Venus in 00° Libra

 

Venus in 00° Libra 

9/29/22 12:45 AM 

Natural Chart / Whole Houses 

Venus in Libra (General)

When Venus is in Libra, people are generally kinder, more charming and sympathetic towards others. They are typically more interested in socializing, the arts, and beauty. Romance becomes a focus, but now it is more idealized in the airy sign of Libra and reality can take a back seat. People are apt to get lost in romantic fantasies and want everything to be perfect without putting in the actual work to make it happen. Venus loves beautiful things and so poetry, music, and art become more present in our lives. In general seek to have more peace, harmony, and cooperation in their lives.

The House where Libra falls in your chart is the area of life that will most be affected by Venus in Libra

• If your rising sign is Aries, Libra is your 7th house
• If your rising sign is Taurus, Libra is your 6th house
• If your rising sign is Gemini, Libra is your 5th house
• If your rising sign is Cancer, Libra is your 4rd house.
• If your rising sign is Leo, Libra is your 3rd house
• If your rising sign is Virgo, Libra is your 2nd house.
• If your rising sign is Libra, Libra is your 1st house
• If your rising sign is Scorpio, Libra is your 12th house
• If your rising sign is Sagittarius, Libra is your 11th house
• If your rising sign is Capricorn, Libra is your 10th house
• If your rising sign is Aquarius, Libra is your 9th house
• If your rising sign is Pisces, Libra is your 8th house.

Example

Venus in Libra and the 12th House

When Venus is in Libra and the 12th house you avoid public displays of affection and give the appearance of not being interested in relationships of any kind. You're shyer than usual in terms of romantic relationships and may even keep your interest in another person a secret. You could enter into a secret relationship with someone you feel empathy towards and who you feel needs your help in some way.

Carolina Dean

MIPC: Madam DeGaulle's Tarot Ritual

Note: MIPC stands for Magic in Popular Culture and this is a series of posts in which I take a magical belief or practice from a work of fiction such as movies, books, comic books, or tv shows and analyze them against real-world magical beliefs and practices.

The Belief or Ritual

The ritual begins when Madam DeGaulle takes a seat at her reading table where a green glass encased candle is burning next to a small, clear glass of water. She dips what appears to be her middle finger in the glass of water and flicks her finger in the air. 

She then passes her right hand over the flame of the candle. Her querent (the person receiving the reading) offers her right hand to Madama DeGaulle, who strokes her client's palm twice and then physically closes the hand. The client pulls her hand close to herself as if holding on to something. 

Madame DeGaulle offers the cards to her clients stating, "one question only". The client then cuts the cards into three stacks using the hand that Madame DeGaulle previously stroked while verbally stating her question. Madame DeGaulle then puts the cards back together and reads them according to a spread. 

Trade Winds (1993)
Mini-Series 

Commentary

First of all, I have had this scene in my head for YEARS but could not remember the name of the tv show or movie that it came from. The only thing I could remember was that I thought it took place at a hotel or resort on an island and one of the main character's names was also Ocean. Recently, I was scrolling through Instagram and saw the opening title for this mini-series that aired on NBC in 1993. What is interesting is that at the time this occurred I was reading a book which instructed the reader to pay attention to coincidences in their lives and write them down. This is the first exercise in consciously manifesting your destiny. 

Now to the matter at hand. You can view this scene at the link provided at the top of this entry. It begins at the 1:14:17 mark. 

I want to point out that, and maybe you noticed it too, the cards were never actually shuffled. The client cut the cards into three stacks and Madame DeGaulle picked them back up in such a way that whatever order the cards were in before they were cut they were put back together in the exact same order. In addition, Madame DeGaulle isn't using a full deck of cards. In the scene you can clearly see the rest of the deck sitting next to the candle and glass of water. They are partially hidden in the rest of the scene by a white cloth which presumably she wraps her cards in when not in use. 

I also want to point out that the during the reading, the cards which appeared on screen were as follows 

• Death (this is evident by the skeletal figure shown on screen)
• The Tower 
• The 10 of Swords 
• Unknown, possibly the 8 of Swords or the 8 of Wands 

Finally, the last card is verbally described on screen as the Death Card, however it looks visually similar to images of the Hanged Man and according to the art on the card it is called l'expiation which means atonement. 

