Pentacles

The numbered plate shows circular boundaries, lettering and differing internal figures. Figure 2 bears IN HOC VINCE; the designs are visibly not all five-pointed stars.

In his preface, Waite characterises the ritual texts as curious researches and discusses their treatment critically. That framing belongs to the author who reproduces the material and is not an endorsement of the designs' powers.

The combination of enclosing circles, letters and geometric figures can be read as a visual claim to ordered authority. This is an editorial reading of the plate's design, rather than a decipherment of every inscription or a confirmation of magical effects.