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Qabalah - Tree of Life - Yesod
If Binah is the Greater Moon, this Sefirah is its lower countenance or reflection.
Yesod is usually translated as Foundation, and connected with the sexual organs. In fact, this is probably the only Sefirah which is consistently associated with any part of the body - though each of the others also has bodily correlations, but not with the same consistency.
It is also associated with the Moon as reflector, reflecting, within us, the deep inner aspects of our own spiritual selves.
As we move up the Tree from Malkut, this is the first of the seven planetary spheres encountered (the word 'planet' is here used in its correct etymological sense, and thus includes the non-astronomical 'planets' of Sun and Moon). Moving away from Malkut, this is also the first emanation we may encounter from which the veil (paroket) may be sensed - though distantly and not yet rendered.
Personally, I place within this sphere II - the Popess/High Priestess and XII - the Hanged Man.
If Binah is the Greater Moon, this Sefirah is its lower countenance or reflection.
Yesod is usually translated as Foundation, and connected with the sexual organs. In fact, this is probably the only Sefirah which is consistently associated with any part of the body - though each of the others also has bodily correlations, but not with the same consistency.
It is also associated with the Moon as reflector, reflecting, within us, the deep inner aspects of our own spiritual selves.
As we move up the Tree from Malkut, this is the first of the seven planetary spheres encountered (the word 'planet' is here used in its correct etymological sense, and thus includes the non-astronomical 'planets' of Sun and Moon). Moving away from Malkut, this is also the first emanation we may encounter from which the veil (paroket) may be sensed - though distantly and not yet rendered.
Personally, I place within this sphere II - the Popess/High Priestess and XII - the Hanged Man.