Planet
Mercury
Mercury concerns exchange: speech, writing, calculation, curiosity, dexterity and the way one thing is translated into another.
38 correspondences · 2 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located · Mercury in full
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The oldest attribution here is Ruled by Gemini, first attested 130 CE.
Ruled by
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Gemini
Canonical- Who says so
- Not yet attributed to a school
- Earliest verified attestation
- 130 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Ptolemy assigns the houses of the planets outward from the two luminaries: the Sun takes Leo and the Moon takes Cancer, and the five remaining planets take two signs each, one on either side, in order of distance. Mercury also rules Virgo, which is what it means for seven planets to cover twelve signs.
Evidence
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Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, second century CE — Book I, chapter 17: Of the Houses of the Several Planets
The chapter that sets out the whole scheme. Ptolemy argues it from the relation of each planet's orbit to the solstitial signs rather than presenting it as received tradition.
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William Lilly, Christian Astrology, 1647 — Book I, chapters XI–XVII
Lilly, writing in 1647, still works with exactly seven planets and Ptolemy's houses. He is cited here to establish where the older system ends, not for a modern meaning.
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Virgo
Canonical- Who says so
- Not yet attributed to a school
- Earliest verified attestation
- 130 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Ptolemy assigns the houses of the planets outward from the two luminaries: the Sun takes Leo and the Moon takes Cancer, and the five remaining planets take two signs each, one on either side, in order of distance. Mercury also rules Gemini, which is what it means for seven planets to cover twelve signs.
Evidence
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Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, second century CE — Book I, chapter 17: Of the Houses of the Several Planets
The chapter that sets out the whole scheme. Ptolemy argues it from the relation of each planet's orbit to the solstitial signs rather than presenting it as received tradition.
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William Lilly, Christian Astrology, 1647 — Book I, chapters XI–XVII
Lilly, writing in 1647, still works with exactly seven planets and Ptolemy's houses. He is cited here to establish where the older system ends, not for a modern meaning.
Metal
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Iron
Traditional- Who says so
- Mithraic ladder reported by Celsus (attested c. 175–180 CE)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 175 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Attested
- Evidence
- The source states it
The pairing belongs to the seven-gated ladder exactly as Celsus's report survives in Origen; it is not silently replaced by the later alchemical sequence.
Evidence
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Celsus, The True Doctrine, c. 175–180 CE — Origen, Contra Celsum VI.22
The preserved passage names the gate material and its planet explicitly.
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Quicksilver
Traditional- Who says so
- Latin alchemical planetary metals (attested after 1248 through 1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1249 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- None located
- Evidence
- The source states it
The complete seven-metal series is explicit in Albertus Magnus. The Agrippa citation is included only where the checked chapter explicitly names the same material; this edge does not claim exclusivity across all authors.
Evidence
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Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus, After 1248; probably completed 1261–1262 — Book III, tractate I, chapter 6, pp. 168–169
Albert gives all seven planet–metal names in one passage and attributes the opinion to earlier Hermetic and alchemical writers.
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, chapter 29
Agrippa explicitly includes Quicksilver among the materials placed under Mercury.
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Quicksilver
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXIX
Amongst Metals, , Quick-silver, Tin, the Slver Marcasite;
What things are under the power of Mercury , and are called Mercuriall.
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Silver Marcasite
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXIX
Amongst Metals, , Quick-silver, Tin, the Slver Marcasite;
What things are under the power of Mercury , and are called Mercuriall.
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Tin
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXIX
Amongst Metals, , Quick-silver, Tin, the Slver Marcasite;
What things are under the power of Mercury , and are called Mercuriall.
Day of the week
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Wednesday
Traditional- Who says so
- Planetary week reported by Cassius Dio (attested c. 211–229 CE)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 211 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Attested
- Evidence
- The source states it
Cassius Dio gives the weekday order and explains its derivation from the planetary-hour sequence without making a stronger claim about the custom's ultimate origin.
Evidence
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Cassius Dio, Roman History, c. 211–229 CE — Book 37.18.1–19.2
Dio reports the order Saturn, Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus for successive days.
Region
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Achaia
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa places this under Mercury with Virgo, not under the planet alone.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXXI
Under Mercury with Virgo
How Provinces, and Kingdomes are distributed to Planets.
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Armenia
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa places this under Mercury with Gemini, not under the planet alone.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXXI
Under Mercury with Gemini
How Provinces, and Kingdomes are distributed to Planets.
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Assyria
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa places this under Mercury with Virgo, not under the planet alone.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXXI
Under Mercury with Virgo
How Provinces, and Kingdomes are distributed to Planets.
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Babylon
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa places this under Mercury with Virgo, not under the planet alone.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXXI
Under Mercury with Virgo
How Provinces, and Kingdomes are distributed to Planets.
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Creta
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa places this under Mercury with Virgo, not under the planet alone.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXXI
Under Mercury with Virgo
How Provinces, and Kingdomes are distributed to Planets.
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Cyrenaica
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa places this under Mercury with Gemini, not under the planet alone.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXXI
Under Mercury with Gemini
How Provinces, and Kingdomes are distributed to Planets.
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Egypt
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa places this under Mercury with Gemini, not under the planet alone.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXXI
Under Mercury with Gemini
How Provinces, and Kingdomes are distributed to Planets.
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Ela
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa places this under Mercury with Virgo, not under the planet alone.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXXI
Under Mercury with Virgo
How Provinces, and Kingdomes are distributed to Planets.
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Greece
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa places this under Mercury with Virgo, not under the planet alone.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXXI
Under Mercury with Virgo
How Provinces, and Kingdomes are distributed to Planets.
