CHRIS REPPUCCI

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Talismanic Protocols

 -moon free of malefics

 -moon non combust

-moon not applying to eclipse

-soft aspect to benefics

-seperating from one fortune while applying to the other

-on asc 

-in diurnal sign in daytime and nocturnal sign at night

-quick effect in signs of short ascension;; 

 -direct, long, oblique in signs of long ascension

-aspects to planets in signs of short or long ascension modifies effects

-avoid slow motion, less than 12* per day)

-avoid via combusta (8 or 15 libra to 3 or 15 scorpio

-avoid ends of signs, terms/bounds of malefics

-avoid 9th house (cadent)

-if contradicting guidlines place jupiter or venus on the ac

-if you want to do evil, reverse protocols, i.e. aspect malefics etc.

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-phase: full and filling with light

-lunar day

-dignify moon by sign ruler

-moon free of SN

-moon day? Moon hour?

-moon on mc depending on application

-soft aspects to dignified planets

 

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Mansion Resource links:

lunarium.co.uk :mansion calendar calculator

 

planetwatcher.com : visual ephemeris

 

astro.com : chart generation

 

renaissanceastrology.com : Christopher Warnock

 

medievalastrologyguide.com : Ryhan Butler

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-1:-0*Aries-12*51’Aries

Direction: East

Season: Spring, Vernal Equinox

Light: increasing

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Picatrix: Al-Sharatain-“Horns of Aries”

-image: warrior with spear

-elec: journeys, medicine, beginnings, relationship hostility, discord

-talis: destruction, depopulation

-det: Iron ring, black wax: Geriz

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-PGM: Ox, Voús: initiator, head of cult

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-GV: Lucifer: Chief Spirit, red when angry, offering of mouse, sometimes a young boy

-QUI: Exu Lucifer

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-Nakshatra: Ashvini: head of a horse, honey, bee hive: healing, fighting poison, anti venom, travel

-Rigvedic: Kumara: young boy, youth

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-Xiu: 角 (Jiǎo) Horn: arrival of spring, successful human and animal birth, renewal and growth, youth, soft evening rain

Deity/Fangshi: fangshi controlling serpent-like demons 

 

• m:1: Pretty obviously the start of the sequence in the spring on the ram and the horns with a warrior and a spear in Mars’ sign, and the Ox as another symbol of the Horns and fertility and Lucifer, the chief spirit of the whole hierarchy as Goetic and as Exu.  The Picatrix mention ‘black wax’ corresponds to Lucifer and colors and candles pretty readily.  Also to note is the associations of Lucifer’s role with Apollo’s into antiquity and this being Aries is the Sun’s exaltation and the point of more light than darkness.

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-2:-12*51’ Aries-25*42’ Aries

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Picatrix: Al-Butain- “The Little Belly”

-image: crowned king

-elec: dig wells/streams, treasure, planting crops, destroy buildings, set people against one another, firm incarceration

-talis: removal of anger

-det: white wax, mastic, form crown king, lingam aloes: Enedil

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-PGM: Vulture, Gýps; carnivorous bird, death eater

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-GV: Satanachia: Lucifer deputy, seal: horned bird or insect

-QUI: Exu Marabo, associated with hunter deity Oxossi

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-Nakshatras Bharani"the bearer”, Yoni, the female organ of reproduction

-Rigvedic: Yama, god of death or Dharma; self control, restraint

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-Xiu: Neck, inner elixer, regeneration, renewal, withdraw and plan, calculation

Deity/Fangshi: fangshi holding peacock or mongoose, alchemy expert, inner elixir

 

• m:2: here we have an image of a crowned king and the first deputy of Lucifer, a prominent role, then the animal a Vulture and a GV seal depicting perhaps a winged bird or insect, either way there are parallels to carrion birds (birds of prey, carcasses, flies etc.) and the Exu associated with a hunter deity as well as mention of the belly, which contains the entrails, and entrails association with the underworld and carrion birds, an overarching theme in general (sky, stars, underworld, primordial body of universe, beasts, the dead, the moon, etc.)

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3: 25° 42' 51'' Aries – 8° 34' 17'' Taurus

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Picatrix: Al-Thurayya- “Many Little Ones”

-image: seated woman with right hand over her head

-elec: safe sail, alchemy, works of fire, hunt, love, firm incarceration another, firm incarceration

-talis: aquisition of good things

-det: musk, camphor, mastic, aromatic oils, wrap in cloth: Annuncia

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-PGM: Bull, Tavros: sacrificial animal, mithraic

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-GV: Agliarept: Lucifer Deputy, seal: horned man

-QUI: Exu Mangueira, chief of line, deputy to Lucifer

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-Nakshatras Krittika: Pleiades, nurses of Kārttikeya, a son of Shiva ; Knife or spear

-Rigvedic: Agni: the mouth of offerings to the gods, digestion dynamic, third eye, consciousness intermediary, divine connection

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-Xiu: Root, basis of honoring ancestors, control infectious disease through rare exorcisms, filial piety, success through ancestral commemoration, base floor bottom, comply with sacrificial and commemorative protocol, respectfully consult oracles, learn from elders

Deity/Fangshi: able to distill elixirs, empty the marrow and fly

 

• m:3: the little one refers to the pleiades which are seen as oracular women and we get a seated woman doing some ritual gesture, Sybils and oracles famously visited by heroes and nobility etc., varied elections including fire and we have another of Lucifer’s deputies in both GV and as Exu, the Exu’s name meaning mango tree, and trees usually related to oracular sites.  Agliarept may be an allusion to ‘flying raptor’ or bird of prey, which keys in further to the Lucifer stories (Enoch, etc.) and the animal here is a bull, denoting the entrance into Taurus and the echo of the horns from the primary Ox, and the seal from GV displays a man with horns and horns for eyes with a horn through the nose.

