Demon summoning

Welcome to the forum, soldier77777. Both of the goals you describe, a teaching career and an improved social life, are legitimate Godly pursuits, and the Clergy has guided members toward both. There's real substance to build on here, and I'd rather give you a clear map than a sales pitch. Let me work through the parts of your question one at a time, drawing on what the Temple of Zeus actually publishes.

First, a quick reframe, because the word "demon" carries a lot of baggage the Temple deliberately strips away. On the [INSTRUCTIONS: HOW TO SUMMON THE GODS OR DAEMONSExternal ↗](https://templeofzeus.org/SummoningGods.php) page, the Clergy explains that "daemon" is the original Greek word for "God or Goddess" or "Knowledgeable One," and that the Goetic entities were ancient Pagan Gods whose names were deliberately corrupted by the Abrahamic traditions. Summoning them, in this framework, is approached with honesty and respect. You never command or demand, you offer something in return, and for any Daemon you are not yet familiar with, you go through Zeus first. That's the posture that matters before you even think about candles. Summoning is a serious working, and the page notes that when we are new, most of the Daemons are willing to help, but the exchange has to be real, never one-sided, and never about forcing compliance. The page is worth reading in full before you do anything else.

For the candle and incenseExternal ↗ question, the [Basic Candle Color for Spells and RitualsExternal ↗](https://templeofzeus.org/Candle.php) page makes one rule that overrides everything else: black is the all-purpose Zevic candle, used for protection, binding, breaking obstacles, and absorbing negative energies. Beyond that, you match the candle to the working, and for any summoning you use the color related to the Daemon you are approaching. The [INCENSEExternal ↗](https://templeofzeus.org/IncenseExternal ↗.php) page gives the same logic from the other side: incenseExternal ↗ varieties correspond to the planets, and the page explicitly tells you to match them when you are "summoning a Daemon, performing a spell that is related to a planetary sphere, or a ritual that requires a certain type of incenseExternal ↗." So a solid, non-invented starting setup for any Godly ritual aimed at success would be a black candle as your base, plus a candle in the color of the planet or Daemon you are working with, and an incenseExternal ↗ that matches that same planetary correspondence.

Now, for the two squares you have already started, this gets concrete fast. The [MercuryExternal ↗](https://templeofzeus.org/PlanetMercury.php) page lists candle colors silver, slate blue, and grey, with yellow and light blue also valid from the planetary correspondences, Wednesday as the day, and MercuryExternal ↗ professions that explicitly include "teachers, speakers, interpreters, secretaries." MercuryExternal ↗ rules communication, intellect, and education, which is why this square is a strong match for a teaching career. The [MarsExternal ↗](https://templeofzeus.org/PlanetMars.php) page gives red, scarlet, and dark red for candles, Tuesday as the day, and MarsExternal ↗-ruled domains of ambitions, energy, competitions, and "glory in battle," which is the energy you want behind career ambition and competitive professional advancement. The MarsExternal ↗ incenseExternal ↗ list is Dragon's Blood, Pine, Cypress, Benzoin, Tobacco, Coriander, Cumin, Ginger, and Pepper. The MercuryExternal ↗ incenseExternal ↗ list is Mace, Almond, Storax, Sandalwood, Lavender, Benzoin, Bergamot, Mint, Sage, Sweet Pea, and Lily of the Valley.

