Sixth Pentacle of the Moon

What this is

The Sixth Pentacle of the Moon is the warding seal of the lunar set in the Key of Solomon, cut to hinder all who work against the operator, turning back the schemes of opponents under the Moon's hand. It is the defensive figure that frustrates ill intent. It belongs to the protective wing of the grimoire's lunar art.

What it governs

It governs the hindering of all who work against the operator. Its sphere is the frustrating of opposition under the Moon: the turning-back of plots, the confounding of those who scheme, the protection of the seeker from hidden hostility. It rules the warding of the seeker against the designs of others.

Its properties

It is figured in silver at the Moon's hour, its inscription invoking the names by which the lunar spirits confound an enemy's working. The upright virtue of the seal is the frustrating of ill intent, the steady protection that turns a scheme back on itself; its shadow is the siege-mentality that sees enemies in every shadow. The pentacle teaches that the Moon, who rules the hidden tides, can turn the hidden workings of others to nothing, and that the surest defence is steadiness rather than counter-attack.

Where else it appears

This warding seal is the talismanic skin of the same lunar power over hidden things that Phul holds in the Arbatel over the spirits of the water and the unseen and that Yesod holds as the sphere of the hidden astral tides. The Moon-spirit's mastery of the hidden, the wolf's loyalty that keeps the pack whole against threat, and the drawn seal that hinders opponents are facets of one Moon. Lay them together and the same hidden protection looks back.

Where you meet it on the Oracle

On The Day, the Sixth Pentacle of the Moon appears as a tradition-face of Monday, the day of Moon, beside the planet itself, the angel Gabriel, and the planet's other daily faces. When it surfaces it colours the day with its single purpose, recorded in the old grimoire as one to hinders all who work against the operator. Read it not as a literal talisman to cut but as the day's invitation to that exact work under Moon's hand: a pointer to the matter the day is shaped for, the door that stands open today.

Why it matters

It names the truth that the Moon, ruling the hidden tides, can turn the hidden schemes of others to nothing. It matters because the lunar day asks you to trust the steady protection of the deep over the panic of the surface. It asks you to hold steady when others work against you, and to let their scheming break itself.

Correspondences

planet

Moon

element

Water

zodiac

Cancer

sephirah

Yesod

day

Monday

colour

Silver

metal

Silver

stone

Pearl

tarot

The High Priestess