 

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4: 8° 34' 17'' Taurus – 21° 25' 43'' Taurus

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Picatrix: Al-Dabaran- “The Follower”

-image: armed man riding war horse holding snake in hand

-elec: destroy cities, marital discord, destroy fountains, destroy treasure seekers, kill and bind reptiles and venomous animals

-talis: obtaining hostility

-det: red wax, red myrrh, storax: Assarez

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-PGM: Scarab, Beetle; Kántharos: network, creative emergence, miraculous life, “shit into gold”

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-GV: Tarchimache: Belzebuth deputy, Lucifuge Rofocale (light flee-er)

-QUI: Exu Tranca-Ruas, “Who-Locks_Streets”, nude copper skinned man with pointed ears and hooves

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-Nakshatras Rohini, ”the red one", a name of Aldebaran; Cart or chariot, temple, banyan tree

-Rigvedic: Brahma or Prajapati, the Creator, lord of progeny, first men to progenate  a race

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-Xiu: Room; Red Rabbit; Chamber, cauldron, stomach of the Dragon, Sun chariot, zen mind of beginner, Indian Creator state, oracles, offerings, feng shui adjustments, medical treatments,  synthesize true elixir, halberd cuts open what is sealed, ritual transformation of offerings to the dead (yin) which blesses living

Deity/fangshi: Fangshi transforms base metal into gold

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• m:4: Here we have the follower , as in follower of the Pleiades, but possibly following as in pursuit as the image is a mounted man armed and holding a snake with elections and talisman for discord and destruction.  The animal is the scarab, associated with the Sun, rolled the “dung ball” of the Sun for food and a brood nest and where used heavily in funerary rites and mummies etc., contextualizing the solar-celestial underworld dynamic, they were carved of hardstone and glazed, and the Exu here tends to be copper skinned, resembling beetle shells, and syncretizes a dangerous deputy to the more serious of the three chiefs and the Scarab “follows” the Sun, Tarchimache “follows” superior Belzebuth.  Interesting, Tarchimache is said to also be Lucifuge Rofocale from the Grand Grimoire etc. who’s name means “fleer from light”, as perhaps many insects seem to, and also Belzebuth might translate to ‘lord of flies’, and this ‘insect’ associated spirit is his ‘follower’.  The image is of a warrior, who probably theoretically answers to someone, and carries a snake and its a mansion for killing and binding venemous creatures, which would include many insects and snakes etc.

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5: 21° 25' 43'' Taurus – 4° 17' 09'' Gemini

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Picatrix:Al-Haqa- “White Spot”

 

-image: head without body

-elec: earning, save travelers, return quickly, improve buildings, spousal favor, destroy friendships

-talis: receiving favor from kings

-det: carry seal, put in bed for visions, silver, sandalwood: Cabil

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-PGM: Falcon, hiérāx; Ra, Eye Of Horus, Apotropaia

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-GV: Fleruty: Belzebuth deputy, seal: large nose man

-QUI: Exu Tiriri, messenger of Ogum, uncrosses hexes & rights injustices, most dangerous, chief deputy

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-Nakshatras: Mrigashīrsha: ”the deer's head". Also known as āgrahāyaṇī, Symbol: Deer's head

-Rigvedic: Soma, Chandra, the Moon god— fickle, manners, Ojas, friendly, lustful, procreative, transition to the ancestors

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-Xiu:  心 (Xīn) Heart: Fox: disaster, retribution, catastrophe and mishap born of lust, spirit armies of retribution, fox’s near cemeteries mediums for unsettled dead, just ruler collective heart of the people applying the law, reversal of fortunes brought by neglected dead, old debts, genetic illness, fox seduction, inappropriate impulses, sad mishaps, maturing experiences, find lost things

Deity/Fengshi: magistrate recording negativity and results

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• m:5: the image is a head without a body, so interesting the name is ‘white spot’ and the verum seal is just a man’s head, in fact a more humanoid head than any other, the talisman is for receiving favor of kings and he is an associate of superior Belzebuth.  The Exu is a messenger and uncrosses things but is dangerous, as Belzebuth’s hierarchy is said to be ad is in the tropical territory of Algol, perhaps the most dangerous star and is seen as the Gorgon’s head.  The talisman also requires bringing to bed for visions and the Exu as noted is a messenger to a higher power, so a kind of intermediary, as ‘magical heads’ tend to be across wide traditions.  The animal is a Falcon, both winged and predatory and powerful, so it fits all descriptions and more bird of prey associations to satisfy corrolations to “Fallen Angels” and the Lucifer mythos.

