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Sun in Leo talisman elections

“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 Intelligency 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, inabling to do whatsoever he pleaseth …”

Henry Cornelius Agrippa, 3 Books of Occult Philosophy

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Identifying enemies, known and unknown, with horary astrology

As well as identifying curses and hidden malefic spiritual influence, horary astrology also gives us a couple of methods to identify whether we have secret enemies – and to determine who they are -, as well as to discover whether a person we suspect to harbour malice towards us is indeed our enemy . As in the previous post, these rules are drawn from William Lilly’s Christian Astrology.

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Horary astrology to determine if disease has a physical or mental cause

As a follow on from the previous post, today we’ll take a brief peak into the vast and complex subject of medical astrology. Although a great deal of medical astrology relies on examination of a decumbiture (drawn up for the moment a person takes to their sick bed) rather than a horary chart, similar principles can be applied to a horary question in some instances.

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Am I cursed? An astrological approach

Given that there is a significant amount of material in traditional magical sources relating to cursing enemies (vide the last few posts), it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there are means to determine whether a person is cursed or under some sort of malefic magical influence. In traditional astrology we seek the answer to this question by examining an astrological chart drawn up for the moment and applying specific horary astrology principles.

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An election to chase a man away from his place

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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A Picatrix enemy destruction election (in 3 parts)

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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A Picatrix election for the destruction of enemies

“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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