Fifth Pentacle of Venus: Exciting Great Love and the Final Solomonic Venusian Seal
Fifth Pentacle of Venus: Exciting Great Love and the Final Solomonic Venusian Seal
The Fifth Pentacle of Venus is the climax of the Venusian series -- the final, most intense, and most powerful of the five Venusian seals. Where the earlier pentacles opened love, drew grace, attracted the beloved, and commanded the Venusian spirits, the Fifth concentrates the full force of the Netzach current into a single overwhelming expression: it excites great love. Not comfortable affection. Not moderate attraction. Great love -- the passionate, consuming, irresistible love that the Solomonic tradition describes as among the most powerful forces that operate in human life.
The Mathers edition of the Greater Key of Solomon states that when this pentacle is shown to any person, it induces them to come to the carrier immediately, and that it gives power to "excite passions and love." This is the most directly affective of all the Venusian seals: it does not merely create favorable conditions for love to develop, it actively excites the Venusian fire in those who encounter the carrier.
The Fullness of Netzach: Venus at Her Most Passionate
Netzach, the seventh Sephirah, is the sphere of divine passion -- the place in the Tree of Life where the divine creative energy expresses itself most fully as longing, desire, and the irresistible pull toward union. In its most complete expression, this energy is not gentle. It is the force that the poets of every tradition have described as overwhelming -- the love that crosses every boundary, that renders all obstacles irrelevant, that moves mountains not through strength but through the sheer urgency of desire.
Haniel, the archangel of Netzach, governs this force at its most complete. The Fifth Pentacle invokes his authority in its fullest expression: not the moderate grace of the Second Pentacle or the attractive magnetism of the Third, but the full volcanic force of Netzach's passionate current, directed toward exciting great love in those who encounter the carrier.
The final seal in any series carries the complete energy of the series -- all that the earlier seals have been building toward reaches its fullest expression in the last. In the Venusian series, all five pentacles have been progressive expressions of Venus's love-power. The Fifth contains them all in their most intense and unified form.
The Fifth Pentacle: Design and the Passion of Venus
The Fifth Pentacle of Venus is engraved with divine names and sigils from the Solomonic tradition that carry the most intense expression of the Venusian attractive force. The seal's design encodes the full authority of the Netzach sphere at its most passionately generous -- the overflow of divine love in its most immediate and overwhelming form.
The traditional description of this seal -- that showing it to any person compels them to come to the carrier immediately -- reflects the intensity of the Venusian force this pentacle carries. It does not wait for gradual attraction to develop. The Venusian fire is immediate, irresistible, and complete. Those who encounter the carrier bearing this seal find themselves drawn by the same force that moves the tides and calls every living thing toward its source.
This intensity makes the Fifth Pentacle appropriate for specific and serious love purposes -- for moments when the carrier's need for love is at its most urgent, when the situation calls for the full force of the Venusian current rather than its gentler expressions, and when they are prepared to receive the great love that this seal calls forth.
Who Carries the Fifth Pentacle of Venus
The Fifth Pentacle is carried by those who are ready for great love -- not just pleasant romance but the transformative, passionate connection that the Venusian tradition understands as among the most powerful experiences available to human beings. It is for those who have not settled for less, who know what they are seeking, and who are prepared to call it forth with the full force of Netzach's passionate authority.
Those at a pivotal moment in their love life -- who have been patient, who have done everything else, and who now need the final full force of the Venusian current to bring what they seek into reality -- find the Fifth Pentacle to be the appropriate culminating seal. It is not a seal for the tentative or the ambivalent; it is for those who want great love and are ready to receive it.
Completing the Five Pentacles of Venus
The five Venusian pentacles form a complete system of love and attraction: the First invokes the full Venusian current, the Second brings grace and honor, the Third draws love magnetically, the Fourth commands the Venusian spirits, and the Fifth excites the great love that all the earlier work has been preparing the carrier to receive.
Together, they represent the full expression of Haniel's Netzach authority in practical talisman work -- from the most receptive (opening to love) to the most active (exciting it passionately). The Fifth, as the completing seal, delivers what the series has been building toward: the full force of Venusian love, uninhibited and complete.
Working with the Fifth Pentacle of Venus
Consecrate on a Friday during the planetary hour of Venus. The intention for this seal should be as clear and specific as possible: you are calling for great love, and you need to be clear about what that means to you and what you are prepared to receive. The Fifth Pentacle responds to clarity and courage -- the courage to ask for and receive love at its fullest.
Wear the necklace continuously, particularly in all social situations. The Fifth Pentacle's exciting force is most powerful when the carrier is present and visible to those who might be moved by its Venusian fire. Emerald green or copper-colored cloth for storage. The full beauty of the seal should be engaged consciously -- this is a talisman of passion and it responds to the carrier's own passionate engagement with its purpose.
The 72 Names of God on the Reverse
The reverse of every King Solomon Coin carries a selection from the 72 Names of God -- the 72 three-letter divine names derived from Exodus 14:19-21. In the Kabbalistic tradition, the love that the 72 Names ultimately describe is the love of the divine for creation and of creation for the divine -- the primordial Venusian force from which all human love derives its urgency and its depth.
On the Fifth Pentacle of Venus, the 72 Names on the reverse connect the passionate, immediate love-exciting force of the Venusian seal to this deepest cosmological root. The pentacle excites great love through the Netzach current. The 72 Names ensure that this love has its foundation in the divine love that underlies all created love. Together, they create a talisman that does not merely excite human passion but connects that passion to its divine source -- making the love it calls forth not only great but enduring.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Fifth Pentacle of Venus do?
According to the Key of Solomon, when shown to any person it induces them to come to the carrier immediately, and it gives power to excite passions and great love. It is the most intense and complete of the Venusian seals, concentrating the full force of the Netzach current into its most passionately overwhelming expression.
How does the Fifth Pentacle of Venus complete the Venusian series?
The five Venusian pentacles build progressively: the First opens the current, the Second brings grace and honor, the Third draws love magnetically, the Fourth commands the Venusian spirits, and the Fifth excites the great love that all previous work has prepared the carrier to receive. The Fifth contains the energy of all five in its most complete and intense form.
Is the Fifth Pentacle of Venus appropriate for those in existing relationships?
Yes. Great love is not only for the beginning of relationships. The Fifth Pentacle can reignite passion in relationships that have become settled or distant, bringing the full force of the Venusian current back into a bond that may have lost its fire. It excites great love in any situation where love is present but needs the full force of the Venusian sphere to reach its complete expression.
Is the Fifth Pentacle of Venus the most powerful of the love seals?
In the Venusian series, yes -- it is the culminating seal that carries the full force of all five. In the broader Solomonic tradition, different seals serve different purposes and it is not always useful to rank them by power. The Fifth Pentacle of Venus excites great love specifically; for that specific purpose, within the Venusian sphere, it is the most complete and intense seal available in the Solomonic tradition.
Carry the Fifth Pentacle of Venus
Solid brass, engraved with the Solomonic Venusian seal on one face and the 72 Names of God on the reverse.