For the [Mercury 2080External ↗ square](https://templeofzeus.org/Mercury_Square.php), the published rule is 64 consecutive days, never skip a day or the entire working is cancelled, begin on a Wednesday during MercuryExternal ↗ hours, and begin only when MercuryExternal ↗ is in Gemini, Virgo, or its exalted sign Aquarius. Avoid starting in Leo (fall) or Sagittarius and Pisces (detriment). For the MarsExternal ↗ square, the [ShortcutsExternal ↗](https://templeofzeus.org/ShortcutsExternal ↗.php) page confirms 25 consecutive days on a Tuesday in MarsExternal ↗ hours; for the full MarsExternal ↗ timing rules, including start-sign details, the [MarsExternal ↗ Kabbalistic Square](https://templeofzeus.org/Mars_Square.php) page has the complete schedule. If you want a shorter form that fits into a busy schedule, the ShortcutsExternal ↗ page gives the Clergy's working mantras: MercuryExternal ↗ is "AUM BUDHAAYA [NAMA or SVAHA]" and MarsExternal ↗ is "AUM BHAUMAYA [NAMA or SVAHA]." A practical clarification from [High Priest Zevios Metathronos on planetary squares](https://ancient-forums.com/posts/315439/): affirmations can be added at the end with "AUM" and "Hail Satan," the paper square is treated as an instruction manual rather than a sigil, and it can be burned on the next matching planetary day and hour, with burial being even better.

On the meditation point, I want to be straightforward without lecturing. You said it doesn't interest you and you'd rather focus on social life directly. Fair enough. That said, the Clergy's published guidance does tie sensing Daemons and the workings you've already started to a meditation practice, and one of the [Psychic Openness in Sensing DaemonsExternal ↗](https://templeofzeus.org/Summoning.php) page's clearest lines is this: "Every Zevist should meditate on a regular basis, regardless of present ability." The [Magick, Meditation & Your DestinyExternal ↗](https://libraryofthoth.org/item/sermon/118462-magick-meditation-your-destiny) sermon by High Priest Zevios Metathronos lays out why, and the [The Fast Path: Meditation In ToZExternal ↗](https://libraryofthoth.org/item/sermon/951225-the-fast-path-meditation-in-toz) sermon gives a practical framing. I'm not going to push it beyond that. Even fifteen minutes of focused breathing daily, if you ever try it, tends to make the squares and the summoning attempts land differently. The rest of what I'm laying out below still stands on its own merits either way.

For the "which demon should I actually summon for a teaching career" question, the Temple publishes a list for exactly this. The [Help for StudentsExternal ↗](https://templeofzeus.org/STUDENTS.php) page organizes the Goetic entities by academic subject: rhetoric is covered by Forneus, Furcas, Cimeries, Nebiros, and Ronobe; languages by Agares, Forneus, and Ronobe; logic by Botis, Buer, Cimeries, Foras, and Nebiros; philosophy by Botis, Buer, Furcas, Gaap, Murmur, and Vapula; and passing tests or exams by Vapula. For career advancement and promotions, the [Help from Our Gods: Lists of Gods by Domain](https://templeofzeus.org/HELP.php) page adds Belial, Gusion, and Eligor (Abigor). If your social life is the focus, the [VenusExternal ↗](https://templeofzeus.org/PlanetVenus.php) page lists social activities, friendships, attraction, harmony, and financial gain under VenusExternal ↗'s domains, with green candle color, Friday as the day, and the planetary demon Kedemel. So if you want to layer social life onto a teaching career, a VenusExternal ↗ square alongside the MercuryExternal ↗ one is a coherent combination, not a random add-on; for the full VenusExternal ↗ incenseExternal ↗ list, the [INCENSEExternal ↗](https://templeofzeus.org/IncenseExternal ↗.php) page has the complete correspondences.

Rather than invent a custom summoning working for you, I'd recommend doing the published rituals as they are written. Two TOZRituals line up cleanly with your goals. The [Oannes (Forneus) Power RitualExternal ↗](https://tozrituals.org/rituals/god/oannes-forneus-power-ritual) is built for what you are asking about: Oannes, the primordial Sage who gave humanity writing, language, and rhetoric, is preserved in the Goetic tradition as Forneus, described as teaching rhetoric and languages, winning good reputations, and turning enemies into friends. The ritual works through runic vibrations and affirmations on the sigil, and it asks explicitly for mastery over language, speech that moves hearts, and the conversion of enmity into friendship where possible. The [KhepriExternal ↗ (Cimeries) Power Ritual](https://tozrituals.org/rituals/god/khepriExternal ↗-cimeries-power-ritual) covers the other side of teaching: KhepriExternal ↗, the self-created solar God of becoming, was preserved in the Goetia as Cimeries, the warrior on the black horse who teaches grammar, logic, and rhetoric, and finds what is buried. The ritual calls on Kheperu for manifestation, transformation, and the rebuilding of what crumbles into shape. Both rituals are written to be done as published. Don't try to invent a softer or harder version, don't change the vibration counts, do them as written.

