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Working with St. Expedite — Altar, Offerings, Prayers, Specific Applications

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Saint Expedite is a powerful and efficacious spirit, turned to throughout the globe for quick results and material intercession, especially in the case of emergencies. Most famed for delivering fast cash and bringing a swift end to lawsuits and bureaucratic nonsense, he can also be called upon to expedite the results of other magical work and prayed to for all manner of manifest results. Specific applications are listed at the bottom of this article.

For an introduction to the figure and back story of St. Expedite, see the description text for the series of magical materia we’ve created in his honor. These were constructed to talismanic standard during the full Moon in Gemini 2018 on a particularly potent Mercury-Jupiter conjunction in Sagittarius, giving our patron Saint a battery pack of planetary power to further aid his ability to manifest the fastest, most favorable results.

Note that using our Expedite offerings is not a requirement for working with this spirit, or for the instructions and prayers presented in this article. If you have them, wonderful — use them! If not, work with what you have.

Priming the Pump

If you’re looking to work with Expedite, it’s likely the case that you already know what you want or need help with and are ready to dive right in. Even if you don’t, you can still set up an altar and present offerings to him on Wednesdays to start seeding the relationship and building rapport for when the time comes. He’s a great spirit to keep on retainer, and can be a motivating, energizing influence to share space with.

More on the formation of requests and specific applications can be found below, but first, let’s delve into establishing Expedite’s base of operations within your sphere.

Altar Construction + Placement

Expedite is a hot way-opening figure who prefers to be placed beside doorways. The more primary the entrance the better, whether indoors or out — the front or back door is ideal. I recommend to keep Expedite altars out of the bedroom, because his activity can cause sleep disturbances.

Since St. Expedite is such a yang figure, his altars are most appropriately positioned in the South, East, or in the direction of your Sheng Chi, which is the direction of personal prosperity according to your birth in classical feng shui. In the case you don’t have direction options based on the door or other practical considerations, don’t worry about direction.

His altar cloth should be red or white, but you can always use paper, a placemat, or a decorative platter as a fallback.

You will need an image or statue of St. Expedite. You can print your favorite from Google Images or procure a statue, many fine specimens of which are available through Amazon. In a real pinch, you can pull his image up on your phone and place it on the altar as you make your requests, though that’s obviously not ideal for establishing an ongoing relationship.

Expedite has a fondness for triplicities, so many guides recommend situating your image or statue of Expedite in the center back, and then using a single candle in front on one side and a glass of water in front on the other, making a triangle formation. That’s the simplest layout of an Expedite altar, but far from the only way they can be arranged. Any way that looks pleasing and feels good to you should work great.

Offerings

The two most basic offerings for Expedite are the aforementioned candle and glass of water. The bigger and more important your request, the more in the way of offerings you should give, to the degree you are able. The full list of favored/ common Expedite offerings includes —

Candle(s)
Glass(es) of water
Slice(s) of poundcake. Sarah Lee is rumored to be his favorite, which can be found in the frozen desserts section of many grocery stores, but homemade or other brands will no doubt suffice
Red flowers, especially roses
Red wine
Palm fronds

You do not have to give all of these at once. In fact, it works better to “pay” St. Expedite half up front and half upon delivery of your request, to incentivize him to act even faster. The following ritual structure and prayer is arranged to accommodate this, but feel free to deviate to what makes most sense to you.

Other Expedite lore advises that you flip your icon of Expedite upside down while he’s in the process of fulfilling your request, the theory being that he’ll move quickly in order to get turned rightside up again. This is obviously easier to do with an image than a statue, and is entirely optional. I’ve never worked that way because it feels, uh… rude. But to each their own!

Appropriate Altar Items

Other items at home on Expedite altars include —

Coins
Paper money, mock money, and checks
St. Expedite oils, incenses, perfumes, and other materia made in his name
Small living varieties of palm, bamboo, or plants with red flowers
Items that are red, green, and/ or gold
Skeleton keys and lock picks
Crow feathers
Holy water, crosses, rosaries, or other Christian iconography and implements
Tarot cards and items related to your specific (and current) requests
Dice or playing cards
A bell, for ringing at the beginning and end of your petitions

Timing — St. Expedite + Astrology

In an ideal world, it’s best to establish a new Expedite altar (or clean and re-arrange one), along with give offerings and make requests on Wednesdays, his customary day, as well as the day of Mercury.

Most approaches to planetary magic are, well… planetary in nature, but because space-weather impacts everything (for better or for worse), it’s best to bring appropriate timing to all magical operations to increase their efficacy. Practical magic is but an odds game, at the end of the day.

St. Expedite is a spirit so you don’t have to use particular timing at all to work with him, but if you do, the results he delivers will be even better.

You can tie St. Expedite into your planetary magic work by pairing your requests with the house rulers of your natal chart, and using those periods of time to make offerings and prayers.

For instance, if you are asking for money and your second house is Pisces, Jupiter is the planet that has the biggest ability to impact your finances. Use the day of Expedite (Wednesday) or Jupiter (Thursday) in the hour of Jupiter for your prayers and offerings.

