Correspondences:

Dates: October 23rd – November 1st
Direction: Most often South, though other sources suggest East or West
Tarot: Five of Cups
Planet: Mercury
Metal: Mercury
Element: Fire
Colour: Orange
Incense: Storax
Plants: Vervain
Animals/Substances: Toad skin and secretions, pigs’ blood, serpent skin, Horehound, Heliotrope, Myrtle
Zodiac: 1° – 10° Scorpio

Enn: Tu fubin Amy secore

From the Goetia:
“…appeareth at first in the form of a Flaming Fire; but after a while he putteth on the Shape of a Man. His Office is to make one Wonderful Knowing in Astrology and all the Liberal Sciences. He giveth Good Familiars and can bewray Treasure that is kept by Spirits.”

Amy, also known as Avnas, is a daemon who carries a strong connection to fire, vision, and illumination. She is a spirit of seership, mediumship, and altered states, who brings insight through both traditional divinatory arts and through the use of trance-inducing substances.

The wording used in the Ars Goetia is worth noting. In the Pseudo-Monarchia Daemonum, Amy is simply said to make one “knowing,” whereas later translations rendered it as “wonderful knowing.” It’s uncertain whether this embellishment came from Crowley, Mathers, or another translator. The term bewray comes from early modern English, meaning to reveal or disclose, hence Amy’s connection to hidden knowledge and the uncovering of treasures.

Amy is a daemon of divinatory fire. Her first appearance as flame, combined with her association with Mercury and the element of fire, makes her particularly suited to fire scrying and related techniques of vision. She is a guide for those seeking to learn astrology, the sciences of the spirit, and the crafting of magical amulets. When other spirits refuse to give schedules, sigils, or information, Amy is often willing to provide it.

She also grants familiars and reveals hidden treasures, both literal and metaphorical.

Contemporary practitioners add layers to Amy’s domain. Jehannum notes that Amy encourages the use of cannabis in ritual, not recreationally but as a means of communion with the higher self. She is also said to cleanse the witch through ritual baths and to open chakras—understood here not only as the seven familiar points of Western esotericism but the many subtle centres across the body.

As Avnas, she presides over séances, mediumship, channeling, and even consensual possession. Offerings of alcohol and tobacco are especially fitting, though it is worth remembering that not all spirits desire such gifts. Amy, however, accepts them gladly, particularly red wine and tobacco.

She teaches the witch how to use altered states, whether through substances, breath, or meditation, to reach trance and to move more fluidly between worlds.

Fire is Amy’s most consistent symbol. It represents transcendence, force, illumination, and the spark of divine inspiration. Fire here is not just physical but spiritual; expressive of the pneuma, the breath of life and the light of consciousness.

The elemental and directional correspondences, however, are somewhat disputed. While many sources associate Amy with Fire and the South, other traditions place her under Ziminiar, the King of the Northern cardinal point, which would align her with Earth. Practitioners may need to explore through direct experience which elemental current resonates most in their work with her.

However, Amy is a daemon of vision, fire, and revelation. She brings illumination not only through astrology and the liberal sciences but also through trance, altered states, and communion with spirit. Whether approached as a fiery seer or as a guide of mediumship and possession, she remains a spirit of profound light and hidden wisdom, offering both knowledge and the power to reveal what is concealed.