Stars and Astrological Degrees
Certain of the astrological degrees were identified and known due to their association with a corresponding star. The astrological degrees that correspond to individual stars must be corrected for the precession of the equinoxes, and as such the astrologer must know when any given position of a fixed star was noted, to make the necessary corrections.
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Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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