Hermetica Triptycha: The Mercury Elemental Year with Ephemerides 1925-2050

Messenger trickster psychopomp Mercurys myriad forms belie a genuinely complex character. And yet to most modern astrologers he remains a relatively one-dimensional figure. Catons Hermetic triptych is designed to ground you in the actual observation of Mercury as a living planetary phenomenon and to bring the lessons of this planetary divinity back to the world of applied astrology. Hermetica Triptycha is the first-ever comprehensive and integral treatment of Mercurys retrogrades with a one hundred and twenty-five year ephemeris to track the sequential pattern of the planet Mercurys backward trickster medicine dance as it cycles through: three repeated degrees over forty days three signs of one elemental triplicity each year the four elements every six to seven years twelve elemental returns over seventy-nine years. With additional analysis lessons and exercises including: the magical power of the image derived from Mercurys cycle as a visible star the philosophical psycho-spiritual and practical ramifications of our views and attitudes toward Mercury retrograde and individual chapters for using each of the four cycles of Mercurys retrogrades to facilitate personal growth psycho-spiritual transformation and real-world magic.