Author: Hadron Templeton

  • Gemini

    Key phrase: I changePositive Attributes: Quick-witted, Versatile, Adaptable, Social, Expressive, Inquiring, Inventive, Intelligent.Negative Attributes: Too changeable, scatterbrained, conniving, fidgety, unable to focus Symbol The Twins Element Air Modality Mutable Tarot Trump The Lovers (Atu VI) HOGD associated Hebrew Letter Zayin (the sword)

  • Taurus

    Key phrase: I remainPositive Attributes: Stable, Dependable, Practical, SensualNegative Attributes: Short Tempered, Bull-headed, Slow, Stubborn, Possessive, Materialistic Symbol The Bull Element Earth Modality Kerubic / Fixed Tarot Trump The Hierophant / Pope (Atu V) HOGD associated Hebrew Letter Vav

  • Aries

    Key phrase: I startPositive Attributes: Starting, Quick, Eager, Courageous, Independent, ImpulsiveNegative Attributes: Quick Tempered, Overbearing, Violent, Egotistical, Impatient, doesn’t follow through. Symbol The Ram Element Fire Modality Cardinal Tarot Trump The Emperor (Atu IV) HOGD associated Hebrew Letter Daleth (Thelema: Tsadhe)

  • Replacing Franz Bardon: The new 4 humours

    Franz Bardon and the Four Humours: Outdated Theory, but Timeless Practice Franz Bardon, one of the most influential figures in modern Hermetics. At least he directed much of my own spiritual learning over the last 20 years. I acquired his book around 2007/2008 on recommendation from a friend after I had finished a more teen…

  • What is the circle on the birth chart?

    When you request a birth chart very often you are presented with a chart similar this. But what actually is this circle? The earth and the other planets all mostly move in a flat plane in circular orbits around the sun. The circle is these orbits from the perspective of the earth. From the Earth…

  • How the Zodiac Ruling planets are laid out

    Each of the zodiac signs are often associated with a personality. We often talk about them being a certain time of the year like 20th March to 20th April. This is when the sun appears to be flying through that sign in the sky. When the sun is in a sign it’s often hard to…

  • Periclinus de Faustis / Pericline Faust

    The phrase “the Mystic Title of Periclinus (Pericline) de Faustis” appears to be a Latin-derived mystical or initiatory title used within the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ritual for the Zelator. The Zelator is the second initiation in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn’s outer rituals. While the first ritual simply introduces the…

  • Boaz and Jachin – the Black and White pillars

    Have been to a ritual where there was a white column and a black column and no-one bothered to tell you what they mean? You might be entitled to compensation… just kidding. So you might have come across these columns before. You see them on the High Priestess tarot card from Smith-Rider-Waite deck, labelled with…

  • Light dawning in Darkness: Light of a Golden Day

    In Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ritual, this is the name of the guardian of the East where the initiate will be presented to receive enlightenment. The role played by the Hierophant in the Neophyte ceremony of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Hierophant guards the pathway into the light in the…

  • Darkness: Great one of the path of Shades

    In Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn‘s Neophyte ritual, this is the name of the guardian of the West. The role played by the Hiereus in the Neophyte ceremony of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Hiereus guards the pathway into the darkness in the West. The initiate is challenged on the point…