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what is an egregore?

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An egregore is a created being, all throughout history humans have been putting their energy and thoughts into mythology, deities, religions, people and concepts.

essentially the energy we give these concepts, let's it live, a formed thought, a group manifestation, normally not done intentionally.

An egregore does not need to be a god or a mythological creature, it can be political powers, celebrities, symbols and so on.

Due to the concept of an egregore, some people use it to their power, to create a god or deity, or a symbol.

an egregore is also an everyday concept, in many ways, something we don't fully realise either.

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this concept has always interested me, because through researching and learning about different religions, belief systems, symbols etc... many of them seem to have "proof" or proof that they "work" and a lot of them have a sense to it. And it made me think personally, as we are always told that there is only one correct religion. When really could the religion a person believes in ONLY apply to them since they give it that power? therefore technically everyone is right in their beliefs? On top of that, many of these religions, and belief systems seem to all co-exist with each other. But are we not told there is only one correct religion (whichever one that may be) then how come they all co-exist all with some sort of sense, all with history, and "proof" ? if you think about it simply as well, you simply will not apply religion to your life if you do not believe in it, therefore it will not be effective in your life. Religions state it themselves how important intent and belief is. moving from religion and spirituality, have you seen those friend groups, or movie tropes, where there's a "leader" of a group of people? well, that could also be seen as an egregore, since the people in the group give that person the power, the leader may have already made their position clear, and whos to question it? and once they break away they don't exist in that group normally, or the groups become different/broken down. the concept of an egregore is almost comforting and slightly scary for me personally, but it is nice to think that everyone's religion is right under this concept. Generally, I find this concept fascinating especially when you apply it to all the aspects of life.

what are planetary hours?

planetary hours are hours of the day which are ruled by planets, it derives from Hellenistic astrology.

planetary hours play a big role in magic, especially ancient magic rooting into many different times, places and cultures.

planetary hours are very useful as you can decide when to do certain things at, at what time to boost said action.

For example, if you want to do a spell regarding beauty, the hours of venus would be suitable, or if you want to decide what time to reflect over things, the hour of the moon would be best.

with the information of the planet, and the specific hour, you can boost the things you do, let's say it's a spell, and it's the Jupiter hour, you can tie in herbs, elements, symbols, colours and more to make your spell more meaningful and powerful.

but let's just say you want to do journalling what better hour than the moon to do it in?

from the "key of Solomon" a book dating back as far as the 14th century, it states what times magic should be performed at -

In the Days and Hours of Saturn: the summoning of Souls from Hades, but only of those who have died a natural death

In the Days and Hours of Jupiter: obtaining honours, acquiring riches, contracting friendships, preserving health

In the Days and Hours of Mars: experiments regarding War, to arrive at military honour, acquire courage, overthrow enemies, etc.; in the hours of Mars: summoning Souls from Hades, especially of those slain in battle.

In the Days and Hours of the Sun: experiments regarding temporal wealth, hope, gain, fortune, divination, the favour of princes, to dissolve hostile feeling, and to make friends.

In the Days and Hours of Venus: forming friendships, for kindness and love, joyous and pleasant undertakings, travelling; in the hours of Venus: lots, poisons, preparing powders provocative of madness, etc.

In the Days and Hours of Mercury: eloquence and intelligence, promptitude in business, science and divination, etc.; in the Hours of Mercury: undertaking experiments relating to games, raillery jests, sports, etc.

In the Days and Hours of the Moon: embassies, voyages, envoys, messages, navigation; reconciliation, love, and the acquisition of merchandise by water; in the hours of the Moon: making trial of experiments relating to recovery of stolen property, for obtaining nocturnal visions, for summoning Spirits in sleep, and for preparing anything relating to Water.

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Of course everyone has their own meanings and interpretations of the planets, new age astrology and old, so follow what is best for you, or even with your own personal meanings and thoughts!

Explanation of planetary hours -

so which hour correlates to which planet?

they change of course since the movement of the planets are changing, so luckily there's a perfect calculator you can use

https://planetaryhours.net/

it shows you the hours, day and night, the planet when the time starts and ends!

{all from what I've seen and know personally !}

I feel like this is pretty obvious but, I've found that people are most likely to get along and be able to converse more easily when they have 1-2 similar big three signs.

for example, 2 people in my life have the same rising sign as me, in their sun, and I've found I can talk and understand them really well, and just click with them generally?

people with Gemini in their big three really really like to talk about lots of different subjects and normally have a really grounded opinion on a lot of stuff, fun to have a conversation with.

I've found in my life personally a lot of Aquarius people I've met are very like raw? straight forward and ask really interesting questions.

air risings always change up what they like, what music they listen to their interests it never really sticks to one thing.

this is just something I've seen in my life but October Scorpios tend to be more introverted than November Scorpios. people who have more dominant Jupiter placements tend to have something they fixate on or subjects they're always looking into, or they just like to talk about a lot of subjects they like, with the correct information. people with lots of pluto placements tend to be very forward about certain things? not sure if that makes sense, but I have people I know who have lots of pluto placements and they are some of the most straightforward people, people who make sense, especially when it comes to people, they would probably ignore someone from the start who bothers them or who has red flags than entertain the idea of giving them a chance, which is quite sensible in a lot of cases.

okay, so I'm just gonna list some ways I've found useful throughout divining!

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- lighting candles with intent you can also use colour correspondence! or even make your own personal spell candle, it's quite simple, but simply lighting a candle with intent is powerful.

- crystals! this is an obvious one, big ones are always nice to put in your lap.

- frequencies this is one technique I've found really, really useful. If you just pull up any frequency you want on youtube and put it on in the background at whatever volume. I've found that it has made my readings so so much more accurate and it's easier to read and pull, it also makes it easier to concentrate as I have adhd.

- speaking out loud i really love this method, speaking out loud, or even whispering to the deck or whispering the question, talking to your deck, or just generally voicing your thoughts to the deck or out loud. - feeling the deck...? basically by this I mean, holding it and feeling the cards in your hands, I like to spread them out on the floor, or spread whatever I'm using on the floor like butter, if that makes sense? it's like becoming hyperaware of the things you're holding. - making a booklet or document of what you use to divine for example, if you use tarot, make a journal of it and what each card means to you specifically, make it personal. or if you are using numbers, bones, runes, etc.. start writing about it and take notes. for example - when does this card/symbol appear the most in, in readings, how does it make you feel, what does it mean to you, the colours, the shape so on and so forth.

divination can be done in many different ways, you can even make your own way of performing it with whatever objects and symbols, it really all comes down to the reader, you can have a pack of tarot cards or a pendulum but, in my opinion, if the reader can’t channel their intuition and intent then it’s really just a deck of cards and a crystal.