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Q+A: How do I choose which series or offering is right for me? Do you offer consultations?

Q+A: How do I choose which series or offering is right for me? Do you offer consultations?
July 31, 2019 Kaitlin Coppock

Q+A
How do I choose which series or offering is right for me?
Does Kaitlin offer consultations?

This article is getting re-vamped soon, and thorough filters will be added throughout the catalogue to make finding what you need a breeze!

If you’re new to astrology, remediation, or the use of magical items, it can be intimidating to choose which series or item will be best for you. There are two main ways of going about it.

Need or Desire Based

What do you want more of in your life, or what are you struggling with? This is by far the easiest method.

Are you trying to start a business and promote yourself? Regulus is just the spotlight you’re looking for. Are you struggling with a health issue? Call the Divine Physician*

Here is a list of our current offerings and some keywords to help you zone in on what’s right for you. I will update this list as new series are released —

  • Deneb Algedi II: Fixed star conjunct Jupiter. Boundary reinforcement, energetic Sovereignty, warding. Protection against predatory energies and individuals, especially during times of vulnerability. Bringing true Justice via the favor and ethical conduct of those in Power. “Adulting” and promoting right-behavior in the self and others (kids and co-workers included). Wealth generation.
  • Venus’ Aerial Delight: Venus in Libra (Air of Venus). Lightening the load — emotionally, physically, mentally, and otherwise. Promoting joy and release of worries/ consternation. Stress and anxiety reduction. Romance and chivalry, the cultivation of Elven charm and a light, easy manner. Eirene for diplomatic gravitas and supreme balance, providing more scaffolding and guidance than the base series.
  • Regulus III: Gaining attention in non-thirsty, yet shiny ways. Cultivating extroversion and charisma through highlighting one’s virtues. Promotions, recognition, the favor of those in power. Self-love and self-acceptance (requires less “inner work” than Sol materia (Golden, Exalted) — use before events where you need to appear your most brilliant and best!)
  • Asclepius I.I: Ras Alhague, unadulterated by any planet. Energy clearing, healing, astral medicine.
  • Quicksilver Tongue: Saraswati yoga (configuration of Venus, Mercury, and Jupiter) for skill in the Arts, cultivation of creativity, and socializing. Great for solo application and socializing/ parties. Promotes talking and fun conversation. Time warping.
  • Jupiter’s Empyreal Vantage: Jupiter in Pisces (Water of Jupiter). Gold label/ Empyreal Vantage subset for increasing and elevating creative energy (in the “prolific masculine” archetypal sense) + becoming Zeus-like. That includes the Tincture (it was mis-labeled). Cloud Kingdom/ blue label for energetic insulation, management of anxious sensations, and unwinding/ de-stressing.
  • Saturn in Capricorn: Cultivating anti-fragility, maturity, and a long-term perspective. Boundaries, binding, and the Saturnian-like. Golden Gator and Golden GOAT subsets aid in achievement and performance.
  • Exalted Sol: Championship, self-cultivation and self-authoring, big achievement energy. Martial and Solar support in one.
  • Empress: Venus in Taurus (Earth of Venus). High Glamour, luxury, becoming that bitch, drawing money, gifts, and adoration. Embodiment through confidence x feeling/ loving/ appreciating oneself. “Selling yourself” for TOP DOLLAR, or nothing at all.
  • Immortal Heart: Grief support, therapeutic support, addressing and intercepting Samskaras (before they embed themselves), re-Mothering, emotional comfort, emotional healing.
  • Hermanubis II: Communicating with the Dead (Ancestors or otherwise!), thinning the veil, necromantic operations.
  • Son of Apollo (Asclepius III): Especially helpful for personal and medical issues resulting from being Solar deficient. Remedy of choice for Solar medicine.
  • Asclepius III: Physical healing, pain management, improving medicinal outcomes, clearing/ metabolizing/ transmuting negative energies into sources of healing and clarity.
  • Luminous Crown: Long-term growth and personal development, Sovereignty, Soli-Lunar support, Veni-Lunar support, “malefic” support.
  • Mars in Scorpio: Drive, focus, will, winning contests, strategy, Martial remediation, intensity, stamina, sexual potency.
