Our sources include Picatrix,

Cornelius Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy,

Marsilio Ficino's Three Books on Life, Thabit Ibn Qurra's De Imaginibus and other

The election is a crucial and perhaps the most important part of the process
because the time at which the talisman is made and the astrological energies
manifested at that time provide much of the magical charge of the talisman

As you can see due to the hand crafted artisan process of lost wax casting and the
limited time range only a few talismans can be made at a time. All Renaissance
Astrology talismans are scarce and available for a limited time and all talisman
eventually sell out

Complex Astrological (Election) Techniques = More Powerful Talismans

Regular Strength
-Moon in appropriate Mansion
-Moon in proper phase
(both of them have to be happening simultaneously)

2x Strength:
-Moon in appropriate mansion
-Moon on ascendant
-Unafflicted by Saturn or Mars
-Moon is not combust

3x Strength:
-Moon in appropriate mansion,
-Moon is in her proper phase,
-Moon in midheaven,
-ascendant and Lord are not afflicted, -Moon is not afflicted by any square or any
opposition to any planet,
-not in conjuction to Mars and Saturn,
-not combust