Summoning

Summoning is the drawing down of some person, thing, or situation that the client deems to be needful. The corresponding operation of banishing is the removal of some person, thing, or situation.

To perform the operation, you need to have a concrete visualization of what it is you want. And by concrete visualization, I mean just that. The more details the better. This means that writing stuff down is more effective than not, that creating an art work is more effective than writing, and that having a bunch of friends over for a ritual enactment of what you want is more effective than art.

Timing. Look to the moon. When the moon is increasing in size, your summoning event is effective; correspondingly, when the moon is decreasing, the banishing operation is effective. Now, to minimize strange results, you should also look to the direction and location of the planets. If your operation involves something ruled by Mars, say, then you would want Mars direct and in a propitious sign. As some operations are complicated, you may have some timetable issues. Given this, you may wish to simplify the object of your operation into something without extra planetary complications. Consult your astrologer if needs be; even better, learn astrology yourself to figure out this stuff without arousing suspicion.

When you perform your summoning (or banishing), you are effectively creating a parallel universe wherein your desired result manifests. You are moved into this parallel universe. To the extent that your desires are stable and compatible with wishes of the Great Librarian of the Universe, so too will the parallel universe into which you have parked yourself will be stable. If this is not the case, you will be shifted back into a steady state universe, but this inevitably involves some sort of release or consumption of energy. The energy differential is proportional to the amount of energy expended to shift yourself, along with any disruptions you may have caused. Which leads us back to the importance of visualization of your result, and timing in tune with the ebb and flow of the universe.

Specifically, some people will use the tarot to describe the operation they wish to occur. Perhaps a simple cast of three cards can describe the outcome, or a more complicated spread to detail guideposts, external energy sources, likely and possible outcomes, as well as your desires. Other descriptive methods include a descriptive essay or a photo mosaic.
Like any scientific experiment, keep a journal of your work.

I, Sargon the Magnificent, wrote this.

The Year of the Rat

Yes, it is the year of the Rat.

Rats in our modern world are a little different than what the wise ones of the ancients were thinking about when they choose the Rat as symbolic of what is going to happen this year.

In the ancient world, Rats are associated with plague, disease, and illness. Also, bureaucratic waste, bad management, and ships sinking at sea.

So, for you ..

Aries: you will come to realize that your signifigant other values the house cat more than you. In this, you are the 'rat'. Check the help wanted ads on Thursday, there is a good job for you there.

Taurus: Rats love to eat the wealth that the hard working Bull has accumulated. Taurus hates the year of the Rat. Expect to be audited by the government, and expect your auditors to be hired based on skin tincture, not ability. You will escape based on a spelling error in an arrest warrant.

Gemini: Not such a bad year for the twins, who have some things in common with the 'big family' approach of the Rat clan. There are lots of spilled bags of grain around ... which is really a metaphor for easy pickings.

Cancer: Nothing like listening to your sainted grandmother scream when a plump rat runs over her quilted comforter just before she finishes her tea before bed. The year of the Rat means domestic uproar for Cancer.

Leo: Mmmm, rat. Leo eats rats. This will be a good year for you, the predator of choice of the zodiac. Expect a big income tax refund and a few bank errors in your favour.

Virgo: The year of the Rat is one of filth and pestilence for your sign. Expect the toilet to back up (surge and gush is more likely), and someone you know will get typhus.

Libra: Social Libra rather likes the busy den or warren, or simple rat's nest of intrigue that is Year of the Rat for Libra. There is too much food lying around, you will get fat. Rats also are messy in the later stages of their life cycle, so there is some cleaning up to do, which Libra will get to do, and usually hungover, too.

Scorpio: The year of the Rat is nothing special to this sign. Rats are a standard menu item at the fast food restaurant of life that Scorpio goes to. Will there be fries with that? What drink? It is just that rat meat is on sale this year.

Sagittarius: Rats make good hunting for the horse archer that is Sagittarius. And, they make good bar-b-que. More white meat than squirrel. Its a good year for this sign ... but look to being prepared for next year, when the sign of the Ox sends an army of barbarians in the season of the blossoming persimmons.

Capricorn: You are doomed. Doomed to die of over eating! Rats and Capricorn have a natural affinity, as between shrub eating rodents (goats) and ground eating rodents (rats). Your biggest expense will be new clothes to replace the ones you have forgetten in some whorehouse or gin joint.

Aquarius: Your sign loves rats, and rats love Aquarius. Unfortunately, being the Willard of the Zodiac is not an unmixed blessing. You may find that your once popular opinions are now bringing the plague down on your head.

Pisces: At least one person you know will confide in you secrets that will alter your comprehension of space and time. That person will be born in the year of the Rat.

I, Sargon the Oppressed, wrote this under duress. I am being kept a slave on a locked floor in an office tower in Toronto. Fenris is forcing me to do his data processing. There is only food court food for food. I have gas all the time. It wakes me up when I am sleeping. Thank you for your support, but I still need 2,545 dollars before Fenris will free me. Send him your money.

January 26, 2008

This year, as you contemplate your New Years Resolutions, I suggest you move the timing of your resolve to Saturday, January 26, 2008. For on that date, Pluto transits into Capricorn. And you will find that your resolve will be iron, your vision clear, and your heart forthright.

In order to know the future, let us look at the stars on that auspicious date:

Sun, 5 Aquarius 23: This first bit of delaying news for our Capricornian friends, who will profit so much from this Pluto transit! Some of the treasures of Pluto will not manifest in Capricornian hands (and those of their allies, namely Virgo and Taurus) until the Sun perambulates back into Capricorn in December of 2008. Projects initiated will not bear fruit until next year. For Aquarians, however, they will enjoy some sort of early warning; metaphorically speaking: The last ship to leave the city before the plague * strikes will be captained by an Aquarian.