  • Fixed Star Aldebaran: Making one’s will manifest in the real world, creative support, the generation of resources and wealth, sigil and vision board activation, strength, grit, drive, sheer power, personal force, and magnetism. Luck and favor of the Gods and powers that be. Royal star, Sovereignty and Kingship.
  • The Ancestral Series: Ancestral healing and veneration, ancestral magic, comforting, empowering, and channeling loved ones, magic via the class of spirits we call the Dead.
  • Fixed Star Deneb Algedi: Protection for the self, home, and assets, wards against the evil eye, boundary reinforcement, wealth magic, Saturn-like, cultivation of discipline and rightful living, detachment.
  • Golden Sol in Leo (sold out — still worth reading!): Solar remediation and ritual, healing, self-development and cohesion, core self-esteem, connecting with one’s true purpose and most authentic self, illumination, clearer seeing, self-acceptance, depression, supplement to shadow work. Energy clearing, dead-banishing, healthy, gentle, and positive Yang energy.
  • Venus in Taurus I (sold out — see Empress!): Earth of dignified Venus. Luxury, self-love and acceptance, embodiment, drawing money and gifts, aphrodisiac, casting glamours, relaxation and indulgence. Good for sugar babies and sex workers, most Dom-y and self-oriented of the Venus’.
  • Exalted Venus I (sold out — new series incoming!) : Water of dignified Venus. Intimacy, positive emotional activation, boundary erosion, out of body, psychedelic, or drug-like experiences, relaxation, improved sleep, connection, romance, sweetness, anxiety reduction, love.
  • Jupiter’s Bounty (sold out — see Butter Ocean): The Greater Benefic. Jupiter remediation, increasing luck, medium to long-term gain and growth, prosperity and abundance, centering, calming, patience, overcoming scarcity, enhancing self-worth and one’s ability to manifest and maintain All Good Things (money, health, happiness, etc.), meditation and teaching support, increasing stability and wellbeing.
  • Regulus I (sold out — see Regulus III): Visibility, success, prominence, self-promotion, authority, struggles with self-confidence, anxiety, or depression, patrilineal healing, (meta) Solar remediation. Royal star, Sovereignty and Kingship.
  • Asclepius I (sold out — see Asclepius III + I.I): The Divine Physician, an immediate go-to for those dealing with health problems. Physical and emotional healing, purification, transmuting negativity into something positive, gaining objectivity and clarity. Countering Algol, clearing the Dead.
  • St. Expedite (sold out): Much beloved Catholic Folk Saint. Fast cash, immediate results, expediting petitions and sigil shoals, quickening other works of magic, bringing an end to overlong court cases and granting rulings in your favor, material manifestation, overcoming delays.
  • Jupiter’s Lightning Rod (sold out): Emphasizing/ magnifying Jupiter transits, opening the way for opportunities, expanding your worldview, working with thunder and lightning Gods/ spirits, increasing luck, breaking out of stagnancy, changing direction for the better.
  • Hermanubis I: Communicating with the Dead, calling the Dead, assisting in afterlife transition, Ancestral contact, death gnosis, necromantic operations.
  • Exalted Mercury Cazimi (sold out): Magical nootropic, study-drug like. Mental support and stimulation, writing, editing, communications, to-do list and small task support, works of detail and precision.
  • Moon-Neptune in Pisces (sold out): Psychic development and sensitivity, lucid dreaming, increasing potency and frequency of dreams, mediumship, scrying ability/ seership, astral travel, inner and outer voidscape work, gnostic and mystical development, exploration of trancework and altered states, mediumship.
  • Venus in Libra I (sold out — see Venus’ Aerial Delight!): Air of dignified Venus. Socializing, improved conversational ability, beautification, charm, personal magnetism, casting glamours, improved relationships, enjoyment of the self and others, joyful, calming, aphrodisiac.
  • Algol I (sold out): Protection, especially against witchcraft, the Evil Eye, and works of black magic. Reversal magic. Cursing.
  • Mars DOE (sold out): Motivation, drive, kicking ass, assertiveness, winning contests and competitions.

Astrology Based

Are you trying to address natal chart placements or remediate a transit? To approach things this way is more complicated and case by case, so prepare to venture into the deeps…

One school of talismanic thought is that if you have a difficult Mars (in Cancer, for instance), you shouldn’t use exalted Mars to fix it because the results can be unpredictable.

