herokangta said:
Please correct me if i am wrong so from the constellation website under The astrological influences of the star Procyon, I will interpret the Procyon as regards to planet Mars, coz Procyon in my chart only influence Mars. Is it correct??
Yes, this is correct. Procyon only has the power to influence Mars because he's the only planet near enough.
There are so many fixed stars, how can we choose the most significant ones?
By prominence (brightness of the star) and position (if it is connected to anything in the chart). Don't ever give a fixed star more than a 2 degree influence, except for maybe some of the more famous ones. I usually do something like 3 degrees for famous stars, 2 degrees for first magnitude stars, 1 degree for second magnitude stars, and exact for everyone else.
According to the website I found, Canopus is not a very good star to have
I'm sorry if that is wrong. Unless "culminating". I don't know about that.
Canopus is a very fortunate star. I personally don't care much for Robson's interpretations of the stars.
Diana Rosenburg does a much better job in her huge dictionary of stars. Culminating means on the MC.
So u mean the stars must be "ON the ecliptic".
No, all stars are projected onto the ecliptic when they are listed in zodiacal degrees. The positions given for stars that are actually on or near the ecliptic are going to be more accurate.
Zarathu said:
But stars are also affected by their placement, so even the nastiest star like Algol if placed in a powerful and low friction house and powerful and low friction sign is going to be less of an impact.
I disagree with you here. Stars aren't affected by accidental dignity. They are beings greater than the planets. If you have Algol connected to any planet in any house you're going to have trouble.