Moon, Virgo: The moon is cranky in Virgo. The mob, the common people, the proletariat (call them what you will), will be focused on pedestrian concerns. The entry of Pluto into the same element as Virgo (Capricorn and Virgo both being earth signs) means that the mob will have some cause for hope: A great leader raises his banner on a burning mountain.

Mercury, 23 Aquarius: Hmmm. The moon will be applying two obscure aspects to Mercury, a Bi-quintile (144 degrees), and a Sesquiquadrate (150 degrees). Having obscure aspects, and two of them, between these two most mobile influences gives us a short-lived and scandalous effect: Four leaders raise their banners. I would not expect them to last very long, much like the successors to Nero (Galba * * , Otho * * , Vitellius * * ). No doubt, this will add to the discomfit of the mob.

Venus, 0 Capricorn: Oh my. Venus has just transited into Capricorn; Pluto is in conjuction to Venus! Venus is, however, slightly ahead of Pluto, and is now separating. A Queen steps over a rivals body to be closer to the throne.

Mars, 24 Gemini retrograde: Far away, going backwards, and out of aspect to Pluto, we are free of the prospect of war. Mars will not be influencing Pluto until March 6, 2008, so the War God will be keeping his war chariots and war elephants back in the barn until then. And even then, he will be in opposition to the powerful Pluto, so: Imperial prestige delays the Great War. Pluto, and Capricorn, being great fans of armed conflict, do have military designs, but not yet. And the timing of this is outside the scope of this post.

Jupiter, 8 Capricorn: Jupiter does not much like being in Capricorn. This is the sign of his youth, when he was a babe living in a cave on Crete, not yet the ruler of the universe. Jupiter transited into Capricorn back on 19 December 2007, which would be the date of the first downfall for the corrupt Sagittarian academic and judicial order. Of course, Pluto leaving Sagittarius strips the whores and heretics of their last rank of divine protection. In essence, the Titans return to dominate the earth. Also, expect the beginning of a purge of the Jupitarian rulers of political correctness. Jupiter did send the Titans * to Hades, and they are vengeful. Purges being ruled by Mars, and Mars either silent or having his trigger finger held back by Pluto (see above), there will be not much blood letting until later.

Saturn, 7 Virgo, retrograde: Saturn, who, on this day of January 26, 2008, has domination over Pluto, is applying the favorable aspect of trine to Pluto (and Jupiter!). This is very auspicious for several signs, but in different ways. For all, it implies the seed of a golden age is placed in your hands. Saturn makes things visible, tangible, and material. Those signs so favored are going to be Virgo, Scorpio, and Capricorn. Virgo would get the bourgeois gifts of fame, Scorpio gets wealth, Capricorn gets power. Pisces, a sign ruled by Jupiter, would have access to the wealth and fame, too. The closest aspect that Saturn and Pluto get is on 3 May, 2008. Circle that day on your calendar.

Uranus, 16 Pisces: This planet does not play much part in this event. So, his effects are limited to tormenting Pisces with strange electrical phenomena, alien contacts, and lovers with a taste for tartan themed underwear.

Neptune, 21 Aquarius: This planet does not play much part in this event. So, his effects are limited to tormenting Aquarians with strange mystical urges, fortutious meetings in the fog, and mysterious voices in the presence of large bodies of fresh water.

So,

This is the passing of an old dynasty, turned corrupt by the infiltration of the greedy, the lazy, and the incompetent. While the employment of dullards and parasites appealed to the bleeding hearts and soft eyed sensibilites of those with other peoples money to spend, the rise of fresh barbarians on the frontiers and new domestic rivals, calls for methods that work. The common folk are disgruntled. A Queen draws closer to a throne. The Titans return, but hold back their revenge.

I, Sargon the Magnificent, wrote this.

Remote Viewing

December, 2007. This is the last full month that will see Pluto in the sign Sagittarius. Next month, Pluto transits into Capricorn. This month will see what appears to be the high point of Political Correctness. Actually, the apex was some time ago; this is the gilded paper tiger version, ripe for invasion. As an amusing diversion, here is how you can experience remote viewing for yourself.

Find a place that is quiet and calm. Usually, this is your bedroom. Sit or lay down, and close your eyes.

When you close your eyes, you will see not 'blackness', but actually a grainy pattern of bits. These will have a random pattern of motion.

Concentrate your attention upon the bits. Then, visualize looking backward. While this is physically impossible, it is possible to visualize. Attempt to look backward into your head.

Some people find that holding or being near to an object of silver is helpful.

When the pattern infront of your eyes changes to one of order, you have entered the state of remote viewing. The pattern will then become one of an infinite regression, with plates of dust falling away from your point of view.

At this point, you have the ability to travel through space and time as an observer. It requires a little practice to go where you want to go, to stay where you want to stay, and it requires discernment to understand what you see.

Now, you can judge for yourself about remote viewing.

Some people have a gift for remote viewing. Like the twelve hypnotic abilities, everyone is capable of remote viewing, but some are better than others.

Learn, Dare, Be Silent

I, Sargon the Magnificent, wrote this


See also a previous piece on remote viewing, Easy Journey to Other Planets

Do realize that Fenris forced me to write that piece under duress. I am not responsible for my actions. He was holding hostage some books of mine that he acquired from me in a rigged poker game. I retract any association with the absurd claim that Bill Gates is associated with time travelling Nazi scientists. It is obvious that UFO's do not crash so frequently because they use a Windows based operating system.

The Cult of the Personality

Using Astrological Accounting methods gives you the edge ... here Sargon the Magnificent, renowned Canadian Financial Astrologer, continues his discussion of The Pentagram Strategy:

After the establishment of the five organizations, a suitable candidate to act as front man should be selected. This person has an important role to play in advancing our agenda. This person is to be known as The Founder. As soon as possible, The Founder should be elevated to divine status. This can be accomplished by The Friends, using skimmed taxpayers money from The Enemy and Acme, all under the covert direction of The Order. The divine status to The Founder is to be established through:

1) Strictly controlled access to The Founder. An early exercise of strength and terror is called for to establish a mindset of fear in the minds of the media.

