Fixed Stars List

Browse the 123 fixed stars Augurine tracks, in zodiac order. Their tropical positions are computed on the apparent equinox of date for 1 January 2026. A star's tropical sign can change over centuries as the equinox shifts against the stars. Clemency Montelle gives the precession rate as about one degree every 72 years.[1]

Ptolemy assigns planetary natures to stars by their place within a constellation.[2] The Anonymous of 379 selects bright stars for natal readings and groups them by planetary mixtures.[3] Robson lists fifteen stars for talismanic work in his account of Agrippa's magical tradition, the group cataloged here as Behenian stars.[4] Robson and Brady describe Aldebaran, Regulus, Antares, and Fomalhaut as the four Royal Stars. Brady also questions Fomalhaut's historical identification with that group.[4][5]

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123 stars; positions for 1 January 2026

Diphda

Beta Ceti
2°57 Ariesmag 2.0

Saturn nature

Algenib

Gamma Pegasi
9°31 Ariesmag 2.8

Mars / Mercury nature

Alderamin

Alpha Cephei
13°08 Ariesmag 2.5

Saturn / Jupiter nature

Alpheratz

Alpha Andromedae
14°40 Ariesmag 2.1

Jupiter / Venus nature

Acamar

Theta Eridani
23°38 Ariesmag 2.9

Jupiter nature

Mirach

Beta AndromedaeSourced
0°46 Taurusmag 2.1

Venus nature

Sheratan

Beta Arietis
4°20 Taurusmag 2.6

Mars / Saturn nature

Hamal

Alpha Arietis
8°02 Taurusmag 2.0

Mars / Saturn nature

Schedar

Alpha Cassiopeiae
8°09 Taurusmag 2.2

Saturn / Venus nature

Almach

Gamma Andromedae
14°35 Taurusmag 2.1

Venus nature

Menkar

Alpha Ceti
14°41 Taurusmag 2.5

Saturn nature

Capulus

NGC 869 (Sword Handle of Perseus)
24°33 Taurusmag 4.3

Mars / Mercury nature

Algol

Beta PerseiSourced
Behenian
26°32 Taurusmag 2.1

Saturn / Jupiter nature

The Pleiades

Eta Tauri (Alcyone)Sourced
Behenian
0°21 Geminimag 2.9

Moon / Mars nature

Mirfak

Alpha Persei
2°27 Geminimag 1.8

Jupiter / Saturn nature

Ain

Epsilon Tauri
8°50 Geminimag 3.5

Saturn / Mercury nature

Aldebaran

Alpha TauriSourced
Royal
10°09 Geminimag 0.9

Mars nature

Cursa

Beta Eridani
15°38 Geminimag 2.8

Saturn nature

Rigel

Beta OrionisSourced
17°12 Geminimag 0.2

Jupiter / Saturn nature

Bellatrix

Gamma Orionis
21°19 Geminimag 1.6

Mars / Mercury nature

Capella

Alpha AurigaeSourced
Behenian
22°13 Geminimag 0.1

Mars / Mercury nature

Phact

Alpha Columbae
22°32 Geminimag 2.6

Venus / Mercury nature

Mintaka

Delta Orionis
22°44 Geminimag 2.3

Jupiter / Saturn nature

El Nath

Beta Tauri
22°56 Geminimag 1.6

Mars nature

Alnilam

Epsilon Orionis
23°50 Geminimag 1.7

Jupiter / Saturn nature

Alnitak

Zeta Orionis
25°03 Geminimag 1.7

Jupiter / Saturn nature

Al Hecka

Zeta Tauri
25°09 Geminimag 3.0

Mars nature

Saiph

Kappa Orionis
26°46 Geminimag 2.1

Jupiter / Saturn nature

Polaris

Alpha Ursae MinorisSourced
28°56 Geminimag 2.0

Saturn / Venus nature

Betelgeuse

Alpha OrionisSourced
29°07 Geminimag 0.5

Mars / Mercury nature

Menkalinan

Beta Aurigae
0°16 Cancermag 1.9

Mars / Mercury nature

Propus

Eta Geminorum
3°48 Cancermag 3.3

Mercury / Venus nature

Tejat

Mu Geminorum
5°40 Cancermag 2.9

Mercury / Venus nature

Alhena

Gamma Geminorum
9°28 Cancermag 1.9

Mercury / Venus nature

Sirius

Alpha Canis MajorisSourced
Behenian
14°27 Cancermag -1.4

Jupiter / Mars nature

Canopus

Alpha Carinae
15°19 Cancermag -0.6

Saturn / Jupiter nature

Castor

Alpha Geminorum
20°36 Cancermag 1.6

Mercury nature

Adhara

Epsilon Canis Majoris
21°08 Cancermag 1.5

Venus nature

Pollux

Beta Geminorum
23°35 Cancermag 1.2

Mars nature

Wezen

Delta Canis Majoris
23°46 Cancermag 1.8

Venus nature

Procyon

Alpha Canis Minoris
Behenian
26°09 Cancermag 0.4

Mercury / Mars nature

Praesepe

