Conjunction appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Alchemy
Conjunction
Conjunction (joining the opposites) is an alchemical entry of water, ruled by Venus and Moon, in the Hermetic Western tradition. It is used for union, reconciliation and balance.
The three primes and the seven operations of the wet path.
Correspondences
Practice
- Magical Uses
- UnionReconciliationBalance
Nature and meaning
- English
- joining the opposites
Details
- Keywords
- UnionMarriageReconcilingBalance
- Stages
- The coniunctioReconciling oppositesUnion
Aspects
Orb is a modern convention; traditional sources used 6-12 degrees depending on the bodies. A conjunction to the Sun is combustion and weakens the other body unless it is cazimi (within 17 minutes).
Practice
- Magical Uses
- ConsecrationBindingBlending two forcesCharging a talisman with a planetNew beginning
Nature and meaning
- Nature
- Mixed
- Meaning
Two bodies occupy the same degree: their natures merge. The stronger one colours the weaker; the weaker modifies the stronger. The conjunction is the most powerful aspect and the least objective — the person does not experience it as a relationship between two things but as one thing.
Details
- Glyph
- ☌
- Angle
- 0
- Orb
- 8
- Keywords
- UnionFusionEmphasisBlendingIdentity
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Referenced by 7
Every entry that names Conjunction, grouped by the system it comes from.
More in Alchemy
The entries either side of this one in the same catalogue.
- Separation Separation (separating the parts) is an alchemical entry of air, ruled by Mercury and Saturn, in the Hermetic Western tradition. It is used for discernment, clarity and boundaries.
- Fermentation Fermentation (the slow rot that lifts) is an alchemical entry of earth, ruled by Venus and Jupiter, in the Hermetic Western tradition. It is used for patience, inspiration and renewal.
- Dissolution Dissolution (dissolving) is an alchemical entry of water, ruled by Moon and Neptune, in the Hermetic Western tradition. It is used for grief work, surrender and dissolving.
- Distillation Distillation (rising and returning) is an alchemical entry of water, ruled by Moon and Mercury, in the Hermetic Western tradition. It is used for purification, essence work and focus.
- Calcination Calcination (burning to ash) is an alchemical entry of fire, ruled by Mars and Sun, in the Hermetic Western tradition. It is used for release, humility and burning away.
- Coagulation Coagulation (the body made new) is an alchemical entry of earth, ruled by Saturn and Sun, in the Hermetic Western tradition. It is used for manifestation, completion and grounding.
New entries, when they land
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