2) Encourage positive information - The Founder should always be seen in simple, Christ like clothing. Numerous photos (using photo shop and green screen technology) should be available depicting The Founder in acts of saintly humanitarianism, such as working in a 'food bank' (keeping those young organ donors healthy), free health clinics (keeping those young organ donors disease free), helping old ladies across the road (to the Biolife clinic for new parts), working at blood donor clinics (and tissue typing at the same time), and performing 'free' surgery (organ extractions), and rescuing stray kittens.

3) Discourage negative information - The Founder should never be shown doing anything disturbing to anyone, such as smoking a pipe, drinking expensive liquor, screwing whores, or eating food.

4) Critics should be stalked and either turned to our purposes or turned into organ donors.

5) Supporters should be rewarded both openly and secretly. They should be elevated to positions of influence and power in whatever institution they are working in.

6) We should have damaging evidence on everybody. The greater the evidence, the greater we can trust them, in that they will obey the agents of The Order. This applies to both critics and supporters.

7) The Founder will have several expendable assassination doubles to handle dangerous and tedious chores. In the last resort, a double can be dispatched to face trial, imprisonment, or martyrdom while the real Founder continues to enjoy the fruits of shareholder value.


Corresponding to The Founder are the three leaders of Acme, The Enemy, and The Friends.

These three persons, called The Trinity, are not to be elevated to divine status. It is possible for them to migrate from organization to organization, as opportunity arises.

1) Scandals involving Acme are to be controled by The Order. Their purpose is to make Biolife shine, but not bring about the collapse of Acme.

2) Bad news about organ brokerage is to be controlled by The Enemies. Sufficient news is to be released, but never enough to actually cause a decline in cash flow. The Enemy exists merely to keep a legitimate opposition out of this ecological niche. If needs be, the head of The Enemy can be shown to be a disreputable scoundrel, and can bring disrepute on the otherwise legitimate flaws that may exist in the organ transplant industry.

3) Good news about organ brokerage is to be controlled by The Friends. Healthy propaganda is to be generated by operatives of The Order, but fed out in strategic amounts.

The identity of the person who leads The Order is to be secret. Those wishing to invest in The Pentagram Strategy and, ultimately, meet The Secret Chief should attend a seminar at The Fenris Badwulf School of Telemarketing Excellence. You will find out more there, proportional to the amount of your investment and enthusiasm.


I, Sargon the Magnificent, wrote this.

see also

The Pentagram Strategy

Strategy Concepts

Strategy Concepts

As mentioned in the post The Pentagram Strategy *, there are several subsidiary tactical motifs used by todays modern, post-Christian business person. Drawing upon the business scenario of the Human Organ Broking industry, Sargon the Magnificent, Financial Astrologer to the Captains of Canadian Capitalism, now expounds the details ...

The Ebola Kidney Strategy
Acme is the incompetent compettitor of Biolife. This incompetence will serve to:

1) make Biolife shine in comparison. Biolife will supply matching organs in a timely fashion, with no quality assurance problems. Acme will supply substandard organs. They might not even have a tissue match, they do not have to be fresh, and they do not even have to be human!

2) draw criticism away from Biolife. While Biolife may have a few blemishes (high fees, questionable sources of human organs, mysterious dissappearances of critics), Acme is alot worse!

3) discipline critics of Biolife. Critics of Biolife can find themselves with an organ from a primate research lab (infected with Ebola * ), by 'mistake', by Acme. Likewise, medical professionals that do not sign onto the Biolife organ transplant bandwagon can also find themselves in a surgical theatre with an Ebola Kidney. Critics, recipients, doctors, or meddling do-gooders, can experience for themselves the shoddy quality that subjugation to Biolife can prevent. Criticising Biolife is both dangerous and unprofitable.

4) act as a receptacle for incompetent Biolife employees. Malcontent and subversive staff from Biolife can be lured to Acme, and then eliminated in some horrible fashion. I suggest some variation on the laboratory 'accident' or 'faulty' elevator scenario. Incompetents, hostile legal counsel, and irritating people could even be used as organ sources. In the end, the profitable Biolife avoids lawsuits and maximizes shareholder value.

The Back Door Strategy.
Acme management is so incompetent that nobody actually knows ehere their money goes. Acme money will be used for:

1) Fund research projects that will line our pockets

2) Embarrass our critics (real critics, not the pretend ones under our control). Imagine the scandal when some politician is exposed taking 'human organ bootlegger' blood money ... from Acme.

3) Reward our supporters. Imagine the favors granted when a politician is flown to our 'research center' in Thailand for a few days of narcotic soaked sexual debauchery. Imagine the gratitude from scientists and academia when they get a research grant, scholarship, or donation (funded by Acme, but administered by Biolife).

The Hammer and Anvil Strategy.
It does not matter which telemarketing campaign calls you, they all work for us. We can use The Enemy and The Friends to promote our agenda:

1) Curtail motorcycle helmet laws - we can use bike gangs both as a source of organ donors and goon enforcers

2) Support orgon donor card signing drives and legislation to make organ donation mandatory

3) Tissue typing drives of donors (children, young adults), paid for my government and community service labor

4) Curtail harmful science: any alternatives to organ transplants are bad, and should not be studied. Also, those meddling 'healthy lifestyle' do-gooders, which reduces long term demand for human spare parts.

5) Embarass our critics: use our telemarketing assets to undermine our real opponents.

6) Reward our supporters: use our telemarketing assets to support friendly politicians, medical professionals, and social activists.

