GEBURAH: four 5's

As: Horus: "Kru, Ge`vu`ra, Elo`hem`Geb`hor, Ka`ma`el, Se`raf`em".   

Rooted or Radical Consciousness

Mysteries of Geburah:

As the 5th sphere on the tree of life, located below the abyss, Geburah represents a Portal of Fire. The fourfold nature of Geburah is best understood by the four minor arcana 5's. 

Exoterically, Geburah represents Concern, Strife, Defeat, & Disappointment.  Esoterically, Geburah is also known for helping you or your loved ones through these same concerns, strife, defeats, & disappointments in everyday or mundane life.  

As the four individual fiery aspects of the Thoth 5s, Geburah can appear as a rough spot in life, but in reality, Geburah has massive power to motivate you.  

As you face each one of these broad encompassing concerns, strife, defeat, & disappointment in your lives  you will grow into a new place.  Geburah is like the purging fire, where you reap what you sow. 

What's next is the reward of the 6s.   Live through this, and it will seem better than nice when the sunlight of Tiphareth, and the four 6s shines on you.   

Geburah Portal of Fire:  Fire, Mars, Aries, & Geburah.

Cards: 

           

The 5 of Disks "CONCERN" represents the Earthy aspect of the fourfold Geburah.  In a card reading the 5 of Disks will represent an aspect of " CONCERN " in relation to the dominant trump in the throw.  This aspect of power is minor in nature and will affect the situation in regards to a trump, though if a court card is dominant in your throw; than this " CONCERN " could be transmitted to whoever the court card represents, even you.   

This card represents the opposing energies of Mercury in Taurus.  In the original Thoth pack it was called "Worry".   In Crowley's Book Of Thoth he describes the action of this card as "intelligence applied to labor", for this reason the card's title has been updated to a more relevant title of "Concern".  

Apparent in the card is an inverted pentagram with five grey discs, and on each disc are symbols which have aspect that relate to your concern.  

In a card reading this card will highlight the querent's concern over the describing trump, ace or court member.

The 5 of Wands "STRIFE" represents the Fiery aspect of the fourfold Chesed.  In a card reading the 5 of Wands will represent an aspect of " STRIFE " in relation to the dominant trump in the throw.  This aspect of completion is minor in nature and will affect the situation in regards to a trump, though if a court card is dominant in your throw; than this "completion" could be transmitted to whoever the court card represents, even you.  

The 5 of Wands represents Saturn in Leo.

Crowley put a symbol for his order's Chief Adept on an Egyptian's Caduceus so as to represent the divine authority of this card's tense situation.   The other Wands represent the Major in Phoenix Wands, and the Minor Adepts, in Lotus Wands, indicating a Divine Feminine influence here.  

In a card reading, this one will usually indicate a fight of some sort or another.  Don't be hasty in your judgment though, make sure and really consider the surrounding cards, as this fight could be on any level, from your best friends fighting, to your all your best friends watching the fights on fight night without you.... In everyday pulls, it's a common to pull on a Monday morning on the way to work....

 The 5 of Swords "DEFEAT" represents the Airy aspect of the fourfold Gebuah In a card reading the 5 of Swords will represent an aspect of "DEFEAT" in relation to the dominant trump in the throw.  This aspect of truce is minor in nature and will affect the situation in regards to a trump, though if a court card is dominant in your throw, than this "DEFEAT" could be transmitted to whoever the court card represents, even you.

 Apparant is an upside down pentagram, representing the disruption of Geburah. All five Swords have different handles and are drooping, except for the deteriorated one which is pointed up.  This card is attributed by Venus in Aquarius, and such a fiery environment indicates defeat.  The defeat is a result of a lack of motivation or even treachery, the surrounding cards will detail this situation.  If you're seeing this card with a lot of court cards, the XIV ART card and/or IX HERMIT, you may consider identifying the court cards in your kingdom.  Yes, this represents defeat, but always remember that these negative sounding cards are still minor in nature, and still only describe the dominate cards, they do not define the entire scope of the reading.   

 The 5 of Cups "DISAPPOINTMENT" represents the Watery aspect of the fourfold Geburah.  In a card reading the 5 of Cups will represent an aspect of " DISAPPOINTMENT " in relation to the dominant trump in the throw.  This aspect of luxury is minor in nature and will affect the situation in regards to a trump, though if a court card is dominant in your throw, than this " DISAPPOINTMENT " could be transmitted to whoever the court card represents, even you.   

