Dictionary of Occult – Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils
HAAIAH
Génie 26
vocale : hahaïyah
évocation du 5° au 9°59′ du lion,
domine les 25° bélier / 7° cancer / 19° vierge / 1° sagittaire / 13° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 8h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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HAAMIAH
Génie 38
Génie 38 HAAMIAH vocale: haamÿah
évocation du 5° au 9°59′ de la balance,
domine les 7° taureau / 19° cancer / 1° balance / 13° sagittaire / 25° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 12h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 29 septembre au 3 octobre.
HABUHIAH
Génie 68
HABUHIAH vocale: habouÿah
évocation du 5° au 9°59′ des poissons,
domine les 7° gémeaux / 19° lion / 1° scorpion / 13° capricorne / 25° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 22h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 25 au 29 février.
HAEMATITE
Alc. SIGNA 17C
SOMMERHOFF 1701
GESSMANN 1906
SCHNEIDER 1962
See also BLOODSTONE
HAGITH
Demon – HAGITH « demon of jealousy »
HAGITH
Mag. Sigil given by TRITHEMIES 1503 as sigil for a spirit of Venus :
HAGONEL
Demon – HAGONERL « lord under Grachiel »
Mag. Sigil for demon linked with the Moon, given by AGRIPPA 16C :
HAHAHEL
Génie 41
HAHAHEL vocale: hahahel
évocation du 20° au 24°59′ de la balance,
domine les 10° taureau / 22° cancer / 4° balance / 16° sagittaire / 28° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 13h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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HAHAIAH
Génie 12
vocale : Hahaÿah
évocation du 25° au 29°59′ du Taureau,
domine les 11° Bélier / 23° gémeaux / 5° vierge / 17° scorpion / 29° capricorne
chaque jour durant 20′, 3h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 16 au 20 mai.
HAHASIAL
Génie 51
HAHASIAH vocale hahasèyah
évocation du 10° au 14°59′ du sagittaire,
domine les 20° taureau / 2° lion / 14° balance / 26° sagittaire / 8° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 16h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 3 au 7 décembre.
HAHEUIAH
Génie 24
vocale : hahiouÿah
évocation du 25° au 29°59′ du cancer,
domine les 23° bélier / 5° cancer / 17° vierge / 29° scorpion / 11° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 7h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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HAIAIEL
évocation du 20° au 24°59′ des poissons,
domine les 10° gémeaux / 22° lion / 4° scorpion / 16° capricorne / 28° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 23h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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HALF
Alc. Two sigils given by GESSMANN 1906, probably derived from the Latin semis :
BERTHELOT 1885 records an ancient Greek form from the alchemical tradition :
HALF-DRAGMA
Alc . DIDEROT 1763
HALF-LITRE
Alc. DIDEROT 1763
HALF-OUNCE
Alc. DIDEROT 1763
HALF-PUGILLUM
Alc. Mediaeval sigils recorded by GESSMANN 1906 related to the abbreviation for the Latin pugillus semis :
See PUGILLUM
HAMALIEL
Demon – HAMALIEL « lord of obsessions »
Mag. BRAHE 1592 gives several sigils, all mediaeval in origin, for the angel associated with the zodiacal Virgo :
Within the geomantic tradition, HEYDON 1664 gives the sigil :
for Hamaliel as the genius of CONJUNCTIO, but AGRIPPA 1531 gives this as the sigil for the ruling spirit of zodiacal Virgo.
See SPIRIT OF VIRGO,
HANAEL
Demon – HANAEL « the adversarial »
Mag. BRAHE 1562 gives several sigils, ail mediaeval in origin, for the angel associated with zodiacal Capricorn :
Within the geomantic tradition HEYDON 1664 gives the sigil :
for Hanael as the genius of CARCER, but this is almost certainly a confusion with the Hebrew letter recorded by AGRIPPA 1531 in this context.
See SPIRIT OF CAPRICORN.
HAND
Pal. The classification of lines and areas of the hand in the chiromantic tradition is related mainly to the use of astrological symbolism – for example, AGRIPPA 1531 gives the following sigils :
(Jupiter) for index
(Saturn) for middle finger
(Sun) for ring finger
(Mercury) for little finger
(Venus) for the ball of the thumb
(Moon) for hypothenar eminence
(Mars) for central palm
The chirognomic tradition incorporates similar astrological sigils, but see also AIR HAND, EARTH HAND, PIRE HAND, WATER HAND and TEMPERAMENTS.
HANDFUL
Alc. Sigil given by GESSMANN 1906 is probably an abbreviation of the Latin manipulus :
a measure sometimes wrongly confused with the PUGILLUM.
