Septem Portae
Citrinitas · 5/7 refined
Citrinitas · 5 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
- 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.
- ☽ MoonAscentRubedo · 6/7 refined
☽☿♀☉♂♃ refined · ♄ binding
- ☿ MercuryDescentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
♀☉♂♃ refined · ☽☿♄ binding
- ♀ VenusDescentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☿☉♂♃ refined · ☽♀♄ binding
- ☉ SunDescentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☿♀♂♃ refined · ☽☉♄ binding
- ♂ MarsDescentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☿♀☉♃ refined · ☽♂♄ binding
- ♃ JupiterDescentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☿♀☉♂ refined · ☽♃♄ binding
- ♄ SaturnAscentRubedo · 6/7 refined
☿♀☉♂♃♄ refined · ☽ binding