We can assume that this ritual is something that Madame DeGaulle regularly performs for her clients as the client in this scene needed no instruction to perform her part in the ritual. I also vaguely recall there are other scenes in which Madame DeGaulle read the cards for others prior to which she performs some version of this ritual. 

Tarot Rituals act as triggers, which are words or actions which quickly shift your consciousness into a state conducive to reading the cards. Rituals accumulate power and the more times a ritual is perform the more powerful it becomes. This is one of the reasons why we are told not to change a spell or ritual when it is performed because it can diminish its power. 

Tarot Rituals can be as simple or as complex as you like. However, in order to be effective, they should also be meaningful. Speaking strictly symbolically, I would venture to say that the candle and water used by Madame DeGaulle represents focus and clarity respectfully. I am not exactly sure of the purpose of stroking the client's palm, however, my intuition tells me that it may serve two purposes. They are 1) it helps the reader connect with the client through physical touch and 2) it reminds the client that the future is in their hands. However, this is my own speculation. 

My Tarot Ritual

Even after 30 years of reading the cards, I have a Tarot Ritual. I keep a clear quartz crystal near my reading area for clarity. Before the reading, I say the following prayer:

"Heavenly Father, please provide me with information for my client that is both truthful and will be of assistance to them. I ask that we not only be able to know but also to understand. Amen."

I then anoint my 3rd Eye chakra and my hands with Clarity Oil. Next, I shuffle the cards while I am waiting for my client to come online. I often cut the cards and use this card as the clients significator for the reading. This card usually gives me an idea of what the clients' question or issue is going to be and their perspective regarding their issue or condition. 

- Carolina Dean 

New Moon in 02° Libra

 

New Moon in 02° Libra 

9/25/22 2:54 PM 

Natural Chart / Whole Houses 

The New Moon in Libra (General)

With the New Moon in Libra, relationships of all kinds are spotlighted.  Now is a good time to start a new relationship or re-start an old one. You can be more nurturing with your partner now and you examine your concept of "me" vs. "we" giving more weight to the "other" in your life; that is your friends, lovers, or business partners.  Any goals that you set now will require the cooperation of a partner and you're less inclined to do things on your own.

How to Work with New Moon in Libra Energy

• Practice more diplomacy
• Find your own sense of peace
• Be a peacemaker
• Engage in more interesting conversations. Talk about your interests.
• Put off any major decisions for now (if you can) and simply enjoy the moment
• Don't make any major commitments
• Strive to see beauty in everyone and everything
• Take time to have more fun, enjoy art, garden, or take in a concert or show

The House is Where it Happens

The Astrological House in which the New Moon occurs in your Natal Chart gives an indication of the area of life activated by the New Moon and where you can expect to see the energy of the New Moon in Virgo to play out. Since the September New Moon occurs in 6° Virgo, you would look at your Natal, or Birth Chart to ascertain in what House 6° Virgo occurs.

The Twelve Houses of Life

1. The self, ego, appearance, initiative, leadership, fresh starts and new beginnings.
2. Money and material matters.  Your physical environment, income, money, and your sense of self-esteem.
3. Communication in all its forms (thinking, writing, speaking, etc... ) as well as siblings, local travel, teachers and community events.
4. Home, privacy, your basic sense of security, your mother, children, and your own ability to nurture others.
5. Creative expression, drama, attention, love, and romance.
6. Health and service to others. Your routine, diet, exercise and helpfulness to others.
7. Marriage, partnerships, and relationships of all kinds.  Contracts, business deals, etc...
8. Birth, death, sex, other people's money and property.
9. Expansion, the higher mind, foreign matters (languages, cultures, travel) luck, adventure, risk, philosophy, ethics and morals.
10. The public, fame, honors, reputation, awards, boundaries, rules, discipline, authority, the father.
11. Groups of people such as friends and associations, networking, social justice.  Originality, sudden unexpected events, invention, surprises, and all things futuristic.
12. Endings. Completion, tying up loose ends, old age, karma, making amends, and the afterlife. Imagination, creativity, poetry, and the subconscious mind.