HANGING MAN
Occ. WIRTH 1927 relates this 12th card of the Tarot arcana to the Hebrew LAMED, and accords it the sigil :
which is the symbol of the ‘completion of the Great Work (of alchemical transmutation)’, presumably because this sigillic form nay be traced within cho structure of the card (this beinga reversal of the structure within thec WORLD ARCANUM).
HARAEL
Génie 59
HARAHEL vocale: harahel
évocation du 20° au 24°59′ du capricorne,
domine les 28° taureau / 10° lion / 22° balance / 4° capricorne / 16° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 19h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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HARDNESS See ADAMAS
HARIEL
Génie 15
vocale : Haryael
évocation du 10° au 14°59′ des gémeaux,
domine les 14° bélier / 26° gémeaux / 8° vierge / 20° scorpion / 2° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 4h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 1er au 5 juin.
HARTSHORN
Alc. The sigil given by GESSMANN 1906 is no doubt an abbreviation of the Latin cornus cervi :
ALBERTUS 1974
SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives for ‘burned hartshorn’ the forms :
while GESSMANN 1906 gives :
HASMODAI
Mag. Sigil supposed by HEYDON 1664 to be a geomantic spirit, ruler of VIA and POPULUS, but the sigil appears to be a poor copy of that given by AGRIPPA 1531 as ruling spirit of the Moon. HEYDON 1664 gives
whilst AGRIPPA 1531 gives
HASMODEL
Demon – HASMODEL & HASMODAI « the twin bulls »
Mag. Sigil given for geornantic spirit by HEYDON 1664, genius of AMISSlO, but an identical sigil is given by AGRIPPA 1531 as ruling spirit of zodiacal Taurus :
HAURIENS PRIMUS
Ast. The twenty-sixth mediaeval lunar mansion, called Al Fargh al Mukdim in the Arabic astrological tradition, a sigil for which is recorded in MANSIONES 14C :
A sigil designed for amuletic use, and associated with this mansion (called finis Aquarii) , is given by ABANO 1303 :
HAURIENS SECUNDUS
Ast. The twenty-seventh of the mediaeval lunar mansions, called Al Fargh al Thani in the Arabic astrological tradition, a sigil for which is recorded in MANSIONES 14c :
HAZIEL
Génie 09
vocale: Hazyael
évocation du 10° au 14°59′ du taureau,
domine les 8° bélier / 20° gémeaux / 2° vierge / 14° scorpion / 26° capricorne
chaque jour durant 20′, 2h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 1er au 5 mai.
HE
Occ. The fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (see HEBRAIC SCRIPT), for which very many derivative forms have been given in the tradition of secret alphabets, notably those collected by BARTOLOZZI 1675
WIRTH 1927 equates lie with the arcanum the POPE in the Tarot pack, and thus with zodiacal Aries. His list of earlier alphabetic forms for the letter, all related to the proto-Hebraic,
he derives from the idea of ‘window’, though it is more likely that the vestigial drawings were originally derived from the Egyptian hieroglyphic with the pictorial value of ‘a shout of jubilation’ – see JENSEN 1970.
HEAT
Alc. The following sigils are obviously derived from the main sigillic forms for FIRE, though heat is specified within the texts.
FRANCKLYN 1627
SHELTON 17C
See also GRADES OF fire.
HEAVEN
Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 giveg a Greek sigil derived from the ancient alchemical tradition, which could be confused with the basic sigillic form for LIBRA, but which is specifically recorded for the heavens
KIRCHER 1655
LUEDY 1928
HEAVENLY SCRIPT See CELESTIAL SCRIPT
HEBRAIC SCRIPT
Occ. The Hebraic characters used in various sections of this Dictionary are those listed as standard by WIRTH 1927 :
ALEPH
BETH
GIMEL
DALETH
HE
VAU
ZAIN
HETH
TETH
JOD
KAPH
LAMED
MEM
NUN
SAMEK
AYN
PE
TSADE
KOPH
RESCH
SCKIN
TAU
This alphabet does not diverge in any significant way from the orthodox ‘square’ Hebraic forms : the Roman orthography has been determined with reference to the general occultist literature, and a short entry for each of the 22 letters has been included in the entries. The 22 characters are, of course, derived ultimately from a deeply significant magical structure, relating both to sound values and to the ancient pictographic symbolism, and it is probahly this which has contributed so much to the development of the secret and nugical scripts associated in occultism with the language. The simplest intention underlying such scripts is that a sigil be derived from the Hebraic form to represent that letter, and to connote the charge of magical meaning implicit in the sound, pictographic form and its corresponding numerical value, A good example may be seen in one of the most famous of such secret alphabets, the celestiaJ In the form preserved by AGRIPPA 1531 :
However, the interpretation of such scripts is rendered especially difficult by the wide-spread Notarikon techniques used by both the canbalists and the occultists, and by the prevalent use of Gematria and Temurah – all of which render interpretation a hazardous business.
