Second Pentacle of the Sun

What this is

The Second Pentacle of the Sun is the seal of command in the solar set of the Key of Solomon, cut to compel the solar spirits to obey. Where the first humbles their pride, this one bends them to service. It is the figure by which the radiant powers of the Sun are made obedient to the seeker.

What it governs

It governs the compelling of the solar spirits to obey. Its sphere is command over the radiant powers: the bending of the Sun's spirits to service, the mastery of solar force for the seeker's purpose. It rules the obedience of the brightest spirits to a rightful will.

Its properties

It is figured in gold at the Sun's hour, its inscription invoking the names by which the solar spirits are compelled. The upright virtue of the seal is rightful command over radiant power, the authority that directs the Sun's force to a worthy end; its shadow is the lust to command what one has not earned the right to direct. The pentacle teaches that to command the solar powers one must stand in a rightful centre, for the Sun obeys only an authority that is true.

Where else it appears

This seal of command is the talismanic skin of the same solar authority that Och holds in the Arbatel over the spirits of the Sun and that Michael wields as the archangel of the solar sphere. The solar spirit's rule, the salmon's return to its rightful source, and the drawn seal that compels are facets of one commanded Sun. Lay them together and the same rightful command looks back.

Where you meet it on the Oracle

On The Day, the Second Pentacle of the Sun appears as a tradition-face of Sunday, the day of Sun, beside the planet itself, the angel Michael, 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 compels the solar spirits to obey. Read it not as a literal talisman to cut but as the day's invitation to that exact work under Sun'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 radiant power obeys only a rightful centre, that command over the Sun's force must come from a true authority. It matters because the solar day asks you to direct your own radiance to a worthy end. It asks you to stand in a true centre before you command.

Correspondences

planet

Sun

element

Fire

zodiac

Leo

sephirah

Tiphareth

day

Sunday

colour

Gold

metal

Gold

stone

Diamond

tarot

The Sun