March 18 – Feast day of the Archangel Gabriel

Statue of Gabriel from the Heroes Square in Budapest Hungary

Happy Feast Day of the Archangel Gabriel!
March 18 was the feast day of Gabriel until 1969. I still continue to observe this as Gabriel’s Feast day, including many others from different sects of Christianity.

As i have said many times before, in many ways Gabriel seems to be the overlooked archangel. Far more people will turn to Saint Michael for many things, and only think of Gabriel for the Annunciation, even though Gabriel appears many times in many stories.

As the angel of Annunciation, and many other appearances as bringing messages from God, Gabriel is a divine Messenger, an angel of angels in that the word Angel originally means messenger. Many people will pray to Gabriel asking for messages and guidance, and for help with psychic abilities, to reveal things that are hidden.

Some people are recognize Gabriel for the meaning of his name. His name comes from the Hebrew meaning Strength of God. If you are familiar with Kabbalah, and the Sefirot, the Sefirot Geborah is actually the beginning of the name Gabriel. the end -iel means of God. Thus, the Strength or Might of God. Gabriel as the Strength of God is called upon by someone people for Divine Strength and Might, or getting his power to help you in any number of situations. In a spell from the PGM, Gabriel is even called up to bring his power to make someone fall in love with the client of the sorcerer. But this divine strength can be applied to anything.

Another common sphere of influence for Gabriel is a commander of the celestial hosts. While some may think this applies to the angels, but I think this refers to the spirits who govern the celestial objects ie the planets and stars. This is why Gabriel is also considered the Angel of the Moon. As the Moon was considered to take all the celestial rays of the planets and stars and transmit them to the earth, so Gabriel is considered to command the spirits of the celestials objects. So, if you’re doing a summoning of astral spirits, you might make some devotions to Gabriel to help you with them.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy Valentine’s Day!
I dedicate this day to celebrating love in all of it’s forms. Here is a photo of my love altar that I have worked with for years. (I added a little sparkle with some filters because why not)
One thing I like to do is buy some candy and ask the powers of love to bless it and then I distribute to all sorts of people, friends and strangers, so that they may feel love and sweetness in their life. It reminds me of elementary school where everyone was supposed to bring cards and candy for everyone else.
While the profitable romance aspect of Valentines is usually pushed by media today, I personally think that all kinds of love can be celebrated. Self love, familial love, love between friends, Love of pets, etc and even lust and desire.
May all be blessed with the ideal love for them and they love they need!

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Feast to the Queen of the Gods

I have never felt much of a connection to Imbolc and Brigid who is the more popular goddess associated with February and it’s beginning. In searching for alternatives, I found a connection to Juno. Having a preference for Graeco Roman divinities, this is who I choose to devote the first cross quarter feast to.
Juno/Hera often gets the short end of the stick in most popular media these days. Usually the stories of her vengeance on the bastard children of Zeus from his uncountable paramours is the most often told story, and for that she is painted as being cruel, wicked, evil, vindictive, a harridan, and generally a bad example of a woman. They often overlook her other qualities, and other stories about her.
One overlooked and rather important thing, that is often left out from modern retellings is that she was the divine patron of Jason of Jason and the Argonauts. Jason’s success in his journey came about because she favored him and helped him. As long as he held her favor, his ventures worked out for him. It wasn’t until he lost Hera’s favor, by screwing over Medea and breaking promises to her, and abandoning his own children, did his fortunes change and he ended up losing, hard.
The month of February is also named for an title of Juno, that of Juno Februa, or Juno of Purification. The month February in the old Roman calendar was closely connected with purification, which would culminate on the 15th of February with the Februa purification. After this it would become a time of feasting and honoring the Gods, the dead, the Lares, and the prosperity of the people and the city itself as evidenced by it’s stability and prosperity.

A 29 day ritual practice to develop psychic abilities and bring fortunate dreams

If you want to improve your psychic abilities, undertake the following practices for 29 days. You can start at any time, but it will be easier to keep track if you start at the first of the month, or if you can start at a particular moon phase, as a complete cycle will return you back to that moon phase where you started. 

