The Pentacles

The 3rd Pentacle of Saturn

Made within the magical circle and recommended for night invocation, Saturn’s third pentacle has a precise setting. Four angelic names enclose its wheel of magical characters. [1]

Mathers 1889 · Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 59; figure 13, Plate II; plate PDF page 67

Pentacle profile

Tradition and Group: Mathers 1889 · Saturn [1]
Position within the Set: Pentacle 3 · figure 13 · plate II [1]
Attributed Purpose: For invocation of spirits of Saturn, with making within the magical circle specified and night use commended. [1]
Design: Eight spokes terminate in varied angular, curved and circle-ended characters, within four Hebrew angelic names. [1]

Eight spokes meet centrally and end in different barred, triangular, angular, curled and circle-tipped characters. Four Hebrew angelic name groups encircle them. — **Source reproduction** The 3rd Pentacle of Saturn: magical characters inside four angelic names. Mathers 1889, Plate II, figure 13; notice on p. 59.

The circle and the night

The third Saturn notice says the pentacle should be made within the magical circle and is good for use at night when spirits of Saturn are invoked. [1]

Four angels around the wheel

Mathers identifies Omeliel, Anachiel, Arauchiah and Anazachia around the figure. Their Hebrew name groups occupy the four sides of the band. Inside, eight rays reach different characters: the top has bars with small circles; the right a rounded three-ended form; the lower-left a bar within an oval; other tips combine triangles, angular strokes and curls. The note calls them magical characters of Saturn. [1]

Sources and editions

The Key of Solomon the King · The 3rd Pentacle of Saturn
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, 1889; printed edition, including editorial restoration of Hebrew characters. Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 59; figure 13, Plate II; plate PDF page 67; Complete Saturn notices and notes, printed pp. 58–61 (PDF pp. 65, 68–69, 74); general Book I VIII pp. 39–41 and XVIII pp. 56–57

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