Jacob’s Wheel Mandala Numerology Tables Shin ()ש 1 Th K Q תכק 2 A L P אלפ 3 B M S במס 4 GZR גזר 5 D Ch Tz דחצ 6 H T O הטע 7 VYN וינ
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Tav ()ת ALR אלר B M Tz במצ GNO גנע D Ch Sh דחש HTQ הטק VYP ויפ ZKS זכס
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Alef ()א B M Sh במש G N Q גנק DSP דספ H T Th הטת VYR ויר Z K Tz זכצ Ch L O חלע
Bayt ()ב 1 G N Th גנת 2 D S R דסר 3 H O Tz העצ 4 VYA ויא 5 Z K Sh זכש 6 Ch L Q חלק 7 T M P טמפ
520 / 7 111 / 3 102 / 3 210 / 3 102 / 3 84 / 3 66 / 3
Kaf ()כ 231 / 6 132 / 6 123 / 6 312 / 6 114 / 6 96 / 6 87 / 6
1 LAT 2 MBZ 3 NGH 4 SQY 5 O R Ch 6 P Sh V 7 Tz Th D
לאט מבז נגה סקי ערח פשו צתד
Qof ()ק 40 / 4 49 / 4 58 / 4 170 / 8 278 / 8 386 / 8 494 / 8
Lamed ()ל M B Y מבי52 / 7 N G Ch נגח61 / 7 SDV סדו70 / 7 O R K ערכ290 / 2 P Sh T פשט389 / 2 Tz Th Z צתז497 / 2 Q A H קאה106 / 7
342 / 9 153 / 9 144 / 9 414 / 9 216 / 9 117 / 9 108 / 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
453 / 3 264 / 3 165 / 3 17 / 8 327 / 3 138 / 3 129 / 3
Maym ()מ 1 NGK נגכ 2 SDT סדט 3 OHZ עהז 4 P Sh L פשל 5 Tz Th Y צתי 6 Q A Ch קאח 7 RBV רבו
73 / 1 73 / 1 82 / 1 410 / 5 500 / 5 109 / 1 208 / 1
1 RTP 2 Sh Y S 3 Th K M 4 A H Tz 5 BVO 6 GZN 7 D Ch L
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
רטפ289 / 1 שיס370 / 1 תכמ460 / 1 אהצ96 / 6 בוע78 / 6 גזנ60 / 6 דחל42 / 6
Peh ()פ Tz Z S צזס Q Ch M קחמ RTK רטכ Sh G O שגע Th D N תדנ AHL אהל BVY בוי
157 / 4 148 / 4 229 / 4 373 / 4 454 / 4 36 / 9 18 / 9
Sameck ()ס 1 O H M עהמ115 / 7 2 PVK פוכ106 / 7 3 Tz Z T צזט106 / 7 4 QAN קאנ151 / 7 5 RBL רבל232 / 7 6 Sh G Y שגי313 / 7 7 Th D Ch תדח412 / 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Gimel ()ג DSA דסא H O Sh העש VPQ ופק ZKB זכב Ch L Th חלת T M R טמר Y N Tz ינצ
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Dalet ()ד H O B העב V P Th ופת Z Tz R זצר Ch L G חלג T M A טמא Y N Sh ינש K S Q כסק
Heh ()ה 1 VPG ופג 2 Z Tz A זצא 3 Ch Q Sh חקש 4 T M D טמד 5 YNB ינב 6 K S Th כסת 7 LOR לער
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Vav ()ו Z Tz D זצד Ch Q B חקב T R Th טרת YNH ינה KSG כסג L O A לעא M P Sh מפש
65 / 2 375 / 6 186 / 6 29 / 2 438 / 6 249 / 6 150 / 6
77 / 5 486 / 9 297 / 9 41 / 5 50 / 5 360 / 9 180 / 9
89 / 8 98 / 8 408 / 3 53 / 8 62 / 8 480 / 3 300 / 3
101 / 2 110 / 2 609 / 6 65 / 2 83 / 2 101 / 2 420 / 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Zayin ()ז Ch Q H חקה TRG טרג Y Sh A ישא KSV כסו LOD לעד M P B מפב N Tz Th נצת
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Het ()ח T R V טרו Y Sh D ישד K Th B כתב LOZ לעז M P H מפה N Tz G נצג S Q A סקא
Tet ()ט 1 Y Sh Z ישז 2 K Th H כתה 3 LAG לאג 4 M P Ch מפח 5 N Tz V נצו 6 S Q D סקד 7 O R B ערב
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Yud ()י K Th Ch כתח LAV לאו M B D מבד N Tz T נצט SQZ סקז O R H ערה P Sh G פשג
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Raysh ()ר Sh Y Tz שיצ Th K O תכע ALN אלנ B V Q בוק GZP גזפ D Ch S דחס H T M הטמ
215 / 8 314 / 8 422 / 8 107 / 8 125 / 8 143 / 8 161 / 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Tzaddie ()צ Q Ch O קחע178 / 7 RTN רטנ259 / 7 Sh Y L שיל340 / 7 Th D P תדפ484 / 7 A H S אהס66 / 3 B V M בומ48 / 3 GZK גזכ30 / 3
317 / 2 425 / 2 34 / 7 128 / 2 146 / 2 164 / 2 272 / 2
Ayin ()ע 1 PVN פונ 2 Tz Z L צזל 3 Q Ch Y קחי 4 RBS רבס 5 Sh G M שגמ 6 Th D K תדכ 7 A H T הטא
428 / 5 37 / 1 46 / 1 149 / 5 167 / 5 275 / 5 383 / 5
Nun ()נ SDL סדל OHY עהי P V Ch פוח Tz Th M צתמ QAK קאכ RBT רבט Sh G Z שגז
113 / 5 212 / 5 311 / 5 86 / 5 104 / 5 122 / 5 540 / 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
400 / 4 490 / 4 81 / 9 108 / 9 90 / 9 72 / 9 54 / 9
