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
- RefinedMoonConstancy — recognising the unmoving witness within the tides
- 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
- BindingMarsReckless audacity — headlong collision that mistakes impatience for courage
- 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.
- ☽ MoonDescentAlbedo · 2/7 refined
☿♃ refined · ☽♀☉♂♄ binding
- ☿ MercuryDescentAlbedo · 2/7 refined
☽♃ refined · ☿♀☉♂♄ binding
- ♀ VenusAscentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☽☿♀♃ refined · ☉♂♄ binding
- ☉ SunAscentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☽☿☉♃ refined · ♀♂♄ binding
- ♂ MarsAscentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☽☿♂♃ refined · ♀☉♄ binding
- ♃ JupiterDescentAlbedo · 2/7 refined
☽☿ refined · ♀☉♂♃♄ binding
- ♄ SaturnAscentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☽☿♃♄ refined · ♀☉♂ binding