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Pentacles · IV

Four of Pentacles

Lord of Earthly Power

The face of Four of Pentacles, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of Earthly Power.

Security is earned. Hold firmly, but do not mistake holding for living.

Upright

Saving, security and control. Holding on to what you have built.

Reversed

Greed, or the release of control.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Bathin knows stones and carries people swiftly by day; Murmur speaks with the dead by night. Ask what you are holding that holds you back.

Where the card sits

Correspondences

DecanSun in Capricorn, 20° to 30°, the third face
Tree of LifeChesed in Assiah
Governing angelsChavakiah by day, Menadel by night
Image of the decanA chaste and skilful woman, and a banker counting money at a table.
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Day spiritBathin, duke
The seal of Bathin

Appears as a strong man with a serpent’s tail on a pale horse. Knows herbs and precious stones and carries people swiftly from place to place. Goetia 18.

Night spiritMurmur, duke
The seal of Murmur

Appears as a warrior on a gryphon with a ducal crown, trumpets before him. Teaches philosophy and calls the souls of the dead to answer questions. Goetia 54.

Four of Pentacles 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.