Venus talismans for love

I have made five Venus talismans to improve one's love life. Based on 777, I used turquoise crystals. Each crystal was inscribed with the astrological glyph of the planet, alongside the divine name Aha (Aleph-Heh-Aleph). This name appears in good ol' Cornelius' work, as well as Uncle Al's, as corresponding to Venus.

Prices: 

$180 + shipping / talisman

$360 + shipping / 2 talismans 

$510 + shipping / 3 talismans

$640 + shipping / 4 talismans 

$700 + shipping / 5 talismans 

Each talisman will be accompanied by a presentation and instructions of use. The prices are higher in this case because turquoise crystals are more expensive, even in their rough form.

Better luck next time

Venus has just been cazimi in Capricorn last Tuesday while Mars is currently cazimi in the same sign. Funny, this year each of the two experiences cazimi in the other's day and very close together. It would have been an amazing opportunity for performing rituals involving the two planets, not to mention making Venusian and Martian talismans. Unfortunately, several factors made that opportunity turn sour, at least for me.

Firstly, Venus, Sun and Mars are all in Capricorn, the sign of Mars' exaltation, meaning both Venus and the Sun are being received by Mars. This would be welcomed since Mars is feeling great here, but it is combust during Venus cazimi and Venus-Sun conjunction also applies to conjunct Mars very closely. This gives a heightened note of volatility to an otherwise very pleasant event.

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.

Demon duo

"Pop quiz, hotshot. Venus is in exile and going retro, but you want to make your hot neighbor fall for you. What do you do? What do you do?"

With the Venus post-retro article out of the way tis a good time to document the following.

I've seen desperate people buying Venus talismans made by wannabes when the planet was in exile only for things to blow up in their face. I've talked about it more than once. Same goes for paying someone to cast a Venus ritual for them when the planet is very weak and I've tested it for myself several times - the results can be tremendously overwhelming, the wrong way.

I've had success for beneficial purposes with Venus in Scorpio, but that ritual was specifically tailored for someone working in the sex industry. Even so, I had to select a very precise timing otherwise things might have gone tits up.

What do you do?

Venus post-retro

Venus will be retrograde between March 2 and April 13, between 10°50' Aries and 24°37' Pisces. It will thus do an about face in its sign of exile and return into that of its exaltation.

Naturally, beneficial magical operations involving the planet's forces should be avoided during this time. Unless you're a money hungry wannabe who sells stuff made irrespective of astro times. Anyway, Venus' return into Pisces shouldn't raise our hopes too much either.

Example of why magix fails

In accordance with Mr. Farrell's new book Why Magic Fails I wanted to bring up the following example. It's not the dumbass I referred to quite recently although I'd happily share more about his laughable candle rubbing sessions if I get notified of them.

This particular case is an occurrence involving magical work to bring about an outcome of an amorous nature. The man in question worked with Venus to determine a particular woman he'd met a couple of weeks prior reciprocate his feelig attracted towards her and then some so theyd get closer. The spell was done at a time Venus was strong, the election itself being quite potent.

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.

Mercury in domicile and exalted

This election is best to be used for Mercury workings having a less than beneficial intent and I'll explain why shortly. There will be a few Mercury elections good for beneficial purposes during this transit, but I think I have yet posted a specific article covering an election that can be used for nastiness.

I'm sure quite a few people know Mercury is both in domicile and exalted in Virgo and this is what's happening these days. I assume not many know Mercury elections can be tricky, due to its constant close proximity to the Sun. Given Mercury will be under sunbeams, this election is not perfect, but Mercury overpowers the Sun a great deal nonetheless.

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.

Venus still combust

As I've mentioned in this article, Venus was cazimi at 14° Gemini. Afterwards it became combust again, though slowly distancing itself from the Sun.

Since the two heavenly bodies have very similar transit speeds, with Venus being slightly faster, the latter was combust for a considerable time. The combustion will end on July 7, but Venus will still be weaker until it gains enough distance. Even so, it will soon enter Virgo afterwards, a sign where it is very weak.

My recommendation would be to be careful with any rituals and spells involving Venus' forces during the above-mentioned period, especially during its Virgo transit. Do not buy or make Venus talismans for beneficial purposes during this lengthy time!

