Deep Sky Astrology: Fixed Stars, Galaxies, Nebulae

Add objects from the whole sky to your charts, more than seven million fixed stars, galaxies, nebulae and other deep sky objects, and work with them as chart factors.

With the Deep Sky module you can add objects beyond the solar system to any chart. The catalog includes more than 7,250,000 objects: fixed stars, star clusters, galaxies, nebulae, black holes, quasars, and extrasolar planets and planet candidates. For most of them you also get a photograph of the object or of its region of the sky, and we add newly discovered objects as they are published. You can add a star or a galaxy to the chart with a click, and the star tables show its aspects, parans and heliacal events.

The Catalog

The Deep Sky module lists the objects with their positions and pictures. You can search an area of the sky for the objects it contains, find the conjunctions of the chart's planets with deep sky objects, and filter the fixed stars by text or by a formula of any complexity. Objects we have added over the years include the Great Attractor and the Trappist planetary system.

The Deep Sky module listing objects near a chart's planets with a photograph of the selected galaxy — The deep sky objects

A photograph of a galaxy shown beside its entry in the deep sky catalog — A galaxy from the catalog

The fixed stars table filtered by a text search and a formula — Searching and filtering the fixed stars

Stars in the Chart

You can add any star or object to the chart and the tables, on its own or in a custom object set, and use it as a chart factor with these tools:

the star aspects table, with the interpretations of the brightest stars
parans to fixed stars and to planets, and parans on the AstroCartography map
the heliacal events of the fixed stars, and the heliacal events and phenomena of the planets
primary directions to fixed stars
star positions in the sidereal and the galactic zodiac
the Fixed Star Election module, following the Picatrix and the Renaissance magic courses

The parans table listing the fixed stars that rise, set or culminate with each planet — Parans to the fixed stars

The fixed star interpretations screen with the text for a star in aspect to a natal planet — Fixed star interpretations

The Points Explorer and the Reports

Double-click a deep sky object to open it in the Points Explorer, which shows the object's position in every coordinate system and zodiac, its dignities, its lunar mansion, and its aspects and midpoints. The interpretation reports include Bob Makransky's report on the natal aspects of the 20 brightest fixed stars, and you can read his article here: The Fixed Stars. You can also capture the Deep Sky module into AstroScribe, so a star's data and picture go straight into a consultation report.

The Points Explorer opened for a deep sky object, with its positions, dignities and aspects — A deep sky object in the Points Explorer

Frequently Asked Questions

How many objects are in the catalog?

More than 7,250,000: fixed stars, star clusters, galaxies, nebulae, black holes, quasars, and extrasolar planets and planet candidates. We add new discoveries regularly.

Can I put a galaxy or a quasar in my chart?

Yes. You can add any object in the catalog to the chart and the tables with a click, on its own or as part of a custom object set.

Can I calculate parans?

Yes. You can calculate parans to fixed stars and to planets, and see them in a table and on the AstroCartography map.

Can I search the sky by area?

Yes. You can search an area of the sky for the objects it contains, and find the conjunctions of the chart's planets with deep sky objects.

Can I read interpretations of the fixed stars?

Yes. The star aspects table shows the interpretations, and a report covers the natal aspects of the 20 brightest stars.