136 / 1 127 / 1 118 / 1 262 / 1 343 / 1 424 / 1 15 / 6
94 / 4 85 / 4 94 / 4 530 / 8 121 / 4 211 / 4 310 / 4
The Mysterious Numerology Of Jacob’s Wheel Author: Patrick Mulcahy http://www.astroqab.co.nr/ Date-stamp: 25 July 2013. [This research document is incomplete and still evolving.] The Jacob’s Wheel metaphysical system is based on a systematic arrangement of the Hebrew alphabet upon the large ‘wheel’ (Hebrew: GLGL, )גלגלmandala composed of twenty-two smaller wheel mandalas. The seven spokes of each mandala bear a unique group of three Hebrew letters. And because Hebrew letters are assigned a numerical value each spoke also yields a number that’s the sum of its three letters. When the individual spoke totals are reduced to their base numbers from one to nine interesting numerological patterns are revealed. These patterns provide a unique numerical key-signature for each mandala. No two mandalas have the same key-signature. The tables above provide information regarding the spokes of their associated mandalas. Each row shows the three Hebrew letters assigned to a spoke and includes the numerical total of its three letters. The reduced value of each total is also given (after the forward slash). So, for example, the Shin ( )שmandala—that is the nucleus (or ‘Key Mandala’) of Jacob’s Wheel—has six spokes that reduce to the number three, and one spoke that reduces to seven. Therefore, its keysignature is 3/7. Three is its major (or dominant) vibration, while seven is its minor (or secondary) vibration.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Shin ()ש Th K Q תכק A L P אלפ B M S במס GZR גזר D Ch Tz דחצ H T O הטע VYN וינ
520 / 7 111 / 3 102 / 3 210 / 3 102 / 3 84 / 3 66 / 3
Another example: The Ayin ( )עmandala has six spokes that reduce to one, and one spoke that reduces to six. Therefore the key-signature of the Ayin mandala is 1/6.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Ayin ()ע PVN פונ Tz Z L צזל Q Ch Y קחי RBS רבס Sh G M שגמ Th D K תדכ A H T אהט
136 / 1 127 / 1 118 / 1 262 / 1 343 / 1 424 / 1 15 / 6
Examining the Cycle(s) Only four mandalas have the same base number for all seven of their spokes. They are Alef (א, 9/0), Het (ח, 8/0), Sameck (ס, 7/0), and Tav (ת, 6/0).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Alef ()א B M Sh במש G N Q גנק DSP דספ H T Th הטת VYR רוי Z K Tz זכצ Ch L O חלע
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Het ()ח T R V טרו Y Sh D ישד K Th B כתב LOZ לעז M P H מפה N Tz G נצג S Q A סקא
342 / 9 153 / 9 144 / 9 414 / 9 216 / 9 117 / 9 108 / 9
215 / 8 314 / 8 422 / 8 107 / 8 125 / 8 143 / 8 161 / 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sameck ()ס O H M המע115 / 7 PVK פוכ106 / 7 Tz Z T צזט106 / 7 QAN קאנ151 / 7 RBL רבל232 / 7 Sh G Y שגי313 / 7 Th D Ch תדח412 / 7
Tav ()ת ALR אלר B M Tz במצ GNO גנע D Ch Sh דחש HTQ קהט VYP ויפ ZKS זכס
231 / 6 132 / 6 123 / 6 312 / 6 114 / 6 96 / 6 87 / 6
These four letters evenly divide the regular order of the Hebrew alphabet into three groups of seven letters. The other mandalas possess various combinations of two base numbers. No mandala has more than two base numbers. The movement of ‘numerological energy’ through the mandalas (i.e. as per the table below) appears to be from Tav to Alef. In other words, it’s a ‘cycle of return’ from the last letter to the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. This cycle does not follow (or parallel) the spiralling mandala sequence of Jacob’s Wheel, but rather it follows the natural order of the alphabet and therefore represents an influence that’s based on the essential nature of the Hebrew letters themselves.
