The Picatrix Experiment

Earlier this week I was looking up some easy scholastic image talismans for someone and an election time that would preferably be sooner than later. The Picatrix seemed like a good source, since Book I details on such talismans in Chapters 10, 11, and 12. Lo and behold, I quickly found the one! The second decan of Taurus, decan of the Moon. I made this selection based on the powers of the decan and the fact that the Moon moves quickly through the signs, something that is very useful for these talismans, as I will be detailing further on. 

The Arabic version of the Picatrix has this to say about the decan in question:

"In the second phase of Taurus, we find the image of a man whose body and face look like those of a camel, his nails similar to the hoof of a cow, wearing an old garment, interested in developing land and buildings, and using cows for planting and cultivation. This is the phase of the Moon; it is a phase of ability, honor, vice-regency, destruction and oppression of constituency."

The Latin version of the Picatrix mentions:

"A man like the figure of a camel and having on his fingers are hooves like those of cows, and he is covered completely with a torn linen sheet. He desires to work the land, to sow, and to make things. And this is a face of nobility, power, and of rewarding the people." 

Thank you!

When I first started this blog I didn't think it'll have too many viewers. As a consequence, I didn't take it too seriously for a while. But views started to add up one after another and now they've gone past 3000. 

So I want to thank the people who took their time to go through this blog, even briefly! All the best to you guys&gals!

Hate on, dum-dums!

The Great Gazoo

Teaser

 

I  think I received approval to add this teaser of the project I'm currently working on. This is the project I was referring to in *this* post, something that has a tremendous potential. Hopefully it will be made public by December. Hopefully! Therefore, I'm in Eight of Pentacles X Eight of Pentacles mode now.

Hate on, dum-dums!

The Great Gazoo

The Hand of Karma

I'm taking a brief break from working on the fantastic project that's been keeping me extremely busy for the past couple of months to post this quick article. A few months ago I was asked to intervene in a situation one of my cousins was confronting.

In short, his wife was leaving him and she wanted to take away his son. She had no permanent place to stay and she was going to drag the boy through all sorts of shady locations. It seemed nothing can change the situation because the woman had been brainwashing the child ever since he was an infant, turning him against his father constantly. As a result, the child was not only reluctant to stay with the father, but constantly rejected him.  

Chiron in aspect

 

One of my readers who bought the Chiron book asked me about pleasant aspects involving asteroid Chiron. This is because the book covers general predispositions for the asteroid's location by sign and house, as well as hard aspects it might be involved in - conjunction, square, opposition. I left out the pleasant aspects - trine and sextile - because that meant adding a boring list of details that, in my opinion, are of little importance in a natal chart. 

I am confident that many modern, new-agey astrologers would contradict me, offering many arguments containing vast amounts of spiritual gifts such Chiron aspects might predispose to. But that was not the point of the book. However, since one of my readers asked me directly, I will present three examples of Chiron aspects to one's natal Sun, two of them being of a hard nature, while the third one being pleasant. I think people will get an idea on how Chiron's energies manifest in aspects based on the nature of those aspects.

Question from a reader

 

I received this email from one one my readers who bought my book The Magick of Astrorelationships. I'm glad things are working out great for him and his girl. Keep up the good work, yo! (You didn't have to translate the rituals, but whatever works for you best)

Intense Eight of Pentacles mode!

For some time now I've been super busy working on something that has the potential to become huge. It's taking up most of my free time, not to mention my focus and attention. Nevertheless, I'm enjoying every bit of it. Unfortunately, I cannot say more about it until it becomes public. I'm hoping this will happen before the new year or shortly afterwards.

Hate on, dum-dums!

The Great Gazoo