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Hircania
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa places this under Mercury with Gemini, not under the planet alone.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXXI
Under Mercury with Gemini
How Provinces, and Kingdomes are distributed to Planets.
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Mantiana
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa places this under Mercury with Gemini, not under the planet alone.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXXI
Under Mercury with Gemini
How Provinces, and Kingdomes are distributed to Planets.
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Marmarica
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa places this under Mercury with Gemini, not under the planet alone.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXXI
Under Mercury with Gemini
How Provinces, and Kingdomes are distributed to Planets.
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Mesopotamia
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa places this under Mercury with Virgo, not under the planet alone.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXXI
Under Mercury with Virgo
How Provinces, and Kingdomes are distributed to Planets.
Stone
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Achates
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXIX
Amongst stones, , the Emrald, Achates, red Marble, Topaze, and those which are of divers colours, and various figures naturally, & those that are artificiall, as glass, & those which have a colour mixed with yellow, and green.
What things are under the power of Mercury , and are called Mercuriall.
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Emrald
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXIX
Amongst stones, , the Emrald, Achates, red Marble, Topaze, and those which are of divers colours, and various figures naturally, & those that are artificiall, as glass, & those which have a colour mixed with yellow, and green.
What things are under the power of Mercury , and are called Mercuriall.
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Topaze
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXIX
Amongst stones, , the Emrald, Achates, red Marble, Topaze, and those which are of divers colours, and various figures naturally, & those that are artificiall, as glass, & those which have a colour mixed with yellow, and green.
What things are under the power of Mercury , and are called Mercuriall.
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red Marble
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXIX
Amongst stones, , the Emrald, Achates, red Marble, Topaze, and those which are of divers colours, and various figures naturally, & those that are artificiall, as glass, & those which have a colour mixed with yellow, and green.
What things are under the power of Mercury , and are called Mercuriall.
Plant
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Cinquefoile
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa gives this as Hermes, as followed by Albertus's distribution, not as his own.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXXII
to Mercury Cinquefoile
What things are under the Signes, the fixed Stars, and their Images.
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Five-leaved-grass
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXIX
Amongst Plants and Trees, , the Hazle, Five-leaved-grass, the Hearb Mercury, Fumitary, Pimpernell, Marjoram, Parsly, and such as have shorter and less leaves, being compounded of mixed natures, and divers colours.
What things are under the power of Mercury , and are called Mercuriall.
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Fumitary
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXIX
Amongst Plants and Trees, , the Hazle, Five-leaved-grass, the Hearb Mercury, Fumitary, Pimpernell, Marjoram, Parsly, and such as have shorter and less leaves, being compounded of mixed natures, and divers colours.
What things are under the power of Mercury , and are called Mercuriall.
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Hazle
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXIX
Amongst Plants and Trees, , the Hazle, Five-leaved-grass, the Hearb Mercury, Fumitary, Pimpernell, Marjoram, Parsly, and such as have shorter and less leaves, being compounded of mixed natures, and divers colours.
What things are under the power of Mercury , and are called Mercuriall.
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Marjoram
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXIX
Amongst Plants and Trees, , the Hazle, Five-leaved-grass, the Hearb Mercury, Fumitary, Pimpernell, Marjoram, Parsly, and such as have shorter and less leaves, being compounded of mixed natures, and divers colours.
What things are under the power of Mercury , and are called Mercuriall.
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Mulleine
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa gives this as Apuleius's distribution, not as his own.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXXII
to Mercury Mulleine
What things are under the Signes, the fixed Stars, and their Images.
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Parsly
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXIX
Amongst Plants and Trees, , the Hazle, Five-leaved-grass, the Hearb Mercury, Fumitary, Pimpernell, Marjoram, Parsly, and such as have shorter and less leaves, being compounded of mixed natures, and divers colours.
What things are under the power of Mercury , and are called Mercuriall.
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Pimpernell
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXIX
Amongst Plants and Trees, , the Hazle, Five-leaved-grass, the Hearb Mercury, Fumitary, Pimpernell, Marjoram, Parsly, and such as have shorter and less leaves, being compounded of mixed natures, and divers colours.
What things are under the power of Mercury , and are called Mercuriall.
Planet of
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Hod
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1509 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- None located
- Evidence
- The source states it
Agrippa's Renaissance Christian-Cabalist table is explicit. It is not presented as a planetary scheme stated by Sefer Yetzirah or another ancient Jewish source.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book II, chapter 13, Scale of the Number Ten
The table aligns the ten Sephiroth with the ten spheres in order.
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book III, chapter 10
Agrippa's prose names this Sephirah and the sphere through which its influence descends.
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Hod
Traditional- Who says so
- Not yet attributed to a school
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1907 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
Evidence
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Aleister Crowley, 777, 1907–1909 — Table VI, col. I / Table IV
Attribution of
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The Magician
Traditional- Who says so
- Not yet attributed to a school
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1888 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
Book T's attribution carried by the Hebrew letter and therefore by this path.
Evidence
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Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — The Twenty-Two Keys of the Book, pp. 5–7
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Aleister Crowley, 777, 1907–1909 — Table I, astrological and Tarot columns, row 12
Planetary angel in Agrippa's first list
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Michael
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- None established
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
This is Agrippa's first list. He gives another list in the same chapter; neither list names the square intelligences.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book III, chapter XXIV, first list of angels over the planets
Intelligence of the square
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Tiriel
Traditional- Who says so
- Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
- Earliest verified attestation
- None established
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
- Evidence
- The source states it
Printed at 260, the square's line constant.
Evidence
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book II, chapter XXII, names answering to the numbers of Mercury