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
- 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
- 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
- RefinedSaturnTruth — looking limits in the face without being deceived by them
II
All the doors
Every single-step transition available from where you stand.
- ☽ MoonDescentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☿☉♂♄ refined · ☽♀♃ binding
- ☿ MercuryDescentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☽☉♂♄ refined · ☿♀♃ binding
- ♀ VenusAscentRubedo · 6/7 refined
☽☿♀☉♂♄ refined · ♃ binding
- ☉ SunDescentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☽☿♂♄ refined · ♀☉♃ binding
- ♂ MarsDescentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☽☿☉♄ refined · ♀♂♃ binding
- ♃ JupiterAscentRubedo · 6/7 refined
☽☿☉♂♃♄ refined · ♀ binding
- ♄ SaturnDescentCitrinitas · 4/7 refined
☽☿☉♂ refined · ♀♃♄ binding