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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Todays is the Eastern Orthodox Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and all the Bodiless Powers. This includes the Archangel Gabriel is who is a favorite of mine and near and dear to my heart.
May the blessings of God through the Archangel Gabriel be upon you!
Another approach to finding personal empowerment can be found in western astrology. In his 3 books of Occult Philsophy, Cornelius Agrippa explains that all peope have a spirit or angel is assigned to them when they are born. By seeking out your personal angel or good spirit of your natal chart, you bring bring about an increase of good luck and fortune, gain advice, and numerous other benefits.
The key to this is spirit is understanding the nature of this spirit, which falls under one of the 7 Classical Planets ie Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter or Saturn. There are many ways to do this. The simplest method is to look at the planet that rules the cusp of the 11th house. The sign on that cusp, and it’s exact degree can be examined to determine the which planet rules that house. In Hellenic astrology, the name of the 11th house was the Agathodaimon or the Good Spirit. Thus why the Lord of the 11th house is an indicator of the nature of the Good Spirit. The sign that rules this house has a ruling planet. The ruling planet is also the planet that your Good Spirit falls under. So if your 11th house ruler is Libra, then Venus is the nature of your Good Spirit. If the ruler was Capricorn, then Saturn is the nature of the good spirit. This is a simple method, but it can be made more precise with a detailed look into the most influential planet at that degree. For example, in Capricorn, at specific degrees of Capricorn, the planetary ruler of that degree might actually be Mars, as Mars is exalted in Capricorn and certain degrees have more Mars influence than Saturn.
Another method is determining the almuten figuris of your natal chart. This is a bit more complex method as it requires identifying several specific points in your natal chart. Even this method also has some variations. The foundational method is to identify the position of your natal Sun, Moon, Ascendant, Point of Fortune, and Syzygy. While the first three may be more familiar to people, the Point of Fortune and the Syzygy is not commonly talked about. The Point of Fortune is a calculated point. It is determined by looking at the distance from the Sun and Moon. This distance is then applied to the Ascendant, and it’s end point is the Point of Fortune. Depending upon if you were born at or night, the calculation will change, with it starting at the Sun in a day chart, and starting with the Moon in a night chart. The Syzygy is the position of the moon when it was Dark or Full before the time in the chart. Of course, if your moon is Dark, or Full, in your natal chart, then your moon position is also your syzygy. So, if the moon is waxing in your chart, then your syzygy will be the previous dark moon, and if the moon is waning, it will be the previous full moon. All of these points are examined, and added by which planets have dignities in them. All the dignities are calculated together, Rulership, Exaltation, Triplicity, Term and Face. In some systems, they will also include the planetary Day, and the Hour as well, and also the house the planet occupies in the natal chart, as some houses are considered to be more influential than others. A planet in the first house is much stronger than a planet in the 3rd house for example. The planet with the highest sum is considered the Almuten Figuris, or the Ruling planet of the Natal chart, and this planet thus also indicates the nature of the angel or good spirit of the natal chart.
With this method, sometimes the ruling planet may surprise you. The influence of day, hour and house can take a relatively weak planet and make it a powerhouse over a planet in rulership, but in a weak house, and lacking day and hour. This is not a bad thing however, and it can indicate that your fortune and spiritual advancement lays with the nature of that planet, which might require you to break out self imposed limitations and see things differently.
Once you know that planet, you can then start to reach out to call that spirit more closely into your life. For your consideration I will include simple connections on how you can construct and personalize the ritual, based upon your ruling planet.
For the Moon – You should start on a Monday, in the hour of the Moon. Moonrise, especially during a full moon, and also when the Moon is at the zenith of the sky during a full moon are also good times to commence or perform this ritual. White candles are recommended, but other colors can work as well, like silver, and pale or pastel colors, especially pastel blues, pastel pinks, pastel yellows, and pastel greens. A good incense to use is Jasmine, but camphor is also a good option. You can also make or purchase a complex incense blend for the moon. I also recommend using a planetary oil of the moon. A camphor oil blend can work well, as well as jasmine, or mugwort, and again there are also complex oil blend recipes online, and many shops sell such blends as well.
