DECAN WALK: GEMINI 1, EIGHT OF SWORDS – Part I

Crowley’s 777, roughly based on the Picatrix description, gives us a great image to work with for Gemini decan 1: “A beautiful woman with her two horses.” TWO: Gemini. HORSES: Jupiter, ruler of the decan. Some inspiration for this illustration was also drawn from Ibn Ezra, who says that the beautiful woman is “standing in […]

DECAN WALK: TAURUS 3, SEVEN OF DISKS Part II

This is Part II to the Decan Walk post for the third decan of Taurus and the Seven of Disks, introduced in Part I. As of today we are about 85% through this decan. Though the Seven of Disks is called “Success Unfulfilled” or “Failure,” there have been no real failures to report as of […]

DECAN WALK: TAURUS 3, SEVEN OF DISKS Part I

Taurus decan 3, in which warm and loving Venus is frustrated by cold indifferent Saturn…”Phase I, in which Doris gets her oats.” The image described in Crowley’s 777 for Taurus decan 3 is a challenging one: “A swarthy man with white lashes, his body elephantine with long legs; with him, a horse, a stag, and […]

DECAN WALK: TAURUS 2, SIX OF DISKS – Part II

This is the Part II update for the Taurus 2 decan which began with the prior post. This decan has been really great so far, and it is only halfway through. We found this statue above in a pile of composted leaves at the start of the decan. I think it is Joseph holding lilies […]