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Page 1 of 31944 · PDF PAGE 270
…ck that all militant nations have adopted, worthily or not, magical symbols and gestures. Great Britain and the U.S.A., “Thumbs up!”—The Sign of Khem: Phallus; The V sign— The Sign of Apophis and Typhon. U.S.S.R., The Hammer and Sickle—Jupiter and Satuni; The Pentagram. The Dritte Reich, The Svastika. Italy, the Fascis‐Fascinum. Japan, The Rising Sun. France, abandoning the Fleur‐de‐Lys (Phallus) and profaning the Pentagram of the Le‐ gion d’Honneur, ? ———
1944 · PDF PAGE 91
…the letter Nun, which means a fish; the symbol of life beneath the waters; life travelling through the waters. It refers to the Zodiacal sign of Scorpio, which is ruled by Mars, the planet of fiery energy in its lowest form, which is therefore necessary to provide the impulse. In alchemy, this card explains the idea of putrefaction, the technical name given by its adepts to the series of chemical changes which develops the final form of life from the original latent seed in the Orphic egg. This sign is one of the two most powerful in the Zodiac…
1944 · PDF PAGE 278
…h Plains—steady bearing of life. Water of Earth Fields—quiet, spiritualized to bear vegetable and animal life. In each case the Cardinal sign represents the Birth of the Element, the Kerubic sign its Life, and the Mutable sign its Passing Over towards the ideal form proper to it; i.e. to Spirit. So also the Princesses in the Tarot are the Thrones of Spirit.
1944 · PDF PAGE 67
IV. THE EMPEROR This card is attributed to the letter Tzaddi, and it refers to the sign of Aries in the Zo‐ diac. This sign is ruled by Mars, and therein the Sun is exalted. The sign is thus a combination of energy in its most material form with the idea of authority. The sign TZ or TS implies this in the original, onomatopoetic form of language. It is derived from Sanskrit roots meaning Head and Age, and is found to‐day in words like Cæsar, Tsar, Sirdar, Senate, Senior, Signor, Señor, Seigneur. The card represents a crowned male figure, with i…
1944 · PDF PAGE 75
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 t…
1944 · PDF PAGE 70
The background of the whole card is the dark blue of the starry night of Nuit, from whose womb all phenomena are born. Taurus, the sign of the Zodiac represented by this card, is itself the Bull Kerub; that is, Earth in its strongest and most balanced form. The ruler of this sign is Venus; she is represented by the woman standing before the hierophant. Chapter III of the Book of the Law, verse xi, reads: “Let the woman be girt with a sword before me.” This woman represents Venus as she now is in this new aeon; no longer the mere vehicle of her …
1944 · PDF PAGE 32
…Universe. This argument was, of course, worked backwards; so the characteristics above given of the qualities of the Three Decans in the sign were probably due to an analogy with the course of a man’s life. 4. The above remarks constitute a fairly complete idea of the arbitrary, or mostly arbi‐ trary, presentation of the Cosmos by the Ancients. First of all, the division into Four Elements. These Elements pervade everything. They would argue something like this about the Sun. They would say that he was principally Fire, for obvious reasons; but…
1944 · PDF PAGE 198
… unity from dividuality by mu‐ tual annihilation. The card also refers to Venus in Cancer. Cancer is, more than any other, the receptive Sign; it is the House of the Moon, and in that Sign Jupiter is exalted. These are, superficially, the three most friendly of the planets. The hieroglyph of the card represents two cups in the foreground, overflowing upon a calm sea. They are fed with lucent water from a lotus floating upon the sea, from which rises another lotus around whose stem are entwined twin dolphins. The symbolism of the dolphin is very…
1944 · PDF PAGE 269
… OF THE PLANETS The Exaltation of Planets the Planets Ruling © 9 s a. 35° a? 15° we. x4? 3 28 19° ee 8 “Og? Herschel rules the 4 Kerubie Sign Primum Mobile, the 4 Cardinal Signs. A planet is in its Fall when opposite to its Exaltation; opposite to its Realm. Neptune, the 4 Common Signs, and
1944 · PDF PAGE 204
…ole image is that of the influence of the Sun on Water. His fierce, but balanced power operates that type of putre‐ faction‐he is in the Sign of Scorpio‐which is the basis of all fertility, all life. The lotus stems are grouped in an elaborate dancing movement. From their blossoms water gushes into the Cups, but they are not yet full to overflowing, as they are in the corre‐ sponding card below; the Nine. Pleasure, in the title of this card, must be understood in its highest sense: it implies well‐being, harmony of natural forces without effort…
1944 · PDF PAGE 81
…t symbolism of this card is, therefore, Fertility in its most exalted sense, and this is reflected in the attribution of the card to the sign of Virgo, which is another aspect of the same quality. Virgo is an earthy sign, and is referred especially to Corn, so that the back‐ ground of the card is a field of wheat. Virgo represents the lowest, most receptive, most feminine form of earth, and forms the crust over Hades. Yet not only is Virgo ruled by Mercury, but Mercury is exalted therein. Compare the Ten of Disks, and the general doctrine that …
