Third Pentacle of Venus

What this is

The Third Pentacle of Venus is the seal of love and respect in the Venusian set of the Key of Solomon, cut to attract both the affection and the esteem of others. Where the first controls the Venusian spirits, this one draws their gifts of love and honour directly to the wearer. It is the seal of being both loved and respected.

What it governs

It governs the attracting of love and respect. Its sphere is the winning of both affection and esteem: the drawing of the heart and the regard of others under Venus's grace. It rules the drawing of Venusian favour toward the one who seeks to be both loved and honoured.

Its properties

It is figured in Venus's green at the planet's hour, its inscription invoking the names by which love and respect are drawn. The upright virtue of the seal is the winning of genuine affection and esteem, love joined to honour; its shadow is the vanity that craves admiration more than connection. The pentacle teaches that the love worth having is joined to respect, and that to be truly loved is to be esteemed as well as desired.

Where else it appears

This seal of love and respect is the talismanic skin of the same Venusian grace that Hagith embodies in making a person fair and loved and that Netzach holds as the warm sphere of feeling and honour. The love-spirit's gift, the Rose Oolong's heart-opening, and the drawn seal that attracts love and respect are facets of one Venus. Set them together and the same honoured love looks back.

Where you meet it on the Oracle

On The Day, the Third Pentacle of Venus appears as a tradition-face of Friday, the day of Venus, beside the planet itself, the angel Anael, 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 attracts love and respect. Read it not as a literal talisman to cut but as the day's invitation to that exact work under Venus'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 love worth having is joined to respect, that affection and esteem belong together. It matters because the Venusian day favours genuine connection. It asks you to seek to be esteemed as well as loved, and to offer the same in return.

Correspondences

planet

Venus

element

Earth, Water

zodiac

Taurus, Libra

sephirah

Netzach

day

Friday

colour

Green

metal

Copper

stone

Emerald

tarot

The Empress