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Trees: Hazel, ash
Herbs and oils: Dill, fennel, parsley, valerian
Mercury rules Gemini, 22 May-21 June, and also Virgo, 24 August-22 September. In
magick it is most potent during those periods and particularly so for those born
under Gemini and Virgo.
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Thursday, the day of Jupiter, is good for all forms of increase and expansion,
whether improving fortune or career prospects or bringing promotion, power,
ambition and joy through fulfilment of objectives. Jupiter's influence may be
personal or more usually socially orientated; it is also potent for leadership, for
conscious wisdom, creativity, for extending one's influence in the wider world, for
idealism, matters of justice and the law, authority and altruism. Jupiter increases
what already exists, so can bring greater prosperity and abundance or success and
good fortune. It rules marriage, permanent relationships (both business and
personal), fidelity, loyalty and male potency in both the human and animal kingdom.
Ironically, Jupiter can lead to excesses, including greed, addictions and
obsessions, so it can also be used for banishing these.
Jupiter, known as the Sky Father, was the supreme Roman god, ruler of the universe.
Like Zeus, his Greek counterpart, Jupiter controlled the thunderbolts, which were
carried by his eagle, the noblest of the birds. However, he ruled not despotically,
but as the chief of a triumvirate of gods: the other two were Juno, his consort,
and Minerva, goddess of wisdom, who made up the feminine principle of deeper, more
instinctual wisdom.
Use the hour of Jupiter to profit from an opportunity to upgrade your life.
Element: Air
Colour: Blue/purple
Crystals: Azurite, lapis lazuli, sodalite, turquoise
Incenses: Agrimony, cedar, sandalwood, sage
Trees: Beech, oak
Herbs and oils: Borage, cinquefoil, coltsfoot, hyssop, mistletoe
Metal: Tin
Jupiter rules Sagittarius, 23 November-21 December, and is co-ruler of Pisces, 19
February-20 March. Jupiter spells are therefore especially potent in the period of
Sagittarius and Pisces and at all times to those born under these Sun signs.
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Friday, the day of Venus, is associated with love and all forms of love magick,
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especially to attract love. Because Venus rules harmony and peace, however, if the
success of a love spell depends on ruining another person's happiness and security,
it tends not to work without repercussions on the spell-caster.
Venus is also invoked for beauty, the arts, crafts and music, relationships,
friendships, blossoming sexuality, the acquisition of beautiful possessions and the
slow but sure growth of prosperity, for Venus rules all matters of growth. Like the
Moon, she can be invoked for horticulture and the environment; because she can be
associated with excesses of unwise love and romance, spells can be created in her
name to reduce the influence of destructive lovers and possessiveness. Also like
the Moon, the spells of Venus are potent for fertility and for matters of women's
health.
Venus is sometimes known as the morning or evening star and at her brightest she is
the most brilliant object in the sky besides the Sun and Moon. For this reason, in
many cultures she took the name of the goddess of beauty. She was Ishtar to the
Babylonians, Aphrodite to the Greeks and her Viking counterparts are the goddess
Frigg, the Mother Goddess, and Freyja, maiden goddess of beauty and love, after one
or both of whom Friday is named.
Spells at the hour of Venus are especially good for new love and the growth of
self-love, for if we do not love ourselves we cannot love others creatively.
Element: Earth
Colour: Green, pink
Crystals: Amethyst, emerald, jade, moss agate, rose quartz
Incenses: Geranium, rose, strawberry, vervain
Trees: Almond, apple, birch
Herbs and oils: Feverfew, mugwort, pennyroyal, verbena, yarrow
Metal: Copper
Venus rules Taurus, 21 April-21 May, and also Libra, 23 September-23 October. Venus
spells are especially potent during these Sun sign periods and for those born under
Taurus and Libra.
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Saturday, the day of Saturn, is potent for spells concerned with unfinished
business, and with endings that lead to beginnings. It is therefore a good day for
all slow-moving matters and for accepting limitations, as well as for overcoming
obstacles that are long-standing or need careful handling. It also aids lifting
depression or doubts, meditation, long-term psychic protection, locating lost
objects, animals and people and regaining self-control whether over bad habits or
emotions. It is also the planet of mystical experiences and of exploring the
unconscious depths of the individual and collective psyche and for past-life work.
Saturn can be used to slow down the outward flow of money and to encourage
repayment by those who owe you favours or money. It helps banish pain and illness
and brings acceptance of what cannot be changed.
Saturn is the shadow side of Jupiter, and offers the reality factor, the
constraints of fate, time and space, but also turns challenge into opportunity,
effort and perseverance. He represents the joy of Jupiter tempered by experience,
the expansiveness of Jupiter held in check by caution. Saturn was the Roman form of
Cronus, Greek god of time, who was deposed by his son Jupiter, after he had refused
to allow natural change and progression. But even this led to joy, because Saturn
was sent to Italy where he taught the farmers agriculture and engineering and he
established a Golden Age of peace and plenty.
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