astrolocherry:

Moon in Aquarius – The Moon and Her Madness

“Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.” – Edgar Allan Poe

Those born with their Moon in Aquarius tend to be innately concerned with social justice and wider humanity.They are scatterers – they scatter their love amongst the whole of humanity. Feelings and the emotional reality of a situation are often ignored or discounted and they prefer to remain free spirited and collectively observant. The will instantly reject any feeling they deem wrong – jealousy, greed or sadness for example. 

The Moon in Aquarius is often creative and futuristic in their approach. They have a love of music art and literature. Blessed with a generous flow of ideas, Lunar Aquarians have the ability to grasp magic in both the theoretical and ethereal worlds. They always seem ahead of their time, in fashion, social trends and technology, and seem to be innately gifted with science and communication. The Moon in Aquarius experience flashes of genius, they can express themselves with acute clarity and sharpness. 

 Lunar Aquarians fiercely guard their independence, and will retaliate against any form of confinement, although without social contact they will self destruct. Their rebellious nature may not be so outwardly present, but their close friends and family will know the electrically charged hidden eccentric that lies within. The detached nature of a Moon in Aquarius provides insight to the bigger picture of any situation. They tend to be friendly, open minded and nurturing and easily find common ground. They love being around like minded individuals who share the same values and opinions. Lunar Aquarians are well informed, knowledgable and abstract. 

Although the Lunar Aquarian may appear emotionally self-sufficient or above all the destruction, their denied feelings can result in physical problems. The Moon in Aquarius is characterised by a need to better reality and the dream of equalizing all social injustice. They just cannot understand why we don’t live in a perfect world.

The Devil and Witchcraft

juniperqueerwitch:

ioqayin:

(In response to someone’s blog post, but I thought I would post it for the rest of you, too.) 

The Devil, that Old Spry Goat, is, basically, central to witchcraft. We can not escape him. We are eternally tied to him, and he to us. It is impossible to not be connected to him in the minds of cowans.

Now, to traditional witches the Devil is not an entity of evil. He is nature itself. Cruel at times, but also beautiful. Constantly shifting, turning, churning. As witches, we learn to read his signs, and know what is coming so that we can avoid it. In this we are both servant and master of the Devil.

He is the antithesis of the Christ. Where the Christ is compassionate to all, the Devil is compassionate to few. Where the Christ suffers, the Devil rises above and thrives. Where the Christ suppresses, the Devil liberates. Where the Christ is a Lamb, the Devil is a Goat. 

The Devil is Nature. In the bible it is stated that he is the Lord of Earth. It was believed by early Christians that Nature was evil, and of the Devil. Which is why the Mormons destroyed Utah. Sigh…environmental history. 

Anyway, the pagans revered nature (late animists, you know). Witches are of nature, and give in to natural pleasures. Therefore: they were connected with the Devil. They also confessed to be in league with him, so there was that, too. 

The Devil also freed us from our mindless enslavement. In many traditional witchcrafting traditions, the Serpent of the Garden of Eden is revered, and upheld as the Liberator of Mankind. To quote the late, great Chumbley:

“Eat of the Forbidden Fruit, and ye shall be as Gods! Eat and ye shall be Wise! Said the Serpent unto the Maid…”

And Ouspensky on the Devil card in the Tarot says: 

“And I heard the voice of the Devil: ‘I am Evil,’ he said, ‘at least so far as Evil can exist in this best of worlds. In order to see me, one must be able to see unfairly, incorrectly and narrowly. I close the triangle, the other two sides of which are Death and Time. In order to quit this triangle it is necessary to see that it does not exist. 

‘But how to do this is not for me to tell. For I am the Evil which men say is the cause of all evil and which they invented as an excuse for all the evil that they do. 

‘They call me the Prince of Falsehood, and truly I am the prince of lies, because I am the most monstrous production of human lies.’”

Many who revere the Devil know he does not exist. Or, rather, can not be worshiped, or summoned, invoked, et cetera. He exists, surely, in an animistic way. He is a spiritual concept. An idea to rally around. But, he is also nature, and our natural selves. If we do not tend him, feed him, give in to him, and learn to control him, we will be controlled by him. As witches, we must understand the Shadow. We must dance with the Devil in Pale Starlight, become him, if we must, in order to control how he affects our lives. 

We are witches. We should have no fear of concepts like “eternal punishment”, or “the devil coming to steal our soul”. Or even of the big man upstairs. The Devil defies him, and so do we. Witches defy the civilized order of things. Ah! To quote the beautiful Jack Parsons:

We are the witchcraft […] We are on the side of man, of life, and of the individual. Therefore we are against religion, morality and government. Therefore our name is Lucifer. 

The Devil is the Great Liberator. Drink from the horse’s hoof, and praise his name, and he will never have need to harm you. To be a witch is to be of Him, whether you like it or not. Might as well give in, and pass through the Shadow to the Light. 

The Devil is nature, is the shadow, is all of us.

badrockpuns:

higgsboshark:

The thing about knitting is it’s much harder to fear the existential futility of all your actions while you’re doing it.

Like ok, sure, sometimes it’s hard to believe you’ve made any positive impact on the world. But it’s pretty easy to believe you’ve made a sock. Look at it. There it is. Put it on, now your foot’s warm.

Checkmate, nihilism.

#yelling into the void#also knitting into the void#now at least the void has socks

astranemus:

“For example, we often hear that necromancy was outlawed because it was a devilish practice that depended upon the power of Satan for its effectiveness. What you do not hear is that necromancy was an aspect of ancestor worship, and that part of outlawing it involved making it illegal to bury your family members on your own land. Suddenly, you were required to bury your dead in Church-sanctioned graveyards. This effectively removed one of your most solid claims to ownership of your ancestral land. It was no longer the place where you could prove your forefathers lay buried. It made it easier for authorities to come along and kick you out of your home and take state ownership of the land your family had left to you. This also supported the ultimate goal of breaking up family clans, and the political power and wealth that often went along with them.”

— Aaron Leitch, Folk Tradition and the Solomonic Revival; At the Crossroads