  1. Drink a cup of mugwort tea every day. Mugwort is an herb known to aid in psychic abilities, and it is common for some people to drink it as a tea. (check any for contrary recommendations for yourself) If mugwort is not your choice of herb, star anise also makes a good psychic herbal tea.
  2. Take a picture of yourself and place it under a candle holder. Using a white candle of any kind, tealight, chime, or even a glass encased vigil candle. Fix the candle with Psychic Vision oil or Aunt Sally’s Lucky Dream oil. As the candle burns each day, spend 5-15 minutes sitting in silence and letting your inner voice communicate with you. This may take the form of visions, sounds, smells, tastes, sensations, or just a knowingness. 
  3. To help with dreams, keep a dream journal. Keep it nearby while you sleep and whenever you wake up, whatever you recall of your dreams, write it down in the journal. If you don’t recall anything, write this down as well, as it shows that you’re wanting to recall and can stimulate recall. This journal can be a notebook, sketchbook, even an app on your phone, or sound recording. 
  4. During this 29 day period, take 4 spiritual baths using psychic vision or lucky dream bath crystals. Collect your bath water and dispose of it at a crossroads while facing towards the rising sun. 
  5. To help with dreams, you can write down the 23rd Psalm on a sheet of paper. Fold this up and place it under your pillow while you sleep. This will help bring fortunate dreams that can give you insight, lucky numbers, guidance to resolve problems and many more.

During and towards the end of the 29 days, you will find your psychic abilities to have increased and noticeably as well as an increase in dreaming and lucky or prophetic dreams.

Happy New Year!

Recently on social media I saw a post about the phrase “May you live in interesting times” and a reminder that the phrase is meant as a curse.
The poster than followed this by saying their blessing was “May you living in boring, peaceful times” which I found a little lackluster, so I offer this up to the world. May you live in Peaceful and Prosperous times.
I think people forget about the benefits of peace, tranquility and calm. Free from stress. Able to focus. You can rest, you can heal, you can recharge.

Happy Saint Lucia Day!

Happy Saint Lucia Day!

December 13 is the Feast Day of Saint Lucia, a Sicillian Marty, and belonging to the most revered of the women Saints of the Church. In Sweden especially special observances are made where are young woman dons a crown of greenery with candles, and would process through carrying a candle, or in some cases special buns made for the day. In the past St Lucia’s day landed on the Winter Solstice, but with the Gregorian calendar change, it moved to December 21. By celebrating St Lucia’s day it is said it can help one have enough light through the long winter.

Techniques of Empowerment: Binding the Evil Spirit of the Natal Chart

This the opposite of the previous operation in a sense. I also strongly recommend that you have completed the work of the previous post before you attempt this work.