Quickly for those who don’t know what the houses correlate with —

1st = Self overall, body, personal presentation
2nd = Financial matters, material assets
3rd = Your day-to-day, short distance travel
4th = Your household or base of operations, point of origin, family
5th = Luck, creative pursuits, children, things you do for fun
6th = Health, habits, expenses, pets
7th = Spouse, business partners, close 1:1 relationships, outside world overall
8th = Debts, shared resources
9th = Higher education, long distance travel, religious and philosophical pursuits
10th = Career, prominence, reputation
11th = Online networks, social groups and communities, hobbies
12th = Psyche and subconscious

And the planetary rulers of each sign —

Aries and Scorpio = Mars
Taurus and Libra = Venus
Gemini and Virgo = Mercury
Cancer = Moon
Leo = Sun
Sagittarius and Pisces = Jupiter
Capricorn and Aquarius = Saturn

Planetary hours can be calculated online or using smart phone apps, such as Time Nomad, free for iPhone.

Forming Your Request

Be as specific as possible with your petitions and prayers. Contemplate exactly what you need/ want and consider writing it down to read during the ritual, since phrasing is such an important aspect of communication between all beings, and can deeply impact how your results manifest. Basic considerations include —

♰ What is your final objective?

♰ Who does this request involve, other than yourself?

Give their full name(s) or the title of their position. For instance, if you are seeking a promotion at your current job, name your manager or the person who will make that determination. If you are seeking general employment, something along the lines of “Make my future boss hire me immediately, and have me start work right away!”

♰ Where is the setting this will play out in?

Mention the location or stage the ritual there, if possible. If you are trying to sell your house, say something like “Make this house at 123 Expedite Way in California sell immediately! See that I have many offers over the asking price, and make closing as fast and easy as possible! Get the money from the sale into my account immediately!”

Use your Expedite materials in that location to draw his presence and empower his influence over the space, especially on Wednesdays.

♰ When does this need to be achieved by?

Generally speaking, it’s best to request “today!”, “now!”, “the soonest possible!”, and “without delay!” even if there is a deadline farther out. Expedite responds well to emergencies, so even if something is a desire rather than a need, form the request as imminently pressing regardless, and demand results at quicksilver speed.

♰ Why do you need to achieve this?

If you would like to further flesh out your petition, you can present reasons to Expedite about why you need something done, to add more emotional weight and urgency. An example would be “I need $2,000 to pay my rent, to keep a roof over my family’s heads and feed my children!” Don’t focus too much on the negative, and be careful with your phrasing so as not to consolidate difficulties.

General Petition + Prayer to St. Expedite

Have your request formed and offerings prepared, ready beside the altar. The following script can be downloaded to add your own petition and print underneath the prayer text. You can also write your own, or look up hundreds of other St. Expedite prayers available on the internet.

A word you should know how to say is “HODIE”, which means “today” or “at the present time” in latin, which marks Expedite’s cross. It is pronounced (h)o•dee•aay – with the ghost of an (h).

Listen —

Present prayers and offerings in a heartfelt manner, and address the spirit as if it were actually there in front of you, in the same way you’d give a gift and speak to someone with whom you have much respect, reverence, and regard for. Begin by lighting the candle(s) and incense, if you are using it. Here is a petition script —

Saint Expedite, Saint Expedite, Saint Expedite!
[Ring bell or knock three times on the altar]

I call you, here and now, and pray for your intercession!

You who acts immediately, and is reliable in times of need!
You, dressed in the red and gold colors of a Roman centurion
Holding high your sacred cross, marked HODIE!
Bearing a palm frond, showing all God’s children the triumph of Spirit over matter

Expedite, who heard the crow shout “tomorrow”,
Expedite, who denied the beast — stepping upon it
Exclaiming “TODAY”!

Come to my aid, glorious martyr! Deliver me this, my prayer and petition —

[Speak your desire; place your petitions or sigils]

I make you offerings of… [place them on the altar if not already there, and say them aloud: flame, water, poundcake, flowers, and…]

In return for your faithful service, and upon delivery of said needs,
I will give you further offerings and sing your praises to the heavens,
For all should know of your power and splendor!

Expedite, Leader of the Thundering Legions
By the glory and grace of your Special Providence
Find a way. Go forth, make it so!

This instant!
HODIE, HODIE, HODIE!

Amen!

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Upon Receipt of Requests, and Disposal of Offerings

As far as offerings go while your requests are pending, leave them on the altar for as long as you desire, but remove them before they rot or wilt. When it comes to disposal of offering water, if you have house plants (especially palms!), water them with it (more on that in specific applications below…). For other offerings, put them outside for animals to feed on or to compost.

When you get the results you asked for, make sure to return to Expedite’s altar and give him the further offerings and praise you promised (if you did). It can be as simple as placing the offerings there and telling St. Expedite, from the bottom of your heart, “thank you”.

Expedite loooves to be publicly recognized. It’s customary after he delivers your request to sing his praises and tell others about him. This is one of the ways of offering to him upon making manifest your requests and prayers.

This can be done on social media by posting pictures, praises, and hashtags, or done the old fashioned way, in person. In South America some people hand out prayer cards on the street by the hundreds!

Growing a Business

If someone wants to increase their business, it follows that they likely also want to increase their income and social media followers. In the case that you want many things at one time, don’t just present Expedite with a list of demands.

Ask for the biggest, most final form of your goal, which if achieved means the smaller things also ended up happening — or that they didn’t matter as much as you thought.

For instance, some people have tens or hundreds of thousands of social media followers but very little sales conversion, while others have much higher conversion rates and higher paying clients, but don’t seem as successful from a “social proof” perspective. Focus on what will make the biggest positive difference in your life, not on what looks cool from the outside.

The most important thing about owning a business is generally related to the income they bring in, so if that’s the case for you, keep that your focus for your main petition. Use other forms of supportive magic, such as sigils and shoaling, for the more specific, smaller stuff, and ask Expedite to quicken and make manifest your sigils, which you should keep around his altar.

