The Pentacles

The 7th Pentacle of Jupiter

The needy rise from the dunghill to sit with princes in Jupiter’s final verse. Its notice joins relief from poverty to the discovery of treasures and the expulsion of their guardian spirits, through devotion and repeated words. [1]

Mathers 1889 · Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 62; figure 24, Plate V; plate PDF page 76

Pentacle profile

Tradition and Group: Mathers 1889 · Jupiter [1]
Position within the Set: Pentacle 7 · figure 24 · plate V [1]
Attributed Purpose: Against poverty through devotional contemplation and repetition of the verse; also to drive away treasure-guarding spirits and discover the treasures. [1]
Design: Eight Jupiter-character spokes lie inside Psalm 113’s words raising the needy to sit with princes.

[1]

Eight spokes end in varied bars, loops, crescents, a triangle and circle-ended characters. A Hebrew verse surrounds the wheel beneath a small six-pointed star. — **Source reproduction** The 7th Pentacle of Jupiter: mystical characters within the Psalm’s ascent from poverty to princes. Mathers 1889, Plate V, figure 24; notice on p. 62 and note on p. 63.

Poverty, treasure and devotion

The last Jupiter pentacle is credited with power against poverty when considered with devotion while its verse is repeated. It also drives away the spirits guarding treasures and discovers those treasures. Its devotional condition resembles the sixth’s, though this notice does not expressly state daily use. [1]

The characters inside the verse

Eight rays meet centrally and end in different mystical characters of Jupiter. Their forms include bars, a loop, crescents, a small triangle and circle-ended strokes. The enclosing band is a Hebrew verse, rather than the angelic name band around the first Jupiter wheel. [1]

From the dunghill to princes

Mathers cites Psalm 113:7, quoting the poor lifted from the mire and the needy raised from the dunghill, then seated with princes of their own people. The quoted sentence extends into verse 8. The full Psalm praises the Lord above nations and heavens, who stoops to regard the earth and raises those in poverty into honoured company. [1][2]

Sources and editions

The Key of Solomon the King · The 7th Pentacle of Jupiter
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, 1889; printed edition, including editorial restoration of Hebrew characters. Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 62; figure 24, Plate V; plate PDF page 76; Complete Jupiter notices and notes, printed pp. 61–63 (PDF pp. 74–75, 80); general Book I VIII pp. 39–41 and XVIII pp. 56–57
Psalm 113 · The needy raised to sit with princes
King James Version, public-domain biblical text. Psalm 113:1–9, especially 7–8

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