Septem Portae
Albedo · 2/7 refined
Albedo · 2 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
- RefinedSunHumility — shining on all things without claiming the credit of light
- 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.
- ☽ MoonAscentAlbedo · 3/7 refined
☽☿☉ refined · ♀♂♃♄ binding
- ☿ MercuryDescentNigredo · 1/7 refined
☉ refined · ☽☿♀♂♃♄ binding
- ♀ VenusAscentAlbedo · 3/7 refined
☿♀☉ refined · ☽♂♃♄ binding
- ☉ SunDescentNigredo · 1/7 refined
☿ refined · ☽♀☉♂♃♄ binding
- ♂ MarsAscentAlbedo · 3/7 refined
☿☉♂ refined · ☽♀♃♄ binding
- ♃ JupiterAscentAlbedo · 3/7 refined
☿☉♃ refined · ☽♀♂♄ binding
- ♄ SaturnAscentAlbedo · 3/7 refined
☿☉♄ refined · ☽♀♂♃ binding