Pleiades election for uncovering secrets and perceiving spirits

The Pleiades by Elihu Vedder

“Under the constellation of Pleiades, they made the image of a little virgin, or the figure of a lamp; it is reported to increase the light of the eyes, to assemble spirits, to raise winds, to reveal secret and hidden things.” – Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book II, Chapter 47 (transl. Joseph H. Peterson)

The Pleiades are a combination of seven stars in the shoulder of the bull in the Taurus constellation. In traditional astrological magic, the Pleiades are associated with the uncovering of secrets, with magic, with clairvoyance and the ability to summon and see spirits.

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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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