Astrology and Magic. Two things that go together like salt and pepper. When we look back through the ages, they always seem to have been intertwined, for matching what happens in the celestial spheres with what happens here on earth seems like such a natural interaction. But where does one even start? What things should one keep in mind if they want Astrology to be the major aspect of their Magical spells and rituals. Helping us through it is the Astrologer, Magician and Poet- Andrew Watt.
Andrew B. Watt is an Astrologer, artist, designer, writer, speaking coach, Magician, Poet and philosopher in western Massachusetts. Be sure to give a follow on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, check out his Etsy shop and if you delight in Andrew’s takes on Astrology on his Blog, you absolutely must support his work on Patreon, or grab yourself an Astrological consultation. For all that Andrew gets up to click the link below!
Show Notes
- Astral Magic in Babylonia by Erica Reiner – I’ve read sections of this and it is brilliant
- A Handy Guide to measuring the Sky
- Thoughts on Fr. Rufus Opus’ “Seven Spheres”
- Hipparchus
- Speculum Astronomiae by Albertus Magnus
- De sphaera mundi by Johannes de Sacrobosco
- Learning Astrology: An Astrology Book For Beginners by Damian Sharpe
- Astral Magic and Intellectual Changes “Astrological Images” and the Concept of “Addressative” Magic
- Sabians of Harran
- The Sabians of Harran and the Classical Tradition
- My Episode on Picatrix with Christopher Warnock – A must listen but also some Show Notes worth looking at
- Chris Warnock’s essential Website on Astrological Magic
- Antikythera mechanism
- Virtual Reconstruction of the Antikythera Mechanism
- Early Modern Astral Magic: Marsilio Ficino by Liana Saif
- De Umbris Idearum: On the Shadows of Ideas by Giordano Bruno trans. Scott Gosnell
- Speculum Lapidum: Some Reflections on Sixteenth-Century Intaglios and Astral Magic
- The Transformations of Magic: Illicit Learned Magic in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance by Frank Klaassen – Arabic Image Magic to Necromancy in Europe – Have I mentioned that this is one of my favourite books about Magic history?
- What is the Birth Chart of the United States? – Astrology Podcast and some excellent Show Notes here as well
- Analemma
- My episode on Astrology with Becca Tarnas is great listening and some absolutely essential Show Notes if you want to get started in Astrology
- Lunarium – If Astral Magic is going to be your thing, this is a website that you need to check out
- Planetary Hours Calculator
- Hours – Planetary Hours Calculator App for iOS
- 36 Faces: The History, Astrology and Magic of the Decans by Austin Coppock – fingers crossed a 2nd edition comes out soon
- The Mansions of the Moon: Electional Astrology & Astrological Magic by Christopher Warnock
- Visual Thinking Basics by Dave Gray
- In defense of the visual alphabet by Dave Gray
- Ed Emberley
- Sachiko Umoto
- The Baroque Cycle
- Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
What Magic is This? 
Hi, I was curious where Andrew got his planetary night rulerships from? I believe we usually consider each planet as ruling from dawn of their day till dawn the next day.
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Heya Kurt! I reached out to Andrew, this is what he had to say-
“It is a great question, and something that perhaps I didn’t make it clear as it needed to be.
In astrology, there are a lot of examples of “archons currently in charge”, and “archons”, and “sub-archons” and “magistrates”.
This is one of those.
So, today is Friday. Venus rules from dawn on Friday to dawn on Saturday. She’s the “archon presently in charge”. But from dusk to dawn, Mars is the sub-archon or archon or magistrate — Venus needs her beauty sleep.
Mars will wake her if it’s important enough for her to take full command of the situation, but otherwise he does what she’s left in her standing orders: promote sex, connection, diplomacy, creativity, networking. He’s doing Venus’ will, but in a Mars-like way.
So the planetary hours of Venus-Day are like duty-officers, under Venus’s direct command: they’re doing Venus’s bidding, in as Venus like a way as they can manage. At night, they’re doing Venus’s bidding under Mars’s direction: might be a little hotter, a little heavier, a little more aggressive and assertive.”
Hope this helps! We’ll definitely talk about it next episode!
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Wow, that’s a new one on me. Very interesting. Can he cite a traditional source for that?
Thanks!
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I haven’t been able to get ahold of Andrew right away but I’d recommend reaching out to him through his site here, just scroll to the bottom of the page-
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