Seventh Pentacle of the Sun: Freedom from Bondage and the Final Solomonic Solar Seal
Seventh Pentacle of the Sun: Freedom from Bondage and the Final Solomonic Solar Seal
The Seventh Pentacle of the Sun completes the Solar series with one of the most profound gifts the sun offers: liberation. The sun rises and sets freely, bound by nothing, held by no authority but the divine order it expresses. The Seventh Pentacle channels this quality into the carrier's life, freeing them from every form of bondage -- from enemies, from imprisonment, from the invisible constraints that hold people back from the full expression of their Solar nature.
In the Solomonic manuscript tradition, this pentacle is associated with freedom from prison in its most literal sense, and from captivity and limitation in all its forms. The progression of the Solar series has moved through invocation, authority, concealment, abundance, invincibility, and vision, and now arrives at its natural completion: the total liberation of the carrier from anything that constrains them.
The Sun as Liberator
Throughout history, the sun has been a symbol of liberation. Its daily rising is the end of darkness. Its warmth thaws what has been frozen. Its light dissolves the conditions under which threats and captivity operate -- no prison holds its power when the sun is at its fullest. In the Kabbalistic tradition, Tiferet's Solar light is the force that restores right order, and right order always includes the freedom that is every human being's divine birthright.
Raphael, the archangel of Tiferet, is a liberating force. His healing work includes the release of what holds people captive -- illness, illusion, spiritual bondage, and the constraints imposed by enemies or difficult circumstances. The Seventh Pentacle channels this liberating aspect of Raphael's authority in its most concentrated and complete form.
In the sevenfold pattern of the Solar seals, the Seventh represents the culmination: the full circle of the sun's power applied to the deepest human need. The earlier pentacles established the conditions for freedom -- Solar authority, protection, abundance, invincibility, vision. The Seventh uses all of that accumulated Solar power to cut through whatever remains and deliver the carrier into the open ground of full Solar freedom.
The Seventh Pentacle: Design and Liberation
The Seventh Pentacle of the Sun is engraved with divine names and sigils from the Solomonic tradition associated with liberation and release. The seal's design encodes the authority that dissolves bonds -- both physical and spiritual, both imposed from outside and maintained from within.
The Key of Solomon's description of this pentacle as serving to bring things to pass through the law of correspondence -- good to good, like attracting like -- reflects a sophisticated understanding of how liberation works. Freedom is not simply the removal of constraints. It is the alignment of the carrier with their true Solar nature, which then naturally repels the conditions of bondage and attracts the conditions of liberty. The Seventh Pentacle does not merely break chains; it aligns the carrier with the Solar current that makes chains impossible to maintain.
This includes liberation from enemies: those who seek to hold the carrier captive in legal, professional, relational, or spiritual bondage find their power to constrain dissolving when they encounter a carrier aligned with the Seventh Pentacle's full Solar authority.
Who Carries the Seventh Pentacle of the Sun
This seal is carried by those who feel constrained -- by enemies, by circumstances, by their own history, by situations that should have resolved long ago but persist. Those in legal difficulties seeking release. Those in toxic relationships or professional environments they cannot seem to leave. Those who have been spiritually or energetically bound by hostile forces or their own limiting patterns.
It is also carried by those in transition -- people who are moving out of one phase of their lives and into a new one, and who need the old bonds to release cleanly and completely. The Seventh Pentacle is the seal of new beginnings, because all new beginnings require the liberation from what came before.
Practitioners completing a cycle of work with the Solar series -- having worked through all seven pentacles -- carry the Seventh as the culminating expression of their Solar alignment, the final gift of the series: the full freedom of the sun's own nature, now dwelling in the carrier's life.
Working with the Seventh Pentacle of the Sun
Consecrate on a Sunday during the planetary hour of the Sun. The Seventh Pentacle calls for a specific and clear intention: name what holds you. Name the specific bondage, the specific enemy, the specific constraint from which you seek liberation. The Solar current responds to clarity. You are not hoping for vague improvement -- you are invoking the full culminating force of the Solar series and directing it at the precise conditions that hold you captive.
Some practitioners work this seal at sunrise on a Sunday, watching the sun rise and holding the coin as the light increases, allowing the visual power of the sun's own rising to reinforce the talisman's liberating force. Wearing the necklace form continuously maintains the liberating Solar field, which is particularly important for those dealing with persistent constraints that require sustained pressure from the Solar current to dissolve.
Completing the Seven Pentacles of the Sun
The full Solar series addresses every dimension of the sun's power: the First establishes the Solar connection through El Shaddai. The Second commands the resistant Solar forces. The Third provides Solar concealment and protection. The Fourth draws glory and riches. The Fifth channels unconquerable Solar power. The Sixth opens vision to hidden things. The Seventh frees from all bondage.
Together, they represent the complete expression of Tiferet's Solar authority in the practical talisman tradition. Each seal addresses a specific Solar need. The Seventh, as the completing seal, delivers what all the others have been preparing for: the full, unconditional freedom of the carrier to live in the Solar current without constraint.
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 72 Names represent the complete structure of divine channels through which all liberation flows.
On the Seventh Pentacle of the Sun, the 72 Names on the reverse provide the universal divine authority that grounds and amplifies the liberating power of the Solar seal on the obverse. The pentacle invokes Tiferet's culminating Solar liberation. The 72 Names ensure that liberation is rooted in the deepest possible divine order. Together, they create a talisman whose liberating power operates at every level simultaneously -- personal, cosmic, and divine.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Seventh Pentacle of the Sun do?
It frees the carrier from all forms of bondage -- from enemies, legal constraints, spiritual bonds, and any conditions that hold them captive or limit their full Solar expression. It is the culminating liberating seal of the Solar series in the Key of Solomon tradition.
Can the Seventh Pentacle of the Sun help with legal situations?
Yes. In the Solomonic tradition, liberation from imprisonment and legal bondage is among the primary uses of this pentacle. It works by aligning the carrier with the Solar current that naturally repels the conditions of captivity and attracts the conditions of freedom, which includes freedom from legal constraints that should not persist.
Is the Seventh Pentacle of the Sun appropriate only for those in serious difficulties?
No. Anyone who feels constrained -- by habits, by relationships, by professional situations, by their own history -- can benefit from the liberating Solar current of this seal. It works on subtle bondage as readily as on severe constraint, freeing the carrier to move more fully into their Solar nature at whatever level the constraint exists.
How does the Seventh Pentacle complete the Solar series?
The seven Solar pentacles move through invocation, authority, concealment, abundance, invincibility, vision, and finally liberation. Each pentacle has been building Solar alignment and power toward this final expression: the complete freedom of the carrier to embody the Solar current without constraint. The Seventh delivers the full gift of the series.
Carry the Seventh Pentacle of the Sun
Solid brass, engraved with the Solomonic solar seal on one face and the 72 Names of God on the reverse.