1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 206
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DEBAUCH
SEVEN OF CUPS
This card refers to the Seven, Netzach, in the suit of Water. Here recurs the invariable
weakness arising from lack of balance; also, the card is governed by Venus in Scorpio. Her
dignity is not good in this Sign; one is reminded that Venus is the planet of Copper, “external
splendour and internal corruption”. The Lotuses have become poisonous, looking like tiger‐
lilies; and, instead of water, green slime issues from them and overflows, making the Sea a ma‐
larious morass. Venus redoubles the influence of the number Seven.
The cups are iridescent, carrying out the same idea.
They are arranged as two descending triangles interlaced above the lowest cup, which
is very much larger than the rest.
This card is almost the “evil and averse” image of the Six; it is a wholesome reminder of
the fatal ease with which a Sacrament may be profaned and prostituted.
Lose direct touch with Kether, the Highest; diverge never so little from the delicate bal‐
ance of the Middle Pillar; at once the holiest mysteries of Nature become the obscene and
shameful secrets of a guilty conscience.
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