Example

New Moon in Libra and the 12th House

With the New Moon (I feel) in Libra (I balance) in the 12th house of the hidden, secrets, and endings can translate to I feel renewed, invigorated and balanced when I express my hidden feelings with my partner. This is a good time to talk to your partner about your hidden fears and anxieties regarding your relationship so that you can discuss them rationally and put any worries behind you.

Where does the New Moon in Libra  fall in your natal chart and how will it manifest for you?

Carolina Dean

Sun in 00° Libra 2022

 

Sun in 00° Libra 

9/22/22 6:04 PM 

Natural Chart / Whole Houses 

Sun in Libra (General)

Libra is cardinal sign and cardinal signs herald the beginning of a new season. When the Sun enters Libra it signals the beginning of Autumn. The end of summer also heralds "cuffing season", a time when people prefer to in a serious relationship rather than free and independent. This is owing to the longer nights, shorter days, and colder weather.

Libra rules relationships so it is no wonder that when the Sun enters Libra people are generally more interested in relationships of all kinds (love, business, and/or platonic).  People are generally more charming and sociable, they are more willing to compromise in their relationships, they want to improve their relationships and their relationship status. There is also a desire to have more balance between work and play.

Where Libra falls in your natal chart is where you will most strongly feel the ingress of the Sun in Libra.

• If your rising sign is Aries, Libra is your 7th house
• If your rising sign is Taurus, Libra is your 6th house
• If your rising sign is Gemini, Libra is your 5th house
• If your rising sign is Cancer, Libra is your 4rd house.
• If your rising sign is Leo, Libra is your 3rd house
• If your rising sign is Virgo, Libra is your 2nd house.
• If your rising sign is Libra, Libra is your 1st house
• If your rising sign is Scorpio, Libra is your 12th house
• If your rising sign is Sagittarius, Libra is your 11th house
• If your rising sign is Capricorn, Libra is your 10th house
• If your rising sign is Aquarius, Libra is your 9th house
• If your rising sign is Pisces, Libra is your 8th house.

Example

The Sun in Libra and the 12th House

When the Sun is in the 12th house is shines a light on what is hidden there and the 12th house is associated with our karma, mental trauma, and emotional baggage. When the Sun is in Libra and the 12th house you find harmony when you examine the hidden parts of the mind with the intention of confronting and healing past trauma and releasing emotional baggage.  As you deal with your own long-standing issues, you may find that being around other people robs you of your energy and strength.  You can be more emotional and sensitive and avoid drawing any attention to yourself.  However, you can also be more compassionate and inclined to support and help others when asked.

Aspects

Aspects, or relationships between planets is another dimension of astrological interpretation that should be considered. For example, let us suppose that you have Jupiter at 2° Aquarius then this would mean that the Sun at 0° Libra is applying a trine to your Natal Jupiter. A trine is a type of soft aspect in which the energy or urge of one planet flows with the energy or urge of another planet. When the Sun trines Jupiter you're more confident and optimistic and our relationships improve. This is a time in which personal and financial opportunities can come to you.

- Carolina Dean 

MIPC: The Perfect 10 Love Spell

 Note: MIPC stands for Magic in Popular Culture and this is a series of posts in which I take a magical belief or practice from a work of fiction such as movies, books, comic books, or tv shows and analyze them against real-world magical beliefs and practices.

The Spell or Belief 

This Wiccan spell should be performed in a cemetery at midnight on Friday the 13th. Preliminary to performing this spell, you should spend some time in meditation for the purpose of writing a list of ten things that you desire most in the perfect lover.

For example

• sexy
• talented
• style
• nice eyes
• thick hair
• sense of humor
• attractive
• ambitious
• fun
• good taste

Form a circle of candles using a candle that is larger than the other to indicate North. Light the candles and smoke yourself with incense. Next, step inside the circle with your list. Invoke the Goddess and wait for a sign of Her presence. 

When you are ready, take a few hairs from your head and fold them in your perfect ten list towards you three times then burn the paper in the North candle and recite a spell [incantation] which you have written yourself such as:

"Venus, find for me a perfect fit,
a boy of beauty, talent and wit;
someone to love and to love me,
as you will, sop mote it be!"

