The Hindu title Magha signifies the Mighty or the Great One. The Persian name Miyan means the Central One or the Star of the Center. The Latin Cor Leonis is the equivalent of the later Arabian Al Kalb al Asad, the Heart of the Royal Lion.

Regulus is known as one of the four Royal Stars of the heavens, the other three being Aldebaran, Fomalhaut, and Antares. Regulus is the northern Royal Star, in the constellation Leo. These four Royal Stars are considered the sentinels watching over other stars and form a Fixed Cross in the heavens (there is a hidden meaning in this configuration and the term Fixed Cross, you might meditate on this).

Regulus lies at the base of the Sickle of Leo, resembling a reversed question mark some 16 degrees (*) high. To modern sky watchers the Sickle outlines the majestic head and mane of the great westward-facing lion, crouching in the regal pose of the enigmatic Egyptian Sphinx.

Regulus is only 1/2 a degree* from the ecliptic (the apparent path of the sun through the heavens, as viewed from the earth), therefore a relatively common sight is to find the moon or a bright planet passing close to Regulus, and now and again to occult (all of a star or any celestial object is visually blocked by another sphere) it. Regulus was occulted by Venus on July 7, 1959, an exceedingly rare event. According to modern computations, no other occultation by a first magnitude star will occur for several centuries. Remarkably, the planet Venus came within 1.1 degree of Regulus on August 6, 1992, but the sun blocked our ability to view this "near" conjunction from the earth.

Regulus, a first magnitude star, is the 21st brightest star in our sky. Its estimated diameter is five times that of our sun (our sun is about one million miles wide), with a luminosity of 160 times our sun. It is 85 light years from Earth; this means it takes 85 years for the light which is emitted from Regulus, in present time, to actually be visible to us on Earth. What we see today is an 85-year old picture of Regulus!

Regulus has also been known as the Ruler, the Lawgiver. When we think of the word Regulus we can relate it to a regulator. In the dictionary, regulate means "to make regular; put in good order; adjust by rule." A regulator is "one who or that which regulates; a lever for regulating motion." We know that the quality of the star Sirius is of freedom and liberation from all that hinders evolution. (Every year the sun passes in front of the star Sirius at the Fourth of July, our freedom or Independence Day. Bastille Day, France's independence day, and Canada's independence day all fall in the month of July as the sun passes through the field of the Dog, Canis Major.)

There is more real occultism hidden in the names give to the various stars by astronomers down the ages than has yet been realized. Esoterically Sirius uses Regulus as its lens.
             - a quote from the Ancient Wisdom

Sirius is the star of Christ consciousness and we associate the Christ with the Heart center. Since Sirius is known as the Dog Star (God Star), then the star Regulus (the Heart of the Lion, the Lawgiver) is the "lens," the regulator, of energy to the Earth, stimulating a response in humanity to express this consciousness of the heart, the quality we call love. The Soul is a synonymous word for love; Christ, the Heart consciousness.

Love is an action. Energy is just energy and we choose to react to its stimulation in various ways. Some could interpret this stimulation as a need to free themselves from a restriction by "forcing" another to their idea of freedom, or they may rise up against that which attempts to impinge on their freedom of choice. Regardless of the reaction, CHANGE and LOVE do happen, and EVOLUTION occurs.

Regulus sits at 29 degrees of the sign Leo. The sun passes through this area of the sky during the month of August every year. We know that the sun is the physical center of our solar system and amplifies the quality of the constellation in the sky it passes in front of, from the earth's view. Have you noticed that during the month of August, our world has undergone great changes? Almost exactly as the sun conjuncted the star Regulus on August 21, 1991, the communist party in the Soviet Union launched a coup against its "king," Gorbechov. The symbol of the Soviet Union was a hammer and a sickle, and remember, Regulus lies at the base of the sickle in the head of the Lion. Esoterically, a sickle is used to cut out or cut down that which hinders the application of Spiritual Law, and so hinders the flowering forth of the Soul.

An attempt was made then by a few individuals to cut out Gorbechov, who was promoting change, freedom and unity for the good of all. The Soul of Russia was transforming under his guidance. The intention by the few to control the many initally failed, but it did further catalyze the Soviet Union into a monumental transformation. The kings in the far east rose up against each other as Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990. Then in August 1992, he rose up again.

That same August, the conflict in Bosnia-Hersegovina appeared to be escalating into a world concern as the atrocities to basic human rights there were revealed. A draft treaty banning the use of chemical weapons during warfare was agreed upon by the United Nations on August 7, 1992; this treaty had been pending since 1968.

Mussolini joined forces with Hitler in August 1943, and the U.S. dropped the bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The freedom of the many was to be nonexistent under the rule of Hitler or Japan. It appears as though Regulus, the Lawgiver, may act as an emissary for the Divine Will.

A prophecy from an ancient book of wisdom:

A certain relationship or configuration of stars—of which one is the star Regulus, in Leo—will bring about a situation wherein the reorientation of the attitude of the legal profession will take place; its functions and duties will be centralized for the purpose of world usefulness, and in this process legislation for children will assume great importance and be the motivating power. This legal step will be primarily advocated by Russia and endorsed by the United States of America. Before 2035 A.D. such legislation will be universal in its sphere of influence and control.(**)
(Some of us may physically be here to witness this prophecy!)

It would be arrogant to believe Regulus exists only to influence humans and this earth. The ideas on the qualities of the star Regulus are undoubtedly only a minute piece of the infinite influences this great sun has on our Earth and the Universe.

"As Above, So Below."

*A degree in our sky is approximately the size of our sun, as viewed from the Earth.
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**Prophecy is from p. 238 Alice A. Bailey's Esoteric Astrology,
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Besides Regulus, the other three Royal Stars in the heavens are
Antares in the constellation Scorpio the Scorpion, the Western Royal Star,
Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus the Bull, the Eastern Royal Star,
and Fomalhaut in the constellation Pisces Austrinus, the Southern Fish
(very close to the constellation Aquarius), the Southern Royal Star.
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