Note that magic works best when it’s supported by mundane action. All magic does is increase the likelihood of pulling something off, so you need to stack the deck in your favor by doing everything else in your power to make your business successful on a practical level.

Success magic is the cherry on top of all the other hard work you need to put in, in order to make that success possible in the real-world.

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If possible, establish an Expedite altar inside the business. It’s very common for Chinese and Thai restaurants to feature small shrines on the counter, but they can also be hidden away in cabinets or back rooms. It doesn’t have to be large, but giving Expedite a base of operations in the establishment will empower his ability to increase your business.

If you can’t locate it in the business, have an altar to make offerings for him at home and bring an image or prayer card of Expedite into the business as a satellite. Put this somewhere near the door or in the cash register.

Set a goal for what amount of increase you would like, whether it’s earning $X more per month, getting X amount of new clients, or any other important metric. Add those details to the prayer, and begin saying it every Wednesday until your results are achieved. Then set another set of goals.

Material applications can also include —

Burning Expedite’s Incense in your place of business every Wednesday
Anointing the door knob with Oil of Expeditus every morning when you open; anointing a large bill you always keep in the cash register
Spraying his Holy Water around the cash register
Wear Golden Blessings of St. Expedite perfume to work
Keeping a palm or bamboo plant in the establishment that you feed with Expedite’s offering water

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If you have a dedicated office you do most of your work in, locate your Expedite altar there if possible. If not, have one in your home and keep his image or a St. Expedite prayer card near the office doorway or beside your computer.

Material applications can also include —

Anoint the edge of your business cards with Oil of Expeditus or lightly mist his Holy Water over them, keeping them on his altar until you need to use them
Keep a palm or bamboo plant and put your business card underneath (or mark the pot with the name and website address of your business), and feed it with Expedite’s offering water
Wear Golden Blessings of St. Expedite perfume while you work
Burn Expedite’s Incense in your office every Wednesday
Print your natal chart and anoint the 10th and 11th houses with Expedite’s oil

Bring a St. Expedite altar box set (or whatever you’re able) to construct a small, portable altar in your vending booth. Under the table works well. You can also get a medium or larger size cash box and reserve one portion of it for a miniature Expedite shrine. If none of that is possible, just an image or prayer card inside your cash box will suffice.

After set up or before the start of sales, take a moment to pray to Expedite with whatever your desired amount of income or sales generation is. Give the offerings there that you are able, or promise to provide them after delivery of results.

Material applications can also include —

Anoint your booth cloth and the edge of any business cards or promo material with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist them with his Holy Water
Dust the base of your cash box and perimeter of your booth with Expedite’s Powder
Wear A Prayer to St. Expedite or Golden Blessings of St. Expedite perfume while you vend

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In the case of wanting to gain clients, you likely already have a brick and mortar or online business and will be enacting those techniques to work with Expedite.

Add your client goals to your petitions, in addition to whatever financial requests you’ve made. Make prayers to Expedite to bless your advertisements and make them more effective. Create goals for how many new clients you would like to amass, or new appointments booked.

Create a mock dream-calendar with appointment slots filled with combinations of “client,” “new client”, “established client”, and keep it on your Expedite altar. Use sigils to the effect of gaining new clients, and make sure you’re putting in the practical effort and marketing required to make gaining clients possible.

Material applications can also include —

Anoint any business cards and promo materials with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist them with his Holy Water
Wear A Prayer to St. Expedite or Golden Blessings of St. Expedite perfume at networking events, conferences, and during appearances where you may encounter and convert potential clients

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In the case of wanting to gain social media followers, you likely already have a business and will be enacting the applicable techniques to work with Expedite.

Create goals for how many new followers you would like to amass, and add that to your petitions. Print your social profiles and cross out the amount of followers you have, writing in how many you want. Leave on your Expedite altar.

Use sigils to the effect of gaining more followers, and make sure you’re putting in the practical effort and posting required to make gaining additional follows possible.

Material applications can also include —

Write out your social media handles and web addresses, and anoint them with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist them with his Holy Water
Wear Expedite perfumes when making important posts
Print your natal chart and anoint the 11th house with Expedite’s oil

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Fast Cash + Gaining Income

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Establish an Expedite altar if you don’t already have one. Determine the amount of money you need, and then add some to that amount. It’s always better to overshoot in these circumstances, and the extra money will come in handy if you’re strapped to begin with.

In a real emergency, you’re working with whatever timeframes are available. You don’t need to worry about if it’s a Wednesday or go for idealized timing, you can turn to Expedite any time you’re in need of him.

Make what offerings you’re able, or promise them upon receipt of results, and pray to Expedite with the amount of money you need, imploring him to deliver it to you NOW, conveying to him that it’s an emergency.

Write the amount of money you asked for down and leave it on his altar, or put that same amount of Monopoly or other mock currency there to represent the sum. Put an image of Expedite or prayer card in your wallet.

Pray to him every day until the money comes in.

Material applications can also include —

Anoint items in your wallet with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist it with his Holy Water.
Spill some of Expedite’s Powder in your bank
Leave candles burning (safely, supervised) on his altar. These can be from the dollar store or anywhere. Red or green is best, white is fine.
Wear A Prayer to St. Expedite or Golden Blessings of St. Expedite perfume
Print your natal chart and anoint the 2nd and 8th houses with Expedite’s oil

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Establish an Expedite altar if you don’t already have one. In non-emergencies, it’s best to do things on the most appropriate days, so wait to start on a Wednesday, ideally in the planetary hour you think is most appropriate.

