Key of Solomon · Figure 26
The Second Pentacle of Mars
Mars ♂︎ · Tuesday · Iron · Red
What it is for
Against every kind of illness, laid on the afflicted part.
Its virtue
This Pentacle serveth with great success against all kinds of diseases, if it be applied unto the afflicted part.
The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers (1889), Figure 26. Public domain.
What is written on it
A hexagram with Heh in its angles and the Names IHVH, IHShVH (Yeheshuah) and Elohim within.
The versicle
“In Him was life, and the life was the light of man.”
John 1:4
How it is made
- Engrave it in iron on a Tuesday, in an hour of Mars. Made in the planet's metal, it needs no particular colour.
- Or draw it on virgin paper or parchment, exorcised first, in red, the colour of Mars.
- 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".