Brady's Book of Fixed Stars

this is an excellent book on the subject of what to do with fixed stars in astrology, the current point of view is presented through the development of ideas on the subject that started long ago. What is interesting is this historical approach, as one can judge how concepts evolved or were forgotten. The revival of the original concepts is presented with numerous diagrams in order to fully understand the problems. Then each important star or group of them is presented with their potential effects on a given chart, how to use this information is up to each astrologers, however, methodology is well presented with the limitations every one should know on the use of this precious material.

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 degree in Astrology and Cultural Astronomy from Bath Spa University in England. She is a principal at Astro Logas and is authoress of "Starlight", an amazing astronomy/astrology program.

This is a great book. A whole new area of astrology using actual star positions.

Very handy reference, though I find Brady's attempt to explain parans a bit hard to grok in text with 2D images, but that's a fault of a 3D, location and time-dependent process.

Exactly what I have been looking for!

a fine technical astrology resource book for every astrologer's library

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 where classical interpretations do not. Computers make it unnecessary for astrologers to watch the sky, and this book has encouraged me to change my habits on that count. Unlike many astrology books, this one left me feeling ~better-educated~ and ecouraged me to research further on my own. Very useful for evaluating charts with questionable birth times. Looking forward to seeing what wider use of this method may yield over the next few years. And here's hoping Brady will develop a report module for Solar Fire!

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 book,perhaps,unless you have an interest in myths/archetypes.SolarFire4 software has the lists, etc., but no written report...you need this book to "read all about it". Beginning/Middle/End of life info can be yours!Which stars are connected to your chart/planets? Find out.. & be amazed!!

I bought this book as a gift for my sister who is an astrologer. She says it is the best book she has read on fixed stars and recommends it.

This book covers anything you would need to understand the role of fixed stars in astrology

かのブラディBernadette Bradyの'98年作品。処女作"The Eagle and the Lark"（レ ヴュー済）同様、重厚な内容の一冊。 PART 1「はじめに」”恒星が占星術に於いて衰微するさまの背景”のなかで著者は、 "pivot points"である、ホロスコープにおいて重要なアングルであるAsc、Des、MC、 ICにかかわる、黄道から離れた星を利用する、いわゆるパランにフォーカス、詳述を 行うのである。 ”パラン：その基礎”パランがどのようなものであるかの説明は、Figure 3〜9の、 7つの図が有効であり、百聞は一見にしかずであろうとレヴュアーは考えるが、例え ば天体が上昇する時点で、恒星（黄道帯から離れている）も上昇する場合、「それら は、地平線上という線を通じ、関わっている」のでパランの関係にあるという。 PART 2「星座（星群）」と同3「黄道帯、生の輪」は、恒星及びそれらがネイタル・ チャートに於ける天体とパランの関係になった場合にかんする記述の章となっている。 説明文の内容・項目は以下の通り。 1.光度等基本情報から、パラン・マップの見方の具体例（もしあなたが富士市生ま れなら…、等）。 2.プトレミーPtolemy、ヴィヴィアン・ロブソンV.E.Robson、エバーティ ンR.Ebertin等、恒星にかんする著書を有する先達の見解の記述。 3.概念。具体例として、パラン天体をネイタル・チャートに有する著名人と、それ がどのような形で彼らに顕われているかを記述。 4.ネイタル・チャートでのパラン天体。 5.生誕でのヘリアカル・ライジング（ヘリアカル・ライジングの説明はPART 4にあ る）恒星としての、それぞれの恒星。 さいごにわが日本では、かの松村潔氏が著書『トランシット占星術』で、本書を参考 文献に、恒星・パランを論じている事をのべ、レヴューの締めとする。

Gute Darstellung, allerdings durchdrungen vom Paradigma des Fischezeitalters, was natürlich die Sichtweise des Kaliyugas widerspiegelt.

Mycket användbar information. Jag rekommenderar det.