Practical Astrology for Witches and Pagans: Using the Planets and the Stars for Effective Spellwork, Rituals, and Magickal Work
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Practical Astrology for Witches and Pagans: Using the Planets and the Stars for Effective Spellwork, Rituals, and Magickal Work
how and where we direct our energy and drive. Mars is how we harness force and shape it to our will.
it represents the challenge and the struggle of the Soul to rise through the form constraints and limitations of the Earth plane. In
The glyph for Saturn is composed of the cross this Matter surmounted over the crescent of Soul.
The glyph of the Moon is a crescent, a figure composed of two semicircles. Whereas a circle represents spirit, the semicircle represents soul in the pictographic code of the astrological glyphs. The Moon's glyph is the vessel of the soul, both for its development and its journey in the Moon boat.
The Planets are states of being and sources of particular sorts of power. In Western esotericism, the Planets when attributed to the spheres on the Tree of Life (sephiroth of the Qabala) can be referred to as the mundane chakras. This is an interesting phrase that can be interpreted in many different ways. Imagine for a moment that our solar system
... See moreThis is more than simply a matter of celestial mechanics; it is an indicator of the fact that waking consciousness can only be a certain distance away from the source of being which is the Sun.
The Signs can be thought of as the equivalent of adjectives and adverbs because they modify or color the power of a Planet through a unique combination of an Element, a Modality, and a Polarity.
I'd like to clarify that the cross of Matter is not so much the cross of Christianity as it is the Four Elements,
It is the realm closest to physical manifestation and the plane where most magickal work is done. The Moon collects all the influences and then turns earthwards to create the ebb and flow of the tides of life, both physical and subtle.