Archetype Inspirations | Jupiter Witch

Swirls of Jupiter

Jupiter is a very stormy, turbulent, violent planet. The planet completes a day (or one complete rotation) within roughly 10 hours, which creates massive winds, producing these swirls, and violent storms. The fast rotation coupled with the fact that the planet is nothing but gas greatly multiplies the Coriolis effect. Earth too has a Coriolis effect, this creates the characteristic hurricane shapes and also contributes to the fact that storms will spin the opposite direction in different hemispheres. Luckily, our rotation is slower - our storms are less frequent and less violent than they would be if our days were shorter.

The above images come from the recent Juno mission by NASA.

Jupiter's Moon IO: Jupiter's fifth moon, Io, is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Io's surface temperature averages about minus 202 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 130 Celsius), resulting in the formation of sulfur dioxide snowfields. But Io's volcanoes can reach 3,000 F (1,649 C). Io is often referred to as a celestial body of fire and ice. (source)

Io transiting Jupiter, photographed by Voyager 1, 31 January 1979.  South is up, which is why the Great Red Spot’s in the upper hemisphere.

(As with yesterday’s gif, I’m not fully certain I’ve identified the moon correctly: it looks like Io to me, and the orbital speed seems about right, but for the life of me I can’t get HORIZONS to agree with the pictures: at the time of the first frame (C1541036), my spreadsheet tells me that none of the Galilean moons should even be in the frame.  The problem’s fixed if I pretend that the z-coordinate of every position is zero, but that’s cheating….)

Hubble’s Jupiter and the Shrinking Great Red Spot 

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, OPAL Program, STScI; Processing: Karol Masztalerz

llustration from the great jupiter storm

Evocation

Ὦ Ζεῦ,

we named the second brightest wanderer for you

Κρονίδη

but did not know until Cassini, far-seeing

saw the storms upon your throne,

Μαιμάκτη

and the vast red hurricane

Burn for employment and wealth.

From Scott Cunningham’s The Complete Book of Incense, Oils, and Brews

Burn for wealth and employment.

From Scott Cunningham’s The Complete Book of Incense, Oils, and Brews

True-Color Jupiter and Moon

Spell Circle

Purpose: To sanctify and maintain a space

Recommended Casting Type: Altar

Recommended Anchor: Wood

Outer Ring Translation: “Sanctify this space. Only my circle of spirits and gods may enter.”

Language: English

Script: Woevian

Planetary Correspondences: Sun/Jupiter/Saturn

Directional Correspondences: Center

Color Correspondences: Silver

Numerology: 0/1/3