For the Sun – You should start on a Sunday, in the hour of the Sun. the first hour is at sunrise, but the 2nd Sun hour is often a little bit after Noon, so also choosing High Noon, when the sun is at the sky’s zenith is also a good choice. Candle colors of yellow, orange, gold, or white are recommended. A good incense is frankincense, but I also find that warm amber incenses draw forth solar influence quite well. A Sun incense blend that you make or purchase is also a good option. You can make a Sun oil with bay leaves and olive oil, or using the essential oil of bay laurel in olive oil that works very well. Other solar plants like St John’s wort works well, Sunflower petals, calendula petals, chamomile and angelica root also make a good solar oil.
For Mercury – You should start on a Wednesday, in the hour of Mercury. As Mercury tends to follow the Sun closely, and is difficult to see against his bright light, those are the best times. Sometimes Mercury is acting as the morning or evening star, and you can time this work to those periods as well, if you want to go to that effort. The candle colors I recommend are shades and tints of purple, brown, orange or gold, or rainbow or mixed colors, or sparkling candles ie glitter coated. I like holographic glitter, but any glitter will work. I find mercury works well with cinnamon incense, mastic resin, elemi resin, or storax if you can find them. A mercury oil can also be made from the same resins or from cinnamon EO. Anis, fennel, celery seed essential oils also make a good oil or incense.
For Venus – The day and hour of Venus works well, as does locating Venus as the Morning or Evening Star. Venus also doesn’t get very far from the sun, but when it is far away, it is often taking the position of one of these stars, and it can work well to invoke your Venusian spirit when those stars are visible above the horizon. The colors for Venus that I recommend are rich Green, rich or intense Pink, White, Turquoise, Blue-Green, Peach. I highly recommend a Rose incense and Rose scent in your oil, but Vanilla also works well, and any floral scent that you can enjoy. Orris oil aka Queen Elizabeth root oil is also a good.
For Mars – The day and hour of Mars. If you want to track Mars, he can be apparent at night and you can time him for when he rises above the horizon, or when he reaches the Zenith of the sky as well. The color of Mars is Red. No other color is really recommended. I prefer using the Pine as an incense, but Musk also resonates well with Mars. If you can afford dragon’s blood resin, that is also favored by Mars in my experience. For the oil, An herbal oil can be made with Basil, known to be a mars plant, but if you want something floral Tobacco flower makes a good scent although expensive essential oil. Just macerating hot dried chilis in oil can also make a good Mars oil.
For Jupiter – The day and hour of Jupiter, and also when Jupiter rises, or when Jupiter is at the zenith of the sky. The colors for Jupiter is royal blue, or cerulean blue, white or gold. The incenses I recommend is cedarwood, sandalwood, fir or juniper, or just burn powdered nutmeg on charcoals. A single scent Jupiter oil can be made from any of the incenses as well.
For Saturn – The Day and Hour of Saturn, or when Saturn rises or reaches the zenith of the sky. The colors for Saturn is primarily black, but shades (that is colors that have some black in them) of Green, dark greys, darker earth tones, and also White. For incense I prefer using Myrrh, but I also enjoying using Patchouli for it’s rich dark earth notes, if you want something unusual, Valerian root also makes a good incense, although it smells like feet in enough concentration. A good oil for Saturn can also be made with Patchouli, or Vetiver, of which the root is used to make the essential oil. Valerian root essential oil also makes a good Saturn oil.
As part of any of the rituals, I recommend making an offering of clean water in addition to the incense. Just about any spiritual being enjoys clean water, as a means to refresh itself. A simple blessing over the water is enough, in a clean glass.
You can call out the spirit through prayers, conjurations to the planets, poetry of the planets etc. A popular form is using the Orphic Hymns, which have hymns dedicated to the Graeco Roman Gods associated with the planets. You can also find prayers and invocations to spirits of the planets and then ask them to connect you with your natal spirit. The Olympic spirits, The Archangels of the Planets, The Planetary Intelligences and Spirits, and more. You can also freeform or compose your own prayer or evocation.