Mandala Spoke Numerology Mandala Astrology Major Spokes Minor Spokes Alef Uranus 9 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Bayt Saturn 3 1,2,3,5,6,7 8 4 Gimel Jupiter 6 2,3,5,6,7 2 1,4 Dalet Mars 9 2,3,6,7 5 1,4,5 Heh Aries 8 1,2,4,5 3 3,6,7 Vav Taurus 2 1,2,4,5,6 6 3,7 Zayin Gemini 5 1,2,3,4,5,6 9 7 Het Cancer 8 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Tet Leo 2 1,2,4,5,6,7 7 3 Yud Virgo 5 1,4,5,6,7 1 2,3 Kaf Sun 8 4,5,6,7 4 1,2,3 Lamed Libra 7 1,2,3,7 2 4,5,6 Maym Neptune 1 1,2,3,6,7 5 4,5 Nun Scorpio 4 1,2,3,5,6,7 8 4 Sameck Sagittarius 7 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Ayin Capricorn 1 1,2,3,4,5,6 6 7 Peh Venus 4 1,2,3,4,5 9 6,7 Tzaddie Aquarius 7 1,2,3,4 3 5,6,7 Qof Pisces 6 4,5,6,7 1 1,2,3 Raysh Mercury 9 3,4,5,6,7 4 1,2 Shin Pluto 3 2,3,4,5,6,7 7 1 Tav Moon 6 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Sig. 9/0 3/8 6/2 9/5 8/3 2/6 5/9 8/0 2/7 5/1 8/4 7/2 1/5 4/8 7/0 1/6 4/9 7/3 6/1 9/4 3/7 6/0
Sequence 9,9,9,9,9,9,9 3,3,3,8,3,3,3 2,6,6,2,6,6,6 5,9,9,5,5,9,9 8,8,3,8,8,3,3 2,2,6,2,2,2,6 5,5,5,5,5,5,9 8,8,8,8,8,8,8 2,2,7,2,2,2,2 5,1,1,5,5,5,5 4,4,4,8,8,8,8 7,7,7,2,2,2,7 1,1,1,5,5,1,1 4,4,4,8,4,4,4 7,7,7,7,7,7,7 1,1,1,1,1,1,6 4,4,4,4,4,9,9 7,7,7,7,3,3,3 1,1,1,6,6,6,6 4,4,9,9,9,9,9 7,3,3,3,3,3,3 6,6,6,6,6,6,6
The Tav (6/0) mandala starts the cycle with a very dominant six energy—that is, it has the number six on all seven spokes. The pure potency of the mandalas then wanes from Tav to Qof (6/1), but then increases again through Peh (4/9) and Ayin (1/6). (You can see the wave-form in column four of the table above.) The next phase of the cycle begins with the pure 7/0 energy of Sameck. It follows a similar pattern of unfoldment, waning and waxing, until it reaches Het (8/0) and the third phase of the cycle begins. The cycle completes when it reaches the pure 9/0 energy field of Alef. So, the initiating peaks within the full cycle are represented by the numbers 6/0, 7/0, 8/0, and 9/0 (i.e. Tav, Sameck, Het, and Alef). Each phase of the full cycle also follows a common pattern of unfoldment. Phase 1 starts with a peak of 6/0, descends to a trough of 6/1, and then ascends to a peak of 1/6. Phase 2 starts with a peak of 7/0, descends to a trough of 7/2, and then ascends to a peak of 2/7. Phase 2 starts with a peak of 8/0, descends to a trough of 8/3, and then ascends to a peak of 3/8.
