M – SIGILS – Alchemical Iconography

Dictionary of Occult – Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils

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MACROCOSM See GREATER WORLD

MAGIAN SCRIPT See ADAMIC SCRIPT

MAGIC SYLLABLE

Occ. A series of seven sigils, obviously linked with the planetary sigils, and given by MONTE-SNYDERS 1678 as being ‘seven syllables’which together give the sound of the Materia Prima.

The first is linked with SATURN :

The second is linked with JUPITER :

The third is linked with MARS :

The fourth is linked with VENUS :

The fifth is linked with MERCURY :

The sixth is linked with the MOON :

The seventh constitxites a union of the six sigils given above, and may be associated with the SUN, as the ‘unifier’ of the planetary influences in our solar system :

MAGISTERIUM See SECRET WISDOM

MAGISTER OF CROCUS

Alc. DIDEROT 1763 :

MAGISTER OF SATURN

Alc. DIDEROT 1763 :

MAGNES See LODESTONE

MAGNESIA

Alc. In strict alchemical terms, this is said to be an ingredient of the PHILOSOPHER’S STONE, and consequently the sigils do not of necessity refer to the hydrated magnesiumes carbonate, and even in the late forms, it is unlikely that the sigils are intended for the element.

DALTON 1809, who gives the form

is an exception,

ONOMASTICUM 1574

SIGNA 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

SCHEFFERS 1775

LUEDY 1928

SCHNEIDER 1962

LUEDY 1928 records a related form from the Syrian alchemicaltradition :

BERTHELOT 1885 records two sigils from Greek alchemical texts :

MAGNESIA OF GOLD

Alc. ALCHEMICAL 17C

MAGNESIA OF IRON

Alc. ALCHEMICAL 17C

MAGNESIA OF SILVER

Alc. ALCHEMICAL 1 7C

MAGNET

Alc. DIDEROT 1763 gives a sigil for the traditional LODESTONE

and one which is probably ‘modern’ :

MAHASIAH

Génie 05

vocale: Mahasëyah
évocation du 20°,au 25°59′ du Bélier
domine les 4° bélier / 16° gémeaux / 28° lion / 10° scorpion / 22° capricorne
chaque jour durant 20′, 1h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 10 au 14 avril.

MALACHIM SCRIPT

Occ . One of the secret scripts derived from the cabbalist tradition (see HEBRAIC SCRIPT), recorded by BARTOLOZZI 1675 with one variant letter from that recorded by AGRIPPA 1531 :

malachim-writing-font

MALCHIDAEL

Demon – MALCHIDAEL « demon of impatience »

Mag. Sigil given by HEYDON 1664 as ‘geomantic spirit’, the genius of PUER, though the sigil is actually derived from that given as the ruling spirit of zodiacal Aries by AGRIPPA 1531 :

MALCHIDIEL

Mag. Mediaeval sigils for the angel of Aries, given by BRAHE 1582 :

See MALCHIDAEL and SPIRIT OF ARIES.

MALE

Occ. GEHEIME 1785

MALE AND FEMALE

Occ. A sigil given by MASSEY 1883 is intended to represent ‘male and female united under other and more evident twin-types of the two sexes’ :

BLAVATSKY 1888 gives the form for ‘Man as the cube unfolded :

and explains the form as the image of the 3 horizontal (female) and the 4 vertical (male) forming the image of Man ‘as the culmination of the deity on Earth, whose body is the cross of flesh.’

BLAVATSKY 1888 gives also the sigil :

wwich is derived from the Greek form

which means ‘Moon’, and which is also the symbol of the pillar and the circle (see for example the sigils for theLADY POPE).

BLAVATSKY 1888 also gives sigils for the male as a vertical

the female as a horizontal

and the union in the CROSS.

