The First Pentacle of the Sun
The Countenance of Shaddai, at whose aspect all creatures obey and the angelic spirits bow.
Source: S. Liddell MacGregor Mathers, The Key of Solomon the King (1888), Book II ch. 18, Plate VII fig. 32; 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. Mathers' text carries a Latin inscription, not a Hebrew versicle: 'Behold His face and form by Whom all things were made, and Whom all creatures obey.' Popular lists call it the Metatron pentacle; that identification is Mathers' note, not the pentacle's own title.
Correspondences
- Number
- 22
- Planet
- Sun
- Chakra
- Solar Plexus Chakra
- Colors
- YellowCitron
Practice
- Purpose
- The Countenance of Shaddai, at whose aspect all creatures obey and the angelic spirits bow.
- Magical Uses
- AuthoritySpirit obedienceProtection
Details
- Metals
- Gold
- Angel
- Shaddai; the head of Metatron (Methraton), prince of countenances
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