USNO page for Astrological Magic: Part 2, Fixed Star Elections

Ok, in the previous post on the USNO page, I discussed how to use the page for planetary talismans using the rising or transiting/culminating time as determined by those friendly folks at the Naval Observatory. (I used to walk by the Observatory when I lived in DC, this is where the Vice President lives.)

So, this time we are going to use the USNO page to do a fixed star election. Let's go to the USNO rising, etc page Now to make a fixed star talisman you would like to have the Moon applying to conjoin (this is best) or applying to sextile or trine the star plus the right Moon phase, plus the Moon and star unafflicted. The USNO page won't do all this.

However, for a fixed star re-consecration, once the talisman is made, having the star rising or culminating/transiting, is fine. It's good to reconsecrate every six months or so, though you can do it more frequently if you want. Note, that when you get a fixed star talisman from Renaissance Astrology you get one free consecration election. After that you need to either do the election yourself, or order an election from me.

Again, for a US location use the top section, for a non-US location use the lower section. Just google the longitude and latitude for a non-US location, and google the elevation in meters for all locations.

Now choose the "Celestial Object of Interest" The USNO page actually lists a number of key fixed stars for astrological magic including Spica, Regulus, Aldebaran, Antares, Capella, Procyon and Vega.

So for my location Iowa City IA, elevation 203 meters on April 22, 2014 Spica culminated/transited at 00:31, that is 12:31 am and then rose at 19:0, ie 7:06 pm.

So start your consecration 15 minutes or so before the set time and end 15 minutes or so after the set time. Voila!

Ok, that's very cool for the listed stars. One that is not listed, but often needed is Algol. What I realized was that if we used Aldebaran, which is not far from Algol in the Zodiac, and had Aldebaran culminating/transiting, then subtracted an hour, we could get the Algol time.

So, for my for my location Iowa City IA, elevation 203 meters on April 22, 2014 Aldebaran culminated/transited at 15:40, that's 3:40 pm, so subtract an hour, that's 2:40 pm. and yes, 2:40 pm is when Algol culminates/transits. Start your Algol consecration at 2:25 pm and end at 2:55pm.

Thanks USNO!