MALE ELEMENT

Geo. Sigils given by KOCH 1930 in his highly personal system of symbolism :

MALPHAS

Demon – MALPHAS « the tower builder »

MAN

Occ. BERTHELOT 1885 gives the sigil

wich is a derivation frocn the abbreviation for anthropos. In addition to the sigils and forms noted in MALE AND FEMALE, BLAVATSKY 1888 records the emergence of Man ‘the body erect’

from the spiritual

to give the ‘creative potency’

and the ‘moving man’

This emergence of individuality from the spiritual gives rise to the Pythagorean sigil of the binary, representative of ‘choice’ or ‘moral choice’ :

BLAVATSKY 1888 also gives for Deity, Universe and Man, the form :

MAN CRUCIFIED

Occ. BLAVATSKY 1888 gives the decussated ‘Cross in Space’

as an image of the Platonic symbol of ‘the second God who impressed himself on the Universe in the form ox the Cross’ – but links the idea of the human crucifixion with ancient initiation rites. See CROSS

MANAKEL

Génie 66

MANAKEL vocale: manakel
évocation du 25° au 29°59′ du verseau,
domine les 5° gémeaux / 17° lion / 29° balance / 11° capricorne / 23° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 21h40 aprés le lever du soleil.
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MANIFESTATION

Occ. BLAVATSKY 1888 gives a progressive series of sigils relating to the occult view of manifestation, the emergence of material life from the absolute spirit- Whilst the following sigils have been accorded individual entries, as indicated, the general outline of the graphic theory is as follows : from the ESSENCE

which represents the one unknown and unknowable infinite, emerges the sigil of manifestation , the first differentiation, which is sexless and infinite, or potential space within abstract space :

The sigil representsthe spirit-principle, with its fructifying power unconcealed. A third stage is symbolized in the sigil for the MOTHER NATURE

which is the transformation of the point, the emergence of duality. This in turn becomes the sigil for the Mundane Cross, illustrative of the ORIGIN of human life, esoterically exiled the Third Root Race :

When the encompassing circle of spirit disappears, the sigil of the cross left

representing the fall into MATTER as the final accomplishment, at which point the Fourth Race begins.

LEO 1914, influenced by BLAVATSKY 1888, gives the mundane cross

for manifestation, but reasons that ‘the perpendicular beam represents SPIRIT, the horizontal bar the animal or earthly principle being penetrated by the Divine Spirit’.

See FORM and IMMORTAL ADAM

MANIPULE

Alc. DIDEROT 1763 :

MARBUEL

Demon – MARBUEL of hell’s electorate: « achitect »

Mag. Several sigils for this spirit have been recorded by SCHEIBLE 1848 :

MARCASITA ARGENTEA

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

MARCASITA AUREA

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

MARCASITE

Alc. ALCHYMIA 1563

WORLlDGE 1651

CROLLIUS 1612

FRESNE 1688

CROLLIUS 1670

VALENTINE 1671

ALCHEMICAL 17C

FRANCKLYN 1627

SHELTON 17C

S1GNA 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

GESSMANN 1906

LUEDY 1928

See BISMUTH

MARCHOSIAS

MARCHOSIAS « gives and in battle a demon bound »

MARRIAGE See MATRIMONY

MARS

Ast. The modern sigil is derived from the Graeco-Byzantine astrological forms, through the mediaeval manuscript tradition – see NEUGEBAUER 1959 below. The printed example is from HYGINUS 1482 :

AGRIPPA 1531 traces its form to the dart, but GABELLA 1615 follows DEE 1564 and gives a more complex version

claiming that it is derived from the FOUR ELEMENTS

the Sun and the Moon

LEO 1914 says that the sigil

is ‘really the cross over the circle’ and ‘is the symbol of spirit constrained by matter’.

