Fourth Pentacle of the Sun

What this is

The Fourth Pentacle of the Sun is the seal of vision in the solar set of the Key of Solomon, cut to enable the operator to see the invisible spirits, to bring the unseen into the light of sight. It turns the Sun's revealing power to the unveiling of what is hidden from ordinary eyes. It is the seal of solar revelation.

What it governs

It governs the seeing of invisible spirits, the bringing of the unseen into sight. Its sphere is solar revelation: the radiance that makes hidden powers visible, the light that unveils what was concealed. It rules the unveiling that the Sun alone can grant.

Its properties

It is figured in gold at the Sun's hour, its border carrying the names by which the unseen is made visible. The upright virtue of the seal is illumination, the solar light that reveals what was hidden; its shadow is the pride that would gaze on the unseen without the reverence to bear it. The pentacle teaches that the Sun reveals, and that to be shown the unseen is a gift that asks reverence in return.

Where else it appears

This seal of vision is the talismanic skin of the same revealing Sun that Och embodies in the Arbatel as the giver of wisdom and that Michael embodies as the bright sword that scatters darkness. The solar spirit's wisdom, the salmon's hard-won knowledge, and the drawn seal that unveils the invisible are facets of one illuminating Sun. Set them together and the same revealing light looks back.

Where you meet it on the Oracle

On The Day, the Fourth 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 enables thee to see invisible spirits. 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 the Sun reveals, that light is what makes the hidden seen. It matters because the solar day favours clarity and the unveiling of what was obscure. It asks you to look with reverence at what the light shows you.

Correspondences

planet

Sun

element

Fire

zodiac

Leo

sephirah

Tiphareth

day

Sunday

colour

Gold

metal

Gold

stone

Diamond

tarot

The Sun