Sophie
Ancient Kabbalists were often astrologers as well. The Sefer Yetzirah makes astrological attributions (and also others, like angelic attributions). The spanner in the works is that different versions of the SY make different attributions. The more common places the planets on the Tree in order of creation, starting with Malkuth (Earth-Moon-Mercury-Venus-Sun-Mars-Jupiter-Saturn). That's how Jupiter got attributed to Chesed. But in the Gra version, which is based on the ordering of the planets found in the Zohar, another system is used: Chesed is associated with the Moon, and Jupiter is given to Malkuth. So as we see, even among the Ancients, the Tree of Life-planetary correspondences follow at least two known systems. The 'order of creation' system is the more usual - especially in Western Hermeticism - but others are possible. The Golden Dawn - and Crowley - followed the more usual ordering/correspondences (i.e. not the Gra), but there are alternatives.
Marixtu Guyler and Luis Peña Longa used the Gra Tree of Life as a basis for their system in El Gran Tarot Esoterico (which also inspired the Tarot Balbi and the Crystal Tarot). In it, they place The World at Malkuth, and its astrological correspondence is Jupiter. The Wheel of Fortune is attributed to the letter Yud and to the sign of Virgo (as per the Gra:
"He made the letter Yud king over action
And He bound a crown to it
And He combined one with another
And with them He formed
Virgo in the Universe
Elul in the Year
And the left hand in the Soul
male and female".
Chesed corresponds with the Moon (astrological moon) as per the Gra, and the Sun card.
So as we see there are variants, and we shouldn't feel constricted by the Golden Dawn if another system appeals - but make sure it's a well thought out system. The attributions in the Gra Tree of Life are based on the Zohar ordering of planets, and are not arbitrary; just as the attributions between planets and sephirot on the more common versions of the Tree of Life are based on the order in which the planets are said to have been created (in the Sefer Yetzirah).
Incidentally, the angelic attribution for Jupiter being Zadkiel, that archangel is also attributed to the Wheel of Fortune (in the GD/Crowley-Harris attributions) or to The World (in the tarot system based on the Gra) - esoterically and magickally it makes a big difference.
Marixtu Guyler and Luis Peña Longa used the Gra Tree of Life as a basis for their system in El Gran Tarot Esoterico (which also inspired the Tarot Balbi and the Crystal Tarot). In it, they place The World at Malkuth, and its astrological correspondence is Jupiter. The Wheel of Fortune is attributed to the letter Yud and to the sign of Virgo (as per the Gra:
"He made the letter Yud king over action
And He bound a crown to it
And He combined one with another
And with them He formed
Virgo in the Universe
Elul in the Year
And the left hand in the Soul
male and female".
Chesed corresponds with the Moon (astrological moon) as per the Gra, and the Sun card.
So as we see there are variants, and we shouldn't feel constricted by the Golden Dawn if another system appeals - but make sure it's a well thought out system. The attributions in the Gra Tree of Life are based on the Zohar ordering of planets, and are not arbitrary; just as the attributions between planets and sephirot on the more common versions of the Tree of Life are based on the order in which the planets are said to have been created (in the Sefer Yetzirah).
Incidentally, the angelic attribution for Jupiter being Zadkiel, that archangel is also attributed to the Wheel of Fortune (in the GD/Crowley-Harris attributions) or to The World (in the tarot system based on the Gra) - esoterically and magickally it makes a big difference.