The synoptical ‘magical’ alphabet given by WIRTH 1927 in his study of Tarot symbolism is actually related to the historic Moabite :
This pxamole should serve to remind us that very many of the so-called ‘secret’ scripts are merely alphabets taken over from historic sources for magical purposes. Thus, the historic Samaritan book script recorded by JENSEN 1970 (for non-occult purposes) clearly formed the basis for a number of secret scripts :
In this connexion, see the entry under SAMARITAN SCRIPT – but a sample from POSTEL 1538, who records two variants, is a good example :
In some cases such scripts were adapted from the Hebraic to the Roman or Greek alphabet (again for magical purposes) , as for example in the alphabet recorded by VIGNERE 1586, which is called ‘Phoenician’ or ‘Ionic’ though only distantly related to originals of those names :
A glance at one or two of the characters in the so-called CELESTIAL SCRIPT recorded from mediaeval sources by AGRIPPA 1531 indicates something of the extent to which such scripts are derived from this Samaritan form. A whole series of alphabets has been more obviously derived – albeit imaginatively – from the variety of orthodox ‘square’ forms, as for example in two of those recorded by BARTOLOZZI 1675 :
A large number of related Hebraic scripts are recorded in such texts as SELENUS 1624 and TRITHEMIUS 1508, as in the sources already mentioned above. In this Dictionary the following Hebraic or Hebraic-derived secret scripts are recorded : ADAMIC, BABYLONIAN, CHANANEAN, CELESTIAL, MALACHIM, SAMARITAN, SOLOMONIAN, SUPERCELESTIAL and TRANSITUS FLUVII.
See also SECRET SCRIPTS
HECADOTH
Mag. Sigil given for the spirit named by HEYDON 1664 (but probably the cabbalistic Hechaloth was intended) to represent the letter H in the secret writing called ‘Alphabet of Angels and Genii’ :
HEKAMIAH
Génie 16
vocale : hakamyah
évocation du 15° au 19°59′ des gémeaux,
domine les 15° bélier / 27° gémeaux / 9° vierge / 21° scorpion / 3° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 5h aprés le lever du soleil.
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HELIOTROPE
SIGNA 17C
HEMATITE See HAEMATITE
HEPATIC ANTIMONY
Alc. GESSMANN 1906
HEPHAESTOS See VULCAN
HERB
Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 records a sigil from the ancient Greek alchemical texts :
GESSMANN 1906
ALBERTUS 1974
HERCULES
Ast. Sigil given for a hypothetical planet, claimed by WEMYSS 1927 to be the ‘ruler’ of zodiacal Leo :
HERMES See MERCURY.
HERMETICALLY SEALED
Alc. GESSMANN 1906 records a sigil which is probably intended to coer the modern sense of the term (but see LUTUM SAPIENTIAE) :
HERMETIC CROSS See CROSS and ORIGIN.
HERMETIC SIGIL
Occ. DEE 1564 gives a sigil which is described as ‘a small vessel containing the mysteries’ and which must be regarded as the equivalent of the sigil hermeticum :
The more complex sigil of the MONAD may also be taken as the hermetic sigil :
SHELTON 17C gives the more frequent sigil :
LUEDY 1928 :
See also CHARACTER
HERMETIC TETRAD
Occ. In his imaginative treatment of Tarot symbolism, WIRTH 1927 gives the four sigils
as che Hermetic Tetrad, and treats each individually in terms of the symbolism involved in their forms. A fifth sigil is derived from the first – the crescent form of the Moon
and this participates with the
to give the sigil (for example)
which is the basic SAL ALKALI, representing the primordial substance ‘subject to the transmutation of the Moon’ and is of course related to the most frequent sigil for TAURUS, which zodiacal sign has a rapport with fertile earth. WIRTH 1927 further derives the sigil
from
by way of
Such derivations are entirely speculative, however/ and bear nc relation to the historic etymologies of such graphic forms. The first of the tetrad, the solar sigil :
is related to zero at one extreme, to the Sun at the other (see for example FOOL ARCAKUM), with the alchemical matter of ALUM in between : the sigil is said to be ‘Male, Active, Fixed’ and is associated with Osiris and Reason, and with all other astrological solar connotations. The derived Lunar sigil :
is said to be ‘Female, Passive, Mobile’, and associated with Isis and Imagination, and with related lunar connotations. The second of the tetrad, the cross
is related to the TAU and to the sphragis, and is thus essentially a symbol of life engaged in four-fold matter. Placed above a sign it is a symbol of achievement , as for example in the alchemical. ANTIMONY
which is in esoteric alchemy a redemptive sign, the spirit of
disengaging itself from the working of the material plane. The cross below a sign, as for example in the most frequent siqil for Venus
is, according to the esoteric tradition, a symbol of ‘redardation’, representing the fall of spirit into matter. The sigil for VERDIGRIS
shows the integration of this life principle within matter (see CROSS) r a sign of equilibrium and health. The third of the tetrad, the triangle
is presented as the basis for the structure of the four elements :
for Fire ;
for Earth ;
for Water, and for Air.
