Monday, October 17, 2022

Prediction

A partial solar eclipse will occur on the 25th, next week, in the second degree of Scorpio. It will be followed by a total lunar eclipse in Taurus (the sixteenth degree, I think) some two weeks later. Both eclipses will be visible in a part of the world where a leader has overstayed his time in office and I will detail on this forther on. 

I predict these two eclipses will cause said leader to lose his power within six month to an year. I'm saying this because the solar eclipse will occur in his twelfth house, which will likely stir up plots from hidden enemies, while the lunar eclipse will occur in his seventh house. Given his bellicose nature, I think that eclipse will put a stop to his fighting ways while at the same time conceal his open enemies from acting against him.

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Physicality and looks don't matter

I've noticed many involved in the occult like to show off by dressing in certain ways or behaving in a certain manner. Might just be me, but whenever I encountered such people I felt a certain aura of superiority emanating from them. It's as if their looks and behavior alone make them a better occultist, hence that feeling I kept getting.

Don't get me wrong, it's not my problem how people dress, act and so on, but none of that enhances magical skill, let alone success. You can post tons of pretty pictures of yourself vested in all sorts of outlandish or over the top robes, wielding all sorts of magical paraphernalia for example, but that doesn't make you a good magician. In some cases it doesn't make you a magician, full stop.

Thursday, October 6, 2022

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.

Friday, September 30, 2022

Mercury retrograde incarnate

The funniest thing happened to me this current Mercury retrograde. Actually, not to me per se, but to a woman I know and I found it funny I got to hear about it. The events she experienced over the past couple of days have left me to believe she had an encounter with the very physical personification of Mercury retrograde.

It all started at the beginning of the week when she was contacted by the school doctor who recommended she'd take her son to a certain specialist for a specific test. There's no need for me to go into details, but the school doctor recommended a specific specialist and she made the arrangements for the boy to have an appointment with the specialist the following day so he'd be tested, his mother attending as well, of course.

Monday, September 26, 2022

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).

Sunday, September 25, 2022

Carpet bombing VS surgical strike


Over the years I've come across various pompous terms occultists have been using to describe themselves either as qualities, or in some cases as unofficial titles. Besides proclaiming oneself a scholar or academic or expert or whatnot, I've also come across terms such as "strategic" to describe someone else's or their own magical thingy. A closer inspection of their work revealed that term to be incorrectly used, revealing the lack of knowledge of the individuals in question, and thus possibly making it yet another pompous term people use to describe themselves for marketing purposes. 

The reason I state the above is that people often confuse strategy and tactics. Strategy is the plan constructed to set goals while tactics are the actions taken in order for those plans to succeed. Both strategy and tactics depend on quite a few factors, ranging from one's own resources and assets in general to various chronological, social and geographical ones and so on. Both strategy and tactics are multilayered, from the topmost perspective over the situation to the individual smaller perspectives on the ground, so to speak. What I mean is, from the large campaign map in the war room to the individual soldier in the trenches.

The first example of strategy is Germany's invasion of Russia in WW2 where the strategy behind "Operation Barbarossa" called for a three pronged attack performed by three individual army groups that would conquer important industrial, agricultural and administrative regions and towns. A second example would be the Russian offensive at the battle of Stalingrad where the strategy behind "Operation Uranus" called for a massive pincer movement around the German army occupying most of the city and its outskirts. And a third example would be the American concept of "island hopping" in the Pacific war, where American commanders decided to capture only those islands that are most important and not waste men and equipment fighting through each and every small island occupied by Japanese troops. 

In each of these examples the tactics were left to the individual commanders of the army, division, regiment and so on that took part of the operation, as they had to attack enemy positions in certain ways based on actual circumstances on the battlefield. Some of them opted for encircling actions, others for frontal assaults, etc. 

Saturday, September 17, 2022

Ye "experts"

Señor Shaman has recently written this article which I find most wonderful. Not only does it represent a bitch slap to all those wannabe guru figures that have been slicing their veins lengthwise ever since Asteria was published, but it's also a very informative article for occultists in general. As such, I couldn't help myself from adding another layer to it.

What makes someone be an expert? This unofficial title speaks of something close to the absolute, since it implies perfection. I for one am sick of it because of the way it's been used around here for a long time, and elsewhere too from what I've seen.