Diagram showing what various lunar eclipses would look like with differently shaped Earths. Johannes Buno, ca. 1711.⠀
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Featured in the German theologian and educator's Universal Geography. Buy a print here: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/four-diagrams-of-solar-eclipses/

My birthday was yesterday and I begin again at a first house profection year (36), ready to commence another twelve-year cycle on this god-blessed rock hanging in the aether.

this reminds me of Firmicus talking about how the malefics must innately be stronger than Jupiter in order to basically restrain the immortality he could provide

Sure, the Hermetic texts are monist in its philosophy and cosmology. They are *also* polytheist, explicitly encouraging us to worship the many gods, not only because it's good to do so, but also to continue our active co-creation with the world as part of our own mystic work towards the Godhead.

The power of just lighting a candle for yourself—not even with fancy ritual or prayers—really shouldn't be underestimated.

Everything is a divinatory tool if you’re brave enough

Question for Muslim friends and Islamic scholars: is there a tradition of venerating early prophets/messengers with their own days on the calendar a la Catholic saint days? If so, is there one for Idris/Akhnukh, like how there is for Mawlid an-Nabi?

"Kilsey Nan, who ran a shop at Skipton, in the Yorkshire Dales, in the early nineteenth century. She…told fortunes by using 'her Guinea pig, and about half a pack of dirty cards.' Sadly, nobody recorded how."

Ronald Hutton, Triumph of the Moon

After searching everywhere I could think for my memory sticks, I turn now to the hallowed art and call upon the spirit of William Lilly to assist me in this horary endeavour.

New time-lord method is available on Astro-Seek

Annual Divisions in Solar Returns:
horoscopes.astro-seek.com/annual-divis...

- Lord of the Year: Annual Profections ASC / Solar Return ASC
- Planet Sequence: As in Birth chart / As in Solar Return / Chaldean order
- SR Progressions 1° for 1 day

It boggles me how so many people don't realize that so much of what we get into as occultists is only possible due to the work of academics and researchers, not just for source material availability but the very models that underlie all the hot takes of folks who bias themselves against "academia".

IT’S HAPPENING! THREADS OF FATE, my brand new podcast about astrology, divination, and the threads of fate that weave throughout all of our lives is HERE.

Happy Sun exaltation day!

Today’s bookshop find #tarot

Had a cryptic crossword clue whose answer reminded me of @gimelresh.bsky.social’s description of those pesky rays.

“Paper bundle: energy-deficient power source that’s injurious (7)”

My first post on astro-cartomancy! ✨ ♦️♣️♥️♠️

I explore the four suits of the deck through elements, houses and planets. Enjoy!

open.substack.com/pub/lagudka/...

Me searching through the ephemeris to find out what planet I can blame for my students acting the way they are.