Determine your financial goals, keeping in mind you can raise this amount on a monthly basis as results are achieved. This is a money marathon, not a sprint! It’s best to choose an initial value that’s high enough to make a real difference, but not unfathomable based on your current income. Something that pushes your comfort level and expectations, but isn’t outlandish.

Write yourself a check with the amount of money you want to generate and leave it on Expedite’s altar, or put that same amount of Monopoly or other mock currency there to represent the sum. Put an image of Expedite or prayer card in your wallet.

Make prayers and offerings on Wednesdays, for ongoing work on your behalf. Spread word of his efficacy and glory, encouraging other people to work with this spirit.

Material applications can also include —

Anoint items in your wallet with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist it with his Holy Water, including the check you wrote out to yourself
Spill some of Expedite’s Powder in your bank
Keep a palm or bamboo plant on/ near Expedite’s altar, or in your place of work. If you are asking to earn $5,000 per month, take a $5 dollar bill and write “x1000” on it, and put it underneath the plant. Feed it regularly with Expedite’s offering water. You can also put the check you wrote out to yourself or the overall value instead of using real currency.
Wear A Prayer to St. Expedite or Golden Blessings of St. Expedite perfume on Wednesdays
Print your natal chart and anoint the 2nd and 8th houses with Expedite’s oil

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Empowering Sigil Work

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You can work with Expedite in a general way by asking him to help potentiate, quicken, and manifest your sigil work.

For an introduction to sigils and shoaling, see Gordon White’s work. Keep your sigils near, on, or above your Expedite altar, and pray that he helps expedite their materialization.

Anoint the sigils with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist them with his Holy Water, upon creation and when you pray to Expedite.

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Real Estate

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Create an Expedite altar inside the house if possible, preferably by the front door. It can be in a cabinet to make it less conspicuous.

The end goal is to sell your house as quickly as possible, but other things to consider building into your petition can include —

The number of offers you’d like to receive (many!)
At what price (above asking!)
How long the closing/ escrow process will be (as short as possible!)
When the money actually arrives in your account (immediately!)

[Consider putting together a sigil shoal to this effect.]

Pray and light up Expedite’s altar every Wednesday until the house is sold and the money has landed in your account. Pray that he settles any issues that arise throughout the process.

Material applications can include —

Anoint your front door with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist it with Holy Water, every Wednesday, and before showings or appointments with prospective buyers
Anoint the edge of your Realtor’s business cards and your house flyers with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist them with Holy Water.
Print their natal chart of all owners and anoint the 4th, 2nd, and 8th houses with Oil of Expeditus
Write down the price you’d like to sell the house or write out a check to yourself, and keep it on Expedite’s altar
Hide an Expedite prayer card under the welcome mat

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It’s likely not going to be possible to create an Expedite altar in the target house, but you can (and should!) put one in yours.

The end goal is to sell your listings as quickly as possible, but other considerations you may wish to build into your petitions —

The number of offers you’d like to receive (many!)
At what price (above asking!)
How long the closing/ escrow process will be (as short as possible!)
When the money actually arrives in your account (immediately!)

[Consider putting together a sigil shoal to this effect.]

Pray and light up Expedite’s altar every Wednesday. Pray that he settles any issues that arise throughout the various processes.

Keep flyers of your active listings or a list of addresses on your Expedite altar. You can mark sigils on the backside of each one and anoint them as you gain new listings.

Material applications can include —

Anoint the front doors with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist them with Holy Water, especially before showings or appointments with prospective buyers
Anoint the edge of your business cards and house flyers with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist them with Holy Water. The same can be done with contracts that need to be signed
Mix dirt from each property with Expedite’s Powder. You can leave it in their yard or carry some back to your Expedite altar
If possible, burn some of Expedite’s Incense in the house
Hide an image of Expedite or prayer card somewhere in the house, or buried beside the For Sale sign post, etc.

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Bringing Movement + Ending Situations

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Establish an Expedite altar if you don’t already have one. Pray for whatever outcome you want for the case, whether you need it to be dropped, or have the judge rule in your favor, and emphasize that you need all of it as quickly as possible.

Material applications can include —

Anoint any case related paperwork you need to sign (or get signed) with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist with Holy Water
Anoint the edge of your lawyer’s business card with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist it with Holy Water. The same can be done if you have any items of identification for the judge, or case number
Mix dirt from the courthouse with Expedite’s Powder and bring it back to keep on your altar
Wear Expedite perfume oil during case related appearances, such as meetings with your attorney, depositions, and on court days

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Establish an Expedite altar if you don’t already have one. Pray for whatever the situation is to move forward or end, depending on what it is you want.

List the ideal final outcome and tell Expedite to make it happen NOW. Name the key players involved, and if possible, have images or icons of them (or the situation) on your Expedite altar, to anoint with his materia. Keep praying daily or every Wednesday until your results are achieved.

For situations where you need serious movement/ fire power, keep the altar lit up as often as possible and make frequent offerings of red wine and incense.

Material applications can include —

Anoint any related paperwork or images with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist with Holy Water
Place some of Expedite’s Powder in any of the settings involved

Once the situation moves on, remove any of the things representing the situation off your Expedite altar. Consider burning or putting in a moving river.

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Luck

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Establish an Expedite altar if you don’t already have one. Pray that Expedite makes you luckier and come up with examples of how you’d like that to manifest — winning more games, always hitting green lights, getting dealt the best cards every round, things always working out for you, etc.

Use the planetary hour of the planet that rules your 5th house.

