Septem Portae
Nigredo · 0/7 refined
Nigredo · 0 of seven spheres refined
To stand at the ladder's foot is no disgrace; it means the raw material is all present — black is what every colour looks like while still buried. The work here is single: to see honestly what binds you. Decomposition is the beginning.
I
The seven spheres
- BindingMoonThe force of growth and waning — the involuntary swelling and shrinking that follows every external tide
- BindingMercuryMachination — the habit of bending intelligence into cunning and contrivance
- BindingVenusIllusory desire — love that projects the infinite onto finite objects
- BindingSunThe arrogance of rulership — mistaking one's central place for supremacy
- BindingMarsReckless audacity — headlong collision that mistakes impatience for courage
- BindingJupiterGreed for wealth — the insatiable hoarding of abundance
- BindingSaturnThe falsehood that lies in wait — the lie crouched at the boundary, calling the prison wall the edge of the world
II
All the doors
Every single-step transition available from where you stand.
- ☽ MoonAscentNigredo · 1/7 refined
☽ refined · ☿♀☉♂♃♄ binding
- ☿ MercuryAscentNigredo · 1/7 refined
☿ refined · ☽♀☉♂♃♄ binding
- ♀ VenusAscentNigredo · 1/7 refined
♀ refined · ☽☿☉♂♃♄ binding
- ☉ SunAscentNigredo · 1/7 refined
☉ refined · ☽☿♀♂♃♄ binding
- ♂ MarsAscentNigredo · 1/7 refined
♂ refined · ☽☿♀☉♃♄ binding
- ♃ JupiterAscentNigredo · 1/7 refined
♃ refined · ☽☿♀☉♂♄ binding
- ♄ SaturnAscentNigredo · 1/7 refined
♄ refined · ☽☿♀☉♂♃ binding