Septem Portae
Citrinitas · 4/7 refined
Citrinitas · 4 of seven spheres refined
Past the ladder's midpoint, moonlight turns solar: clarity begins to shine of itself rather than merely reflect. The danger here is precisely the sense of attainment — the yellowing work is to ripen wisdom into warmth without scorching it into pride.
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
- RefinedVenusClear-sighted love — loving what a thing is, not what it promises
- RefinedSunHumility — shining on all things without claiming the credit of light
- RefinedMarsTempered courage — the strength that knows what is fearful and advances nonetheless
- 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.
- ☽ MoonAscentCitrinitas · 5/7 refined
☽☿♀☉♂ refined · ♃♄ binding
- ☿ MercuryDescentAlbedo · 3/7 refined
♀☉♂ refined · ☽☿♃♄ binding
- ♀ VenusDescentAlbedo · 3/7 refined
☿☉♂ refined · ☽♀♃♄ binding
- ☉ SunDescentAlbedo · 3/7 refined
☿♀♂ refined · ☽☉♃♄ binding
- ♂ MarsDescentAlbedo · 3/7 refined
☿♀☉ refined · ☽♂♃♄ binding
- ♃ JupiterAscentCitrinitas · 5/7 refined
☿♀☉♂♃ refined · ☽♄ binding
- ♄ SaturnAscentCitrinitas · 5/7 refined
☿♀☉♂♄ refined · ☽♃ binding