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

Pentacles · III

Three of Pentacles

Lord of Material Works

The face of Three of Pentacles, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of Material Works.

Mastery grows in good company. Let others see the work and improve it.

Upright

Teamwork, collaboration and craft. Skill recognised.

Reversed

Lack of teamwork or misaligned goals.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Botis reconciles friends and foes by day; Camio gives the speech of birds and waters by night. Good for questions about collaboration.

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Correspondences

DecanMars in Capricorn, 10° to 20°, the second face
Tree of LifeBinah in Assiah
Governing angelsYehuiah by day, Lehahiah by night
Image of the decanTwo women, and a man watching a bird in flight.
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Day spiritBotis, president
The seal of Botis

Appears as an ugly viper, then a man with great teeth, horns and a bright sword. Tells past and future and reconciles friends and foes. Goetia 17.

Night spiritCamio, president
The seal of Camio

Appears as a thrush, then a man with a sword, answering in burning ashes. Gives understanding of birds, beasts and the voice of waters; answers of things to come. Goetia 53.

Three of Pentacles in the guidebookAll seventy-eight cards

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Seventy-eight cards in fine gold line. Hear when the deck is ready to hold.

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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.