Ancient Egyptian : BERLIN 42AD

Graeco-Byzantine : NEUGEBAUER 1959

BERTHELOT 1885 records several sigils from ancient Greek alchemical texts

whilst OMONT 1894 gives a related variant :

ALCHYMICAL 14C

CONJURATION 14C

THESAURUS 14C

RAGOR 1474

BERNARD 15C

BONATTI 15C

CAMPANUS 15C

CANONES 15C

HOROSCOPE 15C

LIBELLUS 15C

SCOT 15C

SIGNIFICATIONS 15C

TRACTATUS 15C

LAMBECTUS 1500

SCHYNAGEL 1500

AGRIPPA 1510

FIRMICUS 1510

ALCHEMICAL 1555

ALCHYMIA 1563

DEE 1564

BRAHE 1582

ALCHEMICAL 1579

CROLLIUS 1612

ZIEGLERUS 1620

VALENTINE 1645

CROLLIUS 1670

TABLE 1676

FRESNE 1688

ALCHEMICAL 17C

COLEY 17C

SHELTON 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

WELLING 1735

GEHEIME 1785

CARBONELLI 1925

BURCKHARDT 1967

Since the siglls used by alchemists for the raetal IRON are used also synonymously for Mars/ In theory any of the above sigils niay be used to denote the metal, and vice versa. See also PLUTO

MATERIAL

Occ. A series of modern sigils related to the idea of materiality (in contrast to the spiritual) has been given by CIRLOT 1962, in his personal theory of graphic symbolism : the sigils for the material and passive

and the material and active

combine as two opposing principles to induce the material generation :

CIRLOT 1962 also gives a material quaternary :

In the earlier tradition, the ‘material’ is generally represented by reference to the hyle or MATTER.

See also EARTH, ELEMENTS and MATERTA PRIMA.

MATERIAL QUINTESSENCE

Alc. GEHEIME 1785

MATERIAL WORLD

Ast. HONE 1951 gives a personal interpretation of the traditional symbolism :

MATERIA PRIMA

Alc. AUREUS 1613 gives the cixculus simplex to denote the Materia Prima :

ALCHEMICAL 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

HOMER 1723 gives

but see HOMER’S GOLDEN CHAIN.

GESSMANN 1906

MATRIMONY

Alc. WORLIDGE 1651

KOCH 1930 gives a highly personal interpretation of the sigil which he calls marriage, though this sigil really relates to the pact between the four elements, from which the sigil is constructed :

This pact is the spiritual marriage underlying the phenomena of nature : the matrimony of the alchemists is of a different order, being an induced marriage, by way of the spagyric art, of entities which are by nature opposed.

MATTER

Alc. KIRCHER 1655 gives the sigil

for materia, which is not quite the some as our modern ‘matter’.

WORLIDGE 1651

GESSMANN 1906

BLAVATSKY 1877 gives

but in this connexion, see CROSS.

LUEDY 1928

LEO 1914 gives the common sigil for the MOON

and says it ‘symbolises the most subtle form of matter…It is the reflection of the Real, or its Shadow’ but see FORM.

See FALL OP MAN, MANIFESTATION, MATERIAL, MATERIA PRIMA and MATERIAL QUINTESSENCE.

MEAKNESS

Occ. Sigil given by LAW 1772 in connexion with Boehme’s occult system of symbolism :

See WRATH

MEAL

Alc. GESSMANN 1906 gives a sigil which probably means ‘the edible part of grain or pulse’, though meal was also a measure :

MEBAHEL

Génie 14

vocale : Mebahael
évocation du 5° au 9°59′ des gémeaux,
domine les 13° bélier / 25° gémeaux / 7° vierge / 19° scorpion / 1° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 4h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 27 au 31 mai.

MEBAHIAH

Génie 55

MEBAHIAH vocale: mëbahÿah
évocation du 0° au 4°59′ du capricorne,
domine les 24° taureau / 6° lion / 18° balance / 0° capricorne / 12° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 18h aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 22 au 26 décembre.

