2013 Astrological Almanac: Ship of Fools

Wow! I just finished my first run-through of Austin Coppock's 2013 Astrological Almanac, subtitled Ship of Fools. It's incredible. The material is entertaining as well as interesting and useful. And scary accurate. 

I spent the last couple days going over plans for January and February, and hadn't cracked open the almanac yet. We've got things scheduled through the end of February, and the things he predicts for the first couple months of the year line up perfectly. Due to Maryland laws, my divorce can't go through until the end of July, and again the things he predicts for that time of the year are perfectly aligned with what I expect to be going through.

That's just the horoscope part. This book has so much more, and will be something I'm consulting regularly on a weekly basis, at least. 

I've mentioned before that I'm no astrologer, right? I need a lot of help understanding what I'm looking at when I look at a chart. Austin provides the same level of explanation in his yearly almanac that makes his weekly articles so cool to read. He's got an analysis of the year broken down by quarter, in depth discussions of the major ongoing influences that impact events throughout the year, monthly ephemerides to understand the astrological influences on your planetary rites at a glance (fucking AWESOME!), and a short paragraph explaining at a high level what to expect the influences of the planets to bring about throughout the day. Here's what he says about yesterday, for example:

Thursday, January 3rd

Today is subject to a bevy of exact aspects. Mercury in Capricorn squares Uranus in

Aries, pushing us to place structured plans atop revolutionary intentions - an unstable

mixture. Meanwhile, abstract and idealistic Mars in Aquarius trines worldly Jupiter in

Gemini, unlocking a medicine cabinet full of illegal stimulants. Not only that, but Mars

also finds himself in antiscia to the Nodal Axis today, overshadowing actions with the

complexity of potential karmic repercussions.

The Moon enters Libra as evening approaches, shifting toward a more relaxed,

pleasure seeking, wavelength. Yet a late night T-square between Uranus, Mercury and

the Moon may frustrate low key plans, as this configuration, along with the antiscia

between Mercury and Venus, lends the wee hours a mentally and emotionally charged

atmosphere.

Moon in Virgo

Mercury Square Uranus : 10:29 AM CST

Mars Antiscia Nodal Axis: 2:33 PM CST

Moon Enters Libra: 7:10 PM CST

Moon Opposition Uranus : Jan 4th, 3:48 AM CST

Mercury Antiscia Venus: Jan 4th, 4:07 AM CST

Moon Square Mercury: Jan 4th, 6:04 AM CST

Take a look at that and compare it to what happened to you yesterday. Can you see how the astrological underpinnings, the influences of the stars and planets manifested in your own individual life? I totally can. I'm not saying my day was exactly what he said, but those were the influences that I had to work with when I was determining how I would shape my experiences.

This is power, folks, knowing what's going on behind the scenes, understanding the influences, drives, and stressors that are impacting us and those we have to work with regularly. This gives us the ability to shape our rites to magnify some influences and minimize others. I'm not suggesting we let our lives be run by these forces by any means, but knowing what the weather is gives us the info we need to dress appropriately.

I can't recommend it enough, brothers and sisters. Click that link above and order your own copy today. I'm going to be making it a daily practice to scan through the daily influences over my first cappuccino of the morning. This rocks.

Technical Details

To accomplish the Great Work and reclaim your divine status for free without purchasing any of my materials:

1. Read Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Volume 3, Chapters 20, 21, 22, and 26.
2. Determine the name of your Genius.
3. Conjure your Genius using The Art of Drawing Spirits into Crystals
4. (Alternately, obtain Knowledge and Conversation with your Holy guardian Angel)
5. Ask for and receive a Solar Initiation
6. Conjure the Archangels of the Planetary Spheres, beginning with the Moon and working your way up through the spheres. Request initiation into their spheres, and the integration of the forces they represent within your own sphere. Refer to Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Volume 2, Chapter 13 for the names of the spirits to conjure. Refer to the Magical Calendar for their seals, and again use The Art of Drawing Spirits into Crystals for the methodology.
7. Repeat the previous step a lot. Each time you go through an initiation into the spheres, you will get something deeper. Note that this phase can go on for years.
8. As you receive initiation and empowerment, use the information, instruction, and abilities you gain to change the world around you to align it to your Will. You will gradually discover this Will as you continue to go through the Seven Spheres.
9. When you are ready, conjure Iophial of the Sphere of the Sphere of the Fixed Stars, or the 28 Spirits of the Mansions of the Moon to receive training, initiation, and integration of the lessons of the Eighth Sphere.
10. Continue the process and continue to be refined as your innate internal god-ness manifests in the material realm.

