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I read something similar about ancient practitioners of Taoism who said something about being able to transcend fate once you become enlightened. Of course at the time I wrote off such an observation because I assumed that they were not aware of astrology. However hearing that other people who ARE knowledgeable about astrology saying the same thing makes me take what they said a lot more seriously.

Sorry to keep bothering you, but do you know any other sources that I can read up more about this? Or about magic in general? (any magic forums you know would be great)
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Hi Jonny

And welcome to Skyscript! :)

Please note that the post you responded to is a bit dated and that its author may no longer be around to respond to your post.

That being said, if you are interested in astral magic, THE source to turn to is Agrippa's classical works, I would say.

Additionally, we could also continue talking about this fascinating topic here, of course... :)

For starters, I would say that there is no way to AVOID the astrological influences that are given at any moment in time; HOWEVER, they can be expressed in various manners (some far preferable over others).

They can be balanced by complementary forces as well, by the skillful "magician"...
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Who does not know how in Hollywood mystical films the main character or heroine, having seen the next parade of planets, decides to fight evil and save the planet from it. While the opponent, some magician decides to take over the world on this day. And what does a magician really need from astrology?
Many people still refer to astrology as magic. They say that magic and astrology are closely related. Modern astrologers completely deny the magical background of astrology and disown it. If you take history
astrology, then you can understand why magic and astrology are linked in one bundle. In the Middle Ages, no magician could not know astrology. By the way, the doctor too. The famous Avecena, whom modern medicine recognizes as a doctor in the history of modern medicine, said that medicine is worthless without knowledge of astrology. Doctors still take the "Hippocratic Oath", but few people know that Hippocrates said something else, where it is said that a doctor who does not study astrology and does not use it in his work is bad. Astrology was studied by priests and until the Middle Ages, the church was quite supportive of astrology, there are even bishops of the early Middle Ages who left treatises and a rather tangible mark on the history of Western astrology.

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To me the fact of Mercury the planet of magic and hermetism being in the place of honour closest to the Sun in the solar system says something about the nature of the universe. Rather than being benevolent Deity may actually be impartial, perhaps a kind of literal "Deus ex Machina". Also if we take the planets as alternating benefic-malefic (with Uranus perhaps neutral) then Mercury would actually also be malefic. (Such a balanced scheme is what one might expect from a mercurial mind.)

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I would like to know can I start love spells and do love magic in August???
I asking this because Mars and Saturn are retrograde but Venus is not.

Can love magic be done during R/Mars and R/Saturn?!

Also, any idea when is the best time to do this love magic for the rest of the year? Thanks.

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Ouranos wrote:Another good source is Picatrix Vol 1 to 4 on dlscrib.com
Also known as Ghayat Al-Hakim translated from the Arabic by Hashem Atallah
Thanks, let me check on that. By the way, what is the preface of the book all about?

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As stated in the Intro
"the text of this Medieval work consists of four books covering the art and practice of Astrological, Talismanic and Astral Magic. The author has compiled information derived from 224 books by "ancient sages" with the intention of uniting all these diverse arts into a practical system."

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Blessings!

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My thoughts on the rituals of astrology magic can lead you into very real and concrete danger if you are a novice, but i leave humour below regarding a poem by Robert Southey:-

Cornelius Agrippa
by Robert Southey
A BALLAD,

OF A YOUNG MAN THAT WOULD READ UNLAWFUL BOOKS, AND HOW HE WAS PUNISHED .

VERY PITHY AND PROFITABLE .

C ORNELIUS A GRIPPA went out one day;
His Study he lock'd ere he went away,
And he gave the key of the door to his wife,
And charged her to keep it lock'd on her life.

" And if any one ask my Study to see,
I charge you to trust them not with the key,
Whoever may beg, and entreat, and implore,
On your life let nobody enter that door.

There lived a young man in the house, who in vain,
Access to that Study had sought to obtain,
And he begg'd and pray'd the books to see,
Till the foolish woman gave him the key.

On the Study-table a book there lay,
Which Agrippa himself had been reading that day;
The letters were written with blood therein,
And the leaves were made of dead men's skin; —

And these horrible leaves of magic between
Were the ugliest pictures that ever were seen,
The likeness of things so foul to behold,
That what they were is not fit to be told.

The young man he began to read
He knew not what; but he would proceed,
When there was heard a sound at the door
Which, as he read on, grew more and more.

And more and more the knocking grew;
The young man knew not what to do;
But, trembling, in fear he sat within,
Till the door was broke, and the Devil came in.

Two hideous horns on his head he had got,
Like iron heated nine times red-hot;
The breath of his nostrils was brimstone blue,
And his tail like a fiery serpent grew.

" What wouldst thou with me? " the Wicked One cried,
But not a word the young man replied;
Every hair on his head was standing upright,
And his limbs like a palsy shook with affright.

" What wouldst thou with me? " cried the Author of ill;
But the wretched young man was silent still;
Not a word had his lips the power to say,
And his marrow seem'd to be melting away.

" What wouldst thou with me? " the third time he cries,
And a flash of lightning came from his eyes,
And he lifted his griffin claw in the air,
And the young man had not strength for a prayer.

His eyes red fire and fury dart
As out he tore the young man's heart;
He grinn'd a horrible grin at his prey;
And in a clap of thunder vanish'd away.

THE MORAL .

Henceforth let all young men take heed
How in a Conjurer's books they read.

https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/cornelius-agrippa

You may enjoy Sebastian's Voodoo:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMMZOVxANVQ

Or my feeble attempt at poetry below:-

When the Vatican wise sit fearful for our fate,
While paying homage to the relic beyond their gate,
The oath, the obelisk, high on Capitol Hill,
bending the Cosmos to their ego and will,
Hydra's wine bittersweet, raised high in a flagon
Betwix't freedom and love, or release of the Kraken!

When karmic dark clouds hang crying from the sky,
and those of the 33 degree calculate and scry,
Look to the angles, there you will find God star might,
T'is the Cosmic bugle, first blood in the Sirius fight!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v1PC1Ey6c8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TUOPeNJCK8
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Eddiesmooth wrote:how is alisair crowley thought of in the community?
There is no community consent on Uncle Al (or on anything else, for that matter) to be found here. So opinions on him would depend on who you ask.

Personally, I see him as a man of great knowledge regarding the occult sciences, notwithstanding the personal weaknesses he had.
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