The fourth in this tetrad, the square,
is seen as a symbol of equilibrium, and represents a fall into the senses : from this he derives such sigils
as the PHILOSOPHER’S STONE :
By similar graphic logic, WIRTH 1923 traces an ‘etymology’ and meaning for each of the sigils for the seven planets, and indeed for some of the alchemical and astrological sigils. This rationale also underlies certain of his speculations as to the inner meaning of the TAROT pack.
HERMIT
Occ. WIRTH 1923 relates this 9th arcanum of the Tarot pack to the Hebraic TETH, and accords it the sigil
which is a square divided into nine smaller squares, from which is derived the sigils
and
the latter said to be the figure 9, along with the ‘primitive Teth’
HERSCHEL
Ast. One of the early sigils for this planet is given in SIBLY 1817
and was later said to be derived from the initial of the discoverer Hersehel. LEO 1914 saw a related variant
as a symbol of the unity of the three basic sigillic forms of ‘Will, Wisdom and Activity’ (see URANUS), expressing a higher grade of Mercury, of which he regards Kerschel as a higher octave.
STRAGGLING 1824
SHEPHERD 1971
Eventually re-named URANUS, the two names co-existed in astrological circles, and a large number of sigils, many of them personal to individual astrologers, has been developed.
HESTIA See VESTA
HETH
Occ. The 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (see HEBRAIC SCRIPT), for which many derivative forms are given within the tradition of secret alphabets, notably those collected by BARTOLOZZI 1675 :
WIRTH 1927 equates Hath with the Tarot arcanum the JUDGEMENT, and thus with zodiacal Libra. In his study of thi graphic etymology of the letter he gives the forms which he associates with a pictographic ‘hurdle’, though as JENSEN 1970 suggests, the forms are probably derived from the Egyptian hieroglyphic with a pictorial value ocf ‘lotus flower’ :
HEXAGON
Ast. Sigil derived from Greek manuscript by OMONT 1894
relating ro the aspect of SEXTILE.
For the non-astrological form, see ELEMENTS, LOVERS ARCANUM, TERNARY and VAYU.
In its esoteric aspect, the hexagon is treated in depth by BLAVATSKY 1888, who terms it the hieroglyphic senary. She records that it is ‘the symbol of the commingling of the philosophical three fires and the three waters, whence results the procreation of the elements of all things. The same idea is found in the Indian equilateral double triangle. For though it is called in that country the sign of Vishnu, yet in truth it is the symbol of the Triad (or the Trimurti). For, even in the exoteric rendering, the lower triangle
with the apex downward, is the symbol of Vishnu, the god of the moist principle of water … whilst the triangle, with its apex upward,
is Siva, the Principle of Fire, symbolized by the triple flame in his hand’. BLAVATSKY 1888 makes the point that this sigil is wrongly called ‘Solomon’s Seal’, and that it produces the Septenary and the Triad at one and the same time, as well as the Decad. ‘For with a point in the middle or centre, thus
it is a sevenfold sign, its triangles denote number 3, the two triangles show the presence of the binary; the six points are the senary? and the central point, the unit; the quinary being traced by combination, as a compound of two triangles, the even number, and of three sides In each triangle, the first odd number’. She further argues that this is why Pythagoras and the ancients made the number six, the seziary, a sacred number of Venus, since the union of the two sexes is required to develop the generative force – the ‘spagyrisation of matter by triads’ (quoting RAGON 1853).
HIEROGLYPHIC SENARY See HEXAGON
HIGHER MAN
Occ. Sigil given by STEINER 1904 as representative of the higher trinity within man, as yet to be developed : the Spirit Self, Life Spirit and Spirit Man :
See also FOURFOLD MAN.
