published 1556
published 1607
published 1893
The Lord of the Forests has recovered his kingdom,
and mounted from the lowest to the highest degree.
If fortune smile, you may from a rhetor become a consul;
if fortune frown, the consul may become a rhetor.
Thus you may know that the Tincture has truly attained the first degree.
The 1556 Figure has the King seated on a throne, resting his feet on a wingless dragon. The King holds a globus cruciger (orb with cross), indicating mastery of matter, and a wand, indicating mastery of Fire. The King is dressed in red.
The 1607 version has the King seated on a throne with the dragon under the throne. Seven steps lead to the throne. Rather than an arch under the throne platform, there are three columns.
The 1893 version has the King on a raised platform (seven steps!). The platform is built on an arch reminiscent of the bottom level of the athanor from the first Figure. The King uses a dragon as a foot stool; the arms of his throne are the Fish from the Sea. The background shows a bridge with towns on both sides.
In Man: The Grand Symbol, Hall includes Boehme’s Vital Centers in the Human Body. The Moon is placed over the groin.
Comparing that image to Cohn’s Treatise on Cabalistical Medicine, the Lunar Phase (and the Lord of the Forests) is immediately above the legs. (And the feet/knees are typically assigned to Saturn and Earth-iness.) In the room above the legs is a fountain with four spouts (the four Rivers from the Garden of Eden) and a Tower. It is labeled with the Hebrew letter Samech, which means “to support” (aligning to Yesod’s descriptor “Foundation”). The base of the fountain is also labeled with Samech. The kidneys and the Tower are both labeled with the Hebrew letter Beth, which means “house”.
Now the Alchemist must work through the Solar Phase.