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

Pentacles · Queen

Queen of Pentacles

Queen of the Thrones of Earth

The face of Queen of Pentacles, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Queen of the Thrones of Earth.

Nurture made practical. Tend the body, the home and the harvest.

Upright

Nurturing, practical and abundant. Care that shows up in real life.

Reversed

Self-neglect, smothering or financial worry.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Balam, a terrible and powerful king, gives true answers and makes invisible. Use this card for protection of home and family.

Where the card sits

Correspondences

Elemental natureWater of Earth
Zodiac20° Sagittarius to 20° Capricorn, ruling the Ten of Wands, Two of Pentacles and Three of Pentacles
Elemental kingGhob of the Gnomes
CrestA winged goat’s head
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SpiritBalam, king
The seal of Balam

Appears as three heads (bull, man, ram), flaming eyes, riding a bear with a goshawk. Answers truly of all times, makes invisible and witty. Goetia 51.

Queen 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.