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Wands · VIII

Eight of Wands

Lord of Swiftness

The face of Eight of Wands, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of Swiftness.

Everything moves at once. Say exactly what you mean and send it now.

Upright

Speed, messages and movement. Things happen quickly; travel and news are likely.

Reversed

Delays, crossed wires or acting before you are ready.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Beleth, a mighty king who causes love, by day; Crocell, who speaks mystically of hidden things, by night. Read this card as a sign that your request has been heard.

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Correspondences

DecanMercury in Sagittarius, 0° to 10°, the first face
Tree of LifeHod in Atziluth
Governing angelsNith-Haiah by day, Haaiah by night
Image of the decanA man in a coat of mail holding a naked sword.
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Day spiritBeleth, king
The seal of Beleth

Appears as a furious king on a pale horse, with trumpets before him. Causes love. One of the four chief spirits Solomon shut in the brass vessel; called with a hazel wand and a ring. Goetia 13.

Night spiritCrocell, duke
The seal of Crocell

Appears as an angel, speaking mystically of hidden things. Teaches geometry and the liberal sciences, makes the sound of rushing waters, warms waters and finds springs. Goetia 49.

Eight of Wands in the guidebookAll seventy-eight cards

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Notes on sources

The meanings, the questions and the correspondences are the guidebook’s own. The paths, letters and astrology follow the Golden Dawn’s attributions; the angels are the Shem ha-Mephorash, as the deck gives them; the spirits, shown only when you ask for them, are the seventy-two of the Goetia. Where each comes from, and what is old and what is modern, is set out in the guidebook’s Notes on sources and seals.