M44 (Beehive Cluster)
7°43 Leomag 3.7

Mars / Moon nature

Asellus Borealis

Gamma Cancri
7°54 Leomag 4.7

Mars / Sun nature

Asellus Australis

Delta Cancri
9°05 Leomag 3.9

Mars / Sun nature

Acubens

Alpha Cancri
14°00 Leomag 4.3

Saturn / Mercury nature

Dubhe

Alpha Ursae Majoris
15°34 Leomag 1.8

Mars nature

Naos

Zeta Puppis
18°55 Leomag 2.2

Saturn / Jupiter nature

Merak

Beta Ursae Majoris
19°48 Leomag 2.3

Mars nature

Alphard

Alpha HydraeSourced
27°39 Leomag 2.0

Saturn / Venus nature

Algieba

Gamma Leonis
29°59 Leomag 2.0

Saturn / Mars nature

Regulus

Alpha LeonisSourced
Royal
0°12 Virgomag 1.4

Mars / Jupiter nature

Phecda

Gamma Ursae Majoris
0°51 Virgomag 2.4

Mars nature

Megrez

Delta Ursae Majoris
1°26 Virgomag 3.3

Mars nature

Thuban

Alpha DraconisSourced
7°50 Virgomag 3.7

Saturn / Mars nature

Alioth

Epsilon Ursae Majoris
9°18 Virgomag 1.8

Mars nature

Zosma

Delta Leonis
11°41 Virgomag 2.6

Saturn / Venus nature

Mizar

Zeta Ursae Majoris
16°04 Virgomag 2.2

Mars nature

Alcor

80 UMa (Ursa Major)
16°15 Virgomag 4.0

Mars nature

Denebola

Beta Leonis
21°59 Virgomag 2.1

Saturn / Venus nature

Alkes

Alpha Crateris
24°03 Virgomag 4.1

Venus / Mercury nature

Cor Caroli

Alpha Canum Venaticorum
24°56 Virgomag 2.9

Venus nature

Alkaid

Eta Ursae MajorisSourced
Behenian
27°18 Virgomag 1.9

Mars nature

Zavijava

Beta Virginis
27°32 Virgomag 3.6

Mercury / Mars nature

Zaniah

Eta Virginis
5°12 Libramag 3.9

Mercury / Venus nature

Foramen

Iota Carinae
5°41 Libramag 2.2

Saturn / Jupiter nature

Diadem

Alpha Comae Berenices
9°19 Libramag 4.3

Moon / Venus nature

Vindemiatrix

Epsilon Virginis
10°18 Libramag 2.9

Saturn / Mercury nature

Porrima

Gamma Virginis
10°30 Libramag 2.7

Mercury / Venus nature

Gienah

Gamma Corvi
11°05 Libramag 2.6

Mars / Saturn nature

Algorab

Delta Corvi
Behenian
13°49 Libramag 2.9

Mars / Saturn nature

Seginus

Gamma Bootis
18°02 Libramag 3.0

Mercury / Saturn nature

Muphrid

Eta Bootis
19°42 Libramag 2.7

Saturn / Venus nature

Spica

Alpha VirginisSourced
Behenian
24°12 Libramag 1.0

Venus / Mars nature

Arcturus

Alpha BootisSourced
Behenian
24°36 Libramag -0.1

Mars / Jupiter nature

Izar

Epsilon Bootis
28°28 Libramag 2.4

Saturn / Venus nature

Miaplacidus

Beta Carinae
2°19 Scorpiomag 1.7

Saturn / Jupiter nature

Princeps

Delta Bootis
3°32 Scorpiomag 3.5

Mercury / Saturn nature

Gacrux

Gamma Crucis
7°06 Scorpiomag 1.6

Jupiter nature

Khambalia

Lambda Virginis
7°19 Scorpiomag 4.5

Mercury / Mars nature

Mimosa

Beta Crucis
12°00 Scorpiomag 1.3

Jupiter nature

Acrux

Alpha CrucisSourced
12°14 Scorpiomag 0.8

Jupiter nature

Alphecca

Alpha Coronae BorealisSourced
Behenian
12°40 Scorpiomag 2.2

Venus / Mercury nature

Menkent

Theta Centauri
12°40 Scorpiomag 2.1

Venus / Jupiter nature

Zubenelgenubi

Alpha Librae
15°27 Scorpiomag 2.8

Saturn / Mars nature

Zubeneschamali

Beta Librae
19°44 Scorpiomag 2.6

Jupiter / Mercury nature

Unukalhai

Alpha Serpentis
22°27 Scorpiomag 2.6

Saturn / Mars nature

Agena

Beta Centauri
24°09 Scorpiomag 0.6

Venus / Jupiter nature

Toliman

Alpha Centauri
29°49 Scorpiomag 1.4

Venus / Jupiter nature

Rigil Kentaurus

Alpha Centauri
29°49 Scorpiomag -0.0

Venus / Jupiter nature

Kornephoros

Beta Herculis
1°27 Sagittariusmag 2.8

Mercury nature

Yed Prior

Delta Ophiuchi
2°40 Sagittariusmag 2.7

Saturn / Venus nature

Dschubba

Delta Scorpii
2°56 Sagittariusmag 2.3

Mars / Saturn nature

Acrab

Beta Scorpii
3°33 Sagittariusmag 2.6

Mars / Saturn nature

Antares

Alpha ScorpiiSourced
Royal
10°08 Sagittariusmag 1.1

Mars / Jupiter nature

Ras Algethi

Alpha Herculis
16°31 Sagittariusmag 2.8

Mars nature

Sabik

Eta OphiuchiSourced
18°20 Sagittariusmag 2.4