A practical next step, if you want one clear path forward: start the MercuryExternal ↗ square during MercuryExternal ↗ hours on a Wednesday when MercuryExternal ↗ is in Gemini, Virgo, or Aquarius, use the shortcut mantra from the ShortcutsExternal ↗ page, light a yellow or light blue candle with a black one alongside it, and burn a MercuryExternal ↗ incenseExternal ↗ from the planetary list. Pair this with even a short daily meditation, fifteen minutes of focused breathing or void meditation, because that is what makes the square land in your life rather than just burn through it. Once you have some momentum on the MercuryExternal ↗ square, perform the [Oannes (Forneus) Power RitualExternal ↗](https://tozrituals.org/rituals/god/oannes-forneus-power-ritual) and the [KhepriExternal ↗ (Cimeries) Power Ritual](https://tozrituals.org/rituals/god/khepriExternal ↗-cimeries-power-ritual) following each ritual's published schedule. That combination covers the language, the rhetoric, the reputation, and the grammar and logic side of teaching. If you want a social-life layer, add the VenusExternal ↗ square on a Friday in VenusExternal ↗ hours with a green candle and the VenusExternal ↗ incenseExternal ↗ list from the IncenseExternal ↗ page.

One last thing worth sitting with. In a [forum reply to a member pursuing a teaching career in communist China](https://ancient-forums.com/threads/53530#post-235494), High Priest Zevios Metathronos explicitly named "Become a good and reputable educator" among the Godly pursuits for that member, and reminded him that magick without the physical work, the studying, the credentialing, the actual showing up to teach, is incomplete. The Gods can bless the path, but you still have to walk it. So the squares, the rituals, the candles, and the incenseExternal ↗ are the spiritual machinery that opens doors and clears obstacles, but the teaching itself, the speaking in front of students, the building of the reputation, is the work you do in this world while the Gods do their part in the other.

without doing meditation to open up your chakras you can't get the power you need to make the squares work. Your throwing tiny bits of energy at a large target so it won't go where you want it to. Plus "summoning a demon" won't do a darn thing if you don't show that your putting effort toward your goal and the gods see that effort thru meditation- it opens your chakras, lets you see the gods and hear them, and dozens of other things. I highly suggest you read the meditation section- of the TOZ site to get a better understanding of what meditation is and does for the human soul. you can also listen to a few of the AMAs on the temples YouTube channel. - just look for Temple of Zeus and it will pop up.

Good luck.

Hail our wonderful Father Zeus

It's important to meditate daily, the soul needs "food" to survive and to advance and the meditation is feeding your soul. The magick won't work if you don't have a strong soul/chakras, and that is achieved though Power Meditations, Awareness Meditations, Hata Yoga, Kundalini yoga... Etc. And Demons/Daimons won't be able to speak to you because you won't be hearing them widouth the opening the chakras meditation and spiritual advancement. You can use the color of the specific Daemon that is listed in the TempleofZeus.org it's noted there. Use incense that smell good.

And for the kabbalistic squares to work, you need to open your chakras if you haven't. And if your chakras are weak they won't manifest or attract much or nothing about what you want.

First of all, the planet Mars is in Taurus in the 7th house.First of all, the planet Mars is in Taurus in the 7th house, and this negative placement is having a very bad effect on it. I used to have homosexual feelings, and those feelings are gone. My chart is predominantly water element-based. My illness is bipolar disorder, and the medication I take reduces my sexual desire; I feel nothing. I just want to summon the demon and become a studying machine.

Without being willing to meditate, you show zero respect for the Gods, as it is the foundation. I would work on this first.