SERVICIOS ADICIONALES:

As you have already learned, basic Astromancy is simply the assumption for your own use of the strengths you need. Any strength you need is readily available in the basic nature of people born at some specific time of the year. When a child is born into a certain environment, its very first observations of the world imprint it with certain characteristics. In order to get in tune with those characteristics, you should think not only of the animal in the nature bu t also of the first things a newborn child sees and hears, things th a t are dependent on the season of birth.

In order to help you magically bring to yourself the na­ tu re of another, you need to imagine yourself into the very being of th a t other nature. You also need to make for yourself amulets for each of the ancient months of the year. Figure 1-1 shows a full set of such amulets you can make for yourself. Appendix I to this chapter gives you some thoughts on how a person’s nature is modified by the time of year in which he is bom. We recommend you use these thoughts to immerse yourself totally in your new personality.

In order to accomplish the personality modification you seek, follow these steps ju st before th at most im portant date or other event with which you need help.

1. Decide which strength will help you. From Table 1-1 find the birthdate, the animal, and the astrolo'gical name and symbol th a t can help you.

2. Place the amulet for th a t time of year into a small bag of linen or natural cotton. Pin it to an undergarm ent over your heart, or suspend it around your neck.

RELEASING Y O U R A STR O M A N TIC PO W ER S 41 Jan 20 - Feb 18 Aquarius - Violet Feb 19 - Mar 20 Pisces - Lavender Aries - Scarlet Apr 20 - May 20 Taurus - Red May 21 - Jun 20 Gemini - Yellow Cancer - Amber Jul 23 - Aug 22 Leo - Orange Aug 23 - Sep 22 Virgo - Chartreuse Sep 23 - Oct 22 Libra - Emerald Nov 22 - Dec 21 Sagittarius - Blue Capricorn - Indigo If you find it too expensive to purchase a set of these amulets,

copy them on white card and color them as shown. Figure 1-1

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3. From the Appendix to this chapter, read the section on the time of year. Read it several times; if possible, commit to memory some key phrases from it.

4. Don’t forget to w ear clothing of the color appropriate to the time of year.

5. As you approach the situation you wish to control, imagine

a. th e animal and the way it behaves; b. th e time of year and w hat it means.

The first time you try Step 5, you may find it difficult; so we recommend for th a t first attem pt you sit quietly at home and do it. Reinforce your new nature every time you feel yourself slipping back or losing the strength you need. You can reinforce anywhere, by visualizing the animal and the time of year in your mind. Many people find th at the quiet and privacy of a bathroom is ideal for the reinforcing procedure.

Overcoming A ll Your Problem s

Many people are so weighed down w ith their problems, and feel so strongly th a t those problems are insurmountable, th at they never attem pt to change their nature or their lives. They are almost afraid of change! In most of these cases, using a ram image is all th a t is needed to shake them loose once and for all from such a defeatist pattern. Most real prob­ lems become overwhelming simply because they loom so large in your life th a t you lose sight of the re st of the world. An effective way of getting your problems in perspective is to use the ram -energy image. A nother efficient way is to find some­ one who is worse off than yourself, and help him out of his difficulties. There are newspaper stories every day of people who have suffered birth defects or accidents, but through sheer willpower have recovered and made new lives for them ­ selves. Often these lives are b e tte r than the life they led before their loss. The handicap shook them loose from their humdrum life. Because of it, they had to be exposed to new

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situations and new people; they found new strengths in their natures which allowed them to succeed where they might otherwise have been failures. Probably one of the most inspir­ ing multiple-amputees in history is the present head of the V eterans’ Administration, Max Cleland. H ere is a man with only one arm and no legs—who heads a major government agency. W hat would you think of life if you were suddenly to lose both your legs and most of one arm ? Wouldn’t th a t make you worse off than you are right now? By helping others, and by seeing how those who are worse off than you have suc­ ceeded, you get your own problems into perspective and can Astromantieally deal with them one at a time, selecting each time the nature you need to use to overcome most easily th at specific problem. Probably the only real handicap you m ust combat and conquer is a certain lack of strengths implicit in the date of your birth. Isn’t it b etter if you s ta rt now to improve your life than if you wait for some catastrophe to hit you?