A Saturn in Aquarius talisman election

“[Saturn] rules profound sciences, and the science of laws and seeking out the causes and roots of things and their effects, and speaking of wonders and understanding deep and secret qualities… When he is in good disposition and in his exaltation, however, he signifies purity, length of life, exaltation, joy, honour, wealth, inheritance, and the transmission of inheritances to sons and nephews.”– Picatrix, translated by John Michael Greer and Christopher Warnock

This is a rather pleasant (well, about a pleasant as Saturn is likely to get) election to create a Saturn talisman.  Saturn is never going to be an easy planet to deal with, but it is my experience that Saturn in Aquarius is a little easier to manage than Saturn in Capricorn.

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Sun exalted in Aries election

Apollo and the Continents by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

“The fourth table is of the Sun, and is made of a square of six, and contains thirty six numbers, whereof six in every side, and Diameter, produce 111, and the sum of all is 666. There are over it divine names with an Intelligence to what is good, with spirit to what is evil, and out of it is drawn Characters of the Sun, and the spirits thereof. This being engraven on a Golden plate with the Sun being fortunate, renders him that wears it to be renowned, amiable, acceptable, potent in all his works, and equals a man to Kings, and Princes, elevating him to high fortunes, enabling to do whatsoever he pleaseth …” Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy

The Sun has been talking his way through Aries for the last few days. Here the Sun expresses itself in its most powerful and unrestrained form. Being exalted in Aries, the Sun is magnificent, potent and manifests his royal power.

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Spica fixed star election for wealth and good fortune

Under the Spike they made the image of a bird, or of a man laden with merchandise; it confers riches, and makes one overcome contentions, it takes away scarcity and mischief – Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book II, Chapter 47 On the Images of the Fixed Behenian Stars (transl. Joseph H. Peterson)

Spica is one of the most fortunate and benevolent stars described in Agrippa’s Three Books of Occult Philosophy as well as earlier works on astrological magic. It is one of the brightest stars in the heavens and is located in the ear of wheat in the Virgo constellation.

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Algol talisman election for Courage and Spiritual Protection

“Under the head of Algol they made an image whose figure was the head of a man with a bloody neck; they report that it bestows good success to petitions, and maketh him who carrieth it bold and magnanimous, and preserveth the members of the body sound: also it helpeth against witchcraft, and reflecteth evil endeavors and wicked incantations upon our adversaries.” – Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book II, Chapter 47 (transl. Joseph H. Peterson)

Algol, a fixed star in the Perseus constellation, is one of the 15 Behenian Stars described in Agrippa’s Three Books of Occult Philosophy as well as earlier works on astrological magic. It is a star with an evil reputation and has been associated with death, decapitation, and malefic power by a wide variety of cultures.

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