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6: 4° 17' 09'' Gemini – 17° 8' 34'' Gemini

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Picatrix: Al-Hana- “A Mark”

-image: two people embracing

-elec: destroy cities, place armies, vengeance of king’s enemies, destroy crops/ trees, destroy medicines, improve hunting, cause friendship

-talis: love between two people

-det: white wax, images face to face, wrap in white cloth, amber, lingum aloes: Nedeyrahe

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-PGM: Crab, Karkínos; churning

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-GV: Belzebuth: 2nd Chief: appears as giant cow or he-goat with long tail, vomits fire

-QUI: Exu Mor, Exu 9 Luzes, ‘the Great’, ‘Nine Lights’

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-Nakshatras: Ardra, ”the storm god”, Symbol: Teardrop, diamond, a human head

-Rigvedic: Rudra, the storm god, Rudra crying until properly named 7 times, greater ritual efforts to quell disruptive force

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-Xiu:  The Tail: tiger (earthly power), potential to become greatlower abdomen of the dragon, smooth succession of kings, inheritances, wealth and power, great dam, bridge or boat (wood holding back water), young male within female’s palace, flourishing of new plants in spring, instinctive youth maturing without loss, cultivation, enjoyment and flourishing

Deity/Fengshi: deity crown prince, celestial monarch, with plumed hat

 

• m:6: here we have Belzebuth himself and elections for vengeful kings, placing armies, destroying cities etc. but also causing friendship and love, which reminds of the malefics in Cancer and indeed before precessing to 2019 would have been in Cancer and the animal is the Crab and the image is two people embracing, reminding of an ‘alls fair in love and war’ dynamic.  The Exu is ‘the Great’ so both powerful and terrible.

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7: -17° 8' 34'' Gemini â 0° Cancer

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Picatrix: Al-Dhira- “The Forearm”

-image: man clothed in robes with hands to heaven praying

-elec: increase merchandise, profit, safe travel, increase crops, beneficent sailing, cause friendship/allies, expel flies, destroy officials, favor of kings/nobles

-talis: acquisition of good things

-det: name on breast, sweet smelling things, carry seal: Siely / Selehe

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-PGM: Dog, Kýon; Anubis, threshold crossing

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-GV: Sargatanas: Astaroth deputy, seal: moth type insect

-QUI:  Exu Veludo, ‘animal hide’, ‘shaggy’, messenger for hunter god, ‘velvet night’, ‘velvet’

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-Nakshatras: Punarvasu (dual) "the two restorers of goods", also known as yamakau "the two chariots” —- Castor and Pollux —Symbol : Bow and quiver /// relates to the nose

-Rigvedic: Aditi, mother of the gods: the mother of all goodness, undifferentiated everything in abundance (quantum foam), remover of hinderances, abundance, wealth and fame, easy going, unpretentious 

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-Xiu:  The Basket: -Leopard; winnowing basket , previously a dung basket for fuel, recycling, dragon’s tail, reward that comes from successful effort, final stage [pre solstice], Leopard skins worn by shamans and military rank, bounty and copious blessings, life’s pleasant surprises, gossip of sexual misconduct, slander, resourceful, classy, predatory, new door, new resources, review and reinvest, work, diligence

Deity/fangshi: archer deity carrying bow and arrow 

 

• m:7: The animal is the dog, the spirit is a deputy of astaroth, mistress of beasts, the mansion extends to the precessed position of the dog star, the Exu is ‘shaggy’ with velvet hides and again a messenger, all mercurial symbols and indeed the elections and talisman are about merchandise and acquiring profit and traveling safely, and allies and the favor of kings, which is one of Astaroth’s abilities, and Astaroth’s day is Wednesday, paralleling Mercury again.

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8: -0° Cancer – 12° 51' 26'' Cancer

Direction: South

Season: Summer, Summer Solstice

Light: peak light

 

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Picatrix: Al-Nathrah- “The Gap”

-image: eagle with man head

-elec: love and friendship, safe travel on wagon, friendship/allies, firm incarceration, destroy/afflict captives, expel mice and bugs

-talis: victory

-det: tin, inscribe on breast, sulfur, take into battle: Annediex

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-PGM: Wolf, Lýkos; threshold cross, gate of incarnation

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-GV: Nebiros: deputy of Astaroth, could be related to Cerberus

-QUI: Rios, ‘of the Rivers’, works with water element, deputy 

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-Nakshatras: Pushya: ”the nourisher", also known as sidhya or tiṣya; Symbol : Cow's udder, lotus, arrow and circle

-Rigvedic: Bṛhaspati, priest of the gods, empowers sacred knowledge, acquire wealth, followers

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-Xiu:  斗 (Dǒu) (Southern) Dipper: -Lion-Dog, griffon, unicorn ; enrichment, wine making, wine makers and merchants, libation, ancestral ritual, fermentation, plenty, fulfillment, completion, lion-dog at thresholds of important buildings, supernatural arrival of good news, esoteric teachings, true and false recognition, exorcism, clear away impurity, complex, otherworldly, discriminating, wise, religious rites, initiations and esoteric teachings 

Deity/fangshi: deity staff bearing celestial guardian [solstice]

 

