Protective Magic
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As a followup to my other Jupiter posts; I have ruminated at great length on the topic since I wrote that a few years ago and it’s worth expounding upon. Jupiter’s temperateness is a concept hard to convey in contemporary terms. Jupiter has the capacity to augment, but ultimately it is the active promotion of…
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VENUS PETITON: Venus and Moon in Taurus, Cancer ASC, Moon triumphed, Venus sextile ASC. Talismanic elections have been few and far between of late, and I’m taking a break from curse talismans for a while– so that leaves petitions. This one was slightly experimental. Now, the key with petitions as opposed to talismans is that…
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Details on the recovery of the meaning of this symbol can be found in: Physical Evidence for Ritual Acts, Sorcery and Witchcraft in Christian Britain This is the symbol used to ward off demons in the darker places of the home and church, which I mentioned recently. Recent experiments suggest it is at least somewhat…
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THE TALISMANS OF THE ANGEL WITH THE BACKWARDS HEAD: Strong Capella election with the ASC Ruler Retrograde. So, I never post talismanic elections in the future that I intend to use because I find that ruins them. I won’t be using this one. “Horehound seed mixed with equal parts of mint, wormwood and mandrake, placed…
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THE RINGS OF TRIUMPHING LIGHT: Sun in Domicile Ascending, Fortunes in the 1st House. This was a particularly meaningful and powerful election, made in the hours immediately before my mother’s gravestone unveiling ceremony, one day after the third anniversary of her death. Her epitaph was “She was like the Sun; overflowing with beauty, warmth, and…
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THE RINGS OF THE SERPENT OF HEALING: The Eighteenth Mansion Triumphed, with the North Node Rising. This was somewhat borderline, but I was encouraged by advice from tarot to make six rings of this configuration. “The eighteenth Mansion is Alcab, and it is for taking away fevers and infirmities of the belly. When the Moon…
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THE TALISMANS OF AWESTRUCK DREAD: 11th Lunar Mansion with Mars. This is one of those experimental elections which either curse the living shit out of me or work fabulously. Somebody needs to test this stuff out, might as well be me. Kids, don’t try this at home! The Moon is slow, too slow to normally…
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I am coming of the opinion that lodestone is co-ruled by the Sun. It commands iron to move from a distance.
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THE RINGS OF THE DRAGONFIRE KISS: The talisman of Venus in Libra, embraced by the Sun and conjoined with the Dragon’s Head. This was one hell of an experimental election. It’s one of the potentially strongest Venus elections possible masquerading as one of the worst. Let’s start with the basics. Venus Day but not Hour,…
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THE RINGS OF LIBERATION: Sun in Leo. This is a good solid Sun talisman, which I make every year. Sun Day but not Sun Hour, planet in domicile but not triplicity, Moon fast and unafflicted though cadent, Sun unafflicted. The Moon’s Sign Ruler is cadent as well, and normally I’d deem this a problem but…
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