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PLANETARY HEXAGRAMS WITHIN ASTROLOGY WHEEL. The planetary energies can also be invoked into a ritual wheel. These invocations are hexagonal made up of an ascending triangle and a descending triangle. This means to invoke the planets we use triangles that are based on element. All invoking follows the course of the Sun and all banishing works counter to the direction of the Sun. I place these hexagrams in the astrology wheel because I find it easier to remember how to invoke and banish and at what position each of the planets sits.
I =invoking B=Banishing If we study the make up of the Hexagrams from the work of Israel Regardie1 we notice that the ascending triangle has Saturn at the apex in Capricorn and the base of the triangle is made up with Venus in Virgo and Mercury in Taurus. This creates an Earth triangle with all planets of rulership of the earth signs. However
1 Israel Regardie: The Golden Dawn Book 4 – p20 The ritual of Hexagram
the planets apart from Saturn are not placed in the sign of their rulership. Mercury and Venus are mutually receptive. The descending triangle has the Moon at the inverted base in its sign of Cancer. The two planets at the ascended baseline are Mars and Jupiter both in water signs: Jupiter in Scorpio and Mars in Pisces. Again we have an inverse of rulership positioning but this time by the nocturnal rulership placement of Jupiter and Mars. This concept of the Earth based triangle being solar-‐ as in daytime and the inverted triangle is a water triangle and rulerships are the night thus working the lunar energy means the hexagram operates in solar and lunar times. Invoking on any arm of these triangles follows the direction of the sun and banishing follows the reverse motion of the sun. As in the idea in all geometric shape connected with magic is the pair of triangles –one upright and one inverse symbolises as above, so below, as without so within. This concept is found in most symbols of planetary magick. To draw the hexagram, they are not continuous like the pentagrams. They are two distinct triangles so if we begin by
• Invoking Saturn we would draw Saturn to Venus to Mercury and back to Saturn. Then begin with the Moon to Mars to Jupiter and back to Moon. Invoking the Moon would draw the Moon triangle first.
• Invoking Jupiter would flow Jupiter to Moon to Mars back to Jupiter, then Mercury would begin the Earth triangle to Saturn to Venus to Mercury.
• Invoking Venus would run Venus to Mercury to Saturn back to Venus and the water triangle would begin with Mars to Jupiter to Moon and back to Mars.
• To invoke the Sun, you invoke the six other planets. Whichever planet you wish to invoke, the second triangle begins at the opposition planet. This means there are three oppositions represented in the two grand trines: Saturn opposite Moon Jupiter opposite Mercury Venus opposite Mars So what does this tell us? If we were reading a chart we would find these oppositions troublesome. Saturn / Moon is no laugh for anyone. Restricted emotion, or maybe what we are trying to do by invoking these planetary energies into our ritual or wheel space is to give the emotion structure. This would make sense with magick because one of its purposes is to contain “states “so we can learn the nature of how they work. We invoke into a set structure, circle or wheel that which we have defined, perform our ceremony which is to alter usually a mind state or situation and then release the energy and its form back to the Universe. The second opposition of Jupiter and Mercury is easier to understand because it expands knowledge and if you weren’t interested in expanding knowledge, you wouldn’t be studying this at all. Interestingly Mercury is in the Taurus so the opportunity to earth the knowledge exists and Jupiter in Scorpio expands it to great depth. They are also in the fixed wing of the triangles so the knowledge forms and stays in place. The third opposition of Mars and Venus seems to indicate an inclusion of the sexual self, exploring the masculine and feminine within us. Mars in Pisces is a
surprise because this is almost a non-‐functional place for Mars. If I had to pick the most difficult place to put Mars, I would choose Pisces. Mars nature has to swim or fire is deeply immersed in chaotic water. This pair also has to deal with mutability. Maybe this highlights to us the changing form of or sexuality. Now I must admit I put these hexagrams in the Astrology Wheel, Regardie doesn’t. He says one is a fire triangle and one is water, however if we want to place the hexagram in our Astrology wheel and I do because I believe it is a ritual wheel and I like to walk and mark out the hexagonal flow between the planets in a geometrical circle which is what our Astrology wheel offers, then the two triangles can not be fire and water. They can be feminine – earth and water, or if I rotate them slightly; masculine, air and fire. To get two perfect grand trines, one ascending and the other descending in our astrology wheel they can not be fire and water or earth and air triangles.
I=invoking and moves in the direction of the Sun B=Banishing and moves in the opposite direction. If I turned the hexagram into the masculine (see above) I would place Saturn in Aquarius as it once had a rulership of Aquarius and is considered the day ruler of Aquarius, Venus to Libra, its night rulership and Mercury to Gemini, then the Moon would got to Leo. Mars and Jupiter would move to their signs of rulership
Aries and Sagittarius respectively. This would make a hexagram of complete rulers except for the Moon. Maybe I would be tempted to switch it to the Sun ( Mr. Regardie rolls in his grave ) as this is a masculine hexagram and wow what a strong piece of planetary invoking this would create. I have to concede this is a hexagram of enormous power. Why would we use these hexagrams? To create these hexagrams and place them in the astrology wheel, I am following the work of magicians and trying to decipher how it applies to astrology if used as a magical practice today. According to Melita Denning and Osborne Phillips co authors of Planetary Magick,2 the planets evoke in us a stirring of the Deep Mind, far greater than the superficial level of the physical world. As if held within us from time immemorial all ancient wisdoms have placed the planetary wisdom as the most important. In their work they suggested we invoke the planetary energy in our magick work to trigger the notions’ of our desires held deep within us. If we are trying to use magick for healing or teaching we can evoke the symbols, words, colours or sounds of any planet to strengthen our case.
2 Denning &Osborne Planetary Magick – The Magical Philosophy Book 4