The natal chart also recognizes that you have your own personal devil or evil spirit. In Hellenic astrology the 12th house was named the Kakodaimon of the “Evil Spirit.” For this reason I would look to the 12th house to identify the nature of the this spirit, but Agrippa indicates that the 6th house might also be used. This house is also known as the house of misfortune, so it makes sense why Agrippa and his sources may have looked to the 6th house.
One of the ways of determining the nature of the Evil Spirit is to look at the planet that rules the 12th house. The sign that rules the 12th house, its ruling planet indicates the nature of the Evil Spirit. That nature will show you that inner parts where you have difficulty, but it will also show exterior areas of life which can be challenging for you in various ways. For example, if Jupiter is the lord, the inner problem may be a tendency towards overeating, but also of being an ignorant blowhard who takes contrary positions for no reason. Externally it may make you wasteful with money, and drawn to people who will feed your vanity and arrogance. Mars being the ruler, internally it may make you dishonest and self centered, taking actions only for your benefit, regardless of how it may hurt others. Externally it may make you drawn to arguments which you will lose, and also willing to do anything, ANYTHING, to win.
With that in mind, you can then derive a means of binding this evil spirit to restrict it’s abilities to cause you harm. It is usually the best practice to have a specific name of this evil spirit to bind it with. Just as there are systems for deriving names from the natal chart for the good spirit, there are also methods of deriving names of the evil spirit. This is usually the opposite of the good spirit, using a kind of reverse and inverse method. You can also look to psychic ability to discern a name, or engage in divination outside of astrology for the name.
Once you have a name, even if it just “My personal devil” or “The evil spirit” etc, and you know it’s nature from looking at the 12th house, or making opposite calculations of the hyleg planets of your chart, that will give you insight into the weaknesses of the spirit. For example, if the nature is of Mars, you can look to the planets that are not harmonious with Mars, which are quite a few. Venus is a strong contender, as Venus is said to nullify the afflictions of Mars. But Saturn is also effective, as it is cold and dark compared to the light and heat that fiery Mar is is to possess. The cooling waters of the Moon also make a good choice.
Whereas if the spirits nature is Mercury, You might think Saturn, but it is said that Mercury is the only planet that is harmonious with Saturn. Other good choices are Jupiter, which is said to be the panacea of Saturnian afflictions, but the Sun or the Moon are also good. The Sun bringing light into Saturn’s darkness, and warmth and good things, while the Moon also brings light, but it is also fast compared to Saturn’s slowness, and changeable compared to Saturn’s enduring and constant nature. Here is a quick list of planets that make good oppositions.
Saturn – Sun, Moon, Jupiter
Jupiter – Saturn, Mercury, Mars
Mars – Saturn, Venus, Moon
Sun – Saturn, Moon
Venus – Mars, Saturn, Jupiter
Mercury – Jupiter, Mars
Moon – Saturn, Sun, Mars
.Another consideration for the opposing planet is which one seems to be contrary to how that afflicting planet maybe manifesting your life. Isolated and depressed and Saturn? Go to Jupiter. Raging and Vengeful from Mars? Go to Venus or the Moon to cool that hot head and become more forgiving and peace inclined.
Once you the preceding information, pick a day of the week that corresponds with your goal. Starting in the first planetary hour of the day, which starts are sunrise, Collect all of your tools together. You’re going to need:
Paper

Calamus Root chips

Knot Weed

John the Conqueror root chips

Beeswax or wax in general

a colored candle that corresponds to the contrary planet.

String or thread that corresponds to the contrary planet.

Oil and incense of the contrary planet.

One a small piece of paper, write down the name of the spirit and then write your name over it crosswise so the spirit’s name is covered by your name completely. Fold that piece of paper up into a small square, and take some softened beeswax and some chips of High John the Conqueror, Calamus, and Knotweed and form a small ball with the paper at the middle, and the wax and herb chips surrounding it. Take the colored string and start wrapping that wax ball in string until you get a ball of string around it, kind of like a jack ball. Tie the string off once you have finished. I made mine about the size of golf ball, but feel free to follow your intuition in making the ball as big or as small as you want. Take a candle in the color of the opposing planet, anointed with the planetary oil, and drip that wax on the ball until it is covered again in that wax. Once this ball is complete, you can then choose how you want to store it. The best option is to store it in a container that is filled and reflects the opposing planet. A blue or white box for Jupiter, for example. But then you may keep the box in a naturally Jupiterian space, like up high, in a well lit area, surrounded with images plenty, abundance, or images of major well know religions, especially if your area, like Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism etc… A Mars spirit is greatly weakened by being stuck in a freezer, in a sense turning it into a freezer spell to chill the fire and heat of Mars. A Solar spirit placed into a black container that is sealed against light and placed into a cool dark place to stem the light and heat of the evil solar spirit. An evil Venus spirit might be kept in a metal box of ammo or knives, in the dark, and away from social gatherings or pleasant places where flowers, music or art is found. All of this is meant to minimize and reduce the influence of the evil spirit and to place it under your control so you can address those problems more easily.
You do actually want to keep this item around, but again, restrained. The idea being that you have bound this spirit and made it completely subject to your will. Just tossing it to make it leave isn’t the best use of it, and keeping it under lock and key, and under heel is better.

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