The current astrological chart is an election for
a talisman for business success from Picatrix,
an encyclopedic work of medieval Arabic astral magic. We are fortunate to have the
new English translation from Arabic of the Picatrix from
Ouroboros Press. Interestingly enough
this talisman does not appear in the Latin Picatrix edited by David Pingree which is
available from the
Warburg Institute.
Here is the talisman description from the Ouroboros
Picatrix,
A Talisman for a Successful Business
Make a picture of a man with a scale in his hand on a yellow plate when the
Ascendant is in one of the homes [houses, i.e. signs] of Mars [i.e. Aries or Scorpio]
and while the Moon is in it. A person holding the plate will see great sucess in his
business, Allah willing.
Book I, chapter 5.
This election is rather odd as Mars does not traditionally
have any connection with business or money and the Moon is in her fall in Scorpio and
thus afflicted.
The elected time and date is
June 22, 2003 at 1:25 am EDT (+4) at Cleveland Park, a
Washington, D.C. neighborhood, 38 N 56 77 W 03.
Aries rises and the Moon is in Aries, applying to a
sextile of Venus, ruler of the 2nd of money.
Here is further information on
Astrological Talismans
and Astrological Magic. If you
wish to delve even deeper into this fascinating area I offer an
Astrological Magic Full Course, a
Planetary Magic Mini-Course
and a
Mansions of the Moon Mini-Course as
well as my discussion group Spiritus Mundi.