{"id":545,"date":"2012-04-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.wordpress.com\/?p=545"},"modified":"2012-04-17T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T12:00:00","slug":"seeking-the-natal-genius-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/17\/seeking-the-natal-genius-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking the Natal Genius II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost two weeks ago, the Saturday after Mercury went direct, I made a second attempt to contact my natal genius, whom I will hereafter refer to as ZG.\u00a0 In order to do so I drew a second, less inspired, Triangle of Conjuration and performed the operation at the appropriate Hour of Night.\u00a0 The sigil and name are blacked out for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n

\"triangles<\/a><\/p>\n

The Triangle on the right is the first; the left is the second.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In one sense, the evocation went well: I was able to produce a much clearer and more iconic drawing of ZG, and even to establish a certain degree of mental\/psychic rapport.\u00a0 She\u2019s a strange creature, whose imagery and iconography come from no particular time and place (though, given my own nature, what surprise in that?): bearing the wings ubiquitous of spirits in the Mediterranean and Near East, with a horned crown and clawed feet that remind one of the powers of Bronze Age Mesopotamia, a multiplicity of limbs evoking Indian gods, and a face which resembles something out of Hebrew tradition.\u00a0 The outline of the picture below was produced through a sort of automatic drawing, where I asked the spirit to appear to me and then waited to see what turned up on the page; the colors were added for aesthetic sake, but were not received during the communication.\"scan0002\"<\/a><\/p>\n

ZG<\/em><\/p>\n

On the other hand, the conclusion of the experiment was less than ideal: ZG used that psychic contact to inform me clearly that the approach I was taking was not working and would not work.\u00a0 Essentially, she dismissed me, and I am left with the relatively little information I acquired through the initial contact<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Is this a normal rate of progression?\u00a0 Am I doing something seriously wrong, or am I just so used to unusual degrees of success that I don’t know what to do with a more “natural” learning curve?<\/p>\n

Most importantly, I\u2019m still left with the primary question which led me to phrase my evocations the way I did: what the fuck do<\/em><\/strong> I do with my natal genius now that I\u2019ve found her?\u00a0 Given her Saturnian nature, should I ask her for help exercising discipline, especially in terms of time management?\u00a0 Since she is Scorpio, shall I enlist her aid in my plots and schemes?\u00a0 As much help as those will be, what little I have seen others write on the matter seems to imply that the nature of a natal genius is far broader than these things.\u00a0 Can anyone share some personal anecdotes or published sources for me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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