Material applications can include —

Keep dice on your Expedite altar, for instance a D20 with the 20 side up. You can do the same with playing cards, either a whole stack, picking out an idealized poker hand, or just all the Aces. The Wheel of Fortune tarot card would also be appropriate to display
Anoint any of the items you consider personally lucky with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist them with Holy Water. Keep these with you in your wallet or purse, when not on the altar
Wear Fast Luck perfume oil
Put some of Expedite’s Powder in your shoe
Print your natal chart and anoint your 5th house with Expedite’s Oil
When something especially lucky happens, promote St. Expedite in person or online

Establish an Expedite altar if you don’t already have one. In your prayers, name the games you would like to win at and what you desire to receive from winning them.

Use the planetary hour of Jupiter, or the planet that rules your 5th house.

Material applications can include —

Keep idealized hands from the games you desire to win on your Expedite altar. For instance, if you are a poker player, keep a Royal Flush. If you play 21, cards adding up to 21. If you play dice, position the best side (for whatever the purpose) up
Keep casino chips on Expedite’s altar
Anoint yourself with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist yourself with Holy Water before playing or gambling
Wear Fast Luck perfume oil
Put some of Expedite’s Powder in your shoe
Get dirt from the casino or place of gaming and keep it on Expedite’s altar
Print your natal chart and anoint your 5th house with Expedite’s Oil
When you win, promote St. Expedite in person or online. Thank him and make offerings

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Health

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You can pray to Expedite to help encourage healing and recovery for yourself or others.

Do not do this too often because Expedite’s influence can tax the body, no more than once per week. For this purpose, I would recommend a simple offering of water. Do not invoke Expedite in situations where surgery is being performed, which might cause rushing on behalf of the doctor.

You may also find Asclepius, ancient God of medicine, more helpful in dealing with health and healing oriented scenarios.

Material applications can include —

Anoint the person (or their image) with Oil of Expeditus, or lightly mist them with Holy Water. The same can be done using Asclepius’ Oil and Water, and would likely be more effective.
Light white candles in honor of the sick person, leaving them burning safely and supervised.
Print their natal chart and anoint the 1st and 6th houses with appropriate oils.

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All praise and glory to St. Expedite for answering our prayers, now and in our times of need,
for his power and speed know no bounds! ♰

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Posted on January 15, 2019January 19, 2023 by Kaitlin Coppock — 1 Comment

On Way-Finding via Failure + Your Best Directions According to Classical Feng Shui

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This was posted as a Facebook thread on October 13, 2018. It was added to this website, Instagram, and Twitter on January 15th, 2019.

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This mindstream article began as a Facebook post sharing an old but useful article I had written in the era of a bygone enterprise. I was reminded of it again on a Twitter thread and wanted to add it to the website…

Once upon a time I did a year long classical feng shui training, specializing in the form of geomancy that analyzes and delineates the energy of landforms and geographical features.

Along the course of finding my way, in Los Angeles (the second time!), I tried my hand at professional feng shui consulting under the shingle of Heaven & Earth Consultations.

Like astrology, it wasn’t a comprehensive enough fit for the totality of my orientation, so it didn’t stick, but some useful articles resulted — including this one, which tells you the most (and least) auspicious directions, according to your gua number.

Gua numbers are calculated by birth day, time, and location, and are a bit of a cross between numerology and astrology, in relation to the Chinese 5-element system. These are broken into two groups, East Life and West Life, which can be likened to the diurnal (daytime) and nocturnal astrological sects.

I am sharing this for two reasons —

It’s useful and cool information that you can easily apply in your own home and ritual activities.
To point out a “failure” of a project that was an essential aspect of my development, which led to what I’m doing today.

Every skill you’ve ever learned, every project that never took off, every attempt to offer yourself to the world, is leading SOMEWHERE…

We don’t always know where that is, or how it’ll manifest.

The point is the expression of yourself, and becoming the living embodiment of your passions and interests, so much of the time and in such a way that the world can’t help but embrace you for it.

Every failure, every misstep, is STILL a step in the right direction. I spent YEARS anguishing over not knowing my place in the world, and not having a direction — trying SO HARD, doing what at the time felt like spinning my wheels.

If I could go back and talk to myself (not that I would have believed me!), I would say —

You’re doing everything right.
I promise.

Keep trying.
You don’t know it yet, but it’s working,
and you’re getting there.

If you’re TRYING, you’re on the right track.
Just
don’t.
stop.
trying.

Keep going,
and you’ll get there.

I promise.
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Take a deep breath while that sinks in
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Deeper
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Deeper still
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Until you BELIEVE it…
feel it in the core of your being
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I promise.
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Here’s that gua article I “failed” about.

Did I mention I also trained as an Ericksonian hypnotist?

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Posted on January 8, 2019January 19, 2023 by Kaitlin Coppock — 1 Comment

Longer Eclipse Cycles + Nodal Horoscopes for Cancer-Capricorn

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This was posted to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter on January 8th, 2019.

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There are a number of Eclipse articles on this website, one about common misconceptions in astrology and magic, and two others that suggest appropriate remediation and ritual activities determined by whether an Eclipse is happening on the South or North Node. All will be updated regularly to apply to the specifics of the ongoing Eclipse cycle. Thank you to those who have circulated them, or will in the future!

This piece is about working with the longer-term cycles that Eclipses kick off, and what it means when the Nodes switch signs and houses in the natal chart, meaning they begin impacting new areas of life.