That may be true with a forever metal talisman to be worn on your person, but talismanic materia is a different animal because it can be used in so many ways. The relationship is more transient and circumstantial.

Lighting Exalted Mars incense and making prayers and propitiations to Mars will not only please him (which is a form of remediation), you’ll also gain insight into how “proper” Mars should feel during that ritual moment. Such passing applications can help you sort through your tangled Mars wires and think on how to do it more effectively.

And regardless of where your natal Mars is, if you want to do Mars MAGIC, there is no better charged source than the Degree of Exaltation series. Putting that out into the world will deliver pure Mars-y results, because that’s just what it does.

The argument could be made that it’s safer to get your Mars magic off of someone else than to make it yourself if you have a weak or difficult Mars in your natal, especially if you’re a beginner or haven’t done a lot of development in that sphere.

I have a “bad” 12th house fallen Sun in Libra, and the Regulus series has been tremendously medicinal for me, so I’m not entirely sold on the idea that direct remediation doesn’t work.

My suspicion is that it helps to use a fixed star that runs a similar charge to a planet, rather than the planet itself (Sun in Aries, for instance), since it’s less of a direct confrontation between the natal energy and the charge, but still clarifies and benefits similar channels and topics. Using fixed stars for remediation could be a direct planetary “hack” in that sense.

But here’s the thing — at the end of the day, so much of magic is trial and error, and trusting your intuition. If you are curious about a series but concerned about whether it would be good for you, turn to whatever form of divination you work with and check in about it. Connect with the item through the screen and try to psychically feel it. Does it productively resonate? It’s all about trusting your inner guidance and coming in eyes open.

Which brings us to the second question, which is — do I offer consultations? The answer is no. Why? Because it puts the onus of a personal decision on a third party, and it’s important that your will is the primary drive behind any magically involved act (and ideally any act).

While Austin Coppock is in the business of teaching people how to fish, Sphere + Sundry is in a strange middle realm where we are offering people fish and include recipes (instructions, prayers, suggested times for working) for grilling those babies up. Whether you choose to follow our recipe or deviate is your own call.

Once we put a package in the mail, these items are no longer ours. They are yours, and it is up to you to navigate their appropriate use and get the best results. If I recommend something specific to someone in a consultation, and they receive the fish but don’t cook it how I recommended, I’m not responsible for their bad result.

It’s like when people rate recipes online and give something 3 stars, but then go on to talk about all the deviations they made. They didn’t rate the original recipe, they rated their Franken-one. It’s too easy when someone else makes a recommendation to misdirect blame and responsibility, when really your magic is a personal matter. You know yourself and your path better than an outside consultant, as helpful as their advice and guidance may be at various points along the way.

Real magic is volatile, and there are usually some weird side effects to dealing with new energies, whether positive or negative. There can be “healing crisis” types of reactions when you begin a course of remediation, or when magic comes into your world. It starts changing things — because it’s real, and it works.

Our offerings are designed to be helpful and provide as much of a safety net as possible, but at the end of the day it’s still your job to use them in a way that is productive for you, and do the Work. Working with these energies will change and evolve you for the better, if you go with the process, but the middle of that process isn’t always pretty or easy. Magic is always self-development in that sense.

Selecting the Form

Returning to the primary topic of choosing which offerings and their form, that is entirely up to your habits, objectives, and preference. Once you’ve picked the series, consider what you would like to accomplish with the charge and the types of materials you already enjoy working with — that will point to the vehicle that would best suit you.

Forms Comparison

Each base-form has qualities it brings to bear in addition to the charge captured by the operation, which is one of the dynamic aspects of creating talismanic materia, as opposed to a more classical talisman. For instance:

