Correspondences:
Dates: 1 Mar – 10 Mar
Direction: South
Tarot: Nine of Cups
Planet: Moon
Metal: Silver
Element: Fire
Color: violet
Plant: pennyroyal
Incense: jasmine
Zodiac: 10-20 Pisces
ENN: Es an ater Marchosias secore
From the Goetia:
“…appearing at first in the form of a Wolf having Gryphon’s Wings, and a Serpent’s Tail, and Vomiting Fire out of his mouth. But after a time, at the command of the Exorcist he putteth on the Shape of a Man. And he is a strong fighter. He was of the Order of Dominations.”
Connolly says a Daemon that’s all about strength. If you need a healthy dose of power and motivation in your life, both inner and outer, he can teach you how to use your innate power. And I think that really sums up Marchosias. So, if you need that inner strength, that motivation and you need to find that power within you, then Marchosias can definitely help you.
Satan and Sons identify Marchosias as being feminine, whereas I think practically every other source identifies Marchosias as being masculine. However, they say very powerful and beautiful Demoness who has inspired us to reach for the stars, shoot for our dreams, and break down all barriers and obstacles in our path. She is the artisan of war and battle and through her merit and ferocity can bring her enemies to ruin. She believes in a clear and focused mind, free of distractions and addictions, and believes in discipline. She is very good at motivating and pushing people to attain their potential and rise to any challenge. She pushes people to clean their lives of unhealthy attachments.
In the Goetia, it is mentioned “strong fighter”, but the above falls more into being the general of an army and demanding that discipline, demanding the respect for yourself. That you remove addictions and unhealthy attachments and things like that. So cleaning up yourself, becoming a more better you, a more refined you, and really getting down to the best you that you can be.
And again, that falls in back into if you need a healthy dose of power and motivation in your life, both inner and outer, he can teach you how to use your innate power.
In The Goetia Ritual it mentions some of the symbolism such as the wolf denoting a stealth but fierce presence. It suggests a persona which is stiff necked, cruel and crafty. I’m not sure if they actually confused Wolf with coyote. I would consider coyote to be cruel and crafty. I think personally I find wolf to be more of a pack animal. It’s about family. It’s about love and warmth rather than what they’re suggesting.
To continue with TGR, the fiery flame is ambivalent, being simultaneously celestial and demonic, creative and destructive, a means of devouring all created things, returning them to original unity. Then it goes on to say some more about the aspects of the office of Marchosias, he reveals truths which reality obscures and gives true answers to all questions that can remove the blindfolds of your eyes and change you. The demon faithfully carries out what is requested from him.
