Tag: Giorgio Anselmi

• Bad Moon Rising: Is the Moon on the Ascendant an Affliction?

  

  A single line in Picatrix states that the Moon on the Ascendant is an affliction. Where did this rule come from and how valid is it? In this post we take a deep dive into the historical basis of this electional rule.

  Rain & Pallas

  April 16, 2026

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Source Texts & Translations, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Advanced Astrological Magic, Agrippa, Al-Kindi, Al-Razi, Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Benjamin Dykes, Christopher Warnock, Clifford Low, De Quindecim Stellis, Dorotheus, Elections, Evaluating Elections, Giorgio Anselmi, History of Astrological Magic, Inceptions, Israel Hibner, Magical Practice, Marsilio Ficino, Masha’Allah, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Moon, Picatrix, Rhetorius, Sahl, Technique, Thema Mundi, Traditional Magic, Valens

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part XI – The Macrocosm in the Microcosm: Astrological Magic as Medicine

  

  As mentioned in the previous lesson, “the” tradition or worldview of astrological magic is perhaps more accurately characterized as a complex blend or syncretism of many different traditions and worldviews. In much the same way as a river is fed by many streams, the tradition of astrological magic borrows much from a variety of sources.…

  Rain & Pallas

  January 11, 2026

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Al-Buni, Albertus Magnus, Amulets, Ancient Amuletic Medicine, Animated Statues, Anthropology of Medicine, Astromonica, Babylonian Astral Magic, Babylonian Ritual Texts, Book of Minerals, Book of the Treasure of Alexander, Bronze Age, Camillo Leonardi, Critical Days, Cuineiform texts, De Mysteriis, Decanic Magic, Decans, Dodecatemoria, Egyptian Magic, Egyptian Medicine, Erica Reiner, Firmicus Maternus, Galen, Galenic Medicine, Ghayat al-Hakim, Giorgio Anselmi, Hemerologies, Hippocrates, Hippocratic Medicine, Iamblichus, Iatromathematics, Image Magic, Israel Hibner, Khawass, Kyranides, Liana Saif, Liber Hermetis, Marsilio Ficino, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Melothesia, Mesopotamian Medicine, Mysterium Sigillorum, Occult Virtues, Old Babylonian Period, Paolo Vitellozzi, Picatrix, Robert Zoller, Sacred Book of Hermes to Asclepius, Shams al-Ma’arif, Speculum Lapidum, Sphragides, Sphragis, Spiros Piperakis, Stone Plant and Tree System, Sympatheia, Technical Hermetica, Three Books on Life, Triplicity Talismans, Zodiac Man