Rank: Duke · Legions: 30 · Element: Earth · Direction: South · Enn: Eveta fubin Barbatos
Barbatos is the eighth spirit of the Goetia, holding the rank of Duke and commanding thirty legions of spirits. The 'Lemegeton' specifies that he appears when the sun is in Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21), suggesting an astrological timing to his manifestation linked to Jupiter's expansive and beneficial energies. He manifests accompanied by four noble kings and their companies of troops—a grand military procession suggesting his high status among spirits. Barbatos possesses the remarkable ability to understand the singing and voices of all birds and animals, making him invaluable for animal communication, natural magic, and understanding the messages in nature. He reveals hidden treasures, knows past and future events, and reconciles friendships and disputes between friends and rulers. Medieval bestiaries associated animal languages with prelapsarian knowledge—what Adam knew before the Fall—suggesting Barbatos grants access to primal wisdom. He is invoked for communicating with animals, finding treasures, resolving political conflicts, and understanding omens in nature.
Appears in Sagittarius with four noble kings and their companies, sometimes as an archer
Enn: Eveta fubin Barbatos