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In order to create an authentic and magically powerful traditional fixed star talisman the time of the creation and consecration of the talisman needs to be chosen for a specific time, date and location using the appropriate astrological factors. While it is best to use full chart elections for creating fixed star talismans, many people do not know how to read an astrological chart sufficiently to do this.
On this page I will discuss a number of different online partial fixed star elections which are alternatives to full chart fixed star elections. Partial fixed star elections are usable for creating fixed star talismans and excellent for reconsecrating fixed star talismans that were previously made using a full chart election.
You can learn how to do full chart elections in my Astrological Magic Course.
Originally on this page I had explained how to use the US Naval Observatory website which has online software that gives the rising and transiting or culminating times for fixed stars. Unfortunately, I discovered that the USNO site uses a different methodology than astrological software and thus sometimes the times line up and other times the elections are widely divergent, making the USNO website unuseable for astrological fixed star elections.
This is not to say that the USNO website was giving "wrong" answers, it's just using a methodology that we as traditional astrologers don't use. So you don't need to panic if you been using the USNO site for elections. I just think we are better going forward using traditional astrological methodology.


Using AstroApp Paid Subscription Online Software for Fixed Star Elections
So my first suggestion is not free, but is an excellent resource for traditional astrology and fixed star elections, the online astrological software AstroApp. There is a special traditional astrology edition that I provided suggestions for that includes fixed star elections that are the equivalent of full chart elections. You need to subscribe and spend a bit of time learning how to use AstroApp, but you do not need to learn how to do full chart elections, AstroApp does this for you. Here is a video I made explaining how to use AstroApp for fixed star elections.


Using the Ascendant Calculator at AstrologyCafe.com

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The other alternative is to use free online astrological software to determine the rising degree. Each fixed star is at a particular degree and if you get the time that that degree rises or culminates at your location, you have the rising or culminating time of the fixed star and can use it for creation and consecration elections. You can use any software that will accurately provide the time that a specific degree rises or culminates at your chosen location. I am going to give examples using two different online software programs, but once you learn the method you can use any program that provides the necessary information. My first example is the Quick Ascendant Calculator at astrologycafe.com.

1. Even though the calculator talks about date of birth, time of birth and city of birth, we are going to be using this to elect a time in future to consecrate a fixed star talisman, so we will NOT be entering birth information.
   
   
2. Instead enter the date and where you want to consecrate the talisman and set 12:30 am as the starting time for the election.
   
   
3. For the location type in the name of the city where you want to consecrate the talisman. A drop down menu of possible locations will pop up. Select the correct location.
   
   
4. Click "next"
   
   
5. Now you will get the next page which will list "Your Ascendant" and then the number of degrees and minutes in a particular sign. Look at the example to right. This one says "Your Ascendant" and then 23 degrees and 40 minutes of Aries.
   
   
6. We now know for our chosen location and date what the Ascendant or rising degree is at 12:30 am (30 minutes after midnight). Now we are going to move forward in the day until we get to the degree of our chosen fixed star.
   
   
7. Here are the degrees of the 15 fixed stars we focus on for astrological talismans:
   
   
   • Algol 26 Taurus
     
   • Pleiades 0 Gemini
     
   • Aldebaran 10 Gemini
     
   • Capella 22 Gemini
     
   • Sirius 14 Cancer
     
   • Procyon 26 Cancer
     
   • Regulus 0 Virgo
     
   • Wing of Corvus, either Gienah 10 Libra or Algorab 13 Libra 40 (I use Gienah)
     
   • Spica 24 Libra
     
   • Arcturus 24 Libra
     
   • Alkaid 27 Virgo
     
   • Alphecca 12 Scorpio
     
   • Antares 9 Sagittarius
     
   • Vega 15 Capricorn
     
   • Deneb Algedi 23 Aquarius
     
   • Fomalhaut 4 Pisces
   
   
8. So now we start moving forward to find the time when the degree of our chosen fixed star rises. We move forward by clicking "New Ascendant" under the text for the sign.
   
   
9. So we can move forward methodically or we can jump ahead. The methodical method is to just move forward from 12:30 am in 2 hour increments (approximately one sign) so 12:30 am then 2:30 am, then 4:30 am, etc. until you get to the correct sign for your fixed star.
   
   
10. Alternatively you can jump forward. Take a look at the diagram of the 12 Zodiacal signs above to right. These 12 signs all rise in within 24 hours, rotating counter-clockwise. It takes approximately 2 hours per sign. In my example, 12:30 am is 23 Aries. If I wanted to do a Spica talisman with Spica at 24 Libra, I can see that 24 Libra will rise in approximately 12 hours, so I can jump to 12:30 pm.
    
    
11. Once you get to the correct sign move forward in smaller increments until you get to the proper degree of the sign for your chosen fixed star. If you go past, move backwards.
    
    
12. Ok, so when you have the time the fixed star rises, this is the midpoint of your consecration. Start the consecration 10-15 minutes beforehand and end the consecration 10-15 after the midpoint time when the fixed star rises.

EXAMPLE

Procyon talisman election example. Procyon is at 26 Cancer. So starting with July 23, 2017 at 12:30 am at my location, Iowa City, IA, we have an Ascendant of 7 Taurus. We can move forward 2 hours to 2:30 am on July 23, 2017 and get an Ascendant of 15 Gemini. Then 2 more hours to 4:30 am, which is 13 Cancer. Almost there. Now let's try smaller increments, a degree usually takes about 2-3 minutes to rise and we are 13 degrees away so let's try 30 minutes, which would be 5 am. 5am is 19 Cancer. Let's try 5:30 am, that's 25 Cancer. Very close! Let's try 5:33 am, that's exactly 26 Cancer. We would start our consecration at 5:23 am, ten minutes before the rising degree time and end the consecration at 5:43 am 10 minutes after the degree rising time.


Learning More about the Fixed Stars

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For more information check out my fixed stars page which has lots of information and many links to specific pages on the astrology and magic of the fixed stars. You can learn how to do full chart fixed star elections and create fixed stars talismans in my Astrological Magic Course.





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