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Swords · VI

Six of Swords

Lord of Earned Success

The face of Six of Swords, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of Earned Success.

You are already crossing. Calmer water lies ahead; keep the mind steady.

Upright

Transition, moving on and safer ground. Leaving difficulty behind.

Reversed

Unfinished business or resistance to change.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Purson by day knows all hidden things; Gremory, the crowned duchess on a camel, by night. Ask what is waiting on the far shore.

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Correspondences

DecanMercury in Aquarius, 10° to 20°, the second face
Tree of LifeTiphareth in Yetzirah
Governing angelsRehael by day, Yeiazel by night
Image of the decanA man with a long beard.
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Day spiritPurson, king
The seal of Purson

Appears as a lion-faced man riding a bear, a viper in hand, trumpets before him. Finds treasure, tells all things past, present and to come, answers of the creation of the world. Goetia 20.

Night spiritGremory, duke
The seal of Gremory

Appears as a beautiful woman with a duchess’s crown at her waist, riding a camel. Tells of past, present and future and of hidden treasure; procures love. Goetia 56.

Six of Swords 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.