Saturn / Venus nature

Ras Alhague

Alpha Ophiuchi
22°49 Sagittariusmag 2.1

Saturn / Venus nature

Lesath

Upsilon Scorpii
24°23 Sagittariusmag 2.7

Mercury / Mars nature

Shaula

Lambda Scorpii
24°57 Sagittariusmag 1.6

Mercury / Mars nature

Sargas

Theta Scorpii
25°58 Sagittariusmag 1.9

Saturn / Venus nature

Eltanin

Gamma Draconis
28°20 Sagittariusmag 2.2

Saturn / Jupiter nature

Sinistra

Nu Ophiuchi
0°07 Capricornmag 3.3

Saturn / Venus nature

Kaus Media

Delta Sagittarii
4°57 Capricornmag 2.7

Jupiter / Mars nature

Kaus Australis

Epsilon Sagittarii
5°27 Capricornmag 1.8

Jupiter / Mars nature

Kaus Borealis

Lambda Sagittarii
6°41 Capricornmag 2.8

Jupiter / Mars nature

Facies

M22 (Sagittarius Cluster)
8°41 Capricornmag 5.1

Sun / Mars nature

Nunki

Sigma SagittariiSourced
12°45 Capricornmag 2.0

Jupiter / Mercury nature

Vega

Alpha LyraeSourced
Behenian
15°41 Capricornmag 0.0

Venus / Mercury nature

Rukbat

Alpha Sagittarii
17°00 Capricornmag 4.0

Jupiter / Saturn nature

Altair

Alpha AquilaeSourced
2°09 Aquariusmag 0.8

Mars / Jupiter nature

Alnair

Alpha Gruis
16°16 Aquariusmag 1.7

Jupiter / Saturn nature

Sualocin

Alpha Delphini
17°45 Aquariusmag 3.8

Saturn / Mars nature

Nashira

Gamma Capricorni
22°09 Aquariusmag 3.7

Saturn / Jupiter nature

Sadalsuud

Beta AquariiSourced
23°46 Aquariusmag 2.9

Saturn / Mercury nature

Deneb Algedi

Delta Capricorni
Behenian
23°55 Aquariusmag 2.9

Saturn / Jupiter nature

Enif

Epsilon Pegasi
2°15 Piscesmag 2.4

Mars / Mercury nature

Sadalmelik

Alpha Aquarii
3°43 Piscesmag 3.0

Saturn / Mercury nature

Fomalhaut

Alpha Piscis AustriniSourced
Royal
4°14 Piscesmag 1.2

Venus / Mercury nature

Deneb Adige

Alpha Cygni
5°41 Piscesmag 1.3

Venus / Mercury nature

Achernar

Alpha Eridani
15°41 Piscesmag 0.5

Jupiter nature

Ankaa

Alpha Phoenicis
15°52 Piscesmag 2.4

Venus / Jupiter nature

Markab

Alpha PegasiSourced
23°51 Piscesmag 2.5

Mars / Mercury nature

Scheat

Beta PegasiSourced
29°44 Piscesmag 2.4

Mars / Mercury nature

Positions computed by the Augurine engine on the apparent equinox of date for 1 January 2026, from HYG Database coordinates by David Nash, based on the ESA Hipparcos catalog, with proper motion applied.

Explore the constellation catalog for each star's constellation. Read The 15 Behenian Stars, or explore dates of dawn visibility with the heliacal rising star calculator.

Sources

  1. Alan C. Bowen and Francesca Rochberg (editors), Hellenistic Astronomy: The Science in Its Contexts, Koninklijke Brill NV, 2020. Used for Clemency Montelle's chapter The Celestial Sphere, section 7, p. 22, on precession at about one degree per 72 years.
  2. Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, translated by Frank Egleston Robbins, 1940. Used for Book I.9 on planetary natures assigned to stars in parts of constellations.
  3. Anonymous of 379, The Treatise on the Bright Fixed Stars, translated by Robert Schmidt, The Golden Hind Press, 1993. Used for the opening natal readings, pp. 1 to 2, and Robert Hand's Appendix III, pp. 25 to 28, on bright stars and planetary mixtures.
  4. Vivian E. Robson, The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, American Federation of Astrologers, Inc., 1923. Used for the Royal Star entries in Chapter V and the fifteen magical stars in Chapter VII, including Polaris and the attribution to Agrippa.

    Text of the 1923 edition; the site quotes a 2017 reprint.

  5. Bernadette Brady, Brady's Book of Fixed Stars, Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1998. Used for The Four Royal Stars of Persia: Early Cardinal Points and the Fomalhaut discussion, footnote 202, on its uncertain identification.

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