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For the Week of January 6-12, 2003
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Talisman for Marriage
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Book One,
Chapter Five

OF
Picatrix




This week's talisman continues a series of comparisons of the new English translation from Arabic of the Picatrix from Ouroboros Press and the Latin Picatrix edited by David Pingree which is available from the Warburg Institute.
The Picatrix is an encyclopedic work of medieval Arabic astrological magic. It had great influence on Renaissance mages like Cornelius Agrippa and Marsilio Ficino and was unpublished, in any language, until modern times. We are therefore fortunate to have the Ouroboros translation of the first two books of Picatrix. Comparison between the Latin and Ouroboros Picatrix, however, makes the Ouroboros translation clearer.
We turn to the third talisman on page 34 of the Ouroboros translation of Book One, Chapter Five of Picatrix.

A talisman for a person who wants to get married but is not able to


Chart produced by Solar Fire 5
Make two statues: one in the hour of Jupiter when the Ascendant is in Virgo and when the Moon is increasingly bright in one of the poles; the the second in the hour of Venus when it is looking over Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. Remove bad luck from the Ascendant and let Al-Sabi's Ascendant be a part of the first statute and let its sign be connected to the sign of the first Ascendant from the home of its triangle. Let them hug each other and bury them in the location of the person who wants to get married.
Here is the corresponding talisman from the Latin Picatrix

An image to acquire the love of another. Fashion two images, of which one should be made in the hour of Jupiter with Virgo rising and the Moon waxing in light, and place it in the First, Fourth, Seventh or Tenth houses. Make the second image in the hour of Venus when Venus makes a good aspect to Jupiter. And the infortunes should be placed in cadent houses to the Ascendant, and let the Ascendant of the second image be the Seventh house cusp of the first image, and the lord of the Ascendant [of the second image] should aspect the lord of the Ascendant of the first image with a trine or sextile aspect. And when these images have been made as we have said, join them to one another face to face, and bury them in the place of the one from whom you seek love and preferment.

Translation by Robert Thomas
Chart produced by Solar Fire 5
Based on the Latin Picatrix we would alter the Ouroboros translation as follows,

Make two [talismans]: one in the hour of Jupiter when the [Virgo rises] and when the Moon is [waxing and angular]; the the second in the hour of Venus [when Venus makes a favorable aspect to Jupiter]. Remove [malefics] from the Ascendant and let [the 7th house of the first talisman be the Ascendant of the second] and let [the lord of the Ascendant of the first talisman make a favorable aspect to the Lord of the Ascendant of the second talisman]. [Join the talismans face to face] and bury them in the location of the person who wants to get married.
This set of talismans calls for two separate elections. The first is for January 16, 2003 at 8:41 pm EST (+5) for Cleveland Park, a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., 38 N 56, 77 W 03.
It is the planetary hour of Jupiter. Virgo rises. The Moon waxes in the 10th, an angular house.
The second election is for January 21, 2003 at 9:15 am. EST (+5) for Cleveland Park, a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., 38 N 56, 77 W 03. It is the planetary hour of Venus. The Ascendant of the second chart is 9 degrees of Pisces which is in the 7th house cusp of the first chart. Venus trines Jupiter.
Now we didn't get the lords of the Ascendant to trine, but not bad otherwise!
Here is further information on Astrological Talismans and Astrological Magic. If you wish to delve even deeper into this fascinating area I offer an Mansions of the Moon Mini-Course and a Astrological Magic Full Course as well as a traditional astrology and astrological magic discussion group Spiritus Mundi.




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