1944 · PDF PAGE 31
…, or else because the observed constellations happened to be natu‐ rally divided into twelve groups, they divided the Zodiac into twelve signs, three to each Sea‐ son. The Influence of the Sun upon the Earth was observed to change as He passed through the Signs. So did quite simple things like the measure of time between Sunrise and Sunset. When one says that the Sun enters the Sign of Aries, one means that if a straight line were drawn from the Earth to the Sun and pro‐longed to the Stars, that line would pass through the beginning of that Con…
1944 · PDF PAGE 77
… of the facts of Nature. Nature is not just, according to any theological or ethical idea; but Nature is exact. This card represents the sign of Libra, ruled by Venus; in it Saturn is exalted. The equi‐ librium of all things is hereby symbolized. It is the final adjustment in the formula of Tetra‐ grammaton, when the daughter, redeemed by her marriage with the Son, is thereby set up on the throne of the mother; thus, finally, she “awakens the Eld of the All‐Father.” In the greatest symbolism of all, however, the symbolism beyond all planetary a…
1944 · PDF PAGE 96
…rd represents creative energy in its most material form; in the Zodiac, Capricor‐ nus occupies the Zenith. It is the most exalted of the signs; it is the goat leaping with lust upon the summits of earth. The sign is ruled by Saturn, who makes for selfhood and perpetuity. In this sign, Mars is exalted, showing in its best form the fiery, material energy of creation. The card represents Pan Pangenetor, the All‐Begetter. It is the Tree of Life as seen against a back‐
1944 · PDF PAGE 180
…is is an etherealization of the idea of fire; all gross elements have dis‐ appeared. (Let there be a short digression with regard to the signs of the Zodiac. In the case of each element, the Cardinal sign represents the swift, impulsive onrush of the idea. In the Kerubic sign, the element has come to its full balance of power; and in the other signs the force is fading away. Thus, Aries represents the rush of fire, Lightning; Leo, its power, the Sun; and Sagittarius, the rainbow, its sublimation. Similar considerations apply to the other ele‐ m…
1944 · PDF PAGE 239
… ascending (male) Triangle, that of the Lingam. This union completed, they appear interlaced, forming [?] the figure of Capricornus, the Sign in which the Sun finds his rebirth. It is the holy Hexagram, the symbol of the uniting of the Macrocosm and the Microcosm, the accomplishment of the Great Work, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness. Sic sit vobis!
1944 · PDF PAGE 76
…r‐changed; thus the whole represents the sixteen sub‐elements. The Charioteer is clothed in the amber‐coloured armour appropriate to the sign. He is throned in the chariot rather than con ducting it, because the whole system of progression is perfectly balanced. His only function is to bear the Holy Grail. Upon his armour are ten Stars of Assiah, the inheritance of celestial dew from his mother. He bears as a crest the Crab appropriate to the sign. The vizor of his helmet is lowered, for no man may look upon his face and live. For the same reas…
1944 · PDF PAGE 35
…r the purpose of describing the objects Thought and Sense, one is compelled to join hands with the astrologers. The problem now is: to assign to Pure Number the moral ideas which go with it. This is partly a matter of experience, partly tradition derived from older experience. It would be unwise to discard tradition with complete contempt, because all thinking is bound by the laws of the mind itself, and Mind has been formed rough thousands of years of evolution in each man by the thoughts of his ancestors. The cells of all living brains are ju…
1944 · PDF PAGE 188
… has been trans mitted to the Mother, who conceives, prepares, and gives birth to, its manifestation. It refers to the Sun in Aries, the Sign in which he is exalted. The meaning is harmonious, for this is the beginning of Spring. For this reason one sees the wand taking the form of the Lotus in blossom. The Sun has enkindled the Great Mother. In the Yî King, Sol in Aries is represented by the 11th hexagram, Thai; its meaning is identical with the above description.
1944 · PDF PAGE 140
…ial analysis of the powers of the four letters of the Name and the four Elements. They are also referred to the Zodiac; but instead of assigning the three decans of each sign to one card, the influence begins with the last decan of one Sign and con‐ tinues to the second decan of the next. There is a further difficulty. It might well be expected that the elemental attribution would harmonize with the Zodiacal attribution; but it is not so. For instance, one might anticipate that the fiery part of Fire would refer to the most active of the fiery …