This card represents the Mars in Scorpio. We see our disrupting inverted pentagram made of vines growing from a fertile green body of water. The sky is bright orange, illuminating that each cup is empty, and even if it rained, the overhead protective Elephant Ear leafs would not allow any water into the cups regardless.  The white lotus blossoms are secreting Kether's love manna which is being blown away by the Jaws of Dis.   

This card is simply a descriptor of a bigger picture, and it does not define your reading, it could even lead to better descriptor cards in the future.

Related Concepts:

Divine intensity, Fire Portal, Elementary Fire, Planetary Mars, Astrological Aries, Sepirothic Geburah, Respect, Concern, Strife, Defeat, Disappointment, Inspiration to Succeed, Decision Making, War, Resistance, Purge, Elimination, Coup.

Correspondences:

·        Hebrew: hrzbnjGeburah

·        English:  Strength

·        Consciousness of the Adept:  Conscious in Warrior Trance.

·        God Name in Assiah:  rvbv sihla Representing Mars

·        The Heavens of Assiah: sidam Madim - Sphere of Mars

·        The Heavens of Assiah: zvym  Maon or Residence.  Angels Singing in Divine Presence.

·        Name of the Lord:  rvbv sihla  -  Elo`hem`Geb`hor 

·        Archangels of Assiah: laeb  or Ka`ma`el

·        Angel of Assiah:  sipdw  or Seraphim Fiery serpents

·        Choir of Angels:   sipdw Se`raf`em

·        Force:  hdvbn   Ge`vu`ra

·        Revolutions of Adonai in Assiah:  ndia

·        Ten Divisions of the Body of God: Left Arm

·        Ten Earths in Seven Palaces:  avn or Gia the Undulating Ground

·        Ten Hells in Seven Palaces:  thwdab Bar Shachath  or Clay of Death

·        Order of Qliphoth: bhlvn Go`lo`hav - The Burners. (Golachab - Flaming Ones)

·        Prince of the Qliphoth:   svrtwa Lucifuge

·        Element:  Fire, due to Energy and Mobility.

·        Planetary Association:  Mars

·        Planetary Angel: Samael

·        Mars’s Genethliac Value: The Bodily Will. The Muscular System.

·        Tree of Life:  3rd Plane, Left Pillar

·        Mystic Number of the Sephiroth: 15

·        Sepher Yetzirah: Radical I - Rooted or Radical Consciousness

·        Tarot Attribution: The Four Fives

·        King’s Scale: Orange

·        Queen’s Scale: Scarlet Red

·        Emperor’s Scale: Bright Scarlet

·        Empress’s Scale: Red Flecked Black

·        Sepirothic Magickal Image: A Mighty Warrior in his Chariot; Armed and Crowned.

·        Sepirothic Colors of Dr. Jellinek: Red

·        Egyptian Gods: Horus as the Lord of Force, Nepthys as Lady of Severity, balancing the Mercy of Isis.

·        Perfected Man: Neith, the Arms.

·        Hindu Deities: Vishnu, Varruna-Avatar

·        Taoism: n/a

·        Alchemical Base: Iron.

·        As Elements:  Fire

·        Buddhist: Ten Fetters:  Silabata Patigha or Hatred

·        Forty Buddhist Meditation:  Death: R = Reflection = 10.

·        Hindu Aspect of the Soul: The Lower Manas.

·        Hindu Chakras or Prana Center: Anahata, or the Heart.

·        Scandinavian God: Thor

·        Greek Gods: Ares as Lord of War, Hades as God of Fire as a partition between Zeus and Poseidon.

·        Roman Gods: Mars the War God.

·        Christian Association:  Christ Coming to judge the World

·        Animals (Real or Imaginary): Basilisk for its ability to kill with one flame-glance.

·        Plants (Real or Imaginary):  Oak and Hickory Nettle due to wood hardness..  Nux Vomica due to its tonic properties & strychnine convulsive properties.

·        Precious Stone: Ruby representing flaming energy.

·        Perfume: Tobacco (an old attribution, implicating the working class)

·        Mechanical Relation:  Nuclear Reactor.

·        Vegetable Drug:  Nux Vomica, Nettle, Cocaine for their powers of excitation, Atropine as a Morphine balancer.

·        Diseases:  Fever.