• m:8: The Gap is interesting for a divinitory spirit associated by Exu with water and in Cancer.  The water of the Exu is rivers, alluding to The rivers Styx, Phlegethon, Acheron, Lethe, and Cocytus all converge at the center of the underworld.  Nebiros is a spirit of necromancy and divination, a deputy of Astaroth (mistress of beasts) and the animal is the Wolf, drawing up parallels to Cerberus who waits across the Styx gaurding the underworld entrance and is held in chains by Hekate herself, who is often connected to Astaroth by the transformation across cultures of forms of Sumerian Inanna into Ishtar then Ashtoreth etc., all associated with gates and animals and underworld ordeals; and Nebiros has been said to show up as both a wolf as well as a crow, and the image is an eagle with the head of a man, another bird of prey, and across cultures the crow and eagle might shift in transposition.  Both Astaroth’s deputies show up in mansions with elections for expelling flies and bugs and mice, and they follow Belzebuth’s mansions (lord of flies) and Lucifer’s (who’s offering is a mouse in Honorius) {{-8th: Interesting also that the Arabs knew this mansion as “The Gap” (Agrippa calls it misty or cloudy, more moist and mysterious connotation.  Nebiros appears to me as a black nebula of fur and feathers with a sort of central face) and Ashmole says it good for all works of water, so being Nebiros’ mansion again we find a connection with hydromancy for a divinatory spirit, and both the 8th and the 15th are seasonal zero points in the solstitial/equinoctial cross. ::: “dowsing”

-digging wells and finding streams and treasures shows up in 2nd Mansion, so one off from zero Aries.  No water associations with zero Capricorn.}}}

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9: 12° 51' 26'' Cancer – 25° 42' 51'' Cancer

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Picatrix: Al-Tarf- “The Eyes”

-image: man with hands covering eyes

-elec: destroy crops, unfortunate journeys, evil, division, hatred, defense from attack

-talis: causing infirmity

-det: lead, name on neck, pine resin: Raubel

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-PGM: Serpent, Drákon; world-serpent, primordial, Sothis and flooding of the nile

 

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-GV: Astaroth: 3rd chief, black in human shape, gives favor of kings and lords

-QUI: Exu Rei De Sete Encruzilhadas, ‘king of the 7 crossroads’, superior

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-Nakshatras: Āshleshā :"the embrace", “the Clinging Star” Symbol: coiled serpent, Hydra constellation; enchanted underworld, gems, gold and other earthly treasures, bodies of waters; excess sexual energy, intoxication Vs gems, subtle energy; hypnotic, trance inducing 

-Rigvedic: Sarpas or Nagas, deified snakes, specifically cobras, resonance with Nodes

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-Xiu:  Oxboy: Ox, bull, water-buffalo; roads, paths, crossroads, fields, curbs, boundaries, loss and obstruction, loss from inattention to detail, distractedness, dizzy romance, infatuation, unrequited love, summer festival of oxboy and weaving maiden, stay home, guard resources, focus

Deity/fangshi: boy god accompanied by ox, spirit wandering through the universe

 

• m:9: The mansion called the Eyes who’s image is a man covering his eyes reminds of the ritual gesture to greet a Chthonic god by covering an eye and turning the gaze away while curtseying.  This would have been the gesture to greet Hekate, who has been associated with Astaroth as previously noted, Astaroth also associated with Sumerian Inanna and thus Babalon and here we find the Serpent as the animal, a symbol of sexual as well as Chthonic nature and this combined love/sex/lust/war/death goddess is in a mansion with elections for destruction of crops and evil and infirmity as well as defense from the same, classic apotropaic use common in antiquity, such as with the Gorgon or Hekate herself who share some significations.  This is the time in the Northern Hemisphere of most abundant growth and also change from growing light to decreasing and the Exu is that of 7 Crossroads, a number associated with both Venus and Babalon and crossroads being sacred to Inanna as well as Hekate.  These were also stars seen by the Arabs as the eyes of the Lion constellation, and Inanna was associated with Lion’s.  Unprocessed this puts the mansion in Leo and indeed Astaroth brings the favor of kings.

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10: 25° 42' 51'' Cancer – 8° 34' 17'' Leo

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Picatrix: Al-Jabhah- “The Brow”

-image: head of a lion

-elec: spousal love, strengthen/complete buildings, love allies, mutual help, destroy enemies, firm incarceration

-talis: cure infirmities and ease childbirth

-det: gold or latone, head of lion, name above, amber, drink liquid it was washed in: Raubel

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-PGM: Horse, híppos; cavalry, brings the others

 

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-GV: Scirlin: central intermediary (emperor or Duke Syrach), rules 18 spirits

-QUI: Exu Calunga, ‘cemetery’, ‘ocean’, ruler of 15 subordinates

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-Nakshatras: Maghā "the bountiful”: Maghā rides a horse; Royal Throne, associated with Regulus

-Rigvedic name: Pitrs, 'The Fathers', family ancestors, ancestors of gods, 7 classes, in heaven and in netherworlds, come around at the end of mahayuga and re-establish cycle, lineage father, natives in governing positions general role of a father

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-Xiu:  the Maiden ; young people in ancient times made offerings to the Maiden during mid-summer or solstice festival, Bat, maiden, bride to be, ox boy counterpart, back homophone for luck, Guan Yin or wish fulfilling Jade Lady

Deity/fangshi: boy god accompanied by ox, spirit wandering through the universe

 