In Agrippa he also gives a method to determine the name of this spirit. It can be done using any alphabet, but Agrippa gave examples using Hebrew and Latin. Essentially each degree is assigned a letter, starting with A at the first degree of Aries, and repeating until the last letter at the final degree of Pisces. Then look to the previous planets and points ie Sun, Moon, Ascendant, Point of Fortune, Syzygy. Those points will give you the letter that make up the name of your spirit. This may not have any vowels in it, so you can use your own inspiration to fill in vowel sounds, or just make your best guess. You can also forgo this method, and just reach out the spirit, until it gives you a name to use.
You should repeat this ritual every week, on the same day and hour, until you feel certain you have made contact with your natal spirit. This can take many forms. It may come with a vision, or a dream. It may come as a knowingness, or as a clairaudient experience where you hear a voice speaking to you, and answering your questions and aiding you. It may happen quickly with just one session. For myself it took 9 months, starting on the Winter Solstice and finishing on the Autumnal equinox. Your mileage may vary.
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Visualization Using Visualization as means of empowering yourself, here are two simple methods to break restrictions and limitations and empower yourself with mastery and authority.
Visualization #1 – To break restrictions and limitation
See yourself bound by ropes and chains. These restraints are expressions of things, internal and external, that are holding you back. Begin to breath deeply and relax and see this spark of energy building up in your stomach. With each breath it becomes stronger and brighter, until it begins to rise up and flow into your heart. With each breath the spark pulses and grows at your heart, building up pressure, like a pressure cooker. Keep breathing deeply and relaxing, letting that pressure build and build. If you spend 2-5 minutes doing it. When you feel this pressure reach a peak, let it explode out from your heart area, like an exploding bomb. It shreds the ropes and breaks the chains into pieces. The piece fly away from you, out into an empty void. You are liberated and free.
Visualization #2 – To empower with sovereignty and authority and protection
this energy that just exploded out of you now also flows through your body. It fills every fiber of your being, flowing down to your toes, and up to the crown of your head, and flowing into your arms all the way into your fingertips, and circulating back before it is pumped out again, like blood through your circulatory system. However, this energy also starts to flow out from the pores of your skin, and as it does so, it begins to shape itself into clothing around you. This clothing inspires respect, and signifies power and authority.
It could be a three piece business suit in a color that you love. It recalls to mind capable and influential business people who can manage difficult situations and resolve problems with easy. It could be a military uniform of a general or an admiral or captain. You are the top of the hierarchy. The buck stops with you. What you say is a command and people are expected to follow your orders and directives, and be attentive to your every whim and even your presence. Maybe its the robes of a King or Queen, either from history or present day, or from fantasy media, or something you envisioned and drew on a character of your own creation. It looks regal, the indication of sovereignty which commands respect, causes people to recognize your authority, and submit to your commands. Whatever the outfit, it communicates to everyone saying “I’m the boss, I’m in charge, you will respect me”. Around that outfit is a slight shimmer of a golden radiance surrounds you, as though you are touched by the divine, having divine grace or favor. You are on a dais, raised up slightly from the crowds around you. Almost spotlighting you but it also lifts you up, putting you beyond the reach of low opinions and attitudes. People also just naturally look up to you, seeing you as a leader, a guide, an inspiration. This energy continues to flow out from you and taking shape around you as a clear wall of force. You can see through it easily, seeing what you want to achieve, the resources you desire, the road ahead that you want to walk. You can clearly see your allies, and good things that can help you. However this wall blocks out evil influences, the gazes of the jealous and envious, the evil eye, hatred of your enemies, and malign influences that restricted and limited you before. Those ropes and chains are blocked by the this wall, unable to make you small and restrain you again. You are strong, capable, powerful, and protected.
If you have problems with visualization as an image, I recommend just writing this down, or reading it out loud when you want to do it. For the first visualization, if you want to tie in things and make them more physical, you can loosely tie yourself with ropes and chain in order to feel those bindings on your body and breaking yourself free from them. For the second one, see if you can find a picture of the desired outfit. If you can draw it yourself, great, but you can also write out a detailed description of it to help yourself in connecting with it more strongly. If you can create it or buy it, you might also try that. When you wear it, just practice feeling powerful and awe inspiring in it. You can also use visualization #1 with uncrossing work. I have found it to be very effective for that. Afterwards when you are blessing yourself or working to bring luck or power, using visualization #2.
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