#16 · Duke
Zepar
The 16th of the seventy-two, a duke. Makes people fall in love. In the language of this path, Zepar is a shadow pole — worked only with its angel, Hekamiah.
| Rank | Duke |
| Number | 16 of the 72 |
| Legions | 26 |
| Direction | West |
| Also called | Separ (occasional variant) |
| Angel (light pole) | Hekamiah — Shem #16 |
What the grimoires say
In the 1904 Goetia, Zepar is a Duke governing 26 legions. Makes people fall in love; can make them barren.
The 1904 Goetia shows him in red apparel and armour, like a soldier. A Great Duke whose stated office concerns love between people.
“The Sixteenth Spirit is Zepar. He is a Great Duke, and appeareth in Red Apparel and Armour, like a Soldier. His office is to cause Women to love Men, and to bring them together in love. He also maketh them barren. He governeth 26 Legions of Spirits.”— Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia (1904), public domain
The shadow it carries
Stripped to the bone, Zepar's traditional office turns on bringing lovers together and binding a relationship. 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 Hekamiah; met together, behind protection, Zepar 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 | Eight of Pentacles | Golden Dawn decan system (modern) |
| Zodiac / Decan | Virgo 0-10 degrees | Golden Dawn decan system (modern) |
| Planet | Sun / Venus (sources differ) | varies by source (modern) |
| Element | Water (Golden Dawn); Air per Agrippa | varies by source |
| Metal | Copper | modern (planetary metal) |
| Candle colour | Green | modern Demonolatry |
| Incense | Sandalwood | modern Demonolatry |
| Date-window | August 23 - September 1 | modern Demonolatry (Connolly) |
Its modern Enn — a chant from the Demonolatry current, not found in any grimoire:
“Lyan Ramec catya Zepar”
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 green 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 Zepar with commitment and drawing two people into union, the grimoire's 'barrenness' note is handled ethically / read symbolically by most modern practitioners. 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.
“What you force into being rarely stays. What is freely given, roots.”