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

Pentacles · II

Two of Pentacles

Lord of Harmonious Change

The face of Two of Pentacles, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of Harmonious Change.

Balance is a rhythm, not a resting point. Keep both coins moving.

Upright

Balance, adaptability and juggling priorities.

Reversed

Overcommitment and disorganisation.

Show the spirits

The spirit work

In the Goetia, Zepar binds by day; Alloces teaches astronomy by night. Ask what needs to move so something else can stay.

Where the card sits

Correspondences

DecanJupiter in Capricorn, 0° to 10°, the first face
Tree of LifeChokmah in Assiah
Governing angelsLecabel by day, Vasariah by night
Image of the decanA woman, and a man carrying full bags.
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Day spiritZepar, duke
The seal of Zepar

Appears as a soldier in red apparel and armour. Brings lovers together; can also make barren. Goetia 16.

Night spiritAlloces, duke
The seal of Alloces

Appears as a red, lion-faced soldier with flaming eyes on a great horse. Teaches astronomy and the liberal sciences and gives good familiars. Goetia 52.

Two 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.