Abrac
I was comparing Crowley's planetary correspondences with the Tree of Life today and noticed something interesting. The Moon corresponds with Yesod(9), then as you progress backwards up the Tree the correspondences are as follows: Hod(8)Mercury, Netzach(7)Venus, Tiphareth(6)Sun, Geburah(5)Mars, Chesed(4)Jupiter, then up to Binah(3)Saturn.
Arranged in a list from highest to lowest it looks like this:
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Sun
Venus
Mercury
Moon
This is the traditional arrangement of the spheres used by the old philosophers and alchemists that can be seen in many of the manuscripts and paintings. It's a stairway to heaven; each sphere representing the next step in the journey.
When you compare the planets with Crowley's corresponding tarot cards it looks like this:
Saturn -The Universe
Jupiter -Fortune
Mars -The Tower
Sun -The Sun
Venus -The Empress
Mercury -The Magus
Moon -The Priestess
My question is, has anyone else noticed this, and are the seven planetary cards a key to understanding the new Aeon as it unfolds? Are they a pictorial ladder that illustrates the process? Does anyone know if there's any written material on this subject?
-fof
Arranged in a list from highest to lowest it looks like this:
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Sun
Venus
Mercury
Moon
This is the traditional arrangement of the spheres used by the old philosophers and alchemists that can be seen in many of the manuscripts and paintings. It's a stairway to heaven; each sphere representing the next step in the journey.
When you compare the planets with Crowley's corresponding tarot cards it looks like this:
Saturn -The Universe
Jupiter -Fortune
Mars -The Tower
Sun -The Sun
Venus -The Empress
Mercury -The Magus
Moon -The Priestess
My question is, has anyone else noticed this, and are the seven planetary cards a key to understanding the new Aeon as it unfolds? Are they a pictorial ladder that illustrates the process? Does anyone know if there's any written material on this subject?
-fof