The First Pentacle of Venus

Its virtue

This and those following serve to control the Spirits of Venus, and especially those herein written.

The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers (1889), Figure 39. Public domain.

What is written on it

The mystical characters of Venus on an eight-rayed wheel, ringed by the angels Nogahiel, Acheliah, Socodiah and Nangariel.

How it is made

• Engrave it in copper on a Friday, in an hour of Venus. Made in the planet's metal, it needs no particular colour.
• Or draw it on virgin paper or parchment, exorcised first, in green, the colour of Venus.
• The material must be new and never used for anything else. Metal is first purified by fire.
• The size is up to you, as long as it is made by the rules. Burn the incense while you work, and be pure in body and mind.

From Mathers, Book I, chapter 18, "Concerning the Holy Pentacles or Medals".