• m:10: The 10th Mansion is just on the other side of the solstice point which was thought of the “gate of the gods’ and indeed the spirit which falls here is the intermediary who can bring all the other spirits to the magician.  The name is the Brow and the image is the head of a lion and magical heads are associated with such intermediary spirits across traditions.  The elections are of allies and mutual help, where such spirit work would be collaborational and of mutual approach in the GV, continuing the Lucifer hierarchy top and the ‘fallen angels’ watchers and intermingling with the daughters of men and teaching them magic, astrology and civilized sciences etc.- motifs.  Interesting that the talisman eases childbirth (in cancer) and Scirlin brings forth the other spirits.  The talisman calls for amber, which is also called for in preparing the circle in GV.  The animal is the Horse, and Scirlin is the ‘vehicle’ of the GV tradition, the horse also alluding to possession but being a solar animal as this extends into Leo.  The Exu is of the cemetery, which means graveyard as well as ocean, and rules 15 specific subordinates as Scirlin rules 18 in his alias as Duke Syrach. {{{-10th: interesting that the 10th (Scirlin) facilitates childbirth and Scirlin brings spirits, and also the animal is a Horse, for transporting spirits and also for “riding” i.e. possession: also it is a good mansion for allies and mutual help i.e. collaboration; also was the ‘brow’ or forehead of the Lion and magic head making, hard to not think pineal gland also and ‘spirit sight}}}

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11: 8° 34' 17'' Leo – 21° 25' 43'' Leo

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Picatrix: Al-Zubrah- “The Mane”

-image: man riding lion holding lance in right hand, lion’s ear in left

-elec: rescue captives, trade and profit, safe journey, stable buildings, increase allies wealth, besiege cities

-talis: pride and receiving good, people fear and respect you, favor of kings

-det: table of gold, name in front: Necol

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-PGM: She-Goat, Chimera, caves

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-GV: Claunech: riches, treasures, merchandise, wares, wealth wisdom

-QUI: Exu da Pedra Negra, ‘of the Black Stone’, black market activity, Exu Black stone and mining

 

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-Nakshatras: Pūrva Phalgunī "first reddish one”:

-Rigvedic: Bhaga, god of marital bliss and prosperity, cheiftan distributer of goods, one of 12 Adityas that rule over resources, forms of the Sun god, Bhagas wife is Perfection, sons Greatness, Power, Sovereignty and daughter Hope

 

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-Xiu: The Void : Rat; tomb, monument to the dead, desolate place haunted by ghosts in wilderness, cemeteries undertakers, embalmers, retribution of unsettled chi of ancestors, affected by events you did not directly cause, stay home, strengthen family ties, protect children

Deity/fangshi: Magistrate tallying, sentencing criminals

 

• m:11: the mane as name is prideful and the talisman is for people to fear and respect you as they would a lion, especially as the image is a lion riding man holding a lance in one hand and the lions ear in the other; and the spirit, “much beloved by lucifer” i.e. respected by the hierarchy top, brings wealth as also does this mansions elections and the Exu is ‘Black Stone’ or perhaps black marketeer.  The black market master allusions fits the image of someone on the vehicle of a feared and powerful animal with a weapon and also controling what the beast hears; coercion and power manipulation.  The She-goat here doesn’t readily produce a connection and is seperated by the kid goat and he goat in the list by the asp which comes next, and the ‘black lead’ of m:12’s talisman echoes of ‘black stone’, and m:12’s name the changer wouldn’t be too unfitting either.  The overlap doesn’t end there though as we will see next.

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12: 21° 25' 43'' Leo – 4° 17' 09'' Virgo

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Picatrix: Al-Sarfah- “The Changer”

-image: dragon fighting man

-elec: increase harvests/plants, improvement of allies, captives, officials, servants be honest/reliable, destruction of riches and ships

-talis: separation of lovers

-det: black lead, name in front, bury the image: Abdizu

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-PGM: Asp, Thermouthis, cobra; sovereignty, bloodline, DNA

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-GV:  Musisin: power over lords, affairs of state, power over aristocracy

-QUI: Exu da Capa Preta, ‘of the black cape’, fearsome reputation

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-Nakshatras: Uttara Phalgunī "second reddish one”; Phalguni, phala, fruits of progeny, Holi festival in month of Phalungi, multicolored

-Rigvedic: Aryaman: sustenance, arranging marriages, prosperity through marriage— trade, business

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-Xiu: 危 (Wēi) Rooftop; Swallow (icon progenitor of Shang imperial family); building stockades, defenses, danger in precarious situation, how you act in danger, making best of bad situation 

Deity/fangshi: elder courtier survivor of battles

 

• m: 12: The Changer also increases harvests and deals with allies and officials and shows a man fighting a dragon, which is likely why we find an asp here (asps in egypt would have more meant cobras) and indeed the spirit here has power over the aristocracy and affairs of state, the Exu being of ‘the black cape’ or perhaps some kind of ‘black op’ or secret ‘knight’ etc., an enforcer who can deal with secret, mysterious, surmountable or supernatural powers, old alliances and secret societies etc. (dragons were the gaurds of treasure and commonly were/are symbols of old powerful families and syndicates)  The talisman is for the seperation of lovers, which in this context sounds very much like kidnapping, and indeed, the Exu here has a very feared reputation.

