Sitri, Daemon Prince of the Day
Daemon of the Day – Prince Sitri (Day Daemon)
Dates: July 12th – July 21st (Connolly)(Day Time)
Alternate Dates: July 13th – July 22nd (Tikaboo), May 15th – May 19th (Runyon)
Direction: West
Tarot: 4 of Cups
Planet: Jupiter
Metal: Tin
Element: Earth (Under Ziminiar)
Color: Blue
Plant: Hyacinth
Incense: Cedar
Zodiac: Cancer
Daemonic Enn: Lirach Alora Vefa Sitri
“The twelfth spirit is Sitri. He is a great prince and appeareth at first with a leopard’s head and the wings of a gryphon, but after 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. His seal is this, to be worn as a lamen before thee, etc.”
-Original text from the Ars Goetia:
“He is a great prince and appeareth at first with a leopard’s head and the wings of a gryphon, but after 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.”
-From Tikaboo
“Sitri is a spirit of Babalon-Lilith, being one who enflameth the love between individuals –lust and desire. Sitri is very useful in love and lust spells, thus being a powerful tool for the sorcerer. One may create succubi/incubi from the shadows of Sitri in the black mirror, forming them nude in the shape that you find desirable. You may then bind the spirit to the sigil of Sitri to seek congress with by imagining so later. A very useful form in working with sexual evocation and dream projection, as to send forth a spell into the dreams of your chosen or to build into a future act, there are many possibilities with this angelic familiar.”
-From the Luciferian Goetia by Michael Ford
"Sitri is rarely understood. Most reduce Him to lust -to flushed cheeks, exposed secrets, and bodies drawn together under invisible influence. That is the shallow reading. That is the outer mask.
Sitri is not merely desire -He is revelation through attraction.
Where others see seduction, He engineers exposure. He does not just inflame passion between two people -He dissolves the membrane between what is hidden and what insists on being known. When Sitri moves, secrets do not simply spill -they ache to be seen.
The old grimoires describe Him with the face of a leopard and the wings of a griffin. Few ask why.
The leopard does not chase blindly -it waits, silent, patient, then strikes with precision. The griffin guards treasure. Sitri’s true domain is this: the treasure buried beneath shame.
He governs the moment when repression turns volatile. When longing cracks the armor of pride. When someone confesses not because they are weak -but because concealment has become heavier than truth.
An uncommon truth: Sitri’s current runs just as strongly through artists, poets, and revolutionaries as through lovers. He does not merely bind flesh -He binds courage to vulnerability. He is present when someone says, “This is who I am,” and risks exile for authenticity.
He is the ignition point between secrecy and exposure.
Not just a daemon of lust.
The daemon of unveiled fire."
-Satania.
“Invoke Sitri for seduction rituals (become incubi or succubi). Invoke Sitri during Sex Magick to boost the energy raised. Sitri can also be called up if you seek to infuse any creative project with passion. I see Sitri as feminine and fire.”
-From the Daemonolatry Goetia by S. Connolly
Sitri is the daemon of passion. Throughout history, humanity has wrestled with the mysteries of desire, temptation, and the forces that drive them. One of the most fascinating figures tied to these themes is Sitri, a legendary daemon from medieval grimoires Who has long been associated with passion, seduction, and the hidden power of attraction.
While many daemons of the Ars Goetia are linked to war, wealth, or forbidden knowledge, Sitri’s domain is far more intimate. His reputation centers on the stirring of desire and the unraveling of self-control, making Him a spirit both alluring and perilous. Occultists of the Middle Ages and Renaissance recorded his presence in their texts, warning practitioners of both his potential and His unpredictability.
The figure of Sitri can be understood as part of a broader transformation in which ancient gods of love and fertility were demonized under new religious systems. Once symbols of vitality and creation, they became reimagined as spirits of sin and temptation. Sitri, therefore, represents not only a powerful force within daemonology, but also the shifting lens of cultural belief and morality.
The name Sitri first emerges in medieval grimoires, though scholars have long debated its deeper origins. Some argue that it may derive from Semitic terms associated with concealment or desire, while others believe it to be a Latinized corruption of earlier names carried through centuries of oral tradition.
Like many Goetic Daemons, Sitri represents a magnified echo of ancient fertility deities. Figures such as Eros in Greece or Priapus in Rome embodied the uncontrollable force of passion, while Near Eastern gods tied to fertility and sexuality blurred the boundary between divine blessing and destructive temptation. As Christianity spread, these older gods of desire were no longer viewed as divine protectors. Instead, they were demonized and recast as forces of sin and temptation, reshaped into daemonic spirits such as Sitri.
In the Ars Goetia, Sitri is listed as a powerful Prince of Hell, commanding sixty legions of spirits -a force both vast and formidable. He is said to manifest with the head of a leopard and the wings of a griffin, a vision of primal instinct and predatory desire.
Sitri’s powers are direct and unambiguous. He can stir passion between men and women, inflaming love or lust with supernatural intensity. He is also said to compel individuals to strip themselves naked at His command, leaving them exposed and humiliated.
Symbolically, Sitri’s dual form reveals His nature. The leopard represents stealth, instinct, and untamed aggression, while the griffin -a mythic creature combining beast and bird -reflects power and dominance. Many grimoires warn practitioners that Sitri is unpredictable. To invoke Him without careful preparation may lead to humiliation, chaos, or obsession.
