Aratron

Olympic spirits

Tradition · GrimoireOlympian Spirit
Alternate Names
Arathron
Planet
Saturn
Order
1
Element
Earth
Chakra
Root Chakra
Metal
Lead
Stone
Obsidian
Herb
Asphodel
Color
Black
Day
Saturday
Hour
Saturn
Sigil

His character, not a figure: the abstract glyph printed for Aratron in the Arbatel and assigned to lead, the metal of Saturn. The 1575 woodcut is the reference form; later redrawings differ in the strokes, and no two hand copies agree.

Office

Governs the 49 provinces of Saturn and everything ascribed astrologically to Saturn: he turns any living creature, plant or animal into stone in a moment, changes coals into treasure and treasure into coals, gives familiars, reconciles the subterranean spirits to men, teaches alchemy, magic and medicine, confers invisibility, makes the barren fruitful, and gives long life.

Keywords
SaturnAlchemyStoneTreasureInvisibilityLongevityLeadSubterranean
Magical Uses
AlchemyTransmutationLongevityMedicineInvisibilityFamiliar spiritsTreasure finding

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