The Cookie Jar Strategy.
Accounting records and disloyal staff have acted as an unending source of embarassment and unjustified expense. The paper trail will be eliminated through:

1) Location of accounting record storage facilities in areas of military conflict. Currently, the servers for our 'records' are located in the hill country of Pakistan * , the insurgent controlled area of Peru * , and Detroit * .

2) Exclusive hiring of incompetents according to employment equity laws. In most cases, taxpayer money is paying the salaries and benefits for these dullards, bunglers, and academics.

3) Selective hiring of persons with communicable diseases (Leprosy, Scabies, anti-biotic resistant Tuberculosis * , and Bubonic Plague) to handle accounting paperwork. These documents are now bio-hazardous, which either deters or infects nosy meddling do-gooders.

4) Use of Computer software to generate vast amounts of important looking but incomprehensible reports and data. Currently, our operation in Waterloo, Ontario can produce a railway car a day of meaningless information.

5) Selective hiring of ex-felons to create a pool of people to blame when the inevitable Congressional inquiry sticks its snout in where it does not belong. Currently, our chief financial officer and his staff were hired right out of prison. A grateful government is giving us wheelbarrows of taxpayers money to hire these cut-throats and give them an employment opportunity.

The Pentagram Strategy.
Everyone who gets the gift of life from Biolife knows that when a gift is given, a debt is incurred. Using hypnotic techniques, we can implant suggestions and commands into the subconscious of our organ recipients, engendering feelings of gratitude and financial generosity. Most people who get organs from Acme are going to die quickly, so there is no need to hypnotize them, unless they are being used for an assassination hit or inside job robbery in the time that remains to them.

To control the four organizations, we can use a secret society. Members of this society will be bound together with suitable secret rites, regalia, and methods of identification. Hypnotic techniques can be used on all employees, to the extent that rank in the organization is equivalent to hypnotizability (according to the Stanford scale * ).


I, Sargon the Magnificent, wrote this

see also, The Pentagram Strategy *

The Cult of the Personality *

The Pentagram Strategy

Astute accountants know that astrology will give them the edge they need in todays business environment. Your competitors are supplementing Generally Accepted Accounting Practices with Crystal Ball Management Accounting ... so should you!

The first basic principle of Astrological Business Practices is The Pentagram Strategy. This is the gist of the investment seminar I gave this last Friday at the Mitchieville Public Library which revealed this ancient business model:

The Pentagram is a five pointed figure. In this model, it refers to the five organizations that make up an alchemically perfect entity. For the sake of argument, I shall look at a business that I am currently working with in the Human Organ brokerage sector. There are five organizations:

1) Biolife, a virtuous organ broking entity
2) Acme, a second rate organ brokerage, which is the competitor to Biolife
3) The Friends, a non-profit charity that seeks to promote organ donation
4) The Enemies, a non-profit charity that seeks to oppose organ donation
5) The Order, a secret society that controls Biolife, Acme, The Friends, and The Enemies.

Discussion of the Five organizations

Initially, there would be Biolife. This would be the start up firm, which soon establishes market share, loyal customers, and dependable suppliers. However, other corporations, regardless of the nobility of their corporate missions, have soon found that their activites were under attack from competitors, malcontents, and self-serving dissidents. I suggest that we create and control our own competition.

The second of these organizations is Acme, which is the competition to Biolife. I envision Acme to be a cut-rate, poor quality, and second best supplier of human organs that will serve to make Biolife shine in comparison. Acme will be plagued with poor business practices, incompetent staff, and sloppy transplant protocols. The constant bungling of Acme will make the organ buying public, our customers, realize that the premium rates charged by Biolife are really a bargain. I call this The Ebola Kidney Strategy. Acme will still be a profit center, certainly harvesting a full measure of government money for employment equity hiring based on anything but ability. The profits generated by Acme will be funneled into our hands using The Back Door Strategy.

The third entity will be the critical public interest group which I call The Enemy. Looking back at the automotive sector, how much better would the industry be today if they had the foresight to control Ralph Nader and his pesky organization? I say we can learn from this experience and establish this entity ourselves. It is going to exist anyway, so let us utilize the wisdom of George Orwell in his utopia, 1984. The Enemies will mainly direct their justified ire at Acme, and will be financed through taxpayers money, through some non-Government Organization bunko scheme, which is quite common these days. The Enemies will also draw out any sort of malcontent Biolife employees, suppliers, or recipients. We will be able to use the influence of this lobby group to manipulate the legal process into the direction that serves our personal gain. I call this The Anvil Strategy. The Enemies will also be a profit center, funneling cash into our hands using The Cookie Jar Strategy.

The fourth entity will be the supporting public interest group which I call The Friends. This organization will support organ transplants, raise research money, organize donor card signing drives, scholarships, and tissue typing advances. It will be completely funded by taxpayers; research funds will be funneled into Biolife. We will use the influence of this lobby group to manipulate the legal process in our favor. I call this The Hammer Strategy. This organization will also be a profit center, funneling cash into our hands, where it belongs, using the same Cookie Jar Strategy mentioned above.

The fifth entity will be a command and control element. I suggest that it would best be a secret society. As the four other entities cannot be seen publically to be co-operating with each other, corporate expediency dictates that they co-operate secretly. I suggest that this organization be called The Order. This entity will be a profit center as well, harvesting spin off profits from related organized 'crime' activites.

This is, therefore, The Pentagram Stategy. Five organizations, of which two are companies, two are taxpayer funded lobby groups, and the last is a secret society, which controls them all. One company is good, one company is bad; one lobby opposes, one lobby supports; but of the two sets of publically opposing dualities, there is but one secret group that controls them all. Indeed.

This model utilizes the complete alchemical meanings of the number five, in the aspect of the unifing power of unity (The Order), with respect to the dueling chaos of the two sets of opposed pairs (Biolife versus Acme) versus (The Enemy versus The Friends).