Stories circulate of magickians who sought Sitri’s aid, only to lose control of their rituals, becoming ensnared by the very desires they intended to awaken in others. His legacy endures not because He is monstrous, but because He is familiar. Sitri serves as a reminder that temptation does not always arrive with horns and fire; sometimes it comes as beauty, whispering promises too alluring to resist.
Other names: Bitru, Set, Sutekh, Sut;
Rank: Prince;
Specialties: Love;Passion, Sex, Prostitution, Sexual Seduction, Incubus and Succubus;
Tarot Card: 7 of Pentacles;
Candle color: Blue;
Incense: Cedar;
Planet: Jupiter;
Metal: Tin;
Hours: Any time of day;
Zodiac Position: 25-29 degrees of Taurus • May 15-20;
Great Ruler: Corson (Egyn);
Element earth;
Direction: North;
Enn/mantra: lir-atch all-o-rah veh-fa Sit-ree;
Enn pronunciation: Lirach Alora vefa Sitri;
Sitri is able to ignite love between two individuals - lust and desire. Sitri is very useful for love and lust spells, being one of the most used daemons in love binding works, seduction spells and spells to bring love. With it, a succubus/incubus can be created who are able to enter dreams and create the necessary desire for a certain target person to feel great sexual attraction. He makes people reveal themselves naked. He urges men and women and even homosexuals to fall in love. The twelfth spirit is Sitri, Bitru or Set. It is a prince and manifests itself at first with Griffin wings and a leopard’s head, but after the master’s command and the Exorcism it takes human, even pleasant, form. He commands 60 legions of spirits.
DIFFERENT DESCRIPTIONS
From the “Pseudomonarchia Daemonum” (1583) Written by Johann Weyer (Johann Wier) Sitri, alias Bitru, is a great prince, appearing with the face of a leopard, and having wings like a griffin: when he takes human form, he is very handsome, he inflames a man with the love of a woman, and also excites women to love men, being commanded that he voluntarily withhold the secrets of women, mocking them and mocking them, to make them luxuriously naked, and there to obey him sixty legions.
Do “Dictionnaire Infernal” (edição de 1863) Writing by Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy: Texto Original: Sytry or Bitru, great prince in the underworld; he appears in the form of a leopard, with griffin-like wings. But when he takes human form, he is of great beauty. It is he who inflames passions. He discovers, when he is ordered to, the secrets of the women he turns; willingly ridicularizando. Seventy legions obey him.
ANALYSIS This daemon has powers related to the leopard’s sagacity, such as being able to lurk without being discovered, but it can also influence unconditional love related to the number 6 (commands 60 legions, which would signify unconditional love on a higher level). Its name derives from the Latin for “appearance”, and may be related simply to the fact that it is a daemon, a spirit that appears, or to the possibility of promoting the appearance of naked people at the request of the magician. Griffin wings – which ultimately belong to the eagle, the queen of birds – are related to the power to go anywhere and speed. However, there is evidence that the word griffin itself originates from the Hebrew word kherub, meaning cherub. Griffins are also mentioned in mythology as guardians of treasure, providing shelter and protection. Both of these characteristics relate to the Cherub Hahaiah. In the prophecy of Daniel (Daniel, 7), four animals are described, among them one “like a leopard, and it had four wings of a bird on its back; This beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.” In addition to the prophetic meaning, this passage is associated with Alexander the Great, one of the greatest conquerors in history, due to the following aspects: the ferocity of the leopard would be related to its conquests, the four wings would be related to the speed of conquests, and the four heads would be related to the conquest of the kingdoms of 4 Greek generals (in a region where there was a tetrarchy).
NUMBER: 12;
NAME: Sitri;
OTHER NAMES: Bitru;
ELEMENTS: Passion;
MEANING; Sihtu, “the leaping one”, Bitru, “appearance”;
HIERARCHY: Prince;
LEGIONS: 60;
APPEARANCE: Has griffin’s wings and leopard’s head;
POWERS: Ignite people in love, show people naked;
ISOPSEFIA: In modern language, 90+9+100+80+9=288=18=9
TAROT: 4 of Cups;
ASTROLOGY: Jupiter in Taurus;
DECANATE: 20th-30th Cancer (day) MUL.APIN UDU.IDIM.GU.UD / Mercury
ANGEL: Hahaiah;
ENTITY: Nergal;
OTHERS: Oxóssi, jaguar gods from Mayan mythology, Dionysus (who rode a leopard);
Q. I saw that one of the names of Sitri is Set. Is He the Egyptian god Seth?
A. No. In this case, even though Set is listed as one of Sitri’s attributed names in some occult traditions, it does not refer to -nor does it imply a direct identification with- the Egyptian god Set (also known as Seth).
The similarity in names does not establish theological, historical, or mythological continuity. In many grimoires and esoteric systems, names can overlap symbolically or phonetically without indicating that two figures are the same being or that one is a daemonized version of the other.
So while the name appears, it should not be taken as evidence that Sitri is the Egyptian deity Set, nor as a reinterpretation or demonization of that ancient god.
Additionally, and most importantly, our witches have asked Sitri directly to examine possible aspects or correlations, and Sitri Himself rejected the idea.