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

Cups · VII

Seven of Cups

Lord of Illusionary Success

The face of Seven of Cups, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of Illusionary Success.

Visions everywhere, few of them true. Test the dream before you drink.

Upright

Fantasy, many choices and illusion. Not every option is real.

Reversed

Clarity, choosing well or seeing through a glamour.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Sitri kindles desire by day; Haagenti, who makes wise and transmutes, by night. Test every vision against the body’s yes and no.

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Correspondences

DecanVenus in Scorpio, 20° to 30°, the third face
Tree of LifeNetzach in Briah
Governing angelsMelahel by day, Haheuiah by night
Image of the decanA man bowed on his knees, a woman striking him with a staff.
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Day spiritSitri, prince
The seal of Sitri

Appears as a leopard’s head with gryphon wings, then a beautiful man. Kindles love between people and reveals what is hidden. Goetia 12.

Night spiritHaagenti, president
The seal of Haagenti

Appears as a bull with gryphon wings, then a man. Makes wise, transmutes metals to gold and water to wine. Goetia 48.

Seven 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.