I, Sargon the Magnificent, Financial Astrologer to the Captains of Canadian Capitalism, wrote this.

see also,
Strategy Concepts *

The Cult of the Personality *

Alchemy for Investors, part 15

Only two transits come at you unprepared, and Pluto is not one of them.

With the movement of Pluto direct into the sign Capricorn the wise Investor has the opportunity to prepare. And, in preparation, profits. Wealth making has been rather slim with Pluto in Sagittarius; in Capricorn, one of the money grubbing earth signs, better. However, Pluto's rulership over the sign of War, Scorpio, and the exaltation of Mars (more War) should have astute investors gloating with slaked greed, even if they do so in the air conditioned comfort of their private, personalized bunkers.

To understand how Pluto will effect you over the next two decades, merely be observant of your present life. This requires the ability to be objective. Be observant for both the problem and the solution. Pluto uses the volcanic eruption model of change. Pressure will build, steam will escape, then the mountain will blow up. So, watch for the bulging earth, the vents of steam where none were before; this will give you the idea where the landscape will erupt; and a good idea of where not to build your house. That is just an analogy, of course.

I, Sargon the Magnificent, wrote this

Does Al Gore regret inventing the internet?

If I didn't already have a campaign manager, I'd consider hiring The Guy From Boston. With Sargon's aid, I will figure out his price and enlist him to to distribute my campaign literature.

Alchemy for Investors, part 14

The Perplexing problem of Yes and No.

If the answer is No, the spread will contain the Ace of Swords and the Nine of Swords. If these cards are side by side, then the 'no' is very strong. The farther apart, well, the more complications. If located in the upper left or upper right then there is the option to wiggle out of the 'no'.

If the answer is yes, then the Nine of Cups will appear.

If both the 'yes' and the 'no' cards appear, then the answer is no, but in the end you will be glad this is so.




Recognition, Acclaim, and Fame.

In business, it is important to have good ideas, for these ideas to be recognized, and to get paid for them. The Nine of Wands shows ability, the Nine of Cups shows recognition, and the Nine of Pentacles shows getting paid. Not all three of these elements may be present, just like real life. Dullards get highly paid positions and geniuses get ignored or have their ideas stolen. The permutations of recognition, acclaim, and fame are shown by the presence or absence of the nines. The inclusion of the Nine of Swords will show infamy.

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Alchemy for Investors, part 13

Having pointed out the importance of the astrological opposition to investors, we now turn aside to look at another useful tool, the tarot card reading.

Any deck of cards will do, as I suggest that you leave out the Major Arcana. For the time being, we are only interested in reading the future; including the Major Arcana gives the ability to change the future. We are not yet ready to do this.

For a pattern, I use the 'five groups of three cards' method. Do note that this pattern is an analogy to the 'pattern on the trestleboard' that we have been using.

Upper left ... ... ... Upper right
.... .... .... Center .... .... ....
Lower left ... ... ... Lower right

Cards are dealt out in the following sequence: center, center right, center left (which completes the Center group); then the inner upper right, inner upper left, inner lower left, inner lower right (note the spiral pattern; this completes the four cards of the inner aspects of the four wings); then the center card of the upper right, center upper left, center lower left, center lower right (this completes the center cards of the four wings); then the outer card of the upper right, outer upper left, outer lower left, and outer lower right.

Center: represents the question

Upper Right: the normal course of events to happen

Upper Left: an alternate course of events

Lower Right: external forces acting upon the question

Lower Left: guideposts

I will assume that you are familiar with the basics of tarot reading. That the court cards represent people, perhaps messages. That the four suits correspond to the four alchemical elements (fire, earth, air, water). And that cards modify each other.

The suit of Pentacles is the most important to an investor. It represents money. But before we begin with that, two other cards are of interest to the alchemical investor, the cards that denote secrets, and liars.

Secrets: Look for the position of the Queen of Wands. Everything that falls outward of her position represents that which is secret from the point of view of the question (the center three). The mere fact that there are things behind the scenes should alert the reader. Their nature is revealed by the cards following.


Liars: Look for the Page of Cups as the inner card on any of the four wings. The card must be the inner card; the cards following denote the falsehood being told. (at the end of a wing, the page of cups represents a happy outcome!)



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Alchemy for investors, part 12

The opposition is the most important aspect for investors. The illustration above demonstrates a method of using the tarot to study, in this case, a Sun-Moon opposition.

Oppositions to the Sun. These always show a challenge to the life force. A wise person will choose life over whatever is offered by the sign-house-planet that stands in opposition. Otherwise, they will die. If the native accepts the outcome offered by The Sun, he also will access such things as gold, enduring fame, recognition, and the admiration of the powerful.

The most interesting oppositions to the Sun come from the Moon. The Moon also has some claim to the life force, and is stronger in someone born at night, someone born under the sign of Cancer, or someone with their Sun in the fourth house. If the person chooses the Moon over the Sun, they are exchanging health for fame, gold for silver, the infinite for the finite. There is no easy way to interpret this particular aspect; a study of the houses and signs involved, and the houses ruled by the Sun and Moon is necessary.

Oppositions to the Moon. These invariably involve the public in some way. Riches involved are smaller than in the case of The Sun, being silver rather than gold, but transitory fame can occur. In a negative scenario, madness and victimization by mobs and savage animals is indicated. Rabid animals inevitably attack people marked by a difficult opposition to the Moon.

For you to contemplate the nature of an opposition in your own chart, construct it as follows. Select the two trumps that represent the two planets that form the opposition. Between the two, place the trump Justice. This trump does a good job of symbolizing the nature of the opposition.

In preparation for your study, I suggest you add the following elements to your study. For lack of a better word, I shall call it a ritual.

Set aside a place where you will do your ritual. Keep it clean and decorate it with objects that you find positive to your frame of mind.