MELAHEL

Génie 23

vocale : mélahel
évocation du 20° au 24°59′ du cancer,
domine les 22° bélier / 4° cancer / 16° vierge / 28° scorpion / 10° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 7h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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MEDICATED WINE

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

MECALOPIAN SCRIPT

Occ. One of the secret alphabets recorded by VIGNE 1586 (see SECRET SCRIPTS)

MEEOD

Demon – MEEOD « the life restorer »

MEHIEL

Génie 64

MEHIEL vocale: Mëhïel
évocation du 15° au 19°59′ du verseau,
domine les 3° gémeaux / 15° lion / 27° balance / 9° capricorne / 21° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 21h aprés le lever du soleil.
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MEHOD

Mag. Sigil for a spirit (name perhaps derived from Maion) , given by HEYDON 1664 to represent Die letter M in the secret writing called ‘Alphabet of Angels and Genii’ :

MELANCHOLIA See EARTH and TEMPERAMENT

MELTING POT

Alc . ALCHEMICAL 17C

SHELTON 17C

SIGNA 17C

GESSMANN 1906

See TIGILLUM

MEM

Occ. The 13th letter of the Hebraic alphabet (see HEBRAIC SCRIPT) for which many derivatives are given within the tradition of secret alphabets, notably those collected by BARTOLOZZI 1675 :

WTRTH 1927 equates Mem with the Tarot card Uae DEATH ARCANUM and thus links it with the constellation Draco. In his list of vestigial derivative forms for the letter he gives the forms

which he traces back to the idea of ‘water’.

MENSTRUUM

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

GESSMANN 1906

MENADEL

Génie 36

vocale : ménadïel
évocation du 25° au 29°59′ de la vierge,
domine les 5° taureau / 17° cancer / 29° vierge / 11° sagittaire / 23° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 11h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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MEPHISTOPH

Demon – MEPHISTOPH « lord of the host »

MEPHISTOPHELES

Mag. Sigil given by SHEIBLE 1848

with the sigil

for ‘Mephistopheles and the whole of his spirits’.

MEPHISTOPHIEL

Mag. Several sigils are recorded by SCHEIBLE 1848, the simplest forms of which are :

MERCURIUS VIVUS See QUICKSILVER

MERCURY – MERCURE

Alc. A large number of different sigils have been used to denote the ‘metal’ and ‘spiritual Mercury’ of the alchemists, but the sigil for the astrological Mercury – chat is, the planet – has, in its numerous forms, been used to denote also the metal. The following sigils were presented within an alchemical context :

ALCHYMIA 1563

DEE 1564

ALCHEMICAL 1579

ALCHEMICAL 17C

SHELTON 17C

SIGNA 17C

DALTON 1808

GESSMANN 1906

SHEPHERD 1971 records twe mediaeval variants :

The astrological sigil is derived directly from the Graeco-Byzantine astrological tradition (see NEUGEBAUER 1959 below) , a printed example being from HYGINUS 1482 :

AGRIPPA 1531 traces its form to the caduceus, but a variant given by GABELLA 1615 is traced to a contraction of Sun and Moon over the cross of materiality, in the analytic method of DEE 1564, relating to the MONAD. LEO 1914 sums up the verbal tradition when he says that the sigil

‘represents the complete union o£ the chree symbols

will, wisdom, and

Activity in one, denoting perfectibility’.

Ancient Egyptian : BERLIN 42AD

Graeco-Byzantine : BERTHELOT 1385

OMONT 1894

NEUGEBAUER 1959

Mediaeval : THESAURUS 14C

RAWLINSON 15C

ALCHYMICAL 14C

RAGOR 1474

D’AILLY 1490

BERNARD 15C

BONATTI 15C

CAMPANUS 15C

CANONES 15C

HOROSCOPE 15C

LIBELLUS 15C

SCOT 15C

SIGNIFICATIONES 15C

TRACTARIUS 15C

SCHYNAGEL 1500

AGRIPPA 1510

BLUNDEVILLE 1594

GABELLA 1615

FLUDD 1617

ALCHEMY 1650

KIRCHER 1655

BELOT 1667

SIBLY 1790

PYTHAGORAS 18C

STRAGGLING 1824

GESSMANN 1906

THIERENS 1931

A large number of sigils. have been recorded by BERTHELOT 1885 from Greek alchemical sources, but it Is rarely clear whether the astrological or alchemical meaning is intended by Hermes stilbon, the Greek term :

Generally, the sigils listed in the above alchemical section are also interchangeable with the astrological forms. See also ALDUS, CONJUNCTIO, QUICKSILVER and SPIRIT OF MERCURY

