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-Ǥ{Ghayat Al-Hakim^by
Quraytun, translated by Picatrix, the 0 is symbolized by a
king sitting on a chair with a crown on his head, a picture of a
crow between his hands and a dragon under his feet. Others
portray the O in the celestial orbits as a crowned man standing
on a carriage pulled by four horses. He holds a mirror in his
right hand and a shield in his left hand. His clothes are all
yellow.
Every one of these pictures has certain effects and actions in
talismans. Afterwards, we will explain them adequately for
you.
VENUS
Apollonius symbolizes 9 by a woman standing with an apple
in her right hand and holding a comb that looks like a board
with various pictures on it, in her left hand. In The Benefits of the
Rocks of Mercury, 9 is symbolized by a human body with the
head of a bird and legs of an eagle. It was portrayed by others 35
as a naked woman followed by a child with a necklace around
his neck, o" is in front of her. Others delineate it as a woman
with long hair riding on a stag, holding an apple in her right
hand and a bouquet in her left hand. Her dress is pure white.
MERCURY, ALSO KNOWN AS AL-EATIB
Apollonius depicts 9 as a young man with a beard holding a
rod in his right hand and a cat in his abdomen. Interpretation of
Spiritual Talismans delineates it as a man with a rooster on his
head. He sits on a chair, has legs of an eagle, in his left hand a
torch, and under his legs are some pictures which I will mention
later. In The Benefits of the Rocks of Mercury, it is symbolized as a
standing man with two stretched wings on his right sides. At
his left side is a small rooster, in his right hand a rod, in his left
hand a round clay pot, and in his middle is a picture similar to
The German edition of Picatrix cites these 'others' as Ptolemy.
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