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13: 4° 17' 09'' Virgo – 17° 08' 34'' Virgo

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Picatrix: Al-Awwa- “The Wings”

-image: man desiring coitus with woman

 

-elec:  increase trade/profit, harvests, good journeys, complete buildings, freedom of captives, bind nobles for favor

-talis: unbinding of men impotent with women, love between man and woman

-det: red wax, white wax, embracing, amber and lignum aloes, wrap in white silk, wash in rose water, write desired person’s name, carry: Azerut

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-PGM: Young-Horned-Goat, aíx; satyr, dionysus

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-GV:  Bechaud: storms, tempests, rain, snow, hail, winds, frosts thunder, rain of blood  /toads/ etc., weather in general.  offering of a walnut

-QUI: Exu dos Ventos, ‘of the winds’

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-Nakshatras: Hasta "the hand”, Symbol: Hand or fist, insight: palmistry, reading holographic aspect of reality, tools

-Rigvedic: Savitr: pre dawn sun worshiped by Brahmins, intelligence ideals and awareness of individual, the awakening life giver who impels life, Savitra means to generate

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-Xiu: The Encampment: pig or bear, sacrificial animal, thunder magic, Feng shui adjustments, feeding ancestors, ceremonial fire, storehouse of treasures, pyre or altar for burnt offerings, burned palace replicas at funeral of king, fire of purification and transformation in religious ritual, giving, sharing, spiritual renunciation, pigs and milky way, sacrifice, Dance of Golden Bear, Pace Of Yu, Thunder Magic, creation/Destruction, boar shapeshifts into bear, lucky fun loving and spiritually orthodox

Deity/fangshi: deity high official, magistrate/priest in charge important sacrificial rites

 

• m:13: The mansion named the wings ends up being the home of both the spirit and the Exu dealing with weather in all forms, and the elections, though not uncommon for Picatrix at all speak of increased harvests and good journeys, both reliant entirely on weather.  The theme sort of splits as the image is of a man desiring coitus with a woman, the animal is a young-horned goat and the talisman is for sexual arousal which all go together, but the match up to the weather component is through the ‘stirring’ of the passions which culminate into a kind of stormy deluge of erotic action.

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14: 17° 08' 34'' Virgo – 0° Libra

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Picatrix: Al-Simak- “The Unarmed”

-image: dog holding tail in mouth

-elec: love of man and wife, heal sick w/ physic-medicine, destroy harvests/plants, destroy lust, destroy roads, benefit kings, sail well, friendship/allies

-talis: seperate men and women

-det:  red wax dog, dog and cat hair incense, bury image: Erdegel

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-PGM: He-Goat, Trágos, Satyrs, Selenoi, Pan

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-GV:   Frimost: love, lust, sex, human passions, miscarriage; treat respectfully, give him first stone you find

-QUI: Exu Quebra-Galho, ‘branch-breaker’

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-Nakshatras: Nakshatra: Chitrā, ”the bright one", a name of Spica, chitra meaning to be painted, decorated

--Rigvedic: Tvashta (Vishwakarma); skillful craftsman, created many implements, Indra's bolt, axe of Brahmanaspati, cup for divine food and drink etc., the creator of forms, crafter of living beings and wombs, universal father, ancestor of humans, the father of Bṛhaspati, and Indra; wields a metal axe, rides a chariot pulled by two fallow bay mares.  The All-Worker.  Visvakarma trimmed sun ray to make gods tools/weapons to lessen brightness for his wife, (approaching equinox)

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-Xiu: The Wall: porcupine, hedgehog, possum, lizard; old warrior religion, righteous war and invasion fine line, state treasury or library, rallying of people and collecting of resources in autumn, victory and clan ancestral rites, god of wealth or god of literature, ferocious and gullible as well as trustworthy, build, remodel, martial arts

Deity/fangshi: fangshi warrior exorcist holding a ritual sword and talisman

 

• m:14: We continue here with more overlapping significations between spirit significations, maybe something systematic of 11 onward as they are the subordinate 18.  There are many variables that could potentially scramble things, time, transmission and translation being only a few.  Interesting that the mansion named the Unarmed has for an image a dog with his tail in his mouth, a rather ineffectual image, but one of particular anxiety and fixation.  Again the elections speak of love and lust and the talisman seperates men and women and the spirit here Frimost rules over all matters of love and lust and sex and passions.  The Exu is ‘Branch-Breaker’ and is known to bring things to conclusion and ‘break out of tough situations’ and weilds some muscle, and indeed, the animal is the He-Goat, a symbol of virility, sexual potency and general yang.  The ‘Unarmed’ connotation may be that of when you need a hand or need assistance, which makes sense as this brings us right up to 0 Libra, where we most explicitly start to look to and involve others.

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15: 0° Libra – 12° 51' 26'' Libra

Direction: West

Season: Autumn, Autumn Equinox

Light: equal light and dark, dark increasing

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Picatrix: Al-Ghafr- “The Covering”

-image: seated man holding various scrolls together in hand

-elec:  digging wells, seek underground treasure, impede travelers, separate spouses, discord among friends/allies, scatter enemies, destruction of enemies’ houses

-talis: aquisition of friendship, all good things desired

-det:  ink and parchment, frankincense, nutmeg, carry image: Achalich

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-PGM: Baboon, Kynokéfalos, Cynocephali: Dog-Headed; mercurial

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-GV:   Klepoth: spinning, turning, dancing, music, tells other player’s cards, see dances, dreams, visions

-QUI: Exu Pomba Gira, ‘spinning dove’

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-Nakshatras: Svatyi: 'great goer’; related to Arcturus

--Rigvedic: Vayu : Vayu means wind or air.  From breath of cosmic man, Parusa, balance of internal Vayus for health or disease, breath of gods, speech, Anila: no earth or no grounding, love change, good traveling merchants, wind can be destructive or calming etc.