HIPPOCRATIC WINE
Alc. GESSMANN 1906 gives two sigils, both derived from abbreviation :
HIRCUS
Ast. Mediaeval sigil for the fixed star, now alpha Aurigae, given by AGRIPPA 1510, but wrongly copied from the mediaeval manuscript tradition (see ALAYOCH) :
This error has been continued by later copyists, so that the wrongly copied form has been adopted within the astrological tradition, even though it is in fact indistinguishable from the sigil used for ALDEBARAN.
HISMAEL
Demon – HISMAEL « the aquirer »
Mag. Sigil given for ‘geamantic spirit’ by HEYDON 1664, said to be ruler of AQUISITIO and LOETITIA, but sigil is given by AGRIPPA 1531 as ruling spirit of the planet Jupiter :
HEYDON 1664 gives a variant :
HOLY DEITY
Occ. A highly personal sigil given in Roehme’s graphic system, and constructed from a visual play with the German auge, ‘eye’ (AUge) :
The U is presented as a V, and stands for desirei ‘It is all things, and yet a nothing, it beholdeth itself, and yet finds nothing but an A r which is the Eye’. This play between the V and its reversal A gives several vigils, all of which represent the Eternal Beyinning and the Eternal End – ‘Thus the Abyss sees in itself and findeth itself :
See LAW 1772
HOMER’S GOLDEN CHAIN
Occ. A series of sigils relating to the occult Aurea Catena Homeri or Annulus Platonicus is listed by HOMER 1723, with variants in brackets from HOMER 1757 :
Chaos confusum 
Spiritus Mundi voiatilis incorporeus
Spiritus Mundi acsidus carpomus
Spiritus Mundi fixus alcalicus corporeus
Materia prima osnnium aorporuw sublunarium
Animalia
Vegetabilia, seu Azoth 
Minéralia
Spiritus Mundi concentralus fixus seu Extracatum Chaoticum purum
Perfectio consummata, seu Quintessential Universalis 
HOMER 1723 also gives within the text two variants for the extremes of CHAOS
and Perfectio 
HOLY GHOST See THREE BAPTISMS.
HONEY
Alc. Several mediaeval sigils have been recorded, a few of which are abbreviations for the Latin mel.
ALCHEMICAL 17C
SHELTON 17C
SIGNA 17C
SOMMERHOFF 1701
GESSMANN 1906
SCHNEIDER 1962
HORN
Alc. GESSMANN 1906
DIDEROT 1763 gives two sigils for stag’s horn :
See also HARTSHORN
HOROSCOPE
Ast. OMONT 1894 records two Greek forms (the first being singular, the second plural) under the name horoscopos :
FRESNE 1688 records two singular forms :
It must be noted, however, that originally horoscopos was a term applied to the Ascendant degree of what we now term the ‘horoscope’ – see therefore ASCENDANT.
HORSE-DROPPINGS
Alc. DIDEROT 1763 gives tha mediaeval sigils :
See also DUNG.
HORSERADISH OIL
Alc. The Greek sigils from alchemical texts art formed from abbreviations of the Greek, recordet in BERTHELOT 1885 :
HOT WATER See WATER
HOUR
Alc. Several mediaeval sigils have been recorded, a few of which are vestigial drawings of the hour-glass.
WORLIDGE 1651
VALENTINE 1671
SIGNA 17C
SOMMERHOFF 1701
DIDEROT 1763
GESSMANN 1906
LUEDY 1928
SCHNEIDER 1962
BERTHELOT 1885 records two plural forms (hours) from Greek alchemical manuscripts :
OMONT 1894 gives also a Greek abbreviation :
HOUSE
Ast. GETTINGS 1977 records two 14C abbreviations of the Latin domus :
The sigil given in QUADRANTIS 15C may also refer to ‘house’ :
CHASSANT 1884 gives a mediaeval abbreviation :
But see also ASCENDANT
HOUSE OF GOD
Occ. WIRTH 1927 relates this 16th arcanum of the Tarot pack to the Hebraic AYN, and accords It a personalised sigil which is obviously related to the associated zodiacal sign Scorpio.
HUGUENOT CROSS
Rel. The Huguenot cross is a Christian religious symbol originating in France and is one of the more recognisable and popular symbols of the evangelical reformed faith.
HUMAN WORLD
Occ. KIRCHER 1655
See alsa ASTRAL WORLD, ELEMENTAL WORLD and WORLD OF INTELLIGENCE
HUMIDITY
Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701
HYDROGEN
Alc. DALTON 1808
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