought to be a matter of good fortune to be born with Sirius either conjunct one’s birth chart Ascendant or Midheaven.

posted May 18, 2008 11:55 PM            

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Sun in Libra
Moon in Cancer
Jupiter in Cancer
Venus in Virgo
Mars in Cancer
Ascendant in Cancer

posted May 18, 2008 11:59 PM            

I like the term,alignments which Bernadette Brady came up with.

posted May 19, 2008 04:29 PM              

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Sirius is being regarded as the Sun itself of the Sun, shining 23 times as bright as well. In this respect Sirius is regarded as the Higher Self astrologically. In the texts on fixed stars Sirius is also being regarded as the star for honour, fame and glory, it having the effect of Mars/Jupiter.

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That's interesting, that Sirius shines brighter than our Sun. I think the egyptians believed that our souls came from, and returned to Sirius after death... that is why the pyramids are lined up with Sirius (or rather, the small 'passageway' that was lined up with sirius from the pharoh's tomb, so his soul could easily reach the afterlife)

posted March 21, 2013 01:20 AM            

I know someone w/ a 1* conj.