Good news and bad news

This short post revolves around Venus and it's future transits through Pisces and later on, Taurus.

The good news is Venus will be free of the hindrance of being under sunbeams during it's Pisces transit that will begin in roughly two and a half months. This means we can make the best of this transit and squeeze as much of its exaltation as possible during the less than a month time the planet takes through that sign. And I think we should do just that because...

...the bad news is that later on it will find itself under sunbeams and even combust while transiting its domicile in Taurus. I've covered combustion in more than a few articles so far so there's no need to tag any one of them anymore. The problem is we wouldn't be able to harness the added strength Venus will gain through domicile and triplicity without those energies baing weakened and then becoming volatile.

Venus cazimi will only occur at 14° Gemini, followed by yet another combustion and more time under sunbeams.

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.

Venus election next month

As I stated in a previous article, Venus will be in Libra soon. As such, I've chosen the following election for the although I'm not saying it's the best one. I'm sure others will find better ones if they looked harder, but in my case in more than good enough.

At the selected time we see Venus in domicile, on the Ascendant, in sect, free from hard aspects. The waxing Moon in Aquarius, although in a loose separating square with Jupiter, is applying to a very tight trine with Venus. The trine aspect is partile and close to being exact.

Caution

Mars is currently in exile in Libra and thus it's very weak, but it's getting closer to becoming super strong in Scorpio. The downside is that it'll be combust for much of the time it'll spend in Scorpio. Therefore, despite the fact it'll greatly overpower the Sun, it's combustion will make its energies erratic. Just wanted to remind people of this in case anyone's thinking of contacting their personal pentacle maker (who in many cases has no clue of astrology) and asking for a Martian pentacle.

The good thing is Mars will be cazimi towards the end of Scorpio, which is a very good thing. One should take advantage of this (if their geographical location allows for Mars cazimi to be rising or culminating at the time).

Venus, however will be very strong in Libra at the time, this year unimpeded by combustion.

On Venus retro

We are currently experiencing Venus retrograde. We've discussed retrogrades in detail in Asteria, including Venus. But that information is aimed more at allowing people to understand the phenomenon in relation to their magical work.

Here I want to speak more about mundane things, while reminding people retrograde planets are considered debilitated. That is to say, they manifest their inharmonious sides and thus it's best to abstain from magical works with the intent of using their beneficial nature.

Another "check on Earth"

In this article I discussed a "check on Earth" event I observed after a Venus ritual. Last week I performed a similar ritual, this time in my neck of the woods. I took advantage of Venus transiting its terms in Leo. Basically, I called on the aforementioned forces to blast a 1km radius from my place with their best juju.

Today I came home to find my first floor junkie neighbor waving at me and inviting me in. He immediately rolled one and invited me to join him. 

I thank thee, Milady!

Venus in Libra warning

Venus is a few days away from entering its domicile in Libra where its power will be high. However, it will be combust (and there's no need for me to keep linking the several articles I've written to cover that subject)! Venus is combust even now, despite the applying conjunction to the Sun is out-of-sign, making its energies godawful for beneficial workings (because Venus is also in fall in Virgo).

Moreover, Venus will be combust most of the time it transits Libra. This is highly unfortunate for people who want to take advantage of that and perform beneficial Venus work because Venus' energies will be highly volatile and unpleasant due to the combustion. Therefore, I for one would not make any Venus talisman for beneficial purposes during this entire time (and I recommend you don't make or buy one that's made during this time either).

Check on Earth

Anyone who's read "A Bacchic tale: Uncorking planetary spirits" by Mr. Farrell in Asteria 2 has come across a chapter entitled "checks on Earth". In that chapter the author discusses signs that point towards rituals working and lists several such signs for each of the seven classical planets.

A while ago I took it upon myself to clean up a certain area using occult means. I passionately hate that area and wholeheartedly despise everyone there for reasons that are beyond this article. I'll resume to say it's one of those areas parapsychology refers to as geopathogenic and one does not have to believe in such things to easily observe its horrible nature and that of its people compared to nearby areas.

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.