Septem Portae
Rubedo · 6/7 refined
Rubedo · 6 of seven spheres refined
Red is the colour where blood meets gold: the great work is not to leave the world but to pour every refined power back into flesh and daily life. Whoever stands at the top stands ready to descend — ascent and descent are one and the same work.
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
- RefinedJupiterGenerosity — letting abundance flow through oneself without damming it
- 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 · 5/7 refined
☿☉♂♃♄ refined · ☽♀ binding
- ☿ MercuryDescentCitrinitas · 5/7 refined
☽☉♂♃♄ refined · ☿♀ binding
- ♀ VenusAscentRubedo · 7/7 refined
☽☿♀☉♂♃♄ refined
- ☉ SunDescentCitrinitas · 5/7 refined
☽☿♂♃♄ refined · ♀☉ binding
- ♂ MarsDescentCitrinitas · 5/7 refined
☽☿☉♃♄ refined · ♀♂ binding
- ♃ JupiterDescentCitrinitas · 5/7 refined
☽☿☉♂♄ refined · ♀♃ binding
- ♄ SaturnDescentCitrinitas · 5/7 refined
☽☿☉♂♃ refined · ♀♄ binding