Source:

The Perfect Ten (2017)
L. Philips 

Commentary

I would like to begin this commentary by stating that I found this book in my local dollar tree for (not surprisingly) a dollar! As soon as I saw it involved a gay boy looking for love and witchcraft was involved, I purchased it without another thought. Incidentally, this is the second gay-centric book that I found at the Dollar Tree, the other book being Love and Other Curses. I highly recommend both books. 

Let's begin our dissection of this spell by looking at the prescribed timing for the spell. The book advises the witch to perform the spell in a cemetery at midnight on Friday the 13th. 

• The Date - Fridays are good for love work. However, Friday the 13th is traditionally believed to be an unlucky day. 
• The Time - Midnight is a good time to cast a spell in Wicca or witchcraft. I was taught to perform spells at true midnight - a process which requires taking into account the times for sunrise and sunset on a particular day and performing your spell at the exact midpoint between them. 
• The Place - Cemetaries are places where the dead are buried, where you go to bury things and leave negativity behind.  I personally would never perform a love spell in a cemetery - unless I was petitioning an ancestor or other spirit buried there. The cemetery in this story was attached to a church so the teenagers probably thought of it as a holy place or a place of power where they can perform their spell without getting caught. 

Wiccans often smudge themselves with incense or sage or anoint themselves with holy water or oil prior to entering a magic circle. This is done to cleanse themselves. In this case, I would say that smudging yourself with incense prior to this spell is to cleanse yourself of your past relationships. 

Wiccans usually cast a circle prior to ritual in this case, the circle of candles represents the circle, but no actual circle casting is performed. 

The book does not give words for invoking the Goddess. If I were to cast this spell, I would tailor my invocation to the work at hand. For example 

Oh beautiful Venus, Lady of Delight,
I invoke your name tonight;
shower me with your magnetic beams
that I may find the man of my dreams! 

It's a good idea to write a list of what you are looking for and you can make it as long or as short as you like. However, keeping it to ten qualities gives you the opportunity to think about what you really want, or what is really important to you. The list also represents your intention. Burning your list sends your intention out into the universe so that it came come back to you in another form - your perfect ten! 

Folding the paper towards yourself is symbolic of drawing the person to you and adding your own hair is akin to letting a hound dog get your scent - that is, so your magically conjured lover cand find his (or her) way to you.  

Finally, spells (incantations) are often recited to support framing your intention. It is the "things said" that works with the "things done" - you are essentially putting your intention out into the universe in two languages. 

A good formula for writing your incantation is to keep it to four lines. The first two lines represent the issue or condition, and the second two lines describe what is needed or wanted to address your issue. For example, if I were to cast this spell, I might say

I call upon Venus above me,
to bring me a man who will love me.
a perfect ten who fits this bill,
so mote it be just as I will. 

and there you have it! 

- Carolina Dean 

MIPC: Removing the Curse of Avezuba

Note: MIPC stands for Magic in Popular Culture and this is a series of posts in which I take a spell, ritual, belief, etc... from a work of fiction such as a book, movie, comic book, or tv show and analyze it against real world magical beliefs and practices. 

The Spell or Belief 

Place 36 pins in a glass jar of water with holes poked into the metal lid. Place the jar upon a fire. As the water heats and boils chant: 

"Pastoo veedoo agrimente

Strike Avezuba and lift the hex!

Lama Samana Quana

Give me the sign!

Lama Samana Quana

Give me the sign!"

If the jar breaks, the curse is broken 

Gidget Season 1, Episode 18

'Like Voodoo' 1/13/1966 

Commentary 

First of all, we need to put this spell into context. At the beginning of the episode, Gidget finds that her new surfboard is missing. She walks along the beach looking for it only to find it leaning against a Gypsy's trailer with a for sale sign on it. Gidget tries to explain to the Gypsy woman that the surfboard is hers (her name is painted on the board) and that it was stolen. When the Gypsy refuses to return the surfboard, Gidget grabs it and runs away with her surfboard. 

The Gypsy woman then reaches down and grabs a handful of sand which she allows to slowly fall through her fingers as she invokes Avezuba saying...

"Avezuba!

Devil Wing. Master.  

Overturn her her head!

All fortune bad

No Peace, No Sucess

Until she bring it back.