Establish a routine. Initiate your ritual with a pleasant scent, such as incense. Assume an air of spirituality by lighting candles. Have a glass of water handy to slake your thirst, and keep at least one curio of gold, silver, or lead in sight. Effectively, you are using amulets for the four elements: incense = air, water = water, candles = fire, and curios = earth. These objects are just messages to your subconscious.

Keep pencil and paper handy for thoughts that might come into your mind. Keep distractions at bay: pull the telephone out of the wall, turn off the door bell, and shut the cat in the bathroom with a bowl of food.

Verbal prayers take the form of Giving Thanks, Iteration of Past Events, and then Requests.

Close your ritual when you feel content and that you cannot gain more.

Take note of any interruptions. These too are messages and can provide clues as to who or what is attempting to communicate with you.

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Alchemy for Investors, part 12

Having explored some of the basics necessary for the successful investor, it is time to pass from the ranks of the novices, into the first degree.

Our first study will be an investigation of your own natal chart. Place it before you and take note of all the planets that form the aspect of opposition. For an investor, these are the most important aspects. When you have an understanding of your own personality, you can build upon this. Here, we amass wealth.

An opposition indicates a choice. One may choose one, or the other of the scenarios detailed by the opposing planets. There is no exception. These planets describe a situation by their nature, sign, house, and house rulership. Given the broad footprint of these two planets, something is bound to splash over into the eight house (which is symbolized by the Tarot trump Death), or the tenth house (which is symbolized by the Tarot trump The Devil). Even in the absence of a direct relationship to these houses (be it the absence of Saturn, Mars, Pluto in the opposition; the planets in opposition not ruling the eighth nor tenth house; planets not resident in Capricorn nor Scorpio) there will still be transits from the planets that do rule over them.

Transits by trine across a natal opposition indicate money making opportunities. The best ones involve the natural rulers of the eight and tenth houses (Mars, Pluto, and Saturn), the chart rulers of these houses (whatever planet rules the sign on the cusp of the eight and tenth house), or the movement of the benefics (Jupiter and Venus), or the movement of the Lights (Sun and Moon), and even that of Mercury, Neptune, or Uranus.

Understanding of the timing and the nature of these transits will give you a background to your investing plans. Jupiter, for example, gives luck. Venus gives desire and appreciation of beauty. Mars gives physical and intellectual conflict and conquest. Saturn gives delay, and the fruits of patience. The Sun will give you a lottery winning ... public fame and a handful of diamonds. The Moon brings silver and success in public places. Mercury gives intellectual riches or advantage that can be used later. Transits have three natures: approaching, direct, and retrograde.

Your horoscope must be considered on an individual basis. Here, generalities can lead the aspirant astray. Lack of self-understanding can trick the investor into committing the same mistakes, over and over again. Just as the two figures in the both trumps have come to a sticky end.

In our next lesson, I will show you how to use two tarot decks to construct your natal chart and the applying transits. Be prepared.

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Alchemy for Investors, part 11

The second most important astrological sign for investors is the sign represented by the Tarot trump Death. This is the sign Scorpio. The image on the trump represents sunrise.

In the horoscope, Scorpio has dominion over shared resources. It also has influence over things such as sex, surgery, disease, and combat. But for the investor, shared resources are that which is most interesting.

You should have your horoscope cast and know what planets you have in the sign Scorpio. You should also know what planets are in the eighth house of your chart as well. After you analyze the effects of these planets, then you should look to aspects to them, and the houses ruled by your eighth house planets. This will give you a feel for the battlefield that is this place. Upon this field you will face opposition, alliances, advantage, treachery, and victory. Not everyone faces the same enemies, allies, and obstacles. Having a good view of the field gives you an advantage.

The figure of Death is shown harvesting. In his bony hands is a scythe, whose handle has the form of one of those T shapes found on the Key of Solomon shown on The Wheel of Fortune. The eagle is a symbol for Scorpio, and is shown on both The World and The Wheel of Fortune. Harvest is different from weeding, it takes what is desired, weeding kills what is unwanted. This process is similar to that of The Emperor. Both the signs of Aries and Scorpio are ruled by Mars, so the power of Reason and the act of Harvest have similarities.

When you have your horoscope cast, try this experiment. For the planets that you have in the eighth house, place their corresponding tarot trump beside Death. Allow your subconscious to provide you with some insights into your shared resources. This will actually be nothing for you, but the comprehension will rise into your consciousness ... the battlefield will be familiar.

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Alchemy for Investors, part 10

From our discussion so far, we can see a strong correlation between astrological concepts and the Tarot. The twelve signs and the seven visible planets all have distinct matches in the set of trumps. This card corresponds to Capricorn. It is rather scary looking, like The Tower.

When contemplating this trump, the correct response is to laugh. Honestly, the figures are parodies. The big scary figure upon the throne is one not found in nature. It is man made, a child's plaything. Neither male nor female, it neither exists nor has ability. The two figures are chained to the altar, but the chains are loose and they can leave at any time. Their bondage is to ignorance and is self-imposed. Which is funny.

The Devil is in balance with The Magician when you arrange the trumps in the three by seven pattern. So, this card represents some manifestation of concentration. Indeed, when we are focused upon a problem it is because we have a problem, we do not know the answer, and we are in a state of ignorance. Our ignorance relates to our understanding of manifest reality, The World. It is also worth noting that The Devil is in balance with The World when you take the equilibrium of the third row into account.

Capricorn is the astrological sign that rules collective property, such as corporations, governments, and family trusts. Success in investing is strongly dependent upon these collectives, and is also strongly influenced by the ability of those within them to perceive reality correctly. We all have been amused by the stupidities of large corporations. Indeed, we laugh. But now, when it is our millions being invested, it is not so funny. So, contemplation of this trump will sharpen your ability to perceive reality. Pay attention to the details, they will spark off correspondences with other trumps, be it similar, different, repetitive, or intense.

