Thoughts on lottery magick

 

I came across a comment in Scott's blog a few days ago, someone asking him about spells for winning the lottery: here. I thought of throwing my two cents in, since it's something I've experimented with, yet in a more passive way, as I will detail further on. The querent asked Scott what is the best magical power from those listed in Liber 777 for winning the lottery. Scott provided the following answer, which I took as my cue to step in :P

"Experimentally I found that Jupiter seemed to work the best for me compared to Sun and also Mercury. Another magician online posted about the same thing and he claimed to have better luck with Mercury. Here's the rationale for each of those planets.

Sun: Power of Acquiring Wealth. Lottery winnings are wealth.
Jupiter: Political and Other Ascendancy. In our modern society, "ascendancy" is strongly tied to wealth. Rich people have the highest status, and lottery winnings make you rich.
Mercury: Less obvious from the 777 powers, but traditionally Mercury rules games of chance. The lottery is a game of chance.

The differences in my results and the other magician's results might have something to do with our respective astrological charts, but it's not obvious what the difference would be. I have Mercury in rulership and Jupiter in detriment in mine, so if the relationship was straightforward planetary dignity I would expect Mercury to work better for me. But that isn't how my results turned out."

My initial answer was off the top, since I couldn't shake off the urge to comment it :D

"Maybe it has to do with HOW you actually play the lottery. Mercury would be games of chance, but also a gambling strategy, i.e. counting cards at poker for instance. Jupiter would be personal morals and ethics, while the Sun would be ego, in short.

So if you play based on a strategy, by calculating probabilities based on previous numbers that came out, then maybe Mercury spells would work better. If you play thinking what you'd do if you'd win, invest, save, etc, then Jupiter would probably work better. If you just play to win, maybe even add personal numbers (date of birth, special numbers to you, etc), the the Sun would probably work better. "

Of course, this answer is silly, but after a while I followed with a more serious one, which I want to expand on here. To me, winning the lottery is not a matter of chance, but of something people would consider fate-related. By this I mean if it's meant to be, it's meant to be, even without magick. The stars have perfectly aligned for someone to win. For what purpose? That remains to be seen in the time following the win. Of course, such an event would be life-changing and not just for the winner, but for everyone around them as well, even though very few (or none) of those people would actually benefit from the person's success, either financially or otherwise. But I'm digressing, so imma get back to the point. Imma just say that, in short, it has to do with the overall life path of the winner and as a consequence, the paths of those around him/her.

I've noticed that spells usually work better based on many factors. Money spells, for instance, work better if the person has good placements in their natal second house: Jupiter, Venus, even Mercury, the Sun or Moon. Moreover, any planet located in the second house is to have at least a decent amount of dignity and be free of tensed aspects, especially with Saturn, Mars and the outer planets. The ruler of the house (ruler of the sign on the cusp of the second house) should also have at least a decent amount of dignity and be free of hard aspects, preferably (to my mind) located in a house which favors gaining money: 11 - with the help of friends, 6 - through work (think of bonuses), etc. I also think the ruler of the second house should not be Saturn or Mars, because they are not necessarily concerned with money and can subject the person to gains through struggles and intense efforts.

When applied to lottery spells, the above personal observation of mine would include additional requirements. Lottery is a gamble and gambling is covered by the fifth house. As such, the person's fifth house would also have to be studied as mentioned in the case of the second. In addition to that, I would also add the eleventh house and the twelfth (for the unknown factor). 

And then there's the transits through those houses at the moment when the person buys the ticket and casts the spell for winning. Best case scenario, no hard transit should occur in the fifth and second natal houses of the person, at least, for any such transit would hinder one's success. So Saturn and Mars transits, along with those of the outer planets would be excluded. I would consider a Pluto transit though, for the planet's attribution of collective wealth alone, but that's it. Even so, any good transit through those houses would have to be free of hard aspects. Good transits to benefic fixed stars in the natal chart of the person would also have to be considered, as well as the location of those stars in the natal houses, and any possible aspect between natal planets and them. 

Given the above, I would say that, if the heavens are very favorable, the magical force employed in a spell for winning the lottery would merely tilt the scales just enough for the win to manifest. As such, any of the forces mentioned by Scott (Jupiter, Mercury, Sun) would work, in my opinion. I'm also thinking that, if the overall predispositions are VERY HIGH, even a simple candle spell would do. The downside is that there's too many variables based on natal placements and transits, so the person would have to make employ a magical force that works better for them.

As such, Scott's statement that he has good success with Jupiter, despite his natal Jupiter is in detriment would be hard to buy. At first at least, because I for one believe him. I mean, he's been doing these things ever since I was wearing diapers :D This only goes to show Scott's magical skills and his great ability to produce change using magick. I usually found that someone can have a harder time working with the energies of natal planets if those planets are weak and/or involved in hard aspects, especially if the other planets involved in said aspects are stronger in the chart. However, even a planet that is apparently weak can help the native, especially if its weakness is not as pronounced as seen at first sight. That is to say, a planet can balance out its debility under certain conditions: if it's located in its triplicity and terms (and decan, when possible). Having a strong dispositor would also help the planet in question a great deal. For example, someone I know has their natal Venus in Virgo, meaning their Venus is debilitated, being in the sign opposite to its exaltation. The person's Venus not only balances out its debility, but comes out on top, being quite strong, since it is located in its sign of triplicity, its terms, and its decan. Even more so, its located in its sect. As a result of that, the person's Venus is helping them more than it is hindering them (by placement alone!). 

Edit: I neglected to copy the paragraph on my passive experimentation on lottery magick because it was yet another full day. Sorry! The way I did it was to buy a ticket during certain transits over my second and fifth houses and placed the ticket in my wallet next to my Jupiter pentacle from the KoS, I've made during a very strong Jupiter. With no transits I got 1-2 hits (numbers I played) and 1-2 near hits. With good transits I got 1-3 hits and 2-3 near hits. It's not much and I barely won the equivalent of a few dollars, but it was a passive approach as opposed to conjuring spirits.

I would say more, but I have no time at the moment. I will leave it for another time, or for other means of saying it ;)

Hate on, dum-dums!

The Great Gazoo