MAGIC ASTROLOGY and a Talisman for Success by
Laurie Naughtin
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hat is the essence of magic, and what can be its relation to astrology? When looking at Magic from the traditional point of view (anything before the 17th Century), everything is understood to exist in an interconnected state of Oneness. Within this unified state, are found individual and multiple reflections of our divine world of ideal soul forms. These forms appear in the intermediate realm of the celestial world through planets, fixed stars, and any other astrological factors. With the practice of magic, we are not focusing on the physical bodies but more on their spiritual essence. In the traditional days, this energy was referred to as coming from archangels or highly developed intelligence forms which then manifest in a less perfect form in the material world of humble, yet flawed, human beings. In magic, humble beings seek change and guidance from the celestial world. Traditional magic corresponds to the effects we perceive from talismans related to the planets and stars in the heavens who manifest the divine ideas of every potential thing the human so requires. It is important that when practicing Magic Astrology that we understand the spiritual expressions and interconnections of the 5 elements. Ether is the 5th element, likened to the aura of energy around a being; it is through this element we can connect to the celestial bodies through their magic numbers, stones, colours, and spirits.
that are related to Venus. These include pleasant-smelling incense, the colours of either pink, green, or white, which we can use either with the candles or the cloth on your altar, and respecting the number 7, according to Agrippa. Then, we follow the ritual with a small glass of sweet white wine. We use our five senses in a ritual: sight for the colours, hearing the hymn you chant, feeling the texture of the Talisman, smelling the incense you are burning, tasting the sweet wine Venus supplies for pleasure.
It is important that when practicing Magic Astrology that we understand the spiritual expressions and interconnections of the 5 elements.
In preparing a Talisman for love, as copper is the metal ruled by Venus, one could form a copper amulet, or simply include a small picture depicting Venus’s beauty and love, even if it is a picture of her glyph. A prayer hymn or poem that channels Venus’s virtues of love and beauty can be found on the internet or written by yourself if you are gifted in expression. You can find beautiful poems and prayers in The Picatrix, a traditional book on Magic, written by John Michael Greer & Christopher Warnock. In fact, Christopher Warnock has a brilliant little book called Planetary Magic. Once all the elements above have been gathered, we need to find the perfect time to pray to Venus and activate her energy into the Talisman for our client. We need to begin with a Venus day and a Venus hour; if the Venus day, which is a Friday, does not have great planets and aspects, we can look at other days, but make sure you do this ritual during a Venus hour. Luckily, we have our computer programs that can help us find the optimal date and time for the ritual. First though, I recommend you look through the Ephemeris to see when Venus is fortified, and the Moon is rising. From there, we need to make sure the houses we are concerned with are fortified — and in relation to love matters, it would be the 1st and 7th. The planets ruling the signs of the cusps of the houses used in any talisman are called significators. So in a love talisman, we would look to the cusp of the 1st house our querent… or the person asking for the Talisman, and then at the cusp of the 7th house, the house of the potential lover.
A Venus Talisman
For example, a client comes to you — her astrologer—to find love. Immediately we are talking about the planet of love — Venus. It is through a magic ritual to Venus that the astrologer can make a Talisman for the client to keep near her heart, so she attracts the one to love. To reach Venus, we need to be humble and honour her by using all things
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