In his Three Books of Occult Philosophy the famous Renaissance astrologer and mage Cornelius Agrippa says that a Sun talisman, "[R]enders him that wears it to be renowned, amiable, acceptable, potent in all his works, and equals a man to kings, and princes, elevating him to high fortunes, allowing him to do whatsoever he pleaseth..."
The source of the Sun image is from Picatrix - the "Aim of the Wise", a medieval Arabic astrological grimoire that offers instruction in talismanic magic says, “The figure of the Sun is the image of a woman sitting in a chariot drawn by four horses, holding in her right hand a mirror and in her left hand a scepter with a seven branched candelabra over her head, made in [diamond or white sapphire] when the Sun is in his exaltation. Whoever carries this image will seem good to everyone and not be afraid."
"They made another Image of the Sun in a Diamond, at the hour of the Sun, it ascending in his exaltation; the figure of which was a woman crowned with the gesture of one dancing and laughing, standing in a Chariot drawn with four horses, having in her right hand a looking glass, or buckler [clypeum], in the left a staffe, leaning on her breast, carrying a flame of fire on her head; They report that this Image rendreth a man fortunate and rich, and beloved of all..."
As we can see the Sun talisman gives success, leadership and fame. But what other manifestations can we expect?
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