Self reflection: softcore & hardcore

Note: this is the first article I've written in which I enabled a blog feature that automatically inserts search links into the text, other than the ones I add myself, so I have no idea if it will be more or less helpful for readers. 

I came across people saying professional psychological help should go hand in hand with magical training. It has the benefit of allowing the magician to better identify internal blockages and overcome them easier. I for one don't doubt that. Instead, I doubt the ability of many psychologists out there who, to me, do nothing more than parrot paragraphs from Freud. I also think they are unable, more like inept at adapting their knowledge and expertise on a case by case basis and instead try to force each case to fit the theoretical models they've memorized.

Therefore, I've always found such help more of a hindrance. I also dislike psychology as a whole for reasons having to do with my background in researching conspiracies and from having observed its impact on society in a case by case observation over the years. I do not adhere to the magical psychological model although I recognize the microcosmic role and influence within the magical act itself. Furthermore, I've never followed a predetermined magical curriculum, derived from structured magical orders, where inner work also has psychological components. Instead, I've carved my own path into the unknown.

When it comes to psychology, I found that I was more drawn to the Jungian teachings solely because they best suited my needs and I felt comfortable using that framework. Even so, I don't reduce otherworldly entities to archetypes from my unconscious or something. At best, I'd say those inner archetypes are complementary to those entities existing outside of one's personal sphere, something akin to being their reflections. "As above, so below" and all that.

Moon talismans for clairvoyance

The first batch of talismans I'm putting up for sale are of the Moon. They use moonstone crystals as a base, as per 777, and have been made exclusively for clairvoyance.

Prices: 

$130 + shipping / talisman

$260 + shipping / 2 talismans 

$360 + shipping / 3 talismans

$440 + shipping / 4 talismans 

$500 + shipping / 5 talismans 

Each talisman will be accompanied by a presentation and instructions of use.

I've made five talismans by calling on the lunar hierarchy - Gabriel, Malkah, Chasmodai, Schedbarschemoth Scharthathan - and instructing them to empower the crystals so that each of them will provide clairvoyance to its user. I've also added a limitation to prevent the user and their loved ones from suffering or experiencing loss as a result of the talisman doing its thing. Notice the crystals are within the Triangle of Art and the spirits have been called inside the Triangle to consecrate them, just so to have the entire lunar force contained and focused solely on the crystals.

The ritual was done at the following time:

Horary reading

This is going to be a lengthy article and I hate writing them as much as I hate reading them, especially now that I have to deal with a lot in my personal life, but I consider it necessary.

Some time ago someone asked me why I don't do horary as a service if I do elections. I told the person I've not the experience to interpret a horary chart since I'm unfamiliar with all its many quirks and how they worth together. Truth be told I haven't found it necessary to go into it. But things may change at some point with recent events and a backstory is needed. 

A little over a month ago a man contacted me asking me to expose his ex wife's secrets to him, mostly those regarding their marital relationship. He and the woman divorced earlier this year and he had most of his reasons straightened, but his gut feeling told him there may be more to it than the accusations he held against her.

Patience required

Things ahead look ok in terms of planetary elections, depending on the planets you want to work with. While in the case of one planet people should rush to make the best of it, most others require patience before we would be able to benefit from their increased strength.

The Sun is traveling through Cancer where it has no dignity. Best wait a few more weeks for it to enter Leo and benefit from domicile and triplicity.

The Moon is waxing and about to enter Virgo where it is dignified by triplicity. Unfortunately this waxing phase takes it through falling falling Scorpio, culminating with its fullness in exile in. Capricorn.

Fantastic lunar election

Whether you're doing a Moon ritual, making a lunar talisman or a simple lunar petition, the following election is as good as they get. I would recommend using it for making a lasting talisman for beneficial goals.

The date is set for my location, but feel free to adjust it to yours. Also, you can juggle a bit with the chart to see whether the Moon rising or culminating will suit your needs better. Mind you though, depending on your location, you might not get the Moon in its decan although that shouldn't be a cause for worrying.

In the above chart the culminating waxing Moon is exalted, in triplicity and in its decan. It is applying to a sextile with Saturn and in a separating sextile with Venus. It's not involved in any hard applyig or separating aspects.

If you're interested in acquiring specific elections don't hesitate to contact me.

