The Fifth Pentacle of Mars
Terrible to demons: at its sight they obey, for they cannot resist its presence. Written on virgin parchment or paper.
Source: S. Liddell MacGregor Mathers, The Key of Solomon the King (1888), Book II ch. 18, Plate VI fig. 29; Peterson's e-text (esotericarchives.com) lists the same sequence. The 1-44 number follows the edition's own 'Order of the Pentacles' (Saturn first: 7+7+7+7+5+5+6); later books reorder (Mastros 2023 counts from the Moon), and the pentacle's own name is its per-planet ordinal. The scorpion figure and the word HVL are Mathers' reconstruction; the verse is the 'lion and adder' text of Ps 91:13, widely used against spirits. Where a Psalm is cited, the numbering is Mathers' English (KJV); the Hebrew numbering is lower.
Correspondences
- Number
- 19
- Planet
- Mars
- Chakra
- Solar Plexus Chakra
- Colors
- Red
Practice
- Purpose
- Terrible to demons: at its sight they obey, for they cannot resist its presence. Written on virgin parchment or paper.
- Psalm
- Psalm 91:13
- Magical Uses
- Spirit terrorBanishingProtection
Details
- Metals
- Iron
- Angel
- HVL (written round the scorpion)
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