Asterism. See "Constellation."
Asteroids. Approximately five main asteroids are interpreted by some astrologers: Ceres, Juno, Pallas Athena, Vesta, and Chiron.
Asterism - Smaller constellation.
Asteroids- Small planets or pieces of planets, most of which are found in the Asteroid Belt, that part of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Asterism. A constellation. Sometimes misleadingly applied to a zodiacal Sign, but can be applied to the three signs of the same alement, considered collectively.
Asteroids. v. Solar System.
Asterisms and Planetary Rulership under Astottri Dasa System
Blocs of Asterisms
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In Jyotish, they are seen as the lunar asterism Krittika. In mythology, the Pleiades, seven daughters of Atlas, were half-sisters to the Hyades, another cluster of seven stars in the head of Taurus.
On 11 8 1333 a solar eclipse occurred at the "Man-of-Death" asterism, at Ophiuchus' left hand; from 1333 to 1337 a terrible famine killed 6 million Chinese, but the aftermath was even worse: Bubonic Plague! ...
Thus the brightest stars in the constellations Lyra the harp, Hercules, Aquila the eagle, Serpens the serpent, and Capricorn the sea-goat comprise the asterism in the celestial chart above.
Astronomers refers to star patterns as "constellations" and "asterisms", while astrologers refer to star patterns as "signs".
Apin list (after 1000 BCE), starts with the asterism of the Pleiades (later included in the constellation of the Bull, Taurus) heading a list of 17 or 18 asterisms and constellations marking the ecliptic, and ends with Mul.Lu.Hun.
To view Arcturus first locate the most easily identifiable asterism in the northern sky - the 'Plough' or 'Big Dipper'. The handle of the Plough is bent into an arc.
The star locations and size, constellation asterisms, ecliptic and time scale were created from a PostScript program and converted to an Adobe Illustrator file that was accurately transferred to the disk with more Zahner magic.
However, some of these stars form asterisms, star patterns such as the Water Jar, a trefoil (resembling the Mercedes-Benz symbol) of Pi, Gamma, and Eta-Aquarii surrounding Zeta. This Y-shaped group lies to the east of Sadalmelik.
Except in Horary questions the Hindu system uses only 27 of these asterisms - omitting the 22nd. Each of these groups of 9 representing the following period in years, are ruled in this sequence: ...
From this idea, we can conclude that the different names for the planets were used to associate a planet's location with an asterism; ...
I had not that learning from any Bookes or Manuscript... it is deduced from a caball lodging in Astrology.., the Asterismes and Signes and Constellations give greatest light the run to.
William Lilly ...
8. Air Signs. The intellectual or mental signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius, Collectively called the Air asterism ...
Saturn now ranges through the last degrees of Taurus on it's way to Gemini (entering the Twins' domain again on April 20th). As Saturn conducts the last Taurean movement for over twenty-nine years, he passes by the powerful stars of the asterism, ...
They recognized the link between planets, asterisms, constellations, 'sounds' (mantra), nature (elements), intelligent life (humans) and cosmic intelligence (divine).
 See also: Sun, Planet, Moon, Astrology, Jupiter
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