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Voyagers - Aleister Crowley

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law - Aleister Crowley - The Book of the Law

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Aleister Crowley's background

What makes Aleister Crowley such a great example?

Aleister Crowley's background

Aleister Crowley was an occultist, writer, and mountaineer. Known as The Great Beast, he was thought by many at the time to be the wickedest man in the World.

He founded the religious philosophy of Thelema, built around the central tenet 'Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law', and remains one of the most influential and controversial occult figures of the twentieth century, having shaped strands of later ceremonial magic, Wicca, and popular culture's image of the occultist generally.

What makes Aleister Crowley such a great example?

Birth of Aleister Crowley and 1904 Egyptian Revelation

The chart event occurred at 23:42pm on 12 October 1875, and has a Rodden rating of C

The transit event is set at midday on 8 April 1904, and has a Rodden rating of X

While in Egypt, on 8th April 1904, the 20th century's most notorious and influential occultist, Aleister Crowley, had a revelation. He received an inspired text that would become known as The Book of the Law - described as a short and intense poetic book. The Book of the Law, or Liber AL, would come to define Aleister Crowley's magick, and it would become the central text of a new religion that still flourishes today.

The aspects at the time of Aleister Crowley's revelation were

Transiting Sun opposite natal Sun

Transiting Sun sextile natal Saturn

Transiting Sun trine natal Uranus

Transiting Mercury conjunct natal Neptune

Transiting Venus sextile natal Mars

Transiting Venus sextile natal Pluto

Transiting Mars conjunct natal Neptune

Transiting Saturn trine natal Sun

Transiting Saturn conjunct natal Saturn

Transiting Saturn opposite natal Uranus

Transiting Neptune sextile natal Neptune

Transiting Pluto trine natal Sun

Transiting Pluto trine natal Saturn

Transiting Pluto sextile natal Uranus

The chart shown is Aleister Crowley's birthchart, together with transits for the day of his revelatory experience around the outside. Aspect lines [traditional] are between the transits and his birthchart.

What has to be appreciated is that transits by Pluto and Neptune are one offs, never to be repeated during the person's lifetime [except as a continuation of the same transit due to retrogrades]. Similarly, transits by Saturn only repeat every 30 years or so. This makes this moment very much a singular time in Aleister's life - a truly momentous occasion. Therefore, ipso facto, good evidence for Astrology.