 

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-Xiu: The Stride : Wolf, wild dog; overextended, guarded or armed, safety of stored weapons but the danger of weapons as deadly, miserly corrupt official, wolf shapeshifter hunting skills, making use of good mdicine or doctors, rsenal as time to store up for winter

Deity/fangshi: deity military officer in charge of the imperial arsenal

 

-15th: digging wells and pits significant to hydromancy, scrying, orphic/goetic ritual and given to <lepoth, makes sense as divinatory spirit, also with the Baboon as animal we see a Thoth/Mercurial connection to divinatory arts, and Klepoth is expert in gaming/gambling/etc. and the image from Picatrix is a man with scrolls, echoing Thoth and scribes as well as paper/writing and cards.  Also Ashmole says council no learned man and the associated star lore with this section of the celestial zodiac (via combusta) is connected to Corvus and “evil wind” gossip and cursing, social meddling etc. as Klepoth whispers secrets of what others have in their card hands, i.e. Libran focus on the other.  Also the arabic “covering” as reffered to as what is hidden and card hands etc. -additionally, the ‘covering’ may allude to the covering of light with darkness at autumnal equinox.  The Exu and the Spirit are female and this is Venus’ sign of rulership and both are associated with music and dance in some way, both Venus’ territory.  Pomba Gira means ‘spinning dove’ and indeed Klepoth spins, and being a equinoctial point, one rooted into the earths rotation, we see parallels to the ‘World-Turner’ Exu of 0 Capricorn.

-Corvus, Morrigu, conflict catalyst, seasonality in Tain, late grimoires, Hekate: mistress of Beasts, animal transformation, lunar mansions, and parallels between TOS and Tain

-also by roman period Egypt etc. Libra associated with judging the dead

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16: 12° 51' 26'' Libra – 25° 42' 51'' Libra

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Picatrix: Al-Zubana- “The Claws”

-image man on throne holding scales

-elec: destroy merchandise, destroy harvests/plants, discord in love/friendship, destroy women, impede journeys, liberate captives

-talis: making profit in selling/buying, 

-det: plate of silver, splendrous odors, leave out under stars 7 nights

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-PGM: Cat, aiélouros, “Fast Moving Nimble Tail”; civilization enabling

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-GV:   Khil: earthquakes on houses and towns

-QUI: Exu Sete Cachoeiras, ‘7 waterfalls’

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-Nakshatras: Vishakha, ”forked, having branches"; also known as rādhā "the gift”, 

Symbol : Triumphal arch, potter's wheel, 

Rigvedic : Indragni: King and Priest connective dynamic  // Indra, chief of the gods; Agni, god of Fire // alliances

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-Xiu: The Mound: domestic dog, Bond, tie, thread, joint community action, clan rites of the fall, benefit from long line of causes, tomb of royal ancestor, continuous long life, generational harmony, teamwork, clan rites, orchestrated music, reunions, family gatherings, thanksgivings, family bred domestic dogs 

Deity/fangshi: deity courtier holding double swords and possessing a formula for a longevity elixir

 

-M:16: The claws refer to the claws of Scorpio which transitioned into Libras scales, which is why the image is a man holding scales and likely why the talisman is for a profit in buying and selling echoed into the electional section but with so much broad destruction.  The animal is a cat, seemingly inoxious, but as an animal of Saturn, there’s a reason a black one crossing your path is a bad sign.  Saturn finds his exaltation in mid Libra, so this fitting, and we might blame Saturn for the hardship brought by earthquake, of which the spirit Khil rules over, matching the destruction mentioned in the elections and the sinister nature suggested by ‘the claws’.  The Exu is ‘of 7 waterfalls’, and waterfalls are things of tremendous power and deep, loud rumbling sound as are earthquakes, and the Picatrix here suggests bringing the talisman out under the stars for 7 nights, a number repeated operationally in the GV, especially as relates to number of invocations, which has precedent in the PGM itself.

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17: 25° 42' 51'' Libra – 8° 34' 17'' Scorpio

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Picatrix: Al-Iklil- “The Crown”

-image monkey in iron seal holding head above shoulders

-elec: deception, besiege cities, firm buildings, safe travel by water, lasting friendship/love, 

-talis:  thieves not enter or plunder house

-det: iron seal, monkey hair and female mouse hair incense, wrap in monkey skin, bury in house: Adrieb

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-PGM: Lion, Léon; mithraic, demiurge, climatic

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-GV:   Mersilde: transport, teleportation (coordinated effort?)

-QUI:Exu Sete Cruzes, ‘7 crosses’

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-Nakshatras: Anuradha: ”following rādhā”:  Triumphal archway, lotus: fragile, shakti power of granting abundance. the breasts, stomach, womb and bowels; appetite, fixity, friend clique, connectedness, knowing people, people opening doorways, contractual affairs, travel work, changing residence

Rigvedic : Mitra, one of Adityas of friendship and partnership: The Indo-Iranian common noun *mitra means "(that which) causes [-tra] to bind [mi-]", hence Sanskrit mitram, "covenant, contract, oath

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-Xiu: The Stomach: pheasant, Phoenix, peacock; storehouse, granary, silo, imprisonment, entrapment, holding, arrests and executions, grand embankment, dredging rivers and creating seawalls, work for need of safety, eceiving rewards and giving surplus to the poor, generous, caring, good judgement, make your case

Deity/fangshi: deity is wily, potbellied god carrying two large cudgels associated with thunder 

 

