Astro*Dictionary
by Michael Erlewine

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"Watchers of the Heavens"

Applied by the Persians (c. 3000 B.C.) to the four Royal Stars then at the angles of the Zodiac:

    the Watcher of the East,
    then at the Vernal Equinox
- Aldebaran;
    the Watcher of the North,
    which then marked the Summer Solstice
- Regulus;
    the Watcher of the West,
    then at the Autumnal solstice
- Antares;
    the Watcher of the South,
    which then marked the Winter Solstice
- Fomalhaut.

See also:
♦ Royal Stars ♦ Vernal Equinox ♦ Solstice ♦ Equinox