Zodiacal calendar

The guys over at Boticario Magico have released a zodiacal calendar for 2023 (and will obviously release one for each year to come).

The calendar contains several important pieces of information, including lunar phases and Mercury retro periods. Moreover, it contains the sigils of the twelve zodiacal angels. Note the angel names are taken from the Magical Calendar, a renaissance source, as well as good ol' Cornelius Agrippa.

Tricky trickster

I've spoken multiple times about how I find Mercury the most difficult planet to work with in regards to elections. Here is one such example.

Mercury is close to entering Virgo, a sign of its domicile and exaltation. Naturally, Mercury is super powerful in this sign. However, if we are to consider lunar phases as well, we see that the only election that takes into account both the Moon's phase and sign would be on August 1. The following chart shows Mercury on the MC and the Moon a little past the Full Moon degree, but also consider Mercury on the ASC, something that would have the Moon placed just prior to that degree.

Getting down and dirty

The title of this article is the first half of the article titled "Getting down and dirty: Astrology and love spells" from Asteria 2. The article is found on page 135 and it presents two complex charts, one of which is depicted above. The goal of this article is to help practicing occultists achieve better success with love spells by making use of astrological knowledge. 

The astrological details mentioned in the article fall into modern astrological teachings, but so far I found such teachings extremely helpful in decripting the highly complex energetic patterns between people. When applying magical means on already existing patters, magicians have a bigger chance of shifting things the way they desire. Alternatively, they can come across patterns that will hinder their love spells. The Magick of Astrorelationships can be of great help in the latter case.

Debt gone

I know a man who used to own someone around $15,000. He was going to pay the person back, but he had to wait for longer to get hold of that amount and the other person needed it back badly. He told me his problem and I performed a couple of rituals on him, working with the Sun and Jupiter. 

The end result was not that the man himself came into possession of the money, although he'd end up receiving a certain amount himself, but something very interesting considering how spells materialize based on the intent. I talk about intent in Words and why it's very important in practical occult, something completely opposite to what many self-righteous assholes out there preach. But what do I know?!

Curse, with a twist

Do you know the kind of spells to make someone stay away from you? They're usually considered curses because the target needs to be blocked from approaching you, which often implies they would suffer to some extent for that to occur. They may get sick, suffer an accident, have their schedule messes up, or simply get into all sorts of trouble, experiences that would keep them busy and prevent them from getting near you.

But that's not always the case. I found that every so often such spells to have a blessing-in- disguise effect on the target. This may not happen constantly and the target can experience situations alternating from horrible to pretty cool. Naturally, this depends on a myriad of circumstances and if you've been involved into practical occult for some time I imagine you wouldn't need me to go into it more.

Charging magical products

I've only been able to post new articles with certain difficulty due to my chaotic schedule over the past several months. So far I cannot help myself because, although things seem to be running smoothly for me, I keep experiencing certain things that stretch my schedule even more. I'm well aware of that and I commit myself to posting new things whenever I get the chance. Problem is, I keep having all these ideas to discuss, but the chaotic schedule messes with my train of thoughts and I'm having difficulty arranging my thoughts into concrete articles based on specific topics.

Anyway, this article is about how I make elixirs and talismans, since I kept posting about these topics more than a few times. It matters not whether the talisman itself is found in an old grimoire or my very own design. In the case of elixirs, I dare to say I've gone further into this field than most, aside of course than those people who are actually involved in Alchemy. If I ever get a chance to take on actual Alchemy, I'm sure I'd be handling each resulting concoction in similar magical ways once the actual alchemical process is complete.

So far I've posted about my ritual template and how I adjust it depending on needs. When it comes to talismans and elixirs, my method remains the same (except for certain times I simply pass the talisman through incense smoke after commanding the spirit to change it, because reasons). All in all, it involves conjuring the specific spirits and commanding them to charge the specific talisman or elixir for a specific goal.