Picatrix Talismanic Body
Picatrix Talismanic Body is a Hermetic / Islamic-astrological — Picatrix body talismans body system as transmitted through the lineage The Ghayat al-Hakim, known in Latin as Picatrix, is a medieval Arabic astrological-magic compendium whose planetary images, decans, and elected conditions shaped later talismanic practice. This map places seven planetary image correspondences and a three-part decan-face inset on a front-view body as a comparative visual aid; the exact body projection is modern and not a Picatrix anatomical chart.. This page lists every point in the system with sourced placements and links to cross-tradition correspondences curated for The Body Spiritual.
Open in interactive explorerPrimary sources
- Ghayat al-Hakim (Picatrix) (Arabic text ed. Hellmut Ritter, 1933; Latin trans. John Michael Greer and Christopher Warnock, 2011) — Book II, chapters 1–11 describe planetary images, talismanic figures, and their astrological conditions; this source anchors the seven-planet image vocabulary used here.
- Christopher Warnock, The Picatrix: A Grimoire of Astrological Magic (Translated and edited edition, Renaissance Astrology Press, 2011) — Modern English presentation of Picatrix planetary image material and electional context; used to clarify terminology without treating the body projection as canonical anatomy.
- Charles Burnett, “The Arabic, Latin and Hebrew Versions of the Ghayat al-Hakim,” in Magic and Divination in the Middle Ages (Aldershot: Variorum, 1996) — Philological study of the Arabic and Latin Picatrix transmission and its astrological magic context.
Known lineage variants
- Arabic and Latin Picatrix recensions vary in chapter division, terminology, and image details; this entry follows the planetary-image sequence in the commonly cited Latin transmission.
- The seven planetary coordinates and three face zones are editorial placements for the interface, not a textual body map. Decan-face boundaries are a compact visual convention with widened uncertainty.
- Anatomical-right is x below 0.5 in this front view.
Related systems
No other systems share this tradition label.
Points
- Saturn — boundary image — old, slow, delimiting
- Jupiter — expansion image — benefic, ordering, expansive
- Mars — severing image — heat, force, conflict
- Sun — vital image — radiance and central vitality
- Venus — concord image — attraction and accord
- Mercury — eloquence image — speech, craft, and exchange
- Moon — changeable image — moisture, rhythm, and receptivity
Frequently asked
What is Saturn — boundary image?
Saturn — boundary image is a planetary talismanic correspondence rendered as an attention locus on the front-view figure. Picatrix gives planetary images and operations, not this fixed anatomical coordinate, so the placement is an editorial projection with broad uncertainty.
What is Jupiter — expansion image?
Jupiter — expansion image is a planetary talismanic correspondence rendered as an attention locus on the front-view figure. Picatrix gives planetary images and operations, not this fixed anatomical coordinate, so the placement is an editorial projection with broad uncertainty.
What is Mars — severing image?
Mars — severing image is a planetary talismanic correspondence rendered as an attention locus on the front-view figure. Picatrix gives planetary images and operations, not this fixed anatomical coordinate, so the placement is an editorial projection with broad uncertainty.
What is Sun — vital image?
Sun — vital image is a planetary talismanic correspondence rendered as an attention locus on the front-view figure. Picatrix gives planetary images and operations, not this fixed anatomical coordinate, so the placement is an editorial projection with broad uncertainty.
What is Venus — concord image?
Venus — concord image is a planetary talismanic correspondence rendered as an attention locus on the front-view figure. Picatrix gives planetary images and operations, not this fixed anatomical coordinate, so the placement is an editorial projection with broad uncertainty.
What is Mercury — eloquence image?
Mercury — eloquence image is a planetary talismanic correspondence rendered as an attention locus on the front-view figure. Picatrix gives planetary images and operations, not this fixed anatomical coordinate, so the placement is an editorial projection with broad uncertainty.
What is Moon — changeable image?
Moon — changeable image is a planetary talismanic correspondence rendered as an attention locus on the front-view figure. Picatrix gives planetary images and operations, not this fixed anatomical coordinate, so the placement is an editorial projection with broad uncertainty.