M: 17 Al-Iklil is one over from spirit Khil (M:16), so more of that overlap with boundary neighbors characteristic of the matching systems, and maybe symptomatic to lunar nature in general (as the Moon has ben said to have an orb of 13 when other planets given only 3 degrees, due to her quick motion which echoes her general changeability.).  This name translates to ‘the crown’ and despite this likely referring to the head of Scorpio, the animal here is The Lion, part of a feline set beginning with the Cat, which might allow for the overlapping throughout the system, as in general the mansions are sets of 4 7’s between solstice and equinox points with various sets of 3’s as it takes 3 mansions to traverse a zodiac sign.  The image displays a monkey in an “iron seal”, and the Exu is of ‘7 crosses’, which we might imagine as made of iron as much Quimbanda altar pieces are, and Monkeys, renowned for agility, maneuverability and cleverness are not inappropriate to a spirit of teleportation and transportation.  The talisman prevents thieves from entering the house, and if you are moving things discreetly or illicitly you are transporting and essentially ‘teleporting’ them or ‘making them disappear, and Monkeys are indeed notorious thieves, and this is the start of Scorpio, the stealthiest sign hands down.

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18: 8° 34' 17'' Scorpio – 21° 25' 43'' Scorpio

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Picatrix: Al-Qalb- “The Heart”: origionally corscorpionis, i.e. Antares

-image adder holding tail above head

-elec: conspire against kings, vengeance against enemies, build strong buildings, free captives, separate friends

-talis:  take away fevers

-det: wax snake, staghorn incense, bury in vessel beneath house or carry if ill: Egribel

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-PGM: Leopard, Párdalis; “tantric”, sexual alchemy, debauchery

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-GV:   Clisthert: day/night, light/dark and the pleasures of either there of

-QUI:Exu Tronqueira, Exu Offertory Niche, ‘dark sanctuary’

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-Nakshatras: Jyeshtha, ”the eldest, most excellent”:  circular, amulet, umbrella, earring

Rigvedic: Indra, chief of the gods: rain god [atmosphere], prana-life force, internal sensory faculty, being ruled by the sensual, extrasensory perception, godly or demonic thoughts in battle, sexual exploits

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-Xiu: Watchers, dark Augury, light and darkness interpretation, foreshadowing, rooster: poison eating, military invasion, not wavering in face of negative results,  

-deity/fangshi: beardless young warrior god holding a double edged sword

 

• M:18: The Heart here refers to the heart of the Scorpion as this mansion was originally pinned to Antares, which makes sense that the image is an adder holding its tail above its head, another venomous creature, and why the elections are typically scorpionic, vengeance and conspiracy.  The talisman is made to take away fevers, or probably to banish the poisons from the body.  Interesting then that the Exu is ‘Dark Sanctuary’, kind of a convalescent room or even Asclepian temple of healing.  The Heart in antiquity was also thought to not only be the centerpiece of the body and soul but related to both the digestion and the mind.  The spirit Clisthert can give you day or night at will, and a spirit that can summon and control the mixture of solar vitality or lunar rest would be useful in a healing application, but also as the mansions suggest in espionage, sabotage and other covert operations.  The animal is the Leopard, equally suited to night or day and golden colored but covered in black markings.  The talisman also requires you bury a vessel under a house, which would be in a cool dark place, the kind of spot you’d find a snake.

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19: 21° 25' 43'' Scorpio – 4° 17' 09'' Sagittarius

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Picatrix: Al-Shaulah- “The Sting”

-image woman holding hands before face

-elec: destroy wealth, expel people, better travel, increase harvests, flight of captives, destroy ships, kill captives

-talis:  hastening women’s menses

-det: brass, liquid storax, hang around woman’s hips (as contraceptive, (or safe birthings?): Annucel

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-PGM: Feildmouse, Mygalós ; Apollo, civic-ness, corruption, taboo

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-GV:   Sircharde: see animals real and fantastical, teaches of animals, reveals treasures, comes as king, offering of bread

-QUI: Exu das Sete Poeiras, ‘7 powders’

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-Nakshatras: Mula, "the root":  Symbol : Bunch of roots tied together, elephant goad

Rigvedic: Nirrti: goddess of dissolution and destruction; primordial chaos, the right civilized actions; Sanskrit word Nirṛti means 'decay' and is derived from nirṛ (lit. 'to separate'). Can be interpreted as meaning "devoid of ṛta/i", a state of disorder or chaos, lawlessness, non-existence and absolute darkness, offering of black rice to infertile women

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-Xiu:  The Net: Crow, raven as royal advisor, voice of the dead, ancestors

, snare or net, hunting divination,  train spiritual warriors, inauspicious to break taboos, 

-deity/fangshi: deity high magistrate divining a birdsong

 

• m: 19: Moving on to the Sting, which obviously relates again to Scorpio we have the image of a woman holding her hands before her face and a talisman to hasten a woman’s menses, appropriate as Scorpio does relate to the genitals and the reproductive system.  The elections speak of expelling people and the talisman speaks of contraceptives perhaps, the elections of increased harvests and the talisman maybe also of safe birthing (preventing miscarriage).  The animal is the felid mouse, which has been thought of at times to be a symbol of ‘legion’ as indeed mice are quick breeders and notably prolific.  The spirit causes one to see animals real and fantastic and to have animal knowledge.  This makes sense in the context of animal legions that can penetrate through most any structure or wall.  Sircharde even receives an offering of bread, which mice are wont to chew.  The Exu is ‘Of 7 Powders’, not much to go on here other than the abundance of powder based spells across traditions dealing with conception/contraception and incorporating animal ingredients. 

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