“The fifth table is of Venus, consisting of a square of seven drawn into it self, viz. of fourty nine numbers, whereof seven on each side and Diameter make 175. and the sum of all is 1225. And there are over it divine names with an Intelligency to good, and spirit to evil; And there is drawn out of it the Character of Venus, and the spirits thereof. This being engraven on a Silver plate, Venus being fortunate, procureth concord, endeth strife, procureth the love of women, conduceth to conception, is good against barreness, causeth ability for generation, dissolves enchantments, and causeth peace between man, and woman, and maketh all kind of Animals and Cattle fruitful; and being put into a Dove-house, causeth an increase of Pigeons. It conduceth to the cure of all melancholy distempers, and causeth joyfulness; and being carryed about travellers make them fortunate” – 3 Books of Occult Philosophy, Agrippa, Book 2,Chapter xxii
Electional astrology can be reather like waiting for a bus: when you need one, they are nowehere to be seen, and then two come along at once.
The following are a couple of elections for Venus that are ideal for making Venus talismans or for otherwise capturing the strong Venus influence in some other way. As always, the elections are set for London, UK and will need to be rectified for your location.
Election 1
The date is 12 August 2018 and the time is 15:57.
The Moon is waxing, peregrine and makes a sextile aspect to Jupiter. It is Venus hour and Venus receives a sextile aspect from Mercury.
Election 2
The date is 19 August 2018 and the time is 15:54.
The moon is waxing and dignified by face. The Moon trines Mercury and then makes a sextile aspect to Venus. It is Venus hour and Venus makes no other aspects.
“Seek from Venus all things that pertain to her, such as petitions of women, boys, and girls, daughters, and generally everything pertaining to the love of women and carnal copulation with them, art, vocal, and instrumental music, telling jokes, and all those who give themselves over to worldy pleasures, those who engage in vices, male and female servants, brides and grooms, mothers, friends, sisters, and all those similar to them…” – Picatrix, transl. John Michael Greer and Christopher Warnock, Book 3, Chapter 7
Whether it’s love you seek, or fertility, or an increase in the number of pigeons in your dove-house, one may wish to use one of the images in the Picatrix, which represent the influence of Venus in pictorial form, or you can use an image which is symbolic of your desire.
Am I correct in guessing that there will be another Venus election on the 25th of August too?
Unfortunately not as the Moon is applying by opposition to the Sun by that time.