It appears therefore, that phase 1, after beginning with a surge of ‘six’ energy (6/0), proceeds to spawn ‘one’ energy (6/1) at its low point which then becomes the dominant energy (1/6) at the end of the phase. Similarly, phase 2 begins with a surge of ‘seven’ energy (7/0), then spawns ‘two’ energy (7/2) at its low point which then dominates (2/7) at the end of the phase. The third phase begins with a dominant surge of ‘eight’ energy (8/0). It then proceeds to generate ‘three’ energy (8/3) at its low point and this becomes the dominant energy at the end of the phase.
Word Lists & Notes You will note in the word lists below that I have included a mandala’s central letter when a word that includes that letter is suggested by a spoke. The letters of each spoke are permuted to form several words as per the instructions of verse 2:4 of the Sefer Yetzirah. Also, I have sometimes included words that attach additional letters (bracketed) to the beginning and/or end of the spoke letter triad.
The Shin Mandala
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Shin ()ש Th K Q תכק A L P אלפ B M S במס GZR גזר D Ch Tz דחצ H T O הטע VYN וינ
520 / 7 111 / 3 102 / 3 210 / 3 102 / 3 84 / 3 66 / 3
Word List
Spoke 1 : No words found. Spoke 2 : ALP = Aleph, the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet spelled in full. ALP = 1) cattle, oxen. 1a) in farming. 1b) as a possession; 1) a thousand. 1a) as numeral. 2) a thousand, company. 2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops; ‘to learn’, ‘to teach’. APL = 1) darkness, gloom. 2) Spiritual
unreceptivity, calamity (fig.). (R)PAL - ‘the angel Raphael’. PLA - ‘wonder’, ‘marvel’ (of God’s acts). (M)PLA(H) - ‘wondrous work’. Spoke 3 : MSB = 1) round thing, surroundings, round about, that which surrounds, that which is round. 1a) environs. 1a1) surrounding places. 1a2) round about (adv). 1b) round table. Spoke 4 : GZR = 1) to cut, divide, cut down, cut off, cut in two, snatch, decree. 1a) (Qal). 1a1) to cut in two, divide. 1a2) to cut down. 1a3) to cut off, destroy, exterminate. 1a4) to decree. 1b) (Niphal). 1b1) to be cut off, separated, excluded. 1b2) to be destroyed, cut off. 1b3) to be decreed. (M)GZR(H) - ‘axe’, ‘cutting instrument’. GRZ = vb. cut, cut off ; Niph. destroyed out of Yahweh's sight. GRZ(N) - ‘axe’. RGZ = 1) tremble, quake, rage, quiver, be agitated, be excited, be perturbed. 1a) (Qal) to quake, be disquieted, be excited, be perturbed. 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to quake, disquiet, enrage, disturb. 1c) (Hithpael) to excite oneself. *The consonants ‘GZR’ produce a homonym of the word Gaza (an Arabic name). I wonder if this vibration is affecting the Gaza Strip in Israel. The meanings of the Hebrew word seem to be apposite.] (A)RGZ - ‘box’, ‘chest’, ‘coffer’. Spoke 5 : No words found. Spoke 6 : TOH = 1) to wander, stray, wander astray, err. 1a) (Hiphil). 1a1) to seduce. 1a2) to cause to go astray. H-TO = The...1) stylus. 1a) iron stylus with diamond tip used to write on stone or metal. 1b) reed pen used on a roll. OTH = 1) to cover, enwrap, wrap oneself, envelop oneself. 1a) (Qal). 1a1) to wrap, envelop oneself. 1a2) to cover (the beard in mourning). 1a3) mourner, one who covers (participle). 1b) (Hiphil) to cover, enwrap, envelop. 2) to grasp. 2a) (Qal) to grasp. (M)OTH - ‘a wrap’, ‘a mantle’. Spoke 7 : YVN = 1) mire, mirer. YVN(H) - ‘pigeon’. YVN(Q) - ‘sucker’, ‘suckling’, ‘sapling’, ‘young plant’. The Hebrew word ShYN (i.e. the letter Shin spelled in full) appears on the 7th spoke when the centre letter of the mandala is included. It contains a Vav that converts the word into a Huph’al verb form. The word ShYN means ‘urine’ or ‘to urinate’, but its deeper meaning is ‘to eliminate impurities from the body’.
Summary: The darkness (APL) that surrounds (MSB) and separates (GZR) us and causes us to stray (TOH) into the mire (YVN) is eliminated (ShYN) by divine Fire (ASh).