If you find the technical stuff incomprehensible and/ or boring, feel free to skip past the bullets…

The Full Eclipse Life Cycle

The actual Eclipse event
The Moon exiting the sign in which it took place (leaving Capricorn, most recently). This should ideally be a time of rest, integration, and self-care to prepare for upcoming phases.
The two week period before the next Eclipse in the pairing occurs (which happens in the first degree of Leo on January 20th). Austin refers to this phase as the “bardo” because the character of this period can be surreal and confusing, intense and isolating. Here, the bulk of the energetic, emotional and physical manifestations of the Eclipses are cozying in, like seeds planted in ground that’s been freshly tilled and prepped for an odd kind of growing season.
The six months between when one pair of Eclipses happened and the next begin. During this phase, reality and our psyches stabilize and the changes the last Eclipses asked of us enter into a growth pattern that becomes the new normal, for this phase of life, as far as the Nodes get to determine.
The one and a half years the nodes spend on each axis, and the two year-ish period between when Eclipses start work on one sign axis and another. (The July 12th 2018 Cancer Solar Eclipse was the first the Cancer-Capricorn axis has seen since 2011, and this cycle will come to a close with a Lunar Eclipse in Cancer on July 4th 2020. The upcoming Eclipse January 20th 2019 will conclude the most recent Leo-Aquarius set, until it kicks off again in 2026.)

Tips for the Current Period

During the two weeks between January 5th and when the next Eclipse occurs on the 20th, we’re living between the book ends of not one, but two distinct Eclipse phases — the meat in the time-sandwich between Eclipse-pair lunations, AKA the Bardo (bullet 3 above), and the time where one axis has been initiated and the old one has yet to conclude (point 5).

Continue tending your physical vessel, emotional and spiritual state, and staying engaged with the changes that are taking place within and without. This is a time of heavy processing, and we can lay a lot of ground work for what the future has in store by staying present and doing the work this period entails, as opposed to putting it off for a harder adjustment later.

In a way, it’s fortuitous that this cycle happened at the start of 2019, when we’re checking back in with life after the holidays and thinking about what we want our futures (and future selves!) to look like.

Nodal Axis Effects

Since the Nodes are ultimately points of calculation for where Eclipses will take place, their most impactful manifestations are kicked off by those events actually occurring. On a world transit level, signs mean a great deal, but on a personal level, the houses cannot be ignored. Signs first, then Nodal and Eclipse horosccopes.

Goodbye Leo-Aquarius

The cycle we’re working our way out of saw the North Node in Leo, which amplified people’s desire to be seen and receive credit for their contributions, stoking self-realizations and the need to love and be loved, but also self-importance and appetites of the ego. Many people started getting serious about their own businesses and promoting their material during this last Eclipse cycle, or have finally realized how important putting yourself out there is and dedicated themselves to it moving forward.

For the South Node in Aquarius’ part, a reduction in globalist approaches which were replaced by more tribal and nationalist policies was a clear manifestation, as was the erosion of democratic norms. Attempts to regulate the WWW and create additional laws around internet use, as well as data breaches, can also be tied to Ketu draining the sign that correlates to the collective consciousness and technological innovations.

Hello Cancer-Capricorn

There’s a lot going on in Capricorn for the rest of the Nodes’ stay here, given that Saturn and Pluto are both in Capricorn.

[For more on Saturn, see Austin Coppock’s article or webinar, or listen to episode 140 of The Astrology Podcast]

While transits to this axis can undoubtedly signify brutal events and come to Jesus moments, the South Node has a draining and purgative effect on Capricorn, a sign associated with the government and other elder, powerful, and well insulated institutions.

On a positive note, it may help strip power away from unqualified leaders and see outdated and bloated administrative models collapse. On the negative side, the US government shut down began on December 22nd 2018, the same day of the first lunation on the Cancer-Capricorn axis since the nodes entered those signs (the Full Cancer Moon).

Though it wasn’t an Eclipse, it was still a harbinger of what’s to come. Government responsibilities immediately began shrinking, and have yet to cease this course (as of writing on January 8th). Trump has threatened that he’s happy for it to go on for “months or a year or longer”, though I’m sure one event or another will ultimately intercede.

This period is also likely to witness the continued erosion of responsibilities, regulation, and protective measures instituted by governments. Laws are likely to be revoked during this time, and attempts to make new ones may not stick.

Unfortunately, with the North Node in Cancer, we can expect that the nationalist trends will continue, especially in America. The whole “reason” for the government shut down was because of Trump’s demand for a border wall, to “protect” “our own” country, as ridiculously ineffective as that would be.

Rahu in the Crab’s sign instinctively drives us to hold closer to our own families, our own lands — our own “tribes”, and can result in the rejection of others. Cancer is insular and mushy on the inner, but skittish and hard to crack on the outer.

America’s founding chart has a number of important planets in Cancer, and Pluto in Capricorn is slowly grinding its way to make for the US’s first ever Pluto return. It pains me to say, things do not bode well for our financial systems, ability to address our domestic or international issues in a balanced, productive way, or the issue of mounting fascism and racism for some time.

Better news will come, just not in short order. In the interim, at least we have Jupiter ⚡️

Horoscopes for the Nodes + Eclipses in Cancer-Capricorn

The collective impacts us all, and certainly there will be personal ways in which the sign significations listed above will manifest, but the most important thing to look to for an individual are the houses that the Nodes have transitioned into, which reveal the areas of life the Eclipses will start hitting.

Also keep in mind that what follows are delineations for how things will look by the end of the freshly begun year and a half to two year cycle. These changes won’t be immediately obvious, and each Eclipse lunation will put more emphasis on one end of the process than the other. The Nodes are a seesaw, churning the oceans of life back and forth, based on who takes the reigns. These horoscopes explore some of the pressure points and dialogues the Nodes are set to engage within individual charts.

