Over the last several years Jupiter has
become an exceedingly popular force, either divine or planetary, for
modern magicians. Jupiter was always a good go to as an exemplar for
magical groups showing a ritual template or talking about work to do
because most Jupiterian qualities are pretty positive. But it's
really been of late that people are immersed in and excited about
Jupiter as a primary force to drive them to working more magic and
focusing that magic around a structure.
This is great, it adds a realism and a
drive towards hands on magic. It's something that wasn't there as
much before. This has been one of the big improvements in modern
magic which seems to come from the work of folks like Jason Miller,
and Rufus Opus and the Gentlemen of Jupiter. People have joked that
they are the preachers of the prosperity gospel of magic. They focus
on magic as a way to improve lives so that once people's lives are in
order they can focus on the bigger stuff. It's a great approach and
it gets people actually doing the work instead of sitting on the side
lines.
I don't know a ton about what the
Gentlemen of Jupiter did, Rufus tried to get me to join, but it was
during my period of being semi-retired. All I can say though is the
work they've done has epically changed the culture of modern magic.
That said, the focus on prosperity work
only works when said prosperity work works. Or, even better, when it
works better.
Recently I was thinking about some
astrological components of prosperity magic. I haven't done a lot of
it lately, but I know for a lot of people things have not been as
prosperous as they would like. Business is slow for me and a lot of
my coworkers, a lot of people I know have had a lot of financial
fires to put out. Some have turned to magic.
One friend mentioned having done some
work for a friend having financial troubles and acquiring the money
needed to cover some stuff. Another friend had some more interesting
results. She did a big Jupiter rite with some people, and only got a
nominal raise at work. But then, online, dudes on dating sites
started offering her money for her company. She was not going to take
them up on it. It was a result, but not the result she wanted.
For a lot of people stuff like this is
what they've been getting. Weird, patchy results.
See, the thing with Jupiter, is Jupiter
isn't for that. Jupiter is for the new job, the lucrative marriage,
the raise, the steady stream of clients, or the small handful of very
good very productive client relationships, the big raise with the new
office...prosperity, fecundity, stability. A flowing stream to make
your soil fertile, not a quick bucket to hold back a roaming fire.
That said, results are good, I'm proud
of my friends who did magic and got some result. But there is a
reason their results and those of others don't look like Jupiter. The
answer, is Mercury.
August 2015 Jupiter entered Virgo. It
will leave Virgo September 2016. In Virgo Jupiter is in detriment
which reduces or reverses its power. Think back, from August 2015
through now, how has your prosperity work with Jupiter looked, or in
general, are there things which would have provided prosperity that
didn't, or which did, but could have provided more? The specifics of
how it will have affected your life will depend upon elements of your
birth, but how it impacts magic will have a little more consistency.
In both examples given above the people
working were able to get small amounts of money, one was able to help
someone resolve some specific problems, the other one was able to get
a raise so in name they got what they asked for but in essence they
got nothing. They then got offers for more spurts and bursts of
money, from guys wanting to spurt and burst.
When I was a kid, Mercury was my go to
for money. Partially because of my personality at the time, and
partially because I didn't want prosperity, I wanted money so I could
keep my pocket just full enough to get what I wanted without having
anything to hold me down or to care about. Mercury, is great for
that, but not so great for sustained prosperity. Mercury also likes
underground type of stuff, communication and connections, and moving
from spot to spot, so, guys offering money for one night liaisons
definitely could fall under mercurial ways to make money,
particularly since the Mercurial exposure in this case is shaped by
Virgo, or the Maiden.
Virgo involves being analytical,
modest, shy, and grounded. So nothing big, nothing expansive.
Mercury, mythologically, is Jupiter's
son who he left tucked away with his mother in a cave away from the
gods. He wasn't like Zagreus, born to inherit his father's throne. He
felt the need to scrape and steal for his father's attention and
power. He proclaimed to his mother Maia that he would use whatever
plan he could to get them what they need instead of leaving them
alone and unfed in their cave without the wealth and prosperity of
the gods. He had to be clever and scrappy, he even threatened to
steal what they need if his plan didn't work. He talked about wanting
the things Apollo had, and it was Apollo that he stole from to get
their father Jupiter's attention.
In the end Jupiter, amused by his son's
antics, granted him his place amongst the gods, but rather than
taking him in and teaching and empowering him, he gave him lesser
reflections of the powers and domains of Apollo.
The impact of Mercury's rulership of
Virgo has a similarly diminishing effect on the powers of Jupiter
while it transits Virgo. So while Jupiter and Mercury can both bring
about money, and the Earthy nature of Virgo can relate to money, that
Earthy nature also relates to grounding, and so the flowing
prosperity implied by Jupiter's watery nature is grounded by the
context of Virgo. The effusive expansive steady prosperity of Jupiter
as providence is is stymied by the quick, changeable, catch as catch
can nature of Mercury.
So if we want to do Jupiter magic while
Jupiter is in Virgo. This ends soon, September 9th. But it
provides a good opportunity to talk about off setting astrological
considerations in magic.
If we want to unbound Jupiter's effects
from being diminished by Mercury and Virgo we need to address those
elements. We could banish Mercury, or Virgo or both. We could invoke
a zodiacal force more positive for our ends such as Sagittarius. You
could potentially also invoke Sol, as Apollo was the intermediary
between Jupiter and Mercury and solar force galvanizes natures.
Directly banishing and invoking appropriate zodiacal forces makes
more sense to me. Adding components to strengthen the Jupiterian
force can help, such as using the planetary hour, or working when
Jupiter is at its Zenith or Rising could work help, or working while
Mercury is setting or while Mercury is at its nadir. Similarly you
could select a time where Virgo is setting or at it's low point, or
while Sagittarius is rising or at its zenith. Any option or
combination of options that places the celestial powers in a position
advantageous to your goal will benefit your result.
An alternative option would be if you
had talismans, particularly astrologically charged talismans, formed
under any of these conditions. For instance a mercurial talisman made
with Mercury in detriment placed upside down upon the altar. Or a
Jupiter talisman made while Jupiter is in a position of strength
placed in a position of prominence on the altar.
Tomorrow I'll post a ritual that
provides an example of this kind of astrological work, so make sure
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