Septem Portae
Albedo · 3/7 refined
Albedo · 3 of seven spheres refined
With two or three dispositions surrendered, the chaos first settles and shows a ground colour. The work of whitening is washing and discernment: do not rush upward — first guard the clarity already won, like cloth bleaching under moonlight.
I
The seven spheres
- BindingMoonThe force of growth and waning — the involuntary swelling and shrinking that follows every external tide
- RefinedMercuryStraightforwardness — letting speech and thought travel the same straight road
- BindingVenusIllusory desire — love that projects the infinite onto finite objects
- BindingSunThe arrogance of rulership — mistaking one's central place for supremacy
- RefinedMarsTempered courage — the strength that knows what is fearful and advances nonetheless
- RefinedJupiterGenerosity — letting abundance flow through oneself without damming it
- 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.
- ☽ MoonAscentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☽☿♂♃ refined · ♀☉♄ binding
- ☿ MercuryDescentAlbedo · 2/7 refined
♂♃ refined · ☽☿♀☉♄ binding
- ♀ VenusAscentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☿♀♂♃ refined · ☽☉♄ binding
- ☉ SunAscentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☿☉♂♃ refined · ☽♀♄ binding
- ♂ MarsDescentAlbedo · 2/7 refined
☿♃ refined · ☽♀☉♂♄ binding
- ♃ JupiterDescentAlbedo · 2/7 refined
☿♂ refined · ☽♀☉♃♄ binding
- ♄ SaturnAscentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☿♂♃♄ refined · ☽♀☉ binding