Our lived experiences of this period will reflect the negotiations that take place between what Rahu is moving us toward versus what Ketu is purging and negating. Some of the largest upcoming life events will likely play into these shifts, meaning that by the end, we’ll have broader gains on the side of Rahu, whereas Ketu’s house topics will have been clarified and minimized. Knowing this can help us productively orient our actions and expectations.

For the most accurate interpretation, read from your rising sign. If you don’t know it, use the Sun, Moon, or whatever point you prefer to derive your houses from…

Rahu in the First (Cancer Rising)

Gaining Independence

Having Rahu in the first house of Cancer motivates you to put your own affairs… well, first… as Ketu in the seventh reduces the amount of energy you’re used to spending on others or receiving from them. You’ll be taking more on, which can show up as a hunger for accomplishment, recognition, and self-improvement. It could also be an increased appetite for literal food and drink.

This is a period of heightened awareness around self-reliance and what you’re capable of, as the struggle between the Self and Other is up for inspection. It’s also a phase where demands of partners and the outside world may make you wish, at times, that you were sequestered behind your own version of a border wall.

Some of those closest to you may fall on some particularly hard times, as the Saturn-Pluto conjunction plays out in your house of partnerships. How much of the onus to fix other people’s problems you take upon yourself vs. keep moving in the direction of your own interests is one of the key questions posited by the times to come.

Rahu in the Second (Gemini Rising)

Asset Gains

The North Node in your second house of personal finances and assets means that some form of accumulation is on the horizon. Collective resources are getting re-shuffled into your personal hand, which may indicate inheritances, pulling monies out of investment pools, the purchasing of gold over stocks, divorce settlements, and the like.

It might not mean that the dollar value of what becomes liquid or “real” is higher than what it was on paper, but you can expect for more assets to become tangibly yours, and to take possession of physical objects and things that are unequivocally for you.

There may be struggles and hardships which contribute to the situation, as Saturn and Pluto play out in your eighth. You may witness a drop in shared expenditures and exchanges, emotionally, financially, and otherwise, as this period sees you less likely to co-mingle your resources with others and may trigger divesting from resource pools. Business and personal partnerships, as well as your relationship between business assets and personal assets, are flagged for a dialogue.

Rahu in the Third (Taurus Rising)

Localized Gains

The third house rules your process of getting from A to B in the day to day. The places you frequent, the people you regularly encounter, the small, rote communications that are made. Rahu in the third brings about an uptick in this type of localized activity — increased email flow, more running around, and more exchanges with siblings.

On the flip side, the South Node in the ninth indicates you’ll take more local trips than long-distance ones, that you’ll focus more on blog writing and less on book writing, and generally indicates a shift from long-term, long-distance orientations to short-term task mastering.

On a magical and spiritual level, the third is said to be the house of the Goddess, and relates to witchcraft and “low magic”. Engagement in smaller, more regular spiritual observations, perhaps of the folk, Goddess-oriented, or self-guided variety is likely to increase, as opposed to formal religious studies, participation in orders and graded systems, and lofty “high” or ceremonial magics.

Rahu in the Fourth (Aries Rising)

Domestic Gains

Rahu in the fourth house of home and family and Ketu in the tenth indicates a shift of energy from the professional sphere into the domestic. You may find that demands at home necessitate this shift, or that a lessening of career opportunities or objectives happen to land you there more often than you used to be. Professional concerns will prove more stressful and taxing at some points in this cycle, and home life may suffer for it as energies are re-allocated.

The fourth house also has to do with origins and parents. You may have a piqued interest in your ancestry or need to pay more attention to care-taking parents, children, or tending to household obligations. Negotiations related to work-life balance will be the main focus of this Nodal period.

Routine space clearings and honoring your ancestors are recommended during this cycle.

Rahu in the Fifth (Pisces Rising)

Creative Gains

The North Node in your fifth house will provide a boost of creative energy, which can manifest in multiple ways. One of the most famous fifth house associations is children, which are a byproduct of sex (also a fifth house topic), but progeny are far from the only thing people can spend their time and energies creating. The fifth also rules works of art, and almost any other project that falls under the purview of a passionate endeavor you derive joy from investing time in.

The South Node in the eleventh suggests that the amount of energy you spend online and engaging in social networks will be reduced, alongside other community engagements. The struggle between what others expect of you and the role you play for collective and social endeavors, versus what you’re wanting to invest your own energies in because they make you happy and stoke your passions, is highlighted. People in positions of power within organizations in which you take part may prove, at times, difficult to deal with.

Rahu in the Sixth (Aquarius Rising)

Practical Gains

The sixth house is where our bodily and financial habits, for better or for worse, come from. Rahu in the sixth signifies that more focus will be allocated to physical and monetary maintenance, and may open doors to odd jobs and contract work. Your pets might need more attention, or you could adopt them during this phase, as the sixth rules not only small routine tasks, but also small animals which demand routine care.

Ketu in the twelfth brings about shifts in psychic energies and the navigation of dreamscapes. Expect an audit of old fantasies and limiting beliefs, and check in on how such things hinder your ability to care-take your body, your bottom line, and rise to the occasion of what’s required to lead a healthy, responsible life. A change of relationship between the intake of mind-altering substances and the conditions they, knowingly or unknowingly, medicate, is up for contemplation during this period.

