This hammering and heating, if it happens under a harmony similar to that celestial harmony which had once infused power into the material, activates this power and strengthens it as blowing strengthens a flame and makes manifest what was latent before, as the heat of a fire brings to visibility letters previously hidden which were written with the juice of an onion; and as letters written with the fat of a goat on a stone, absolutely unseen, if the stone is submerged in vinegar, emerge and stick out as if they were sculptured. Yes, and just as the touch of the broom or the wild strawberry excites a dormant madness, then perhaps hammering and heating alone brings out the power latent in the material, if it is done at the right time.
- Marsilio Ficino 
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Venus of the Fruitful Earth: Venus in Taurus Talisman Collection

Venus of the Fruitful Earth: Venus in Taurus Talisman Collection

For those of you who have been following along and participating in this ongoing talismanic journey, you know we’ve been courting stellar spirits through space, through time, and through the mythic for quite a while now. We’ve been traversing ancient lands, deep space, and the depths of the imaginal. And now, with Venus in Taurus, we return to the body.

I would say the Venus in Taurus talisman might be my most practical to date. Sometimes, when you wander the imaginal, you lose touch with your body, but your body never loses touch with you. Venus in Her most earthly expression, pulls you back into yourself and says, The mystery is right here.

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Spica: The Gift of the Goddess

Spica is the gift of the goddess, the stalk of wheat held by Demeter, the goddess of the Virgo constellation. Demeter, goddess of the earth and mother of all, brings sustenance and abundance to the living, and claims the dead as her own. Present at the sowing, heaping, and threshing of grain, she offers material nourishment through the gift of agriculture, and spiritual nourishment through her Mysteries. Spica is the wheat that is her gift to us, the very same grain held up by the hierophant at the climax of the Eleusinian Mysteries, revealing the eternal power of the earth to regenerate life.

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Bringing Wind to Your Sails — Aquamarine Sualocin Talismans

Bringing Wind to Your Sails — Aquamarine Sualocin Talismans

These talismans differ slightly from previous iterations. While the core Sualocin qualities remain—glamour, movement toward opportunity, and support through transition—their energy feels more calm. The phrase that came to me while meditating with them was: “bringing the wind to your sails.” A favorable wind to push you forward along your path.

This image brought to mind a scene from the Argonautica, when Jason and the Argonauts, sailing home with the Golden Fleece, are forced to navigate the Planctae, also known as the Wandering Rocks. These shifting sea cliffs are perilous, for they are reputed to crush anything that dares to pass between them. Concerned for their safety, Hera sends Thetis and the Nereids to guide the Argo, Thetis takes the rudder while the Nereids rise from the sea to surround the ship.

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Stellar Talismans

In Nature and all things; which these soft fires
Not only enlighten, but with kindly heat
Of various influence foment and warm,
Temper or nourish, or in part shed down⁠
Their stellar virtue on all kinds that grow

- John Milton, Paradise Lost