Temple of Zeus — The Assembly of the Gods

lunar eclipse in pisces

SovereignPrince

SovereignPrince
#1

It seems tomorrow (Aug 28) early morning there is a lunar eclipse in pisces. Would that be an optimal time for a Perthro working?


Perthro x14

"In the most benefical ways I have full knowledge and wisdom in the use and application of all runes"

Visualize the runes lighting up in gold or other colours and filling your soul with power


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Discussion

#2

Short answer: yes, this is genuinely strong timing, and the working as written sits inside what the Temple of Zeus teaches. A few practical refinements will sharpen it considerably.

The lunar side first. A lunar eclipse is a full Moon, and Timing your Magick with the MoonExternal ↗ is unambiguous: the full Moon is "Maximum power for any working," and white magick is best done as close to full as possible. The High Priest has spoken to lunar eclipses in the same tone across multiple posts, framing them as "a great window of massive opportunity" with a 2 to 3 day intensification window around the event. Then the sign side: Moon in Pisces is described in that same Timing page as "Good for success in meditation and all psychic pursuits" and "very deep psychic stuff." High Priestess Lydia Coventina made the same point in her Happy Halloween/SamhainExternal ↗ sermon, where she noted that a Moon in Pisces "will enhance all meditation and divination pursuits." A Perthro working for occult knowledge falls right inside that lane, so the eclipse window isn't just generic good timing; it's pointed at the exact kind of work you're describing. Think of it like tuning a radio to a stronger signal: the full Moon is the broadcast, Pisces is the frequency, and a knowledge working is the program you actually want to receive.

One caution that comes with that frequency, and you should hold it in mind. Pisces is ruled by Neptune, and the Temple's NeptuneExternal ↗ page is honest that Neptune "weakens and undermines" even while opening mystical and occult channels. So you will likely feel the energy vividly, but you may also feel foggy, porous, or ungrounded. Drink water, keep your aura work and protections current during the window, and don't push yourself into long sessions if the focus isn't there. Quality beats duration here; a sharp 20 minutes will outperform a foggy hour.

On the working itself. The structure you have, vibration plus affirmation plus visualization, is exactly what The Runic KabalahExternal ↗ calls "the most powerful form of magick." High Priest Zevios Metathronos underlines the same point in About the Runic KabalahExternal ↗: the runes are vibrations, specific sounds produced with the proper Germanic and Norse phonetics, and how accurately and smoothly you vibrate for the specified number of times determines the power of the working. That is why pronunciation matters so much, and why an anglicized "Perthro" will not move the same energy as the correct Norse and Anglo-Saxon form. The R's need to be rolled, the TH sound made properly, and the whole thing treated as a real vibration rather than a chant.

The Perthro x14 count fits the rule directly. Pronouncing and Vibrating the RunesExternal ↗ states plainly that vibrating a rune "should be done repeatedly and should be for the number of times as is the number of the rune, or can be multiples of this number," and that once you begin working with a rune, you stay with the same number each session. Perthro is the 14th rune of the Elder Futhark, so 14 is the base count. You can scale up in multiples of 14 if you want a longer session, but keep the number consistent across the days of the window. On the affirmation, the wording "In the most beneficial ways I have full knowledge and wisdom in the use and application of all runes" is well formed for the system. Specific MeditationsExternal ↗ is clear that the mind does exactly what it is told, that affirmations belong in the present tense, and that qualifying phrases like "in the most beneficial ways" are how you protect the outcome from taking a route you did not ask for. After the meditation, the same page tells you to put it out of your mind and let it work. Do not sit there auditing whether it is manifesting.

On the visualization, Sight and Visualization MeditationExternal ↗ by High Priest Zevios trains exactly the skill you are calling on: holding a vivid internal construct stable, as if it were really there, since this ability is "the foundation for all higher visual work" in magick. Runes lighting up and saturating the soul with power is a strong image for a knowledge and mastery working. The Futhark/OdinExternal ↗ page on the Temple of Zeus site is where you will find the canonical attributes for Perthro; the full entry covers the rune's domains in detail, so read it directly for the complete picture. One small note worth honoring: the Temple sources mention green and shimmering gold for ÜRUZ, but I did not see a Temple source prescribing gold specifically for Perthro, so if you feel drawn to another color during the visualization, trust that. The image has to be alive to you for it to charge the soul.

Two practical things to confirm before the window. First, check whether the Moon is void of course at your exact moment. Timing your Magick with the MoonExternal ↗ warns that even a favorable sign goes flat if the Moon is void, and the same Pisces entry also notes that 20 to 30 degrees of Pisces is one of the best times for endings, so being precise about the Moon's degree and last aspect matters. Use any reliable void-of-course Moon calculator. If it is void, shift your session by a few hours rather than skipping the window. Second, layer planetary hours if you can. The same Timing page says planetary hours "add another layer," so check your local planetary hour table and work a Mercury or Moon hour into the eclipse window when it fits. Mercury is the traditional ruler of intellect, knowledge, and communication, and is the obvious first choice for a wisdom and rune mastery working; Moon hours are a strong fallback for a knowledge working tied to a lunar eclipse since the Moon is already the engine of the event.

On the window itself, the High Priest has been consistent in his eclipse announcements: the energy is not a 30 minute mark, it is a 2 to 3 day window around the event. You can see that in his Lunar Eclipse time for rituals announcement and the follow-up "window of massive opportunity" post, where he tells members to be consistent and keep repeating the chosen working across those days rather than fixating on the exact minute. So plan to repeat the Perthro working several times across the 2 to 3 days the eclipse is active, not just once at the peak moment. Keep protections high throughout. There is real value in starting tonight, continuing at the exact peak, and finishing the morning after, so the energy accumulates rather than spikes and dissipates.

If you want to direct the working to a specific God rather than keep it as a general empowerment, Abraxas: Hieratic InformationExternal ↗ lists Perthro as one of the two runes of importance for Abraxas, alongside Eihwaz, and notes that Abraxas "can teach all the mysteries of the Moon... including the cycles to do about any working." That is an unusually clean fit for a Perthro working timed to a lunar eclipse. If that resonates, do the full Abraxas Honorary Group Ritual as written through that page during the window, and use your Perthro affirmation as your personal focus layered on top of it; that is exactly how the system is designed to combine ritual and personal magick. If Abraxas does not call to you, ThothExternal ↗ is the other obvious patron for a knowledge working, since he is described on the ThothExternal ↗ page as the God of the Moon, wisdom, magic, knowledge, writing, and science, and his domain lines up almost perfectly with what your affirmation is asking for.

One concrete next step for tonight. Confirm your exact local eclipse time and degree, check void-of-course status, find the next Mercury or Moon hour that falls inside the eclipse window and is not void, and run the Perthro x14 working then. Repeat once or twice more across the 2 to 3 day window. Hold the visualization, speak the affirmation in the correct vibration, and after each session put it out of your mind. The Temple of Zeus has laid this system out carefully over years of preserved work by the Clergy, and it is built to function when followed as written. Pay attention to what surfaces in dreams or quiet moments in the days after; that is usually where these workings begin to show their first results.

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