In the mundane, three-dimensional Pantacle, the core of the tetrahedron is occupied by the sphere representing a 25-25-25-25% mix of all four elements. This can be viewed as "Ylem", or the raw undifferentiated Chaos that all matter springs from.
Please note that this may or may not be the same as the Chaos of Chaos Magick, as there is no spiritual component.
A two-dimensional triangle is formed by three points equidistant from each other. To make a figure with four points equidistant, it is necessary to place the fourth point in the third dimension.
In the same way, to make a figure with five points equidistant, it is necessary to place the fifth point in the fourth dimension. The result is a "Hyper-Tetrahedron" (aka Simplex, 5-Cell, Pentatope, Pentachoron, or pentahedroid). You will find some discussion of it here
The Hyperspace Core of the Pantacle are those points within the fourth dimension. One can imagine it as occupying the interior of the Pantacle, but on a higher plane.
By analogy, one can treat each axis as per the edge of the Pantacle. For instance, the Water-Fire edge has two runes (Ing and Thorn) and one planet (Moon). So the Water-Spirit axis should also have two hyper-runes and one hyper-planet.
Some thought will show that there should be six additional "hyper-zodiac" signs (one between each hyper-planet). The matter is still under study, and readers are encouraged to experiment along these lines.
This is an example of an occult "periodic table" making predictions about as-yet undiscovered symbols.
The elements, runes, and planets all required an additional sphere (for Spirit, Blank Rune, and the Sun). As each system defined a geometric solid, the only obvious extra location was the center. Each solid uses the same center so each system shares the same sphere.
This also strongly implied that there were 13 signs of the zodiac. This has been noted before, with one researcher creating the constellation of Arachne the Spider, and another nominating Ophiuchus.
Yes, we are aware that the book about Arachne was a hoax. That is not directly important. The question is: will does it work for the adept attempting to use the attribution? If it does not, they are free to make their own attributions.
Arachne is attractive, as it is the constellation in the center of the zodiac the way a spider is in the center of a web. Arachne is also composed of twelve stars, so it is like a miniature zodiac acting like the driveing wheel of the larger zodiac.
So the core has a quadruple attribution of Spirit, Blank Rune, Sun, and Arachne. Spirit because the sphere is 100% spirit by definition. Blank Rune because it is the only rune that makes sense. The Sun because of the central position the Sun occupies in the physical solar system. And Arachne because the spider is in the center of the web. The symbol of Arachne was derived by subtracting the symbol for the Sun from the symbol for Spirit. And spiders have eight legs, after all.
Followers of Donald Tyson may wish to interchange the Sun and Mercury. In his book NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC, he makes a good case for all the planets being in logical pairs (Sun-Moon, Mars-Venus, Jupiter-Saturn). With the exception of Mercury, the most balanced of planets. So in Tyson's system, Mercury would occupy the center.
Neptune has watery connotations so it occupies the Water-Spirit axis. Planetary Earth was postulated because something was needed for the Earth-Spirit axis. The connotations of Uranus and Pluto are more nebulous. They are place more or less at random.
For the rune attributions, go here
©2001 Winchell Chung Jr