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- *************** THE SEPHIROTH OF THE TREE OF LIFE ***************
- The first Sephira is called the Crown or the Inscrutable Height;
- the second is called Wisdom; the third is called Understanding;
- the fourth is called Love, Mercy or Majesty; the fifth is called
- Severity, Justice or Fear; the sixth is called Beauty; the
- seventh is called Victory; the eighth is called Splendour or
- Glory; the ninth is called Foundation; and the tenth is called
- the Kingdom.
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- The Ten Sephiroth have a direct relationship with the Sun, Moon,
- Planets and Elements. Pluto corresponds with Kether or the
- Crown; Uranus corresponds with Chokmah or Wisdom; Saturn
- corresponds with Binah or Understanding; Jupiter corresponds with
- Chesed or Mercy; Mars corresponds with Geburah or Severity; the
- Sun corresponds with Tiphareth or Beauty; Venus corresponds with
- Netzach or Victory; Mercury corresponds with Hod or Glory; the
- Moon corresponds with Yesod or the Foundation; and the Four
- Elements of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth correspond with Malkuth
- or the Kingdom. All the planets have been listed but Neptune.
- Neptune corresponds with the so-called Invisible Sephira on the
- Tree of Life. This hidden Sephira is called Daath or Knowledge
- and is located in the Abyss below Chokmah and Binah on the Tree.
- It was the original location of Malkuth before the so-called Fall
- of Man.
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- The Ten Sephiroth correspond in Tarot with the Minor Arcana
- cards. The four aces are Kether; the four twos are Chokmah; the
- four threes are Binah; the four fours are Chesed; the four fives
- are Geburah; the four sixes are Tiphareth; the four sevens are
- Netzach; the four eights are Hod; the four nines are Yesod; and
- the four tens are Malkuth. Each of these Minor Arcana cards
- represent the operation of one of the Sephiroth in a particular
- element. For instance, the Six of Wands represents the operation
- of Tiphareth in the element of fire; for the Wand is a symbol of
- fire. The Cup cards represent the operation of the Sephiroth in
- the element of Water; the Sword cards represent the operation of
- the Sephiroth in the element of Air; and the Coin or Pentacle
- cards represent the operation of the Sephiroth in the element of
- Earth.
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