Attributions of the Fours Minor Cards in Liber 777
- Four of Wands
- Subtlety, beauty, new things and ideas.
- Four of Cups
- Hunting, pursuing. Collecting war booty, fighting.
- Four of Swords
- Evil actions. Alternate singing and joy with sexual excess, evil and depravity.
- Four of Pentacles
- Covetousness, suspicion. Obsession with minor details. Discontent.
Magical Powers of the Fours |
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| A mighty crowned and throned king | Magical image of the Sephira |
| The Vision of Love | Magical Power, Western |
| The Wand, Sceptre, or Crook | Magical Weapon |
| YHVH | Magical Formulae (See Magical Weapons) |
Colour scale of the Fours |
Golden Dawn Description | ||
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| Deep Violet | King Scale of Colour | ![]() |
Venus in Aries, 20th - 30th Degree XLVII. Lord of Perfected Work 4 OF WANDS Two hands as before, issuing from clouds each side of card, and clasped in centre with First Order grip, holding four wands crossed. Flames issue at point of junction. Above and below on two small flaming wands are Venus and Aries, representing the Decan. Perfection, a completion of a thing built up with trouble and labour. Rest after labour. Subtelty, cleverness, beauty, mirth, success in completion. Reasoning, faculty, conclusions drawn from previous knowledge. Unreadiness, unreliable, and unsteady, through over anxiety and hurriedness of action. Graceful in manners. At times insincere, etc. Chesed of Yod. (Settlement, arrangement, completion.) Herein rule Nanael and Nithal. |
| Blue | Queen Scale of Colour | ![]() |
Moon in Cancer, 20th — 30th Degree 4 OF CUPS |
| Deep purple | Emperor Scale of Colour | ![]() |
Jupiter in Libra, 20th - 30th Degree XXIX. The Lord of Rest from Strife 4 OF SWORDS Two white angelic radiating hands, each holding two swords, which four cross in the centre. The rose of five petals with white radiations is reinstated on the point of intersection. Above and below, on the points of two small daggers are the symbols of Jupiter and Libra representing the Decan. Rest from sorrow, yet after and through it. Peace from and after war. Relaxation of anxiety. Quietness, rest, ease and plenty, yet after struggle. Goods of this life, abundance. Modified by the dignity as in the other cases. Chesed of Vav. (Convalescence, recovery from sickness, change for the better). Herein rule Laviah and Kelial. |
| Deep azure, flecked yellow | Empress Scale of Colour | ![]() |
Sun in Capricorn, 20th - 30th Degree XXXVIII. The Lord of Earthly Power 4 OF PENTACLES A hand holding a branch of a rose-tree, but without flowers or buds, save that in the centre is one fully blown white rose. Four pentacles thus, with Sun and Capricorn above and below: * * * * Assured material gain, success, rank, dominion, earthly power completed, but leading to nothing beyond. Prejudiced, covetous, suspicious, careful and orderly, but discontented. Little enterprise or originality. Altered by dignity as usual. Chesed of Heh final. (Gain of money or influence. A present.) Therein rule Kevequiah and Mendial. |
Gods attributed to the Fours |
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| Amoun, Isis | Egyptian Gods |
| Neith, the Arms | The Perfect Man |
| Indra, Brahma | Hindu |
| Wotan | Scandanavia |
| Poseidon | Greek |
| Jupiter | Roman |
| God the Rain-maker, God the Farmer's friend | Christian Attributions |
Other Attributions of the Fours |
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| Unicorn | Animals, real and imaginary |
| Olive, Shamrock | Plants, real and imaginary |
| Amethyst and Sapphire | Precious Stones |
| Cedar | Perfumes |
| Opium | Vegetable Drug |
| Mineral Drug | |
| Tetrahedron or Pyramid, Cross | Figures related to pure number |
| The Solid Figure | Linear figures, geomancy |
Body |
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| Dropsy | Diseases (Typical) |
Eastern Thought |
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| Friendliness | The Forty Buddhist Meditations |
| Hindu and Buddhist results | |
| Taoism | |
| Venus | The Heavenly Hexagram |
| Obedience | Transcendental Morality |
| Silabata Paramesa | The Ten Fetters (Buddhism) |
Masonic attributions to the Fours |
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| AM | Passwords of the Grades |
| W.M. | Officers in a Masonic Lodge |
| 7=4 Adeptus Exemptus, 2nd Order | The Grades of the Order |
Alphabets and the Fours |
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| Coptic | |
| Arabic | |
| Greek numeration | |
| Greek | |
Kabbalah and the Fours |
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| Chesed Mercy | Sephiroth | |
| AL | God Name in Assiah | Deepest sense of AL is in the Book of the Law. 4 represents Jupiter, the highest possible manifestation of Deity. |
| TzDQ - Sphere of Jupiter | Heavens of Assiah | Tzedeq means righteousness; the inexorable law of Jupiter. The connection of this with the number 4 depends on the aspect of 4 as the square of 2, the limitations of the Dyad further fixed by self-multiplication, the introduction of a new dimension. 4 is thus a number of rigidity or materiality. Hence its ideal quality is inexorable righteousness. Yet in connection with this, remember that Chesed means Mercy and 4 is Daleth, the number of Venus, Love. Consideration of this is very helpful in understanding the way in which a Sephira combines widely diverse ideas. |
| GOShKLY | Order of Qlippoth | |
| 16 | Mystic Number of the Sephiroth | |
| Water | Element & Planetary ruler | Water being referred to Chesed, partly because of it is the recipient of the male influence of the Supernals, partly because 4 is Daleth, Venus, the feminine or watery principle. |
| 3rd Plane, Right Pillar | Tree of Life | |
| Measuring Cohesive or Receptacular Intelligence | Path of the Sepher Yetsirah | |
| Abraham | Saints or Adepts of the Hebrews | |
| Sex alae | Angels Foundations in the World of Yetsirah | |
| MKVN - Planities | Heavens of Assiah | |
| Blessings, all good things | Contents of Palaces of Assiah | |
| HVYH | The Revolution of YHVH in Yetsirah | |
| RVCh - The Intellect | Parts of the Soul | |
| TzDQYAL | Archangel of Assiah | |
| NShMLYM - Brilliant Ones | Angels of Assiah | |
| AYND | Revolution of Adonai in Assiah | |
| Brachium Sinistrum | Ten divisions of the Body of God | |
| ADMH - Red Earth | The Ten Earths in Seven Palaces | |
| ABDVN - Perdition | The Ten Hells in Seven Palaces | |
| Lucifuge | Some Princes of the Qliphoth | |
| The Dukes and Kings of Edom | ||
| Fire | Elements and Quarters (Sepher Yetsirah) | |
| Moon | Alchemical Tree of Life | |
| Moon | Alchemical Metals | |
Hindu attributions to the Fours |
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| Aib | Egyptian Attributions of the Parts of the Soul |
| Lower Manas | The Soul (Hindu) |
| Anahata (heart) | The Chakras |
Heavens and the Fours |
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| Dar-as-Salam | Seven Heavens of the Arabs |
| House of Rest or Peace, made of rubies and jacinths | Meaning of Seven Heavens of the Arabs |
Hells and the Fours |
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| Hail and Fire | The Ten Plagues of Egypt |
| Breakers in Pieces | Qlippoth |
| Jahim | Seven Hells of the Arabs |
| Pagans or Idolators | Seven Hells of the Arabs: Their Inhabitants |