MERCURY METALLICUM

Alc. ALCHEMICAL 17C

MERCURY OF ANTIMONY

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

MERCURY OF COPPER

Alc. SHELTON 17C

MERCURY OF GOLD

Alc. SHELTON 17C

MERCURY OF IRON

Alc. SHELTON 17C

MERCURY OF LEAD

Alc. WORLIDGE 1651

FRESNE 1688

ALCHEMICAL 17C

SHELTON 17C

DIDEROT 1763

SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives the following sigils for Mercurius Saturni praecipitatus :

for which SCHNEIDER 1962 also gives the following forms :

MERCURY OF LIFE

Alc. DIDEROT 1763 gives two sigils which are probably not the same as Mercurius Vivus :

MERCURY OF SILVER

Alc. SHELTON 17C

MERCURY PRECIPITATE

Alc. WORLIDGE 1651

DIDEROT 1763

MERCURY SATURNI

Alc. FRESNE 1688

MERCURY SUBLIMATE

Alc. WORLIDGE 1651

FRESNE 1688

ALCHEMICAL 17C

SONMERHOFF 1701

SCHNEIDER 1962

MERCURY WATER

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

METAL

Alc. KIRCHER 1655

SCHEFFERS 1775

GESSMANN 1906

LUEDY 1928

METALLA IMPERFECTA See MINERALIA

METAL LIME

Alc. KOCH 1930

MICHAEL

Occ. Sigil derived from the mediaeval tradition by AGRIPPA 1565 (though it appeared in various related forms within the manuscript tradition much earlier) :

TRITHEMIUS 1503 appears to have made a mistake in giving the sigils

for Michael, as these are the forms for ANAEL, for which the same source gives the sigil :

SCHEIBLE 1848 gives three sigils :

MICROCOSMIC PENTAGON

Occ. BLAVATSKY 1888 tells us that among Other things, the five-pointed star (pentagram) represents man :

the same source tells us that in Egypt the pentagon represented the ‘defunct man’ – an idea which was taken over by the early Christians in the so-called orantes figures. See also PENTAGKAM

MICZARIEL

Demon – MICZARIEL « the warrioress »

Mag. Two sigils, probably mediaeval in origin, are given by SCHEIBLE 1848 :

MIDHEAVEN

Ast. Greek sigils, now no longer used, even in derivatives, for the mc&ourania (the latin medium coeli) , or culminating degree of ecliptic in a horoscope, the sigil for which is recorded by NEUGEBAUER 1959 :

OMONT 1894

MIKAEL

Génie 42

MIKHAEL vocale: mikael
évocation du 25° au 29°59′ de la balance,
domine les 11° taureau / 23° cancer / 5° balance / 17° sagittaire / 29° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 13h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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MILK

Alc. ONOMASTICUM 1574

MINED GOLD

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

MINERA

Alc. SIGNA 17C

CARRICHTERUS 18C

MINERALIA

Occ. Sigil given by HOMER 1723, referring to the various combinations of the four elements devoid of spiritual or animating forces of the astrai or etheric nature :

but WIRTH 1931 gives

SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives under Mineralia ‘those things which are neither Animal nor Vegetable’, and provides a synopsis of general sigils as follows :

METALS :

Sun :

Moon :

Jupiter :

Venus :

Saturn :

Mars :

METALLA IMPERFECTA :

Antimonium :

Auripigmentum :

Cinnabaris nativa :

Marcasita :

Sulphur :

Nitrum :

Alumen :

Borax :

Sal Gemmae :

Sal Marinum :

MINERAL LEAD

Alc. A Greek sigil is recorded by BERTHELOT 1885 from the alchemical tradition :

MIHAEL

Génie 48

MIHAEL vocale: mihael
évocation du 25° au 29°59′ du scorpion,
domine les 17° taureau / 29° cancer / 11° balance / 23° sagittaire / 5° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 15h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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MINERAL SALT

Alc. A vast collection of mediaeval sigils exists, of which the following are the nost common :

ALCHEMY 1650

GESSMANN 1906

MINIUM

Alc. ONOMASTTCUM 1574

SHELTON 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

The alchemical Mercurius Saturni praecipitatus (see MERCURY OF LEAD) is probably minium.