  • Waters are clarifying and act instantly, but they also “wear off” the most quickly, like drying off after a shower. For fast energetic shifts, state re-orientation, and emotional intervention, the waters are a phenomenally convenient energy hack in the day to day. They can be used pre-ritual to attune the self, prime the vessel and space, but they really shine for their daily practical applications.
  • Oils and oil based perfumes can take a little bit longer to kick in and are gentler than waters initially, but have longer staying power. Oils and Waters can be used together to jump-start a charge while adding sustain, perfect for all-day (or night!) support during long engagements. Oils are lubricating and nourishing, and can be used to anoint the self, objects, feed talismans, and in spellwork.
  • Candles are warming, illuminating, and activating. They provide a powerful background charge to assist in controlling the psychic and energetic atmosphere in support of your activities, whether that means lighting a Venus candle at family gatherings to keep the peace (or during romantic encounters), an Asclepius candle during convalescence to create a healing atmosphere, or burning an Aldebaran candle while whipping up a sigil shoal. They are wonderful to burn for routine planetary rituals during planetary days and hours, especially as a substitute if the planet is not doing “well” by transit at the time.
  • Incenses work similarly to Waters in that they clear energies and re-orient the stage in accord with their purpose, but are more yang and activating, sometimes inducing trance. They make wonderful offerings for spirits, Gods, and the planetary and stellar powers they serve. They can be used during ritual and to activate sigil shoals, vision boards, and for consecrating items of power. They can also be used on oneself in the form of a smoke bath, to clear and prime the aura in accord with their purpose, resetting the mental state and removing that which does not serve.
  • Honeys are sweetening, useful in love magic, relationship repair, casting glamours, winning affection, and promoting good will. They’re also useful for beautification.
  • Powders are most often used as components of spellwork. They can be used to dress candles, add to mojo bags and other fetishes, mix with dirts, etc. Sphere + Sundry powders are pure and uncut herbs, gemstones, metals, and resin, mixed during the core operation and later ground during appropriate planetary days and hours. They can be mixed with talcum powder or corn starch to create one’s own sachet powders.
  • Salt is purifying, warding, and also energetically absorbent. It can be used to clear the auric field or spaces. Taking pre or post ritual salt baths, or bathing as a form of remediation on the right planetary days and/ or hours is an excellent practice. The bath salts can also be used as needed to help course correct overwhelmed or negative states, in addition to preparing for what one has on the horizon, for instance taking a Deneb Algedi bath the night before a court appearance. The salts can also be added to floor washes for use in physical space.
  • Ritual inks can be used for drawing sigils, writing on paper talismans, automatic drawing and writing, and creating art.

If anointing stuff is your thing and you like oils, go with that. If you are a fan of candle magic and want to light it every week and say the Orphic Hymn during the hour of X for remediation, or even devote a single candle to one big spellworking and dedicate the full charge, choose a candle. If you want to make convenient applications, perhaps daily, a spray may be the best option.

Take the time to read the category descriptions for each form and series — more than enough information is provided to orient you. (The Coppocks have been lovingly described as “long-form” )

You don’t have to follow a purely planetary magic protocol with these items, either. Feel free to throw the recipe booklet out and adapt them to fit your model and methods. The magic will work anyway, because the items themselves have already been charged. You can be as active or passive with them as you like, they’ll work however you engage them.

In that way, you can use these items as components in whatever your style of magic is to boost the signal, even if you don’t do classical planetary workings.

If you are a witch who wants to do love or glamour magic and you already use incense, you may want to grab some from the Venus in Libra series. The Venusian charge will further empower your work and add more magic to the mix, and you don’t have to alter your methods in any manner.

So in short — we are helpful fishmongers offering only the highest quality goods, but it is up to you to determine which fish you want to go with, and how you want to cook it. I, for one, hope it’s the best meal of your life!

*also an appropriately qualified medical professional, disclaimer, disclaimer, blah, blah, blah 

This was posted to FacebookInstagram, and Twitter on July 31st, 2018. It has since been updated.

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Comments (3)

  1. Al 2 years ago

    What would be a good remediation for Mars going retro this year with natal Mars in Gemini 12th at 29 degrees?
    I see you still have something available in the Mars in Scorpio series, but would it be better to focus on cooling, anti Mars strategies instead? I’m wrapping up a vary conflict driven Mars ruled Scorpio profection year, intensified with the nodes in Scorpio/Taurus. The Deneb Algedi has been exceptional for these transits, just wondering if I should try working directly with Mars.

  2. KarenEbner0808 4 years ago

    Hi! I just ordered several of your oils. I can be a bit impulsive. I wanted to go back and look at the election charts. I can only find the comments: located in image gallery. Can you help me find the image gallery? Thanks!

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      Kaitlin Coppock 4 years ago

      Hello Karen! If you go to any individual offering’s page in the series, the image will be in the gallery. To see the electional chart, click on the picture icons or the main visible image and scroll or arrow through them with your keyboard : )

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