Traditional Astrology, Magic, and Sundry Matters
As a brief interlude from recent subject matter during the season of the malefics, here is an election of the 13th Lunar Mansion, Al Awwa, for erotic love, to undo issues that prevent the consummation of a marriage or relationship, and for the removal of curses that prevent a man (or woman) from the enjoyment of sexual pleasure.
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Make an image with a tortuous sign ascending, and with the lord of the ascendant cadent from the ascendant, fourth, seventh or tenth house, and the Moon similarly cadent. Bury the image at a crossroad under the Via Combusta, and make the face of the image look away from his place, and you will see miracles. – Picatrix, transl. John Michael Greer & Christopher Warnock
This is a nice example of a fairly simple multi-part election from the Picatrix. It is malefic in nature as, in its basic form, it is designed to “chase a man from his place”, and we make it more malefic still by afflicting the ascendant.
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Make two images, the first in the hour of the Sun, with Leo rising and the Moon cadent from the ascendant, and the other make in the hour of the Mars with Cancer rising and Mars cadent from the Moon, and make them in the form of one striking another, Bury them in the hour of Mars with the first face of Aries rising. When you have done this, you will be able to act against your enemy as you wish. – The Picatrix, tranl. John Michael Greer & Christopher Warnock
To continue with our examination, during the season of the malefics, of some of the more malicious uses for electional astrology in the Picatrix, today we’ll look at another one of the enemy destruction elections from Book 1, Chapter 5.
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If you are unfamiliar with Mundane astrology and the Aries Ingress chart, please see this earlier post for a brief description.
A cardinal sign is rising so we will need to consider three further charts for the Sun’s ingress into the other cardinal signs. As such, this chart holds for a quarter.
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“Make an image in the form and likeness of the one to whom you wish evil, in the hour of Mars, with the Moon in Scorpio; and if you are able, make the ascendant unfortunate, putting an infortune in the ascendant or forming a bad aspect to the ascendant, and put the infortune in aspect with the lord of the ascendant; and make unfortunate the lord of the ascendant and the lord of the fourth house, and make them aspect each other, or make unfortunate the lord of the ascendant in the fourth house, or have it received by a malefic in fourth house or ascendant.” The Picatrix, Book I, Chapter 5 transl. John Michael Greer & Christopher Warnock
Since we seems to be approaching the season of the malefics, let’s take a look at one of the more malicious uses for the electional astrology of the Picatrix.
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This mansion, al-Nathrah, is for love and friendship, for safe journeys by land, to cause friendship between allies, to strengthen the incarceration of captives and for their destruction, to expel vermin and insects, and for victory in battles and petitions. You can find more information about the Lunar Mansions here.
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This is a follow on post to the Mars Saturn Conjunction that was discussed here. You may wish to read that post first for some important background on Aries Ingress charts.
There are several distinct traditions of Mundane astrology, that branch of astrology that deals with events which take part in the world. In this instance, we’ll be using the 17th century English astrologer William Ramesey’s method as he describes it in his Astrologia Munda. I find the text exceedingly clear and rational, but I hope to consider some other earlier methods in future, particularly alternative methods of identifying the Lord of the Year and the significator of the ruler, as well as timing methods.
Besides planetary hour elections, lunar elections are some of the simplest elections that are available to traditional astrologers and astrological magicians. Indeed, one often finds that lunar elections form a part of some of the more demanding elections that can be found in traditional authors such as Bonatti, Masha’allah, Ibn Ezra and others.
The Aries Ingress is one of the fundamental tools of mundane astrology, the branch of traditional astrology which aims to determine the influence of the planets on the earth in general, such as weather, disease, famine, war, and the affairs of a country in particular. A chart is drawn up for a particular location for the moment the Sun enters 0′ Aries and this chart is interpreted according to the rules of mundane astrology.
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Certain people inquired of Hermes the sage, asking: “With what are science and philsophy joined?” He answered, “With Perfect Nature.” They asked again, saying, “What is the root of science and philosophy?” He said, “Perfect Nature.” Then they questioned him more closely: “What is key by which science and philosophy are opened?” He answered, “Perfect Nature.” They then asked of him, “What is Perfect Nature?” He answered, “Perfect Nature is the spirit of the philosopher or sage linked to the planet that governs him. This is that which opens the closed places of knowledge and by which is understood that which cannot otherwise be understood at all, and from which workings proceed naturally both in sleep and waking.” Book III Chapter 6, The Picatrix transl. John Michael Greer & Christopher Warnock
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