Ominous Christmas astro forecast

The chart is set for my location at noon sharp, but take heed of this aspect even if you're living further to the west or east. Moon in Scorpio is not such a pleasant time for a holiday. I imagine families getting together in larger or smaller numbers and instead of enjoying themselves, they may end up remembering old grudges and settling old scores.

Additionally, this Christmas will bless us with a not so beautiful Moon square Mars retro. Mars in Leo can be tyrant or at least extremely bossy and the fact it's retro will probably cause people to boil with rage. They will probably release that rage in the form of venomous stings toward others so you can imagine this isn't the best setting for a holiday gathering. I wouldn't exclude termpers to flair as well, but I suspect the former scenario is more likely to play out. Nevertheless, do be careful and try drinking yourself to sleep instead of into a fight (like someone I know).

To complicate matters even more, the Moon's transit through Scorpio begins with a harsh square with Pluto. This should cast an underlying uneasy feeling of compulsiveness over people, somethig totally not good to begin the festivities with.

The aspect will be exact around late afternoon, early evening my time, just when people are usually in the midst of thir Christmas dinner, hence why I've chosen this timezone for the chart. But be aware of it regardless of timezone, especially if you start partying early on or party well into the night.

Open for elections

Jupiter exalted and culminating, waxing Moon applying to trine

I've been thinking about this for a while now and so far I avoided coming forth with it because I felt my often busy schedule will distract me from the task. But I've made up my mind and decided to go through with it.

I'm open to calculate astrological elections for magical use for the following forces:

1. Zodiac signs

2. Zodiac decans 

3. Fixed stars 

4. Planets

5. Elements

6. Lunar mansions

7. Shem angels - will need to provide me with the half-decan to which the angel corresponds based on the attribution you're using.

Meh astro forecast

The New Year begins with mixed planetary strengths. In fact, all but one of the seven classical planets is meh atm in terms of strength, to say the least.

A new lunation began today in Capricorn, the sign of the Moon's exile. It also squared the nodes so we should be in for a rather interesting fortnight. The Moon will increase until becoming Full in Leo (where it will square Jupiter).

Mercury has recently turned direct although it's still in exile in Sagittarius and slower than usual. Not a good idea to work with its forces until the planet at least passes its previous retrograde station point in Capricorn.

Moon election

With a few planets retro and a couple others irritated, I thought working with the Moon would be a good idea. For that reason I selected the following election that would allow people to make potent lunar talismans. Or you can just call on lunar entities and ask them for whatever (falls in their sphere of influence).

I could've made the Moon even stronger by having it in its decan as well, but my geographical location won't allow it. I could've waited for Saturday for that although I chose not to due to the enmity between Saturn and the Moon's energies.

We see the waxing Moon exalted, in its triplicity and on the MC (and also in sect). It is separating from a conjunction with a retro Jupiter it easily overpowers, rendering this aspect a minor inconvenience at worse.

Planetary weather unfolding

There's quite a few things going on for the seven classical planets in the near future. This article is thus meant to help those who also consider astrological factors when planning their planetary spells and rituals.

Possibly the main event is Jupiter being a few days away from entering Taurus. It'll leave behind its dignity by triplicity so people would have to check whenever it transits its terms in Taurus in order to get a bit more potent Jovian energies. It will encounter the lunar North Node quite soon though, so it'll receive a short boost in strength, but people can also use that configuration for a North Node talisman we've discussed in Asteria.

Aided Moon

The Moon is currently aided by Venus and Jupiter and will remain as such for the next few hours. Despite being peregrine, the Moon is now quite ok to work with for beneficial purposes.

You'll find more on astrological aid and its benefits in Asteria.

Magical campaign

This is a follow-up on my previous article in which I've addressed strategy and tactics in more detail. This article will offer a practical example of how to put that to good use and the example itself will consist of rituals for money based on the astro climate forecast for the rest of the year.

Let's say the strategy is broad, you needing more money regardless of the actual source (while keeping you safe from trouble through any connection with shady sources). I will address specific sources as I go along although you can simply ask for money, period. I will go more into the details on tactics instead.

Los cielos se abren

Los cielos se abren: Magia planetaria práctica has been published and is available for everyone interested to work with planetary forces actively. More importantly, it is available for every Spanish speaking person out there because it's written in Spanish and will only be available in Spanish. 

I know, I know, I said I was done with writing. And I am! It's just that for some time now I've been receiving messages from people with Spanish as their native tongue asking me if I'll ever write a book on planetary magick that will be available in their language. I wasn't planning to, until I got the last message, then it came to me!