Avezuba,

Curse she as I curse she

& give no place to hide! 

At first Gidget dismisses the curse but then she has a run of bad luck. She then looks through her father's anthropology books and find the above ritual to break the curse, which she dutifully performs. 

Who is Avezuba?

When I first began looking deeper into this ritual, I initially thought that Avezuba would turn out to be some made-up Devil like name for the show. However, during the curse of my research, I discovered that Avezuba is actually the Romanian name for Lillith, who according to legend was Adam's first wife and mother of demons. Therefore, the gypsy woman was invoking the name of Lillith to curse Gidget with bad luck, failure, and unrest. 

I attempted to learn more about Pastoo veedoo agrimente, however, I wasn't able to find any more information about the meaning of these words. Since I wrote the words as they sounded to me when I watched the episode, I may not have spelled them correctly. Since Avezuba is Lillith, I would suspect that Pastoo veedoo agrimente is one of the many, many names of God (Agla, Adonai, Yahweh, Tetragrammaton, etc...) used to counter her black magic. 

That being said, I also think that the above curse removal spell may be a (cleaner) adaptation of an old ritual that called for boiling the cursed person's urine in a pot into which has been places several bent pins. Supposedly when the urine evaporates the curse will be gone. In this case, the fire heats up the water, it begins to boil and breaks the glass thus breaking the spell. 

- Carolina Dean 

Full Moon in 17° Pisces

 

Full Moon in 17° Pisces 

9/10/22 2:58 AM 

Natural Chart / Whole Houses 

A Full Moon occurs when the Sun and the Moon occupy the same degree of opposite signs of the Zodiac. As you can see from the above chart the Sun is at 17° Virgo and the Moon is at 17° Pisces making this a Full Moon.

The Big Picture

Pisces is about what we hide from either ourselves or others. It is associated with the need to escape, to get away, to be introspective and nurture our own spirits. On the flip side, Virgo is about our routines, our responsibilities and service to others.

When the Full Moon is in Pisces, subconscious issues are more acute and we can no longer ignore or deny them. We are moved to confront and heal our subconscious issues, emotional baggage, and psychic trauma.  This is usually a time of introspection, meditation, and inner reflection.  Generally we have less energy than normal and our inner issues may grab at our attention through our dreams. For this reason, sleep may be less peaceful than usual as well.

With the Sun in Virgo, there's an equal and opposite energy at play here where others may come to you for some form of help. You may be called upon to put the needs of others above your own needs and you just don't have the energy or inclination to do so. This is a pattern of energy that we will see play out on a grand scale in the news, politics, and across social media but also in the lives of our friends, family, and ourselves.

How to Work with Full Moon in Pisces Energy

• take a digital detox by avoiding social media, email, or spending time on your cell phone
• start a dream journal, study your dreams for messages
• make a collage or mandala of your dreams
• study your natal chart
• get a psychic reading (tarot, astrology, bone reading, etc... )
• start a meditation practice
• engage in spiritual pursuits (journaling, yoga, affirmation, spiritual bathing etc...)
• schedule a therapy session with a qualified therapist
• practice self care
• learn to set boundaries

The Personal Touch

To better understand how the Full Moon in Pisces will affect you, you need to look at the natal houses which Pisces and Virgo occupy in your birth chart. For example, in my own chart Pisces is in the 5th House while Virgo is in the 11th.  Whereas the 5th house rules personal pursuits, usually creative in nature; the 11th house is about coming together with others to achieve a goal that is for the benefit of the world at large, such as a social or humanitarian cause. So for me the conflict will present itself as a desire to pursue personal creative projects vs the desire to do something for the greater good.

I would also look at the aspect the full moon is making to my natal chart.  At quick look my natal chart shows that the Full Moon in 17° Pisces is separating an opposition to my Natal Sun at 22° Virgo. Under this aspect, thoughts and feelings can be more at odds with each other. It is difficult for you to find a balance between what you feel you want and what you think you want; between personal needs and professional ones. Seeking help or advice from others is pointless as you don't feel their support. You could be attracted to someone unlike your usual type. While this can be exciting, it can also be disruptive and unstable.

Where does the full moon in 17° Pisces fall in your chart and who will this energy manifest for you?

- Carolina Dean