Marax

The 21st of the seventy-two, an earl and president. Teaches astronomy and the sciences. In the language of this path, Marax is a shadow pole — worked only with its angel, Nelchael.

Rank	Earl & President
Number	21 of the 72
Legions	36
Direction	West (modern correspondence tables; varies by source)
Also called	Morax · Foraii · Farii
Angel (light pole)	Nelchael — Shem #21

What the grimoires say

In the 1904 Goetia, Marax is an Earl & President governing 36 legions. Teaches astronomy and the sciences; virtues of herbs and stones.

A great bull with a man's face (or a man with a bull's head). A Great Earl and President over 30-36 legions.

“The Twenty-first Spirit is Morax. He is a Great Earl, and a President. He appeareth like a Great Bull with a Man's Face. His Office is to make Men very knowing in Astronomy, and all the other Liberal Sciences; also he can give good Familiars, that do know the virtues of all Herbs and Precious Stones. He governeth 36 Legions of Spirits. (Mathers/Crowley, Goetia, 1904 — public domain)”— Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia (1904), public domain

The shadow it carries

Stripped to the bone, Marax's traditional office turns on study, learning and the liberal sciences — especially astronomy/astrology. Read plainly, that is a real human force; in the language of this path its raw, unowned form is a shadow pole. Its shadow is what that force does when it runs you from the dark; its gold is the same force — seen, owned, governed.

You never reach for it alone. Its light pole is the angel Nelchael; met together, behind protection, Marax becomes a disowned part of yourself approached while the light is already in the room.

Correspondences

A word of honesty first: almost none of the table below is from the old grimoires. The rank, legions, direction and office are traditional; the planet, day, colour, tarot, incense and the Enn are modern attributions (mostly 20th–21st-century Demonolatry and correspondence compilations), and the sources openly disagree. Use them as a working frame, not as law.

Correspondence	Value	Where it comes from
Tarot	4 of Swords (Libra 20-30 deg); Rudd system gives 3 of Cups	modern / Golden Dawn decan; varies by system
Zodiac / decan	Libra 3rd decan (20-30 deg), day demon; Rudd system places him in Cancer 5-10 deg	modern (Connolly / Golden Dawn); differs from Rudd
Planet	Mercury (some tables add Mars)	modern correspondence table
Day	Wednesday	modern correspondence table
Element	Earth	modern Demonolatry (Goetic Impressions); Golden Dawn decan would give Water
Metal	Mercury (quicksilver)	modern correspondence table
Candle colour	Orange	modern correspondence table
Incense	Storax	modern correspondence table
Plant	Herbs and precious stones (his familiars teach their virtues)	traditional / grimoire theme
Animal	Bull	traditional / grimoire appearance
Date-window	Oct 13-22 (Connolly) / Jul 2-7 (Runyon)	modern demon-calendar; varies by source

Its modern Enn — a chant from the Demonolatry current, not found in any grimoire:

“Kaymen Vefa Marax" — MODERN”

Making a connection

Gathered from what practitioners report, put plainly — a starting point, not a rule:

Sit with the seal above as the first meeting-place: trace it, hold it in the mind’s eye, and let impressions arrive without grabbing at them.
Set a gentle frame. Keep it simple — a orange candle, a wednesday, a little incense, a moment of quiet. If you work the Demonolatry current, chant the Enn softly — more like settling than commanding.
Bring the real theme. Practitioners associate Marax with gaining wise, knowledgeable familiars, knowledge of the virtues of herbs and precious stones. Name what you actually want, and ask — don’t demand.
Journal before and after, and treat everything as your own experience, not fixed doctrine.

Never alone — the angel first. This is a shadow pole, and the whole discipline of this path is that you never reach for one by itself. Call its angel, Nelchael (Shem angel #21), first; work behind protection, inside a cast circle; and witness, don't become. If you have not yet read it, start with The Goetic Spirits — Safely. This is advanced work and it is not a substitute for mental-health care.

Rank, legions, direction and office are from the public-domain grimoires (Weyer 1577; Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia, 1904). Images are public domain: the 1904 seal. The Enn and the planet/day/colour/tarot correspondences are modern attributions (Demonolatry and compilations), flagged as such; sources disagree, and no copyrighted description or artwork is reproduced. Angel pairing per the Rudd tradition. Take the technique, never the tribe.

“Learn the star and the stone in one breath — they are one lesson.”