The Magus degrees report

Prepared for Papus (Gérard Encausse), born 13 July 1865, time unknown, A Coruña, Spain. Report dated 2 October 2026.

1. In short

You touch a Magus degree.

• Saturn on the 2nd degree of Libra (sidereal): The Magus with the incense.
• Jupiter on the 21st degree of Sagittarius (tropical): The Magus with the tiara.

Occult degrees in the wider sense:

• Mars on the 8th degree of Leo (sidereal): The eye in the triangle of flame.

2. Sidereal zodiac (Lahiri)

The sidereal zodiac is fixed to the stars; it is the one in which the Magus rule is stated. ★ = one of the six degrees of the rule.

3. Tropical zodiac

The tropical zodiac starts from the equinox; it is the one the degree calendars were written for. The meanings are those of a fifteenth-century text, often blunt: they gloss an image and foretell no event.

4. The six degrees, one by one

21st degree of Sagittarius — The Magus with the tiara

Angelus (1488): “A man standing in the habit of a doctor.” It denotes a wise man.
P. Christian (1863), our translation: “A Magus, the tiara on his brow and the sceptre in his hand.” Aptitude for the high sciences.
La Volasfera (1898) describes two interlaced triangles with a third set above them, and calls it a degree of mastery.

In your chart: Jupiter conjunct (tropical).

2nd degree of Libra — The Magus with the incense

Angelus (1488): “A clergyman with a pot of incense.” It signifies a religious and faithful person.
P. Christian (1863), our translation: “A Magus burning incense on an altar.” Contemplative character, religious leanings.
La Volasfera (1898) describes a man in the dress of a physician of a monastic order of mercy.

In your chart: Saturn conjunct (sidereal).

18th degree of Sagittarius — The aptitude for the occult sciences

Angelus (1488): “A man holding a bird by the tail, and in the other hand a burning torch.” The person signified hereby will be a fowler, or a searcher of secrets.
P. Christian (1863), our translation: “A man holding a bird by the tail in one hand and a torch in the other.” Aptitude for the study of the occult sciences.
La Volasfera (1898) describes a man’s face painted with grotesque scrolls and framed by tangled hair.

In your chart: nothing on this degree.

8th degree of Leo — The eye in the triangle of flame

Angelus (1488): “A fire flaming.” It signifies a labourer with fire.
La Volasfera (1898) describes a halo of clouds, with a triangle of flame at its centre and an eye within the triangle.

In your chart: Mars conjunct (sidereal).

27th degree of Taurus — The alchemist in his laboratory

Angelus (1488): “The similitude of a field of wheat, or corn standing uncut.” This ascension denotes a gatherer together and heaper up of riches.
La Volasfera (1898) describes an alchemist at work in his laboratory, with gold on his table.

In your chart: nothing on this degree.

21st degree of Capricorn — The hieroglyphic manuscript and the retort

Angelus (1488): “A man with a book open in his hand.” It signifies a high learned man.
La Volasfera (1898) describes an ancient hieroglyphic manuscript with a retort and a crucible lying on it.

In your chart: nothing on this degree.

5. Who shares your degrees

People in the directory with a planet on the same degree as one of yours, in the same zodiac.

Only the person’s seven traditional planets are counted: Uranus, Neptune and Pluto stay on one degree for years and would link whole generations.

6. What is rare and what is not

Among the 136 occultists, astrologers and alchemists we checked, these shares are the same within two or three points. The Magus degrees therefore do not set magicians apart: they tell an image, which each reader takes as they wish.

7. Method, sources and limits

Apparent geocentric positions computed with Astronomy Engine (MIT licence), accurate to about an arc-minute. Sidereal: Lahiri ayanamsa, 23°51′ on 1 January 2000. A degree covers a whole interval: the 21st degree runs from 20°00′ to 20°59′.

Texts: Johannes Angelus, Astrolabium planum, 1488, in Raphael’s English edition of 1879; P. Christian, L’Homme rouge des Tuileries, 1863; Sepharial, La Volasfera, 1898; Arbatel, Basel, 1575. People: Wikidata (CC0).

This report applies old texts to an astronomical calculation. It predicts nothing, measures no gift, is not an admission test for any order, and replaces no medical, psychological or financial advice.

Yannick Schweizer, Avenue de Chillon 78, 1820 Territet, Switzerland — born-a-magician.pages.dev

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