MINUTE

Alc. SHELTON 17C

MIST

Alc. A sigil recorded by BERTHELOT 1885 from Greek alchemical manuscripts as meaning ‘condensed vapour’, is a short-form of the word Nephele :

MITZRAEL

Génie 60

MITZRAEL vocale: mitzrael
évocation du 25° au 29°59′ du capricorne,
domine les 29° taureau / 11° lion / 23° balance / 5° capricorne / 17° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 19h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 16 au 20 janvier.

MIX

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives the sigils

for commistio, and the sigil

for permixtio.

GESSMANN 1906

MOLIBDOCHALC

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 records two Greek sigils from the alchemical tradition :

MONAD

Occ. Sigil given by DEE 1564 in his mystical theory of graphic forms :

The composition of the sigil is complex, but may be resolved to a union of Sun

Moon

and four elements

supported by Alchemical Fire

a sigil related to the form used for ARIES.

The complete sigil is usually called the Hieroglyphic Monad, and its form – as well as the underlying theory of its form – has influenced greatly subsequent occult teachings concerning graphic symbolism, notably Boehme (see LAW 1772 and CLAVIS) and GABELLA 1615.

MONTH

Alc. ALCHYMIA 1563

WORLIDGE 1651

SHELTON 17C

SIGNA 17C

DIDEROT 1763

CHASSANT 1884

SOMMERHOFF 1701

GESSMANN 1906

MOON – LUNE

Ast. Modern sigil derived directly from the Graeco-Byzantine astrological tradition (see NEUGEBAUKR 1959), the printed example being from HYGINUS 1482 :

AGRIPPA 1531 traces its form to the horns of the crescent. LEO 1914 departs somewhat from the tradition by linking his sigil for the Moon (which is for him a symbol of ‘the most subtle form of matter’) with his sigil for light and dark (see LIGHT) which reminds us that the ‘semi-circle is…the symbol of the Moon and represents the soul in man, that which is neither wholly spiritual nor wholly material, but partakes of the nature of both and is the connecting link between the spirit and the physical body’.

Graeco-Byzantine : NEUGEBAUER 1959

Mediaeval : ALCHYMICAL 14C

CONJURATION 14C

THESAURUS 14C

BONATTI 15C

CAMPANUS 15C

HOROSCOPE 15C

SCHEMA 15C

SCHYNAGEL 1500

AGRIPPA 1510

ALCHEMY 1650

ALCHYMIA 1563

GIUNTINI 1583

SMITH 16C

PLANETS 1617

GABELLA 1615

ASTROLOGICAL 1650

CROLLIUS 1670

RANDALL 1694

ALCHEMICAL 17C

ASTROLOGY 17C

SHELTON 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

SIBLY 1790

ZADKIEL 1835

CARBONELLI 1925 records four mediaeval variants :

CHASSANT 1085 gives a mediaeval abbreviation lor luna :

VERARDI 1972 records a sigil

which may not in fact mean moon.

BERTHELOT 1885 records an early form from an alchemical manuscript in Greek

and a rare sigil which is in fact a short form for the term selene :

The sigil given by CROLLIUS 16 70 may have been derived from the Greek tradition :

See also FULL MOON, and the sigils used by the alchemists for the metal SILVER, which may be used synonymously with Moon.

MOON ARCANUM

Occ. WIRTH 1927 relates this 18th card of the Tarot pack to the Hebraic TETRAD, and accords It the sigil lie form :

(see HERMETIC TETRAD), and the standard post mediaeval sigil for the zodiacal sign Cancer :

This latter WIRTH 1927 sees as the Chinese symbol of the ‘fecundated Cosmic F!gg’.

MOON DECREASING

Ast. SHELTON 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

MOON INCREASING

Ast. SHELTON 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives two sigils

for both iurux ccescens and ortus lunae, ‘moonrise’ .

