ecosophia | Magic Monday

It's getting on for midnight, so we can proceed with a new Magic Monday. Ask me anything about occultism and I'll do my best to answer it. With certain exceptions, any question received by midnight Monday Eastern time will get an answer. Please note: Any question received after then will not get an answer, and in fact will just be deleted. I've been getting an increasing number of people trying to post after these are closed, so will have to draw a harder line than before.) If you're in a hurry, or suspect you may be the 143,916th person to ask a question, please check out the very rough version 1.0 of The Magic Monday FAQ here. Also: I will not be putting through or answering any more questions about practicing magic around children. I've answered those in simple declarative sentences in the FAQ. If you read the FAQ and don't think your question has been answered, read it again. If that doesn't help, consider remedial reading classes; yes, it really is as simple and straightforward as the FAQ says.

The picture? I'm working my way through photos of my lineage, focusing on the teachers whose work has influenced me. Sylvester Gould, last week's honoree, was an active member of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, one of the more interesting occult orders of the late 19th century. (After many reorganizations, it's still around as the Church of Light aka Brotherhood of Light.) The H.B. of L., as most people called it back in the day, was founded by two British occultists, T.H. Burgoyne and Peter Davidson. The photo is of Burgoyne. It's also the photo of another gentleman, one Captain Norman Astley, who took over the reorganized H.B. of L. in America from Burgoyne, married another H.B. of L. adept -- the remarkable and talented Genevieve Stebbins -- and helped Benjamin Williams aka Elbert Benjamine aka C.C. Zain re-reorganize the H.B. of L. into the Brotherhood of Light aka Church of Light. Yes, Burgoyne and Astley were the same person. It's a complicated story. But Burgoyne and Peter Davidson, whom we'll be talking about next week, were among Sylvester Gould's teachers -- and behind them stands another and a considerably stranger figure.

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Wondering how everyone's 2022 numerology worked out as laid out in this series of posts last January? https://ecosophia.dreamwidth.org/164394.html

Last year was a 1 year for me and when I did focus and push on one project, I did get considerable (and unexpected!) success. This year is an 11 year so I've taken considerable time to do planning and preparation the past few weeks. In fact more planning and preparation than I ever do!

2023 is a 7 year for all of us where "things get weird" and unexpected things arise. I'm assuming this is a "we'll know it when we see it" situation and little point in predicting what would be unexpected?

Monochrome Cynical Sea Serpent

Chillingly accurate for such a simple divination I did! I wish I had payed more attention to it, it would have saved me from so much trouble with the ex mixed with my naïveté. It went kablam to such a degree that the shrapnel got hold of me 6000km away. Yeah, don't wish for partners, even quietly with that voice that runs in the background in the apparent privacy of your head.

For the same reasons I will hold-off this year's divination until I get the time it deserves this week. 😅

The word "shrapnel" paired with relationship makes for a visceral experience here. Hopefully that doesn't repeat this year.

Thank you, it won't repeat ever again; first and last.

It was very visceral and I am still removing the thorns, but I am grateful I got out in time, she is having to deal with the blowback of her impressively clueless magic, on her own, and there is no way I am saving her from that, for as much as I would like to. She got mugged at gun point a few weeks ago I am told. It's the only relationship I've had almost blindly with someone, not doing that ever again. My previous strategy got me meaningful partners in the years scale since I was about 16 so I am getting back to that one.

Last year was a 4 year for me, and certainly played out according to type. I notice that the 6 year quality of 2022 as a whole seems to have come into play, too -- most countries shelved their Covid restrictions and life reverted to a semblance of normality, though of course Russia and Ukraine didn't have so calm a year as a 6 would suggest! (Of course both those nations use the Cyrillic alphabet and I don't happen to know how numerology works with that alphabet.) Me, I'm ready for dramatic change as a 5 year begins.

A personal 5 year within a 7 year seems epic. Any idea what the dramatic change will be for you? I admire your welcomeness to it.

The way year numerology works, every 5 year for me will be a 7 year for the world. I'm used to it. ;-) In my experience, the best way to tackle a 5 year is to go into it with energy and enthusiasm, prepared to make positive change.

This is a good take as I’m having a 5 year too. I’m actually looking forward to it in a way. I understand there will be challenges but I’m also feeling… I don’t know, perhaps a little too comfortable, and I am ready for some change. Something is on the horizon, I don’t know what, but I’m ready to sink my teeth into it whenever it shows up.

That's the spirit! Mars rules the number 5, so if you approach the year with a warrior's mindset you can triumph.

Last year was a "5" year for me, and it was indeed a violent crisis year—my wife and I were both badly injured and indeed nearly killed multiple times. (I imagine "5" years aren't routinely that bad, and the crises involved may indeed be minor, but this one was very difficult for me.)

(In case you are a geomancer, my annual reading had Mars dancing all across the chart, too. I've been tracking numerology against my daily geomancy readings: it may be of interest to the community here that I've seen lots of various ways of assigning the planets to the numbers of numerology, but John Gilbert's is the only one that's worked consistently for me across a few hundred readings.)

That would make an interesting read in Conjunctio.

By the way, any idea if the admin is still active? I've tried posting but they never came through.

I'll make a note of it—I've kept all my readings over the last year and a half, with their numerological correspondences, so it shouldn't be hard to put a post together as time permits.

tunesmyth is still around, though he was dealing with crises of his own this last year and has been on something of a hiatus. He's been posting again recently, however.

Oh! Yes, I know tunesmyth I just didn't know it was him. That's good to hear, I hope everything is alright with him now.

If you do write it, I look forward to it. That's one thing I love about geomancy, it's archival out from the box and using coins is almost as good as using a set of wands or such.

For what is worth, my five year wasn't bad at all, but I did get a full-blown crisis and a couple fires to put out.

Edited 2023-01-03 01:25 (UTC)

Yeesh that is awful. Here’s to a peaceful 6 year for you both

Last year was a 9 year for me and brutal. It definitely had the end of a cycle vibe the numerology said it would.

I had originally expected it to be a 9 year, but that didn't fit at all. It was hardly a year of "completion" -- almost the exact opposite, if anything.

Switching my name number (from the equivalent of "Joseph Smith" to "Joe") both makes my name number fit me better and makes last year a 2, which also sounds right. Based on that, this year will be a 3 for me.

So I guess my takeaway is that once I properly calibrated my personal numbers it seemed to work.

(Also, to anyone who's completely lost regarding this whole thread, the old posts are easily found under the numerology tag off to the left.)

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