Valentinian
Pertaining to the diverse Christian schools associated with Valentinus and their accounts of divine fullness, emanation and salvation.
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Glossary
A guide to the words used across this site and in the texts behind it. Definitions describe historical usage, not proven supernatural effects. A term may mean different things in different traditions; the tradition label tells you which sense is meant here.
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Venus
A classical astrology planet. Venus describes attraction and agreement: what is valued, what gives pleasure, and how affinity is created or maintained.
Vernal
Of spring. The vernal equinox is where the tropical zodiac begins.
Vestment
A garment worn for ritual rather than for warmth, often specified in detail by the text prescribing it.
Via
One of the sixteen geomantic figures, represented by a single mark on each of its four lines. Its assigned nature is source-dependent.
Virgin parchment
Also: Parchment
Parchment prepared from an animal that had not bred, specified by the grimoires for seals and pentacles. The requirement is about the material's purity rather than its durability.
Virgo
The Virgo sign of the zodiac. Virgo is mutable earth: the patient intelligence that sorts, edits, mends, and learns a craft by attending to what the work actually requires.
Visconti–Sforza tarot
A surviving fifteenth-century luxury tarot pack associated with Milan; its historical cards predate modern occult interpretations.