There's a lot of Spanish speaking people out there who don't speak English and most occult material is solely available in English. Goes to show how much them self-proclaimed experts, teachers and occult role models really care about spreading knowledge, even if they'd benefit from it financially... All they see is their immediate needs and it seems I was right about their narrow perspective in regards to woowoo, since it's clear it also applies in other areas too. Tough luck, dumbasses! As someone from around here whom I consider a dumbass used to say, "Should I give them my brain? I can't *shrug*" so that's that.

Coming soon

Making this short post to announce the appearance of my planetary magick book that will be published very soon. The book will only be available in Spanish since there's already way too much material on this subject in English. 

But this one is mine so you should expect it to differ more or less from what's out there ;) And it will be available only on Lulu.

I will post the official article announcing its publication as soon as it drops so stay tuned!

Hate on, dum-dums!

The Great Gazoo

Quick astro weather forecast

Here's a quick astro forecast for the seven classical planets. It should help people with little astrological knowledge figure out which planets are good to work with for some time. The idea is not to be stupid (or greedy) and work with planets (for money) during inauspicious times. For more details look up Asteria. 

Notice I tagged each planet and each respective tag is to an article about a talismanic election. You can give it a shot by making those talismans whenever the right time comes or do whichever other working with your planet of choice.

ASTERIA 2

Asteria Unveiled: Celestial mysteries revealed 

Has finally published by Lord Manticore. FINALLY!!!

This is the followup volume to Asteria, a work that branches out from its predecessor and expands on various applications of astrology in magick. Even though some concepts presented inside come with short explanations, the material requires people to be readily aware of it since it was explained in detail in Asteria. So if you are not familiar with those concepts you could read Asteria first or look up whatever information you require using various other sources when you come across it in the second book. 

Asteria Unveiled addresses both older concepts which it masterfully discusses in new ways, and newer ones which it thoroughly details, offering more than enough information for people to enrich their magical practices. There were cases where it was necessary to skip over most of the explanations and not because we're jerks or anything, but because they would require entire volumes and, truth be told, it would make a pretty much boring read anyway. As a result, we injected the text with highly concentrated small doses of explanations just so readers would understand the concepts presented. So although this book has less number of pages than Asteria, the highly concentrated doses of knowledge it contains would keep people busy for a long time.

Talisman - third lunar mansion 2

Back in the initial article on the third lunar mansion talisman I mentioned not everyone can use that particular election. I also said those who can't use that election because geographical reasons can do one on March 6. At the same time, I said this second election is not as pretty as the initial one because the chart overall is not as smooth as that one.

Talisman - third lunar mansion

The third lunar mansion is Al-Thurayya which according to the Picatrix spans from 25*42'52'' Aries to 8*34'18'' Taurus. In Book I, Chapter 1 it is said that talismans made using this lunar mansion are for:

"...the safety of those who travel by sea, for sabotaging a partnership, for releasing a prisoner or torturing him, for the beneficial use of chemistry and fire, for hunting, for promoting friendship and love between spouses, for destroying sheep, goats and cows, and for a slave to disobey his master until he is released. This type of talisman usually brings good luck."

People usually make this talisman for general good luck and love so you can do it for either of them or for any of the other reasons mentioned above.

Lunar petitions for beginners

In light of the Full Moon in domicile today, Monday (night, depending on where you live), I think this article is very appropriate. I posted a very short version of the text on a couple of fb groups for beginners a few years ago and for the most part it went unnoticed. I posted it because I thought beginners would benefit from it, but I guess people in those groups were more interested in memes and ads, including the noobs.

Aside from the fact I think any occult group that allows memes is pretty much a dead end for any noob, I will expand more on the original text to elaborate on the method. Keep in mind this method is aimed at noobs so don't expect me to go into advanced techniques.

Spiritual authority

One of the major underlying themes in my Magic Words addresses spiritual authority, or the magician's ability to command spirits. The book also discusses offerings by providing more science-like details with respect to how they work, among other things. 

For some time now I've been paying more attention to Romanian folklore and I began to recall the old stories my grandma used to tell me. This made me broaden my search and I started to look up various customs and habits, as well as mythological entities from this neck of the woods. It just so happens I've come across rather detailed references to the Mother of the Woods as she's widely known around here, although she is also known by other names depending on region. How does this fit with my book? Stick around and I will tell you.