1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 75
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VII. THE CHARIOT
Atu VII refers to the zodiacal sign of Cancer, the sign into which the Sun moves at the
Summer Solstice.1
1Note that Cheth—Cheth 8—Yod 10—Tan 400—has the value of 418. This is one of the most important
of the key numbers of Liber AL. It is the number of the word of the Aeon, ABRAHADABRA, the cypher of the Great
Work. (See The Equinox of The Gods, p. 138. Also The Temple of Solomon the King.) On this word alone a complete
volume could, and should, be written.
Cancer is the cardinal sign of the element of Water,2 and represents the first keen on‐
rush of that element. Cancer also represents the path which leads from the great Mother Bi‐
nah to Geburah, and is thus the influence of the Supernals descending through the Veil of Wa‐
ter (which is blood) upon the energy of man, and so inspires it. It corresponds, in this way, to
The Hierophant, which, on the other side of the Tree of Life, brings down the fire of Chokmah.
(See diagram.)
The design of this present card has been much influenced by the Trump portrayed by
Eliphaz Levi.
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