The Seal of Mars

Planetary spirits

Tradition · Hermetic Western
Alternate Names
The character of Mars
Kind
Seal
Planet
Mars
Order of angels
Powers (Potestates) in the received tables; Seraphim in Agrippa's scale of ten.
Metal
Iron
Stone
Bloodstone
Color
Red
Day
Tuesday
Hour planet
Mars
Rank
Planetary seal
Sigil

The character of the planet itself, drawn from the divine names over the numbers of Mars's five-by-five square and printed in the plate between the characters of Graphiel and of Barzabel. It is not the same character as either the intelligence's or the spirit's, and the plate prints all three side by side, which is the surest way to tell them apart.

Office

Engraved on an iron plate or a sword with Mars fortunate, the seal is held to make a man potent in war, in judgments and in petitions, terrible to his enemies and victorious over them; cut in cornelian it is said to staunch blood and the menses. With Mars unfortunate, on a plate of red brass, it does the reverse. The seal is the planet's whole virtue in one mark, and the chapter's elections are what make the difference between its two faces.

Keywords
MarsSealCharacterIronSwordVictory
Magical Uses
Talisman engravingVictoryCourageProtectionBinding

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