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The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 232

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      WORRY    FIVE OF DISKS      The Number Five, Geburah, in the suit of Earth, shows the disruption of the Elements,  just as in the other suits. This is emphasized by the rule of Mercury in Taurus, types of energy  which are opposed. It needs a very powerful Mercury to upset Taurus; so the natural meaning  is Intelligence applied to Labour.    The symbol represents five disks in the form of the inverted Pentagram, instability in  the very foundations of Matter. The effect is that of an earthquake. They are, however, repre‐ sentative of the five Tatvas; these hold together, on a very low plane, an organism which  would otherwise disrupt completely. The background is an angry, ugly red with yellow mark‐ ings. The general effect is one of intense strain; yet the symbol implies long‐continued inac‐ tion.     
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