A companies grasp of Capricornian strengths, and aversion to the vices of that sign is a good indirect way of assessing corporate strength. This is also the sign of the telemarketer, someone who appeals to greed and fear, selective positioning of facts, and cunning exploitation of the human psyche. Investment losses exist both at the hands of predators and dullards. Both are to be watched for, both the lying telemarketer and the stoned manager. You can lie to yourself, too. So, all of these perils can be addressed through contemplation of this trump.

This card often stimulates dreams, so have your journal handy when you go to sleep.

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Alchemy for Investors, part 9

In our journey of investigation of the Tarot, we come to our first 'scary' card, namely that of The Lightning Struck Tower.

This trump corresponds to the planet Mars, which also has scary connotations in astrology. Between Mars and Saturn, the new age types have interposed clouds of dust and tiny bits of spinning ice in their search for healing and more healing. Of course, healing begins with realizing that something is wrong. Something is wrong with your world view. And it is Mars, not the gas clouds of Moo, that cuts through the veil of illusion to present you with reality in its solid, hot, bright, and possibly painful forms.

In the trump, we see two figures. One represents the sub-conscious of The High Priestess, only her crown is gold rather than silver. Great lot it did her: she is being blasted out of a rather impressive Sauron-class tower. As for the plumeting male figure, he is associated with The Magician. His crown is far bigger than his head, and a bolt of lightning has separated it from his earthly control.

Everyone is familiar with the horrible feeling of being wrong ... which is what this card evokes. This is why simpletons and dullards do not like to look at the card, or, actually, things that evoke this Trump. And, armed with this knowledge, you can construct tests for people, and yourself, to test them.

Contemplation of this trump will allow you to proceed larger and faster towards the rebuilding of your world view, a world view in tune with reality. You will be free of the rule of King Fairycake and Queen Moonbeam.

As a seed for further contemplation, I would draw your attention to the strange symbols that accompany the falling figures. Above the woman is the tree of life figure. Above the man is a figure that represents the cube of space. Which is to say, bluntly and for those with ears to hear, that to work the Wheel of Fortune you need to work two things, not one as is the common practice in alchemical circles. Which could explain why their experiments do not work as often as they should. Hmmmm. So, if you are following along with some exercises in your personal tarot, I suggest you acquire a second deck exactly the same as the first. Just do it. Make notes in your journal.

As I mentioned previously, The Wheel of Fortune has eight T-shaped figures. The Upright T is The World. The reversed T is The Empress. And now I tell you that the T of the first quadrant in the 45 degree position is this card, The Tower. You need to know the identities and the positions of the nine cards that you use to construct the Key of Solomon. The center card is, of course, The Wheel of Fortune. Now you know four of the nine trumps.

When you have mastery of the Key of Solomon, you will have access to the thing I call the machine. This machine, which you access in a dream state, controls your external reality. Now being able to move your conscious mind in the dream state is the work worthy of an adept alone, let alone performing some delicate manipulations. None the less, you have it there. Of course, if you do start to work towards this you will come face to face with the mis-alignments between your mis-beliefs and reality. Ka-Boom! Which is what this Trump is all about. Your climb to the top of the tower is inevitable. How long you stay under the rule of King Fairycake and Queen Moonbeam is, however, up to you. Shorter is better, and Gravity, well, it never lets you down.

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Alchemy for Investors, part 8

The astrologers tell us that Saturn is balanced off by the planet Jupiter. So, as alchemists, we would expect that the trump that represents Jupiter (The Wheel of Fortune) to mirror this relationship.

Well, the two cards have many points of similarity. Infact, there are the only two trumps with those four figures of man, eagle, lion, and bull. And an astrologer will tell you that these four figures represent the four fixed signs of the zodiac, namely Aquarius, Scorpio, Leo, and Taurus. But a study of the three by seven arrangement does not yield any obvious fulcrum.

Jupiter is not the equal but opposite of Saturn. Where Saturn is an administrative intellegence that enforces 'no exceptions', Jupiter is involved in an expansive process that includes 'no exceptions' in some sort of rotational event. This is shown by the central symbol, with is build from eight T-shapes. Recall that the T shape is a symbol for Saturn. The inverted T is present on the card that represents Venus (The Empress). So, we have Saturn with his limitiations, Imagination being able to undo them, and now Jupiter, involved in some process that spins them into manifestation. Hmmm. Contemplation of the trump The Wheel of Fortune should provide some insight into this process, a process which is central to your existance.

The Wheel of Fortune is found below The Empress. In astrology, this planet is associated with good fortune, expansion, and luck. He rules Sagittaurus and Pisces, the two signs which flank those ruled by Saturn, Capricorn and Aquarius. Written descriptions of the agency of this card are feeble in comparison to the insights available to you directly from study. As a start, note that there are eight T-shapes, the upright and the inverted are familiar to us. But what are the other six? And, what memory function (similiarity, contrast, intensity, repetition) links them to the figures of The World? Look at the card. Note your impressions in your journal.

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Alchemy for investors, part 7

The planet Saturn is represented in the Tarot by key 21, The World. Interestingly enough, it is in a position of balance with respect to The Magician, when the Justice is used as the fulcrum.

Saturn is the second most important planet in a horoscope. You cannot escape his influence. You must face Saturn on the first path of return. There are no exceptions, and Saturn is the planet that enforces any 'no exceptions' policy found in the material universe.

By definition, when you exercise your powers of concentration, you invoke the administrative intellegence of Saturn by pushing out some sensations, and focusing on others. This happens to all of us, be they adepts, royalty, peasants, or fools. The advantage is to the adept, of course. He uses the process as discussed in our previous posts. And now you are on the path to becoming an adept because you are reading this right now.

The trump The World is not very frightening at all, actually. Contemplation of this card will give you instant mitigation of the negative manifestations of Saturn in your life. Likewise the metal lead ... I have a Byzantine amulet made of lead which is precious to me. There is alot of symbolism on the trump, and it will speak to your subconscious merely by your looking upon it.