Note that Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Trithemius' Art of Drawing Spirits into Crystals, and the Magical Calendar are available online for free at Esoteric Archives.

Erk... Catching up on Orders

Well, it looks like a lot of people have decided in December and the New Year to join the Black Work course! Awesome!

But I haven't had a chance to get it set up yet, I'll get that done tonight.

Folks ordering Hermetic Diagnoses, they're taking forever to get done. Sorry! But I have a list, I check it twice, and I'm getting it cranked out ASAP. I don't think I'll ever get caught up at this rate. I might need an assistant. I finish one, and get two more orders. I may have to put a moratorium in place until I get caught up.

If you've ordered something other than a Hermetic Diagnosis from me and haven't received it, let me know.

Awe vs. Aww

Sometimes I look at myself, and I am filled with a sense of awe. It's a humbling thing, because in spite of how far I have to go before I get to my goals in this lifetime, I manage an incredible life. I talk to gods and angels. I channel forces that shape the world. I catch glimpses of the Holy Father, Pangenitor, thrustful Force and Source of us all, and its beautiful, and I am filled with awe.

Awe, that holy fear, that holy amazement, that holy holiness that overcomes you and leaves you just wanting to praise, to worship, to express a guttural and raw and powerful GRATIAS AGO! to the universe at large and the entity it represents.

Other times I look at myself and I'm filled with a sense of aww, as in, aww, shit. Aww, what the fuck. Aww, hell. Aww, really!?

Humans ... The passion and the pathos. Amazing, amazing, amazing ... and so pathetic at the same time.

Picture me pacing as I talk. 

Look, you and I both get that the world is shit and that people suck. You and me both, we suck some times, we fuck up sometimes, and we have to deal with that shit. Regularly. I don't think you need any reminders of that anymore. I think you know the shit about you that sucks.

But what about the part of you that is made of pure and raw and unadulterated highly potent toxic-to-the-uninitiated win? Do you know that part? You know you're a god made flesh, right? You've read it a hundred different ways. Light in extension, emmanationism, the Divine Spark, the Neschemah, Namaste, Thou Art God, That of God in Every Man, it's everywhere, Deus-homo, created by the First Father in His Own Image,  you are made of godstuff, it's your race, your source, your infinitely-great-grandad was god, and you're his kid.

I'm telling you you're a living god because you are, and you need to know it, to believe it in order to live it and benefit from it.

I'll pick different words because it seems to raise eyebrows among the wise, and hackles among the, uh, ... hackled. 

You are a human being with the potential to create the universe that you experience. You can be the Monarch of your Kingdom. You have the authority to (at the very least) influence or (at the very most) directly control everything that manifests in your life. 

I do it with Hermetics. Hermetics taught me that I'm awesome, even though I have aww shit moments. It provided me with the relationships with the entities that have taught me to rule my kingdom in a way that benefits me and all those within it. It taught me that with practice, I can get pretty good at this whole "Existence is pure joy" thing. It continues to teach me to focus more on the Awesome parts of life and less on the aww-some parts of life.

So here's the thing today: It's the new year. 2013. People are vehemently making resolutions, and other people are vehemently not making resolutions.

Personally, I resolve to be more awesome, epic, legendary, because I like that. It's fun. I enJOY it. The only thing I hope you resolve is to be more of the very best you can be for fun's sake. Give yourself a chance to be AWESOME. And quit worrying so much about the aww-some parts. You'll be pleasantly surprised.

Bless the Fuck out of You!

Good Morning!

I spent the night last night doing what I want to be doing for the rest of the New Year, hanging out with loved ones, drinking, laughing, enjoying awesome fireworks huge and right off the balcony, and diving deeper and deeper into the enjoyment of my life, moment by moment.

I hope you had as great of an evening as I had, and if not, remember you can start over again today. No penalty. Loved ones. Booze. Fireworks. Deeper dives, deeper dives into the moment.

Wherever you find yourself this morning, know that you are personally blessed with happiness, prosperity, joy, health, and attainment by at least one living god. May you manifest all that you desire this year, brothers and sisters, and may you find your life comes easy, and comes often!