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6 terms
Bayer designation →
A star identifier using a Greek or Latin letter and constellation name, such as Alpha Tauri; it is not a spiritual ranking.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Named for Johann Bayer, whose Uranometria used Greek letters with constellation names. Designation means the assigned identifier.
Letters and constellation names identify catalogue objects, rather than a measured hierarchy of influence. The identifier should resolve to the intended star; a traditional constellation label does not make that star part of the matching zodiac sign.
Fixed star →
Also: fixed stars
A historical term distinguishing background stars from wandering planets; stars still have proper motion and changing apparent coordinates.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Fixed distinguishes stars' relatively stable mutual patterns from the visibly wandering planets; it was not a claim that stars have zero motion.
Star catalogues record positions and motion relative to a specified epoch and frame. Fixed is a historical contrast with wandering planets, not zero motion; astrological contact claims require compatible coordinates and a declared angular tolerance.
Galactic Center →
Also: Galactic Centre · Sagittarius A* · Sgr A*
The central region of the Milky Way; this catalogue uses the direction of the compact radio source Sagittarius A*.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Galactic comes from galaxy, ultimately Greek gala, milk, through the Milky Way's name; center specifies that galaxy's central region.
Astronomy identifies the Milky Way's central region, and this catalogue uses Sagittarius A* as a reference direction. The coordinate is a positional proxy for that region; spiritual meanings assigned to a chart contact are separate claims.
Great Attractor →
An extended concentration of matter associated with large-scale galaxy motions, represented in this catalogue by a selected reference direction.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Attractor describes gravitationally inferred attraction and great its scale. The name is an observational label, not a mythological proper name.
The name concerns a broad concentration of matter studied through galaxy motions. A catalogue point is a chosen representative direction, not the complete structure; a narrow astrological orb must not be mistaken for its physical extent.
Starseed →
Also: soul-origin overlay
A modern spiritual idea of origins beyond Earth; a computed star contact cannot verify alien ancestry or a past life.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Star plus seed combines celestial origin with a germ-of-life metaphor. The earliest coiner is not established here; it is contemporary spiritual vocabulary.
First-party practitioners describe this as a spiritual identity or origin narrative. Their accounts document the belief; a star's computed contact with a chart cannot establish extraterrestrial ancestry, a prior incarnation or the factual truth of that narrative.
Supergalactic Center →
A term used by some astrologers for an M87-centered reference; it is not a uniquely defined center of the entire universe.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Super- means above or beyond, attached to galactic. Center is used within a larger-than-galaxy framing; its referent depends on the author's convention.
Some practitioners apply this label to an M87 reference, while astronomy describes M87 as a particular galaxy. The label does not establish a unique cosmic center, and a catalogue coordinate cannot validate meanings attached to that terminology.