Image for Prophetic Dreams - Jupiter & Venus in Cancer and Moon in Pisces 

"And let there be made an image of dreams, which being put under the head of him that sleeps, makes him dream true dreams concerning anything that he hath formerly deliberated of; and let the figure of that be the figure of a man sleeping in the bosom of an Angel....

Moreover let it be made in Cancer ascending the Moon being received by Jupiter and Venus in Pisces, and being fortunately placed in the ninth house, and let there be writ upon it the spirit of the Moon." (Second Book of Occult Philosophy, chapter 50)

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486 - 1535) was court secretary to Charles V, physician to Louise of Savoy, a Catholic theologian, solider, knight, and philosopher. He became an expert on occultism as a student of Johannes Trithemius, the occultist and inventor of modern cryptography. Agrippa compiled an immense amount of information from Trithemius's manuscripts into his Three Books of Occult Philosophy. Some of the second book is derived from Picatrix and his work went on to have a significant influence on John Dee and many others. Agrippa sought to integrate all the occult sciences from the ancient world into the framework of Kabbalah, Hermeticism and Neoplatonism. 

In the Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy, attributed to Agrippa, it is recommended that planetary talismans be used during sleep to receive oracles from spirits. 

“But he that is willing always and readily to receive the Oracles of a Dream, let him make unto himself a Ring of the Sun or of Saturn for this purpose. There is also an Image to be made, of excellent efficacy and power to work this effect; which being put under his head when he goes to sleep, does effectually give true dreams of what things the mind has before determined or consulted on. The Tables of Numbers do likewise confer to receive an Oracle, being duly formed under their own Constellations. And these things you may know in the Second Book of Occult Philosophy.

“…and put a ring upon his finger, of the things above spoken of: let him take either some image, or holy table, or holy paper, and place the same under his head: then having made a devout prayer, let him go unto his bed, and meditating upon that thing which he desires to know, let him so sleep; for so shall he receive a most certain and undoubted oracle by a dream, when the Moon goes through that sign which was in the ninth House of his nativity, and also when she goes through the sign of the ninth House of the Revolution of his nativity; and when she is in the ninth sign from the sign of perfection. And this is the way and means whereby we may obtain all Sciences and Arts.” (Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy, Chapter 11, translated by Joseph Peterson)

 

These images were crafted while Jupiter and Venus were rising in Cancer, which is a gateway between the physical and spiritual worlds. They were engraved with the image of an eye inside the symbol of Cancer, which is a universal symbol for the Eye of the Soul.

Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius was a Roman philosopher who wrote two important works on the esoteric lore of the ancient world around 430 AD, Saturnalia and Commentary on the Dream of Scipio. Both are incredibly valuable because they are uncensored commentaries on subjects that suddenly found themselves suppressed by the newly empowered Roman Catholic Church. Saturnalia remains the most vivid account of the famous Roman festival. The Dream of Scipio is an influential work by Marcus Tullius Cicero (101 BC – 43 BC) a famous Roman Senator and philosopher who was educated by the Middle Platonists in Greece. It vividly describes the ancient view of dreams, the world of matter and the spiritual world being inextricably linked.

Macrobius says that the watery Cancer is the “womb” for souls entering the earthly sphere via the summer solstice and that Capricorn, the cold, earthy sign in which the winter solstice occurs, is the “exit” for souls leaving the earth. This is especially interesting because ancient societies as far back as the Stone Age carefully aligned henges and megalithic tombs with the solstice. He also says that the nearby constellation of Crater the Cup emanates an intoxicating influence on the descending souls, causing them to have amnesia at birth.

“When the soul is being drawn towards a body in this first protraction of itself it begins to experience a tumultuous influx of matter rushing upon it This is what Plato alludes to when he speaks in the Phaedo of a soul suddenly staggering as if drunk as it is being drawn into the body; he wishes to imply the recent draught of on rushing matter by which the soul, defiled and weighted down, is pressed earthwards.  Another clue to this secret is the location of the constellation of the Bowl of Bacchus (Crater the Cup) in the region between Cancer and Leo, indicating that there for the first time, intoxication overtakes descending souls with the influx of matter; whence the companion of intoxication, forgetfulness, also begins to steal quietly upon souls at that point.” (Chapter 12, 4)

The River Eridanus is also intersecting the waters of Cancer and this corresponds to the River Lethe, the river in the underworld bordering Elysium where souls drink the water of forgetfulness and lose memories of their prior incarnation. In the Roman world this constellation was considered the celestial counterpart of the River Po. Eridanus also had links in mythology to the Rivers Acheron and Styx and linked the heavens and underworld by encircling the earth.

Election Standard

Jupiter is rising in his Exaltation, 13 Cancer, often considered to be Jupiter’s most powerful placement. Venus is applying to conjoin Jupiter in 11 Cancer.

The Moon, the sect leader, sign ruler, first triplicity ruler and secondary significator, is in 0 Pisces, the 9th house of dreams and prophecy. She is applying to trine Jupiter as well as her sign ruler Venus with mutual reception. Here the lesser benefic Venus is acting as the attendant or spear-bearer for Jupiter, the greater benefic. The Moon is also conjoining the North Node, which Picatrix says amplifies the Moon's powers considerably.

The election standards are stringent. This is a rare instance of all of them being present. Jupiter is the second slowest moving planet after Saturn and is only in the Degree of Exaltation for approximately two weeks every twelve years. With the additional factors for the Moon and avoiding afflictions by the malefics, this is one of the rarest and most desirable elections available for many decades.

How They Were Made

Quartz, silver, gold, tin, brass, lapis lazuli and other gemstones were used. All of these are excellent materials according to later sources. I chose lapis lazuli not only for its beauty but because of its strong likeness to the sky. Its unique shades of blue, combined with pyrite flecks of gold and silver, bear a strong resemblance to the Sun’s rays and the stars.  When Jupiter began to rise in the Ascendant, all of the materials were quickly engraved with the symbols of Cancer and Jupiter. The images were carved and completed while the sign of Cancer was rising, per the Book of the Treasure of Alexander. They were suffumigated with frankincense, myrrh and Jupiter incense made from a recipe in Liber Razielis.

10 August 2025, 03:36 am