Rahu in the Seventh (Capricorn Rising)

Gaining Self-Awareness

The seventh house rules the spouse, but also all significant partnerships, and your relationship to the outside world. Rahu transiting your seventh and Ketu in the first will, at times, rewire your energetic expenditures away from yourself in favor of others. This could mean that you get swept up by the demands of those close to you or find yourself in circumstances outside of your control that require some form of self-sacrifice in order to address them.

There’s a lot going on in your first house, with Pluto and Saturn transiting, so this period of time will likely be taxing, asking much of your ability to hold it together and rise to the occasion. Ketu will be in the process of purifying how you present yourself and auditing your ideas as they pertain to your body and orientation to the world, which has the capacity to result in some great spiritual progress and self-illumination, but could also manifest in bouts of depression and angst.

Stay engaged and honest with your support systems and resist the urge to isolate. Prioritize finding ways to take care of your body and mental health, as well as alleviate stress. Weight loss could be one of the manifestations of this time, whether undertaken consciously or as a result of reduced appetite.

Remember, no mountain is too steep for the tenacity and grit that Capricorn can bring to the table, and the peak awaits.

Rahu in the Eighth (Sagittarius Rising)

Collective Gains

The North Node in your eighth house of shared resources and coupled finances, along with Ketu in the second of personal assets, points to an uptick in the co-mingling of monies, emotional intimacy, and shared interests with close partners or businesses. Supporting others might prove to be a burden on your personal finances.

These times, especially given Saturn and Pluto in your second, may apply financial pressures that mandate such shifts, either as a necessary measure or way of reducing personal liabilities and expenditures. This could also manifest in judgments against you that must be paid, or the taking on of (or increased payments toward) debt.

Things that are (or were once) “yours” may end up being shared by or given to others, or you may find yourself investing in collective endeavors in pursuit of short-term shelters or longer term gains. This is money, but also objects and assets. Note that for the rest of 2019 Jupiter in your first in Sagittarius may delay some of these significations, as the Greater Benefic provides protection and will also be delivering bounties.

Rahu in the Ninth (Scorpio Rising)

Gaining Perspective

Rahu in your ninth house concerns things like the accumulation of knowledge, long-distance travel, religious concerns, publishing, and the development of your own philosophical worldview. Such topics will be a primary draw for the coming period, likely at the expense of your day-to-day routine and shorter-term activities.

Meanwhile, the demands of your daily schedule will at times present hurdles that keep you from investing in your longer-term, loftier ambitions. Over the course of this period, you’ll likely discover that more needs to be taken off your plate in order to cultivate yourself in the ways you desire, and to be less distracted by the minutia of the daily grind. The ninth also rules higher education, so you may apply yourself to some form of educational program that chafes against routine demands.

The ninth is the house of the God, which is associated with religious life, “high” magics, formal orders, and the like. Magically and spiritually speaking, you may find yourself pursuing attainments in more formal structures or taking on more masculine forms of observance, even working with a higher number of male spirits and god forms.

Rahu in the Tenth (Libra Rising)

Gaining Visibility

The North Node in your tenth house of career and public visibility stokes ambitions you may not have known you had, and by the end of this cycle, you can expect a heightened public presence and more determined professional direction. Investing additional energy in your public life and career will require sacrifices on the home-front, but domestic demands will present themselves throughout this process that require some back and forth.

The South Node in the fourth house, alongside Saturn and Pluto, mean that things at home or from your family of origin may not be going so smoothly. Home-life may, at times, prove burdensome and claustrophobic, and family secrets or issues with foundations, literal or metaphorical, are up for some excavation. You may be unable to move if you so desire, or find that you have no say in the matter.

Routine space clearings and honoring your ancestors are highly recommended during this Nodal cycle.

Rahu in the Eleventh (Virgo Rising)

Gaining Community

Rahu in your eleventh house of social networks, the internet at large, organizations in which you participate, and communities you’re a part of, draws your energies further in those directions. Although you may find that spending your time in such collective spheres takes away from your ability to spend it freely on your own passion projects and not having to answer to anyone, you’ll also gain new friends and a sense of community you may not have had before this cycle began.

The eleventh houses utopian views and communal drives, so it’s possible that you end up more deeply engaged with politics or volunteering for causes and organizations that you believe will help make the world a better place, or at least more how you envision it, during this cycle.

Meanwhile, Ketu in the fifth house takes your focus away from children, creative endeavors, and other fifth house topics, but not without chaffing along the way. A balance between the personal and collective must be struck. You may feel constrained by the demands on your creative output or obligations to have fun and be happy go lucky, when seemingly more important things are hanging in the balance.

Rahu in the Twelfth (Leo Rising)

Gaining the Unknown

The North Node in your twelfth house magnetizes you to the realm of fantasy, spiritual and magical exploration, dreamscapes, and psychological insight. The use of mind-altering technologies or substances may feature heavily, which rubs against Ketu in the sixth’s demands that you look after the physical first and tend to practical matters, such as bill paying, cleaning, exercising, and all the mundane activities that keep material life from falling to pieces.

Take care to guide the energies feeding into the twelfth productively, via spiritual practices, the responsible use of substances likely to lead to positive breakthroughs and contribute to your wellbeing, and reliable sources of info and tech for exploring the Unknown. The worst forms of this cycle can manifest in over-indulgence, delusional states, psychotic breaks, or confinement.

Ketu, Saturn, and Pluto in the sixth will likely present some physical and financial hardships that cause stress, which would no doubt feel good to blow off. Stay grounded and engaged with these issues in order to work through them and create positive change, rather than engaging in regular avoidance tactics.

Fasting and purifying the physical vessel may be a helpful feature of this time. Tend to your physical health and commit to healthy choices.

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