#royal-stars
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The Four Royal Stars: The Watchers of the Heavens
The Four Royal Stars, or Watchers of the Heavens, are Aldebaran, Regulus, Antares, and Fomalhaut, four bright fixed stars the ancient Babylonian and Persian tradition set as guardians of the four directions and seasons.
Regulus: The Royal Star of the Lion
Regulus, the heart of the Lion, is the Royal Star of honour and high station, with a famous warning about the price of revenge.
Antares: The Watcher of the West and Heart of the Scorpion
Antares, the red Heart of the Scorpion and fourth Royal Star, grants martial intensity but warns of obsession, conflict, and the reversal of hard-won fortune.
Aldebaran: The Watcher of the East
Aldebaran, the royal eye of the Bull, grants honor and courage but tests integrity, reversing its gifts when principle is compromised.
Fomalhaut: The Royal Star of the South in Astrology
Fomalhaut, Alpha Piscis Austrini, is the Royal Star Watcher of the South, a Venus-Mercury star near 4° Pisces read by conjunction as symbolic coloring, not prophecy.