Second Pentacle of Saturn

What this is

The Second Pentacle of Saturn is the treasure-seal of the Saturnine set in the Key of Solomon, cut to drive away the spirits who guard buried treasures. In the old lore, hidden hoards were thought to be watched by Saturnine guardian-spirits, and this seal was the figure to clear them. It belongs to the grimoire's art of uncovering what is hidden in the earth.

What it governs

It governs the driving-away of the spirits who guard treasures, clearing the way to what is buried. Its sphere is the unearthing of the hidden under Saturn's hand: the secret hoard, the treasure in the ground, the guarded thing made accessible. It rules the breaking of the watch that keeps a deep thing from being found.

Its properties

It is figured in black at Saturn's hour, its inscription invoking the names by which the guardian-spirits are dispersed. The upright virtue of the seal is the rightful uncovering of what is hidden, the clearing of obstacles to a deep treasure; its shadow is the greed that disturbs what should be left buried. The pentacle teaches that Saturn keeps its treasures guarded for a reason, and that what is unearthed should be worth the digging.

Where else it appears

This treasure-seal is the talismanic skin of the same hidden-wealth power that Aratron grants in the Arbatel, where the Saturn-spirit gives treasure from the earth. The buried gold of the grand telling, the deep wealth of Binah the great sea, and the drawn seal that clears the guardians are facets of one slow Saturnine abundance. Lay them together and the same hidden treasure looks back.

Where you meet it on the Oracle

On The Day, the Second Pentacle of Saturn appears as a tradition-face of Saturday, the day of Saturn, beside the planet itself, the angel Cassiel, 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 drives away the spirits who guard treasures. Read it not as a literal talisman to cut but as the day's invitation to that exact work under Saturn'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 Saturn's treasures are buried and guarded, and that to reach them is to clear what stands in the way. It matters because the Saturnine day rewards patient digging for what is deep. It asks you to uncover what is hidden, and to be sure it is worth uncovering.

Correspondences

planet

Saturn

element

Earth

zodiac

Capricorn, Aquarius

sephirah

Binah

day

Saturday

colour

Black

metal

Lead

stone

Onyx

tarot

The World