In the current chart, an
astrological talisman, we
will compare a fixed star talisman of Regulus from
Cornelius Agrippa's, Three Books of
Occult Philosophy and
Hermes on the 15 Fixed Stars,
a manuscript attributed to the sage
Hermes Trismegistus.
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Regulus, or the Cor Leonis, the Heart of the Lion, is a
triple star, the brightest in the constellation Leo. The English astrologer
William Lilly says that Regulus, "...a Star
of great vertue and influence" and one that, "...shews the Native to
be magnanimous, that he is of generous and civill condition, desires to beare rule,
or is ambitious of dominion over others." Christian Astrology, pages, 181, 537.
Agrippa says of the fixed stars that,
"The seventh is called the Heart of the Lyon, which amongst stones, rules over the Granate;
amongst Plants, Sallendine, Mugwort, and Mastick."
Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Bk I, ch. 32.
Hermes says,
One part mugwort with artemisia and mastic, placed as aforesaid
[i.e., beneath the appropriate stone, here granite or garnet, in a ring of gold]
bears away anger and melancholy, restores the temperament and
gives great honors."
Book of Hermes on the 15 fixed stars. Translated by B. Thomas from
BM Bodleian MS. 52, ff. 44-47,
Now I get an opportunity to use my Latin
Three Books of Occult Philosophy! Granate is what the English translator uses
for granatum, literally pomegranate, but also the Latin term for garnet.
De Occult Philosophia, Libri Tres, Liber Primus, cap. 32. (Brill, 1992).
Agrippa provides the images of the talismans of the
fixed stars, noting that,
"Under the Heart of Leo, they made the image of a Lion or Cat,
or the Figure of an honorable Person
sitting in a Chair; it rendreth a man temperate, appeaseth wrath, and giveth favour..."
Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Bk II, ch. 47.
The time chosen for
the election is June 12, 2005 at 11:13 a.m. EDT in Cleveland Park, a neighborhood
of Washington, D.C. 38 N 56, 77 W 03.
At this time Regulus, at 29 Leo 50, rises. The
Moon applies to a conjunction of Regulus, and is not afflicted by bad aspects to
the malefics.
Agrippa says,
"When any star ascends fortunately, with the fortunate aspect or conjunction of the Moon,
We must take a stone, and herb that is under that star, and make a ring of that metal that
is suitable to this star and fasten the stone, putting the herb, or root under it;
Not omitting the inscriptions of images, names and characters, also the proper
suffumigations..."
