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Tag: Hygromanteia
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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…
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Orphic Hymn to the Sun: Empower Your Solar Prayers & Magic
Renaissance magicians focused a great deal on the Sun, the bringer of light and warmth, through whose power all life on earth exists. For most people, especially those born during daylight hours, Solar devotion would be a great place to start building relationships with planetary spirits. In fact, the Renaissance magician-physician Marsilio Ficino advised as…
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Orphic Hymn to the Moon: Empower Your Lunar Prayers & Magic
The Moon is arguably the most important of the seven traditional planets from the perspective of astrological magic. Virtually every magical election must attend to the location and condition of the Moon. As written in the Picatrix: “You should pay attention to the Moon in all workings, as the foremost of the planets, because she…
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Orphic Hymn to Saturn: Empower Your Saturnine Prayers & Magic
Although Saturn may have a fearsome reputation, building a relationship with Saturn 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…