Fifth Pentacle of Venus

What this is

The Fifth Pentacle of Venus is the seal recorded in the Key of Solomon for what the old text calls the extraordinary love of women, a powerful drawing of deep affection. It is among the most pointed of the Venusian seals, cut for the winning of profound love. Recorded here as the tradition gives it, it is understood as a figure of attraction, never of compulsion of another's free heart.

What it governs

It governs the drawing of extraordinary, profound love. Its sphere is the deepest reach of Venusian attraction: the winning of devoted affection, the drawing of a love that runs deep rather than shallow. It rules the seeker's wish for a profound and lasting bond.

Its properties

It is figured in Venus's green at the planet's hour, its border carrying the names by which deep affection is drawn. The upright virtue of the seal is the drawing of profound and devoted love, affection that runs deep; its shadow is the desire to bind another's heart against its freedom, love sought as possession. The pentacle teaches that the deepest love is freely given, and that what is grasped at can never satisfy the way what is freely offered does.

Where else it appears

This seal of profound love is the talismanic skin of the same Venusian fulfilment that Hagith embodies in granting love and beauty and that Netzach holds as the sphere of deep feeling. The love-spirit's gift, the deer's gentle grace that disarms, and the drawn seal of extraordinary love are facets of one Venus. Lay them together and the same profound affection looks back.

Where you meet it on the Oracle

On The Day, the Fifth 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 for the extraordinary love of women. 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 deepest love is freely given and cannot be compelled, that profound affection is received rather than seized. It matters because the Venusian day favours the deep and lasting bond. It asks you to draw love with an open hand rather than a closed one.

Correspondences

planet

Venus

element

Earth, Water

zodiac

Taurus, Libra

sephirah

Netzach

day

Friday

colour

Green

metal

Copper

stone

Emerald

tarot

The Empress