·        Mineral Drug:  Iron, Sulpher

·        Alchemical Metal:   H

·        Alchemical Tree of Life:  H

·        Alchemical Rank: Earl. 

·        Voice of the Hawk: AGLA

·        Magickal Flashing Colors: Red Flashing, with Green.

·        Magickal Altar: Red Alter Cloth & Candle, Incense, Cup of Water, Lotus Wand, ASP, or finger.

·        Circumambulate: 5 times.

·        Ritual Timing:  Mars Waxing from the East

·        Magickal Eucharist:  Hot Salsa on Chips

·        Magickal Weapon: The Sword and Spear as weapons of Mars; the Scourge as a weapon of severity; or Chains representing the severity of restrictions on self.

·        Magickal Formulae:  agla alhim or AGLA & ALHIM.

·        Magickal Power: The Vision of Power

·        Magickal God-Form: Horus

·        Theurgic Invoking Method: Tracing red Hexagrams in the Four Quarters and again in the East as the God-Form Horus.  To each direction starting in the East, trace your red Hexagram while uttering “Arareta”; then trace an green  5 symbol in the center while uttering rvbv sihla  or “Elo`hem`Geb`hor”; Project red light with the Sign of the Enterer; give LVX signs; Proclaim “In the name of the lord “Elo`hem`Geb`hor”, I invoke you forces of "Ge`vu`ra”

o   In the East trace an Eastern Form of the Hexagram (2 upward triangles, tracing from the top down to the right on both)…

o   In the South trace a Southern Form of the Hexagram (Normal Hexagram starting from the top down right, then the bottom up left)…

o   In the West trace a Western Form of the Hexagram (Triangles stacked to form a diamond starting from the top down right, then the bottom up left)…

o   In the North trace a Northern Form of the Hexagram (Triangles tip to tip, top upside down, bottom right side up; trace from the bottom triangle down right, then from the top triangle up left)….

o   Then again In the East trace a Southern Form of the Hexagram to finalize (Normal Hexagram starting from the top down right, then the bottom up left)…

·        Grade Password: hi

·        Grade of the 2nd Order: 6°=5° as Adeptus Major.

·        Masonic Lodge Officer:  Senior Warden

·        Spiritual Experience: Realizing and Accepting Cosmic Strength. Vision of power.

·        Symbols: The Pentagram, the Tudor Rose of Five Petals, the Sword, the Spear, and the Scourge.

·        Symbols Relating to Pure Number: The Rose.

·        Geomancy: The Tesseract.

·        Heavenly Hexagram:  Venus 2.

·        Transcendental Morality as a Virtue: Energy

·        In Coptic: Phi

·        In English:   PH =500

·        In Arabic: kha = 600

·        In Greek: o = 500

·        Divine Names of Briah:  dvhi

·        Angels in Briah:  wwrt or Tharshish

·        Choirs of Angels in Briah:  swwrt or Tharshishim

·        Palaces of Briah: tvkz lkih H. Zakoth or Palace of Merit.

·        Kings of Edom: inmyt mwh Husham of Temani

·        Dukes of Edom:  hla  Elah

·        Revolution of the hiha in Briah:  iahh

·        42-fold Revolving-Name of the Palaces of Yetzirah:  wbirnb

·        Revolution of the YodHeVavHeh in Yetzirah: HeHehVavYod or  ivhh

·        Saint or Adept of the Hebrews:  Jacob

·        Angelic Function in the World of Yetzirah: One: with Two.

·        Egyptian 10 Plagues: Boils.

·        Egyptian Attribution of the Soul: Aib.

·        Part of the Soul:  hvd Ruach  - The Intellect

·        Elements & Quarters in Sepher Yetzirah: Height

·        Seven Hells of the Arabs: Sakar

·        Sakar's Inhabitants:  Guebres.

·        Seven Heavens of the Arabs:  Jannat al-Maawa or the Garden of Mansions; made of Yellow & Copper.

·        Pair of Angels Ruling the 5 of Discs:  hihbm laivp

·        Pair of Angels Ruling the 5 of Wands:   iavhv laili

·        Pair of Angels Ruling the 5 of Swords:  laina himyh

·        Pair of Angels Ruling the 5 of Cups:  hivvl hilhp

·        The Naples Arrangement:  Geburah; Motion.

·        Additional titles of Chesed:  

1.     zid  Justice. 

2.     dhp Fear.

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