1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 237
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GAIN
NINE OF DISKS
The number Nine, Yesod, inevitably brings back the balance of Force in fulfilment. The
card is ruled by Venus in Virgo. It shows good luck attending material affairs, favour and
popularity.
The disks are arranged as an equilateral triangle of three, apex upwards, close to‐
gether; and, surrounded at some distance by a ring, six larger disks in the form of a hexagon.
This signifies the multiplication of the original established Word‐by the mingling of “good luck
and good management”. The three central disks are of the magical pattern as in earlier cards;
but the others, since the descent into matter implies the gradual exhaustion of the original
whirling energy, now take on the form of coins. These may be marked with the magical images
of the appropriate planets.
As a general remark, one may say that the multiplication of a symbol of Energy always
tends to degrade its essential meaning, as well as to complicate it.
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