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Category: Planetary Magic
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Epithets and Aspects of Jupiter for Enhancing Your Jupiter Devotional Practice
Below we have collected a wide range of epithets, titles, and monikers of Jupiter that you can consider using—whether for your petitions, or simply for contemplating and feeling into the different dimensions of this deep and powerful being. In our list, we have filtered out the hyper-local titles that refer to specific geographic cults, focusing…
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Epithets and Aspects of Venus for Enhancing Your Venus Devotional Practice
Below we have collected a wide range of epithets, titles, and monikers of Venus that you can consider using—whether for your petitions, or simply for contemplating and feeling into the different dimensions of this deep and powerful being. In our list, we have filtered out the hyper-local titles that refer to specific geographic cults, focusing…
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Enhancing Your Prayers and Petitions With Precision Epithets
In our view, devotion and theurgy (god-work) play an intrinsic part of astrological magic. Simply put, we think one’s relationship to the spheres matters—both in general (spheres plural) and in particular (that is, specific spheres, e.g., the Moon, Venus, Saturn). In this post, we explore some general top-down ways to think about this as a…
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On Offerings in Astrological Magic – Part II
In Part I of this series on offerings, we examined historical sources to make two points about the use of offerings in astrological magic. From the example of Albertus Magnus, we saw that making astrological talismans definitely does not require offerings. From other sources more aligned with the devotional, theurgical side of things (Iamblichus, Proclus,…
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Announcement: Idola Stellarum presents ‘Relational Astromagic’ for Initiate
We have the pleasure of presenting for our colleague and friend Drew Levanti’s groundbreaking electional astrology course Initiate, and it’s open to the public! Live & recorded for registrants. Our presentation, ‘Relational Astromagic: An Ecological Spirit Model‘ is a first gesture toward offering insight into how we work and play at Idola Stellarum. As ‘medicine…
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On Offerings in Astrological Magic – Part I
The historical tradition of astrological magic is not complete. We have a technical knowledge base in the form of rules for astrological elections. We have a rough philosophical framework with many variations from individual authors in their historical context. We have a patchwork of guidance on what materials to use and how. And we have…
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Orphic Hymn to Mercury: Empower Your Mercurial Prayers & Magic
Ah, Mercury, blessed spirit of ambivalence! All the other planets line up neatly into pairs, with one planet belonging to the day sect and one to the night sect: Sol and Luna, Jupiter and Venus, Saturn and Mars. Mercury, as the non-binary outlier, swings both ways, all ways, and everything in between. Having a good…
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Orphic Hymn to Jupiter: Empower Your Jovial Prayers & Magic
Jupiter, known in traditional astrology as the Greater Benefic, would be an excellent place for many people to start building relationships with planetary spirits or beginning a devotional practice. The Renaissance magician-physician Marsilio Ficino advised as a general rule for people “to increase the influence of the Sun, of Jupiter, or of Venus.” Invocations, prayers,…
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Orphic Hymn to Venus: Empower Your Venusian Prayers & Magic
The ‘laughter loving queen’ Venus, known in traditional astrology as the Lesser Benefic, would be a great place for many people to start building relationships with planetary spirits or beginning a devotional practice. The Renaissance magician-physician Marsilio Ficino advised as a general rule for people “to increase the influence of the Sun, of Jupiter, or…
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Orphic Hymn to Mars: Empower Your Martial Prayers & Magic
Although Mars may have a fearsome reputation, building a relationship with Mars can be approached the same way one would build a relationship with any spirit. Invocations, prayers, and offerings to a planetary spirit can help you attune to and come into rhythm with that planet. There are many ways to pray to or invoke…