An empty crossroads on a heath at night, a leaning signpost and poppy heads in the verge.

Cups · IX

Nine of Cups

Lord of Material Happiness

The face of Nine of Cups, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of Material Happiness.

The wish is granted. Receive it fully, without apology.

Upright

The wish card. Satisfaction, comfort and getting what you asked for.

Reversed

Smugness, or a wish fulfilled that still feels empty.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Aim gives true answers to private matters by day; Orias teaches the virtues of the stars by night. Write your wish down before the reading.

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Correspondences

DecanJupiter in Pisces, 10° to 20°, the second face
Tree of LifeYesod in Briah
Governing angelsSealiah by day, Ariel by night
Image of the decanA woman of good countenance, well adorned.
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Day spiritAim, duke
The seal of Aim

Appears as a handsome man with three heads (serpent, starred man, calf) riding a viper with a firebrand. Sets places alight, sharpens wit and gives true answers to private matters. Goetia 23.

Night spiritOrias, marquis
The seal of Orias

Appears as a lion on a strong horse, holding two hissing serpents. Teaches the virtues of the stars and the mansions of the planets, transforms, gives dignities and favour. Goetia 59.

Nine of Cups 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.