The Pentacles
The 7th Pentacle of Saturn
Nine orders of angels occupy Saturn’s last pentacle, whose notice gives them enough power to make the universe tremble. Its assigned effect is an earthquake; the enclosing Psalm shakes the earth and the foundations of hills. [1]
Mathers 1889 · Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 60; figure 17, Plate III; plate PDF page 70
Pentacle profile
- Tradition and Group
- Mathers 1889 · Saturn [1]
- Position within the Set
- Pentacle 7 · figure 17 · plate III [1]
- Attributed Purpose
- To excite earthquakes, with each invoked angelic order described as powerful enough to make the whole universe tremble. [1]
- Design
- A broad-sided inverted triangle carries nine angelic-order names in ordinary Hebrew and Passing of the River, inside Psalm 18:7.