#12 · Prince
Sitri
The 12th of the seventy-two, a prince. Inflames love between people. In the language of this path, Sitri is a shadow pole — worked only with its angel, Hahaiah.
| Rank | Prince |
| Number | 12 of the 72 |
| Legions | 60 |
| Direction | West |
| Also called | Bitru · Sytry |
| Angel (light pole) | Hahaiah — Shem #12 |
What the grimoires say
In the 1904 Goetia, Sitri is a Prince governing 60 legions. Inflames love between people; reveals secrets.
The 1904 Goetia says he first shows a leopard's face and griffin-like wings, then, at the exorcist's command, takes on a very beautiful human form. A Great Prince.
“The Twelfth Spirit is Sitri. He is a Great Prince, and appeareth at first with the face of a Leopard and Wings as a Gryphon. But afterwards, at the command of the Master of the Exorcism he putteth on Human shape, and that very beautiful. He enflameth men with Women's love, and Women with Men's love; and causeth them also to show themselves naked if it be desired. He governeth 60 Legions of Spirits.”— Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia (1904), public domain
The shadow it carries
Stripped to the bone, Sitri's traditional office turns on passion, attraction and love / lust workings. 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 Hahaiah; met together, behind protection, Sitri 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 | Four of Cups | Golden Dawn decan system (modern) |
| Zodiac / Decan | Cancer 20-30 degrees | Golden Dawn decan system (modern) |
| Planet | Moon / Jupiter (sources differ) | varies by source (modern) |
| Element | Water (Golden Dawn); Air per Agrippa | varies by source |
| Metal | Tin | modern (planetary metal) |
| Candle colour | Blue | modern Demonolatry |
| Incense | Cedar | modern Demonolatry |
| Date-window | July 12 - 21 | modern Demonolatry (Connolly) |
Its modern Enn — a chant from the Demonolatry current, not found in any grimoire:
“Lirach alora vefa Sitri”
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 blue candle, 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 Sitri with confidence in one's own sexuality and desirability, glamour and drawing another's attention. Name what you actually want, and ask — don’t demand.
- Journal before and after, and treat everything as your own experience, not fixed doctrine.
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.
“Desire told the truth is warmth. Desire denied is a fever.”