MOONRISE

Ast. SOMMERHOFF 1701

MORNING

Occ. KOCH 1930 gives a highly personal sigil, presumably a graphic to indicate the rising sun :

MORTAL ADAM

Occ. A sigil originated by DEE 1564 (though derived ultimately from the Christian esoteric tradition) to represent many connected ideas :

He associates the sigil with Mortal Adam, Beginning, Existing before the elements, tho Mortifying Self and with the Christos and with Born in a Stable – all ideas derived from the connexion which the sigil has with the first letter of the Greek alphabet ALPHA.

MORTIFY

Alc. LUEDY 1928

MOTHER NATURE

Occ. In the sequence of sigils described by BLAVATSKY 1888, outlined in MANIFESTATION, the sigil

is said to be a result of the transformation of the form

which is itself expressive of ‘the first manifestation of creative (still passive, because feminine) Nature’. This ‘duality’ sigil is expressive of ‘the first shadowy perception of man’, which is connected with procreation, and is feminine because ‘man knows his mother more than his father’. The spiritual principle {which is the dot within the circle

is that which fructifies, and which is significantly concealed.

MOTION

Occ. Sigil given by WELLING 1735, derived from diagrammatic sigils in DEE 1564, for ‘second motion’ which may be seen on one level as the motion of a point towards the periphery, related to the macrocosniic theory set out by DEE 1564, and which may on another level be linked with the influences of the Secundadeian spiritual influences of TRITHEMIUS 1922 :

A modern sigil given by CIRLOT 1962 to symbolise the ‘movement in the Upper and Lower Worlds 1 is an extension of the related sigil for INFINITY :

BLAVATSKY 1888 gives the sigil

for ‘moving man’.

MOUNTAIN BLUE

Alc. Abbreviation for the Latin lapis armenius recorded by SOMMERHOFF 1701

and GESSMANN 1906

MOVING MAN

Occ. BLAVATSKY 1888 gives the sigil

Within this context, see ONE.

MULTIPICATION

Alc. MICHAELSPACHER 1616 gives the sigil

next to the sign or constellation Aquarius, probably to symbolise the alchemic process of Multiplication.

MUMIAH

Génie 72

MUMIAH vocale: moumÿah
évocation du 25° au 29°59′ des poissons,
domine les 11° gémeaux / 23° lion / 5° scorpion / 17° capricorne / 29° poissons chaque jour durant 20′, 23h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 16 au 20 mars.

MUNDANE CROSS See MANIFESTATION and ORIGIN

MUNDUS INTELLIGIBILIS See WORLD OF INTELLIGENCE

MURIEL

Demon – MURIEL « great demon of lies »

Mag. BRAHE 1582 gives two mediaeval sigils for this Angel of zodiacal Cancer :

HEYDON 1664 gives a sigil for Muriel as a ‘geonantic spirit’ , the genius of Via, but this same sigil is given as ruling spirit of zodiacal Cancer by AGRIPPA 1531 :

MUTABILITY

Ast. Modern sigil for the Mutable quality, recorded by DE VORE 1947 :

MUTABLE CROSS

A$t. BAILEY 1934 uses the swastika to symbolise the ‘material change and constant movement’ of the four zodical signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, the mutable signs :

MYRIAD

Occ. Siqil recorded by SHEPHERD 1971, probably from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic :

MYSTERIOUS PLANETS

Ast. ASTROLOGY 1917 gives three sigils said to represent three Invisible ‘planets’ which are related to the signs Aries, Taurus and Gemini, and which will one day become visible as physical bodies. These invisible, and unnamed, planets arc related to the zodiacal Hierarchies as follows :

The Hierarchy of the physical plane :

The Hierarchy of the Astral Plane :

The Hierarchy of the Mental Plane :

MYSTERIOUS SIGILS

Mag. RAPHAEL 1879 gives a large serious of sigils which he terras ‘mysterious characters of the planets’, which are in fact sigils derived from goomantic and magical sources – for example, a large number of them are the standard sigillic forms for the geomamtic figures (see GEOMANTIC STGILS) :

JUPITER :