Testimonials for Idola Stellarum Talismans

At Idola Stellarum we believe that astrological talismans are deep and consequential magic. The following feedback from our friends, colleagues, and customers attests to the effectiveness and profundity of the spirits that our astromagical rituals have guided into greater connection with the sublunary realm.

We welcome testimonials from anyone who has forged a relationship with one of Idola Stellarum’s talismanic spirits.

Saturn in Aquarius: Security, Serenity, & Success Talisman

“My Saturn Talisman from Idola Stellarum is the first I’ve ever had. Based on what I know of Saturn, I had some reservations about whether this piece would be a good place to start. Generally with magic, I prefer to work my way up to heavier energies, but Rain assured me that this talisman resonated with some conversations we’d had. After spending some time with it, I honestly could not be more grateful.

“Wearing this talisman feels like wearing a piece of myself that has taken a very long time to cultivate. When I put it on, I step into immense self-assurance. I feel grounded and discerning, carefully carried into the task of reconciling my macro-life intentions with the small actions necessary to actualize them. I’m able to be visible without any inkling of desperation to be seen. I’ve written many pieces wearing [this] talisman that, when published, begot unexpected recognition – I was just being myself.

“Working with this talisman feels like experiencing all of the rewards without the overextension of effort. When I make a list, I don’t just accomplish the things on it, I actually remember to check them off. It’s helping me to practically apply my own values in ways that are self-serving, self-affirming, and have a ripple effect of goodness on those with whom I come into contact.

“When I wear this talisman, I feel in touch with my inner elder. I experience the wisdom of patience and steady pace. I’m able to pause before speaking or reacting – or rather, I almost feel like I am reigned in by another force. This is extremely helpful as someone who has a tendency to react quickly, sometimes with a passion that is disproportionate to the situation at hand. The talisman seems to encouraged a ‘right-sizedness’ that I often wish was more accessible when not wearing it. In a time when my nervous system has been stretched to unduly lengths, wearing this talisman has granted me a steady heart, head and hand.

“I can wear this talisman for a long time without feeling too much of the more depressive qualities of Saturn. If anything, I actually feel armored against them. But the armor is constructed of my own applied actions. It is revelry of my own success.”
—Erin Tack Shipley

“This talisman immediately required me to better define what “security” means to me, smoothing the way to clearer definitions & achievement of success & the serenity that comes from trusting oneself to create it.”
—Diana Rose Harper

Venus in Pisces: Ancestral Agape Talisman

“I also wanted to just vouch for the talismanic quality of Rain and Pallas’s work. I was given an ancestor healing talisman, a Venus in Pisces talisman. We were at NORWAC last year, and on the last night, you know, for me, being at that NORWAC, I spoke, and the Seattle area is where I grew up. And I was just feeling this immense sense of belonging and that I had found my path in this moment. And that is the moment when Rain said to me, “Drew, do you have an ancestor practice?” And I said, you know, I don’t really think that I do. And this talisman that Rain gave me was an incredible door, not only into my own ancestry of a sort of genealogical sort, but also my queer ancestry. And the ways this talisman has supported me in embracing my queerness and in embracing—not only embracing my queerness but sharing that with the world. I really feel like I have become an emissary for an entire lineage of spirits and support. And so I want to thank Idola Stellarum for that work. And as a way to invite other people to similar kinds of engagement. I think it’s a really beautiful thing that you are doing.”
—Drew Levanti

“Right before you gave me this talisman, I was dating this person and our relationship was in chaos. I had this strong impression that some of our lineage healing journeys were intersecting in a way that was making intimacy between us impossible. I did a ritual with mullein and I got some helpful visions and information. I made this tincture which I jokingly called Pipe Cleaner, because it’s just the flowing juices of the ancestral juice, to clean out the gunk.

This talisman came to me as part of that ritual. There was some degree of attunement going on between my work and your work. I always feel like I can tell when the gods are actually present, or the planetary forces that are being invoked are actually present in the thing when results like this turn up. That felt really validating to my work and the magic that you guys are doing. It’s as if before I did the ritual you had already done the thing that would answer my prayer, and then without knowing that I did the thing, you knew to give it to me. She was really helpful in letting go of that relationship and getting through some of that process.

It’s difficult to attribute one thing or another to a specific talisman or a specific piece of magic, but I feel like in the time since I’ve been hanging out with this talisman, I have gotten so much clarity on my ancestral love inheritance and how that impacts my ability to have healthy relationships. It feels like I’ve had a lot of clearing away of some of the illusions that make it difficult to understand what’s going on in my love relationships. It resonates with my understanding of: what are the obstacles toward long-term partnership? And what among those have you inherited from somebody? I’ve also found out such a shocking amount about my ancestors—and in this really physical, corporeal way. It’s not just like doing internet research, right? I’m holding their pictures in my hands and talking to my living grandma about where in Switzerland I could go to hang out in the same places they’ve hung out.

Solid, nourishing, rewarding friendship is another thing that’s come in around the same time as this talisman, too. My group chat changed and became really super nourishing. I feel like I have a friend in my house—which is nice, because I live alone. I have my cat, obviously, but it’s also nice to have a conscious spirit person who’s sharing space with me. I just like having a friend in my house. She’s really grounded, I feel unusually so for the Venus vibe.”
—Hawk Grubb

“I attuned to this beautiful Venutian talisman and have been wearing it for a few weeks. When we meet each other on days we are together, it evokes joy and wonder. It animates a remembered feeling when believing in magic was not such an act of will but an embodied truth. The way I was certain that beloved toys had a life of their own when I was not around. It was not something I questioned: it just was. My relationship with it has brought a sense of ease into my spiritual practices, a sparkle. It seems clear that this sense of being cared for, of safety, and a connection to a much younger self signals the presence of well ancestors and matriarchs.”
—Seleta

Regulus: Peace, Glory, & Virtue Talisman

“I just knocked on a stranger’s door to get a misdelivered package, something that would have been unthinkably difficult for me to do maybe even a year ago, like it was nothing. I never thought of this as a possible area of growth or change for me, and I at least partially attribute that to talismanic assistance, so thank you for exposing me to that avenue.”
—Jake, a close family member

14th Lunar Mansion: Healing & Recovery Talisman

“This precious has been exactly what I knew I needed to support and ground me in the really deep ancestral repair work that was/is happening in my body. I have held it many times when I was feeling on the verge of physically unwell and found restoration. I have put it under my pillow to assist me in transmuting and woke refreshed. The stone absolutely feels like a gentle but not avoidant friend, an anchor, and a balm in healing work of any dimension.“
—Ari Felix

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