This is a good way to test yourself. Time how long you can contemplate this trump. Who actually is in control of you? Does your mind have a mind of its own? If you can look upon this trump for a five minuite period, then you are well on your way to becoming an adept. If you cannot, if your emotions and imagination finds distractions and pushes you away from what is actually a colored picture, then you are not really in control of you, are you? You are a worm

To overcome your slavery to flawed reason, and corrupt emotions, or to improve yourself, I suggest this simple exercise. Simply reverse the position you sleep in. Place your head where your feet were, and your feet where your head was. Of course, you can still use a pillow and blankets and make yourself comfortable. Try this. Perhaps for five minuites before you return to your normal position, perhaps all night. Keep your journal handy, in case you have a dream or two.

Note your observations in your journal. And, at this time, review your journal, and note whatever impressions come to you as you perform your review. Do this now.

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Alchemy for investors, part 6

To complete our study of the first row, turn your attention to the trumps The Lovers and The Chariot. These cards draw the eye, and inspire the imagination. One realizes that one is curious about the symbolism. Questions arise, and further observations, and more questions. One feels that one is a child again, and this is a new toy, a gift from your favourite uncle on Christmas morning.

Indeed, the Tarot is a gift. It was written before 'the book' was invented. Its' method of communication is similar to that of the language of the Ancient Egyptians. You would be wise to search out a knowledge of the grammar and syntax of those people, upon whose teachings the Greeks built their own sciences of mathematics and philosophy. This gift is not a necessary requirement of salvation. You can acheive all of your goals in life without the Tarot. Not everyone who studies it acheives anything. However, if you have a desire to learn, you will learn.

The Lovers represents the astrological sign Gemini. There is much detail on the card, and I direct your attention to only one pattern. Observe the angel and the female figure. One has arms upraised, the other, downturned. These symbol includes the property of contrast. Likewise, one figure looks down, the other looks up. Now observe the male and the female figure. Both have their arms downturned. The male figure looks to the female, and the female to the angel, and the angle gazes upon the female. This is a curious pattern ... let it consume you with curiosity, and let it fire your desire to learn its secret. There are other secrets on this card. The Lovers will teach you how to separate things, into like and unlike, similar and dissimilar.

The Chariot represents the correct relationship of the trinity of mind, emotions, and reason. Reason and the emotions are both similar (both being represented by the sphinx), yet different (being black and the other white). The mind controls both, but does not use reins or harness. Study of this card will calm your mind, and allow your emotions and reason to come into equilibrium and correct relationship to mind. You can also invoke these effects by contemplation of any enclosure. The Chariot is the beginning of any system of ritual magic.

Ritual magic involves creating an arrangement and temporal sequencing of symbols designed towards an end. Much as cutting the lawn requires a lawnmower, fuel, and a strong arm to both start the machine and to push it around the yard, so too does ritual magic work. Selection of your objective requires a balanced mind. Vengence is a dish best eaten cold, as they say. So, cultivate the balance that The Chariot illustrates. With balance, your ability to dispose of good and bad, useful and not, as shown by The Lovers, will manifest like quicksilver. When balanced, your ability to hear the higher voice of wisdom will be sharp, like The Hierophant. Balance will allow you to sit upon the throne of rulership, as The Emperor does. Upon that throne you will be first among equals, with the powers of The Magician, The High Priestess, and The Empress as your allies. With your conscious mind, you will formulate questions and suggestions, package them and deliver them to the subconsciousness as a farmer plants a seed, then, like a farmer, weed the crop that comes up. You will harvest what is good for you, and cut the rest down for your other purposes. And you will learn from your experiences. The first row of seven teaches the scientific method, first put to writing by the wise ancient egyptians. Accept no substitutes!

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Alchemy for Investors, part 5

Contemplation of the Tarot trump The Empress will yield insights into the workings of the imagination. There is a wealth of symbolism on the card. Let me direct your attention to the fact that the trump is associated with the planet Venus. This is an astrological correspondence, and, as you may have already discovered, The Magician corresponds to Mercury, and The High Priestess to the Moon.

Upon the breast of the Empress is a curious design. It resembles an inverted letter T. Indeed, this symbol appears frequently in Tarot, both upright, inverted, and combined to form a cross. A regular T represents the power of Saturn to place limitations. The inverted T represents the power to cast aside limitations. The subsidiary symbolism, the use of color, is also worthy of your study.

The three planets, Mercury, the Moon, and Venus, are in balance (using The Emperor as fulcrum) with three other trumps, these being representative of the astrological signs Taurus (the Hierophant), Gemini (the Lovers), and Cancer (the Chariot). As you progress in your investigation of Tarot, you will begin to study cards in combinations of two, three, or whatever. Be aware that every single card has a balancing correspondent. All cards balance through Justice. Those in the top row (which we have been investigating) balance through The Emperor. You can balance any two cards using The Fool. There are seven fulcrums. Some are unchanging, (The Fool, Justice), some move around depending on your position on the Trestleboard (this being the three by seven arrangement). In some cases, you will not much like the results, much as a chemist studying sulphur must prepare for stink. Be alert, or stay away from the stove.

As the tarot is but a model, you can discover in your environment objects, actions, and activities that will evoke the same effects as contemplation of a Trump. Recall the sorting exercise that evokes the Emperor. The color red also evokes The Emperor, much as the metal silver evokes The High Priestess, and copper or green evoke The Empress. Knowledge of these associations will allow you to do your alchemy while surrounded by discord, noise, or people who drink too much coffee. This is the essence of ritual magic. Rituals are highly effective, however, they are not necessary. Moving a paperclip across your desk can be as effective as plunging a dagger into an enemies heart. Thoughts are things, and alchemy will teach you to mock physics with action at a distance.

Keep notes in your journal.

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