Notes
The Shin mandala is the ‘nucleus’ of Jacob’s Wheel. The Hebrew letter Shin ( )שis positioned at the centre of the mandala. It represents the evolutionary Fire (ASh, )אשthat drives the growth and development of Jacob’s Wheel. The plenary value of Shin is 360 (ShYN, —)שיןrepresenting perhaps the 360 degrees of a circle/wheel.
The Hebrew word ASh (Fire) is found spelled in its plenary form (ALP ShYN) on the combined 2nd and 7th spokes. ALP (Alef) appears on the 2nd spoke, and ShYN (Shin) appears on the 7th spoke. The word ShYN (on the 7th spoke) has a Vav (w) inserted within it bringing the total value of the word to 366 (ShVYN). This symbolizes perhaps the maximum number of days in the wheel of Earth’s calendar year.
The Tav Mandala
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Tav ()ת ALR אלר B M Tz במצ GNO גנע D Ch Sh דחש HTQ הטק VYP ויפ ZKS זכס
231 / 6 132 / 6 123 / 6 312 / 6 114 / 6 96 / 6 87 / 6
Word List
Spoke 1 : RL”A = The number 231. RLA on the first spoke of the first mandala is an obvious reference to the '231 gates' (which actually derive 462 paths or ‘phases’). Spoke 2 : MTzB - 1) station, garrison, standing-place. 1a) standing-place (of feet). 1b) station, office, position. 1c) garrison, post, outpost. MTzBTh (i.e. including the central letter Tav) - 1) pillar, mastaba, stump. 1a) pillar. 1a1) as monument, personal memorial. 1a2) with an altar. 1b) (Hoph) stock, stump (of tree). Spoke 3 : OGN - 1) (Niphal) to shut oneself in or off or up. ONG - 1) to be soft, be delicate, be dainty. 1a) (Pual) to be delicate. 1b) (Hithpael). 1b1) to be of dainty habit, be pampered. 1b2) to be happy about, take exquisite delight. 1b3) to make merry over, make sport of. NGO - 1) to touch, reach, strike. 1a) (Qal). 1a1) to touch. 1a2) to strike. 1a3) to reach, extend to. 1a4) to be stricken. 1a4a) stricken (participle). 1b) (Niphal) to be stricken, be defeated. 1c) (Piel) to strike. 1d) (Pual) to be stricken (by disease). 1e) (Hiphil) to cause to touch, reach, approach, arrive. 1e1) to cause to touch, apply. 1e2) to reach, extend, attain, arrive, come. 1e3) to approach (of time). 1e4) to befall (of fate). Spoke 4 : ShChD - 1) (Qal) to give a present, bribe, ransom, offer gifts. ChDSh - 1) to be new, renew, repair. 1a) (Piel). 1a1) to renew, make anew. 1a2) to repair. 1b) (Hithpael) to renew oneself. ChDSh - 1) the new moon, month, monthly. 1a) the first day of the month. 1b) the lunar month. Spoke 5 : No words found.
Spoke 6 : PYV - 'his mouth'. PYVTh (i.e. with central letter Tav) - 'mouths' (or ‘openings’, ‘entrances’). YPV - Joppa or Japho = " beautiful" - 1) a town on the southwest coast of Palestine in the territory of Dan; became primary port of Jerusalem during reign of Solomon. YVP - The name of the angel Yophiel (YVP +iel) is formed by the Hebrew letters of this spoke. Spoke 7 : No words found.
Summary: A monument (MTzBTh) to the New Moon (ChDSh) with the angel Yophiel (YVP) attending marks the entrance to the 231 (RL”A) openings (PYVTh) of delight (ONG) and disease (NGO).
Notes
The Tav mandala is the first mandala of Jacob’s Wheel. The design instructions for this mandala are encoded in verse 2:4 of the Sefer Yetzirah. The entire blueprint of Jacob’s Wheel is based on the design principles of this mandala.
Twenty-two Foundation Letters: He placed them in a wheel (GLGL) like a wall with 231 (RL”A) Gates. The wheel rotates back and forth. A sign for this is: There is nothing in good higher than Delight (ONG) There is nothing in evil lower than Plague (NGO). [Sefer Yetzirah 2:4.]
The references to twenty-two letters being placed in a wheel (GLGL); to RLA; and to the code-word ONG/NGO, all cryptically refer to the blueprint of the first mandala of Jacob’s Wheel. The Tav mandala is one of only four mandalas whose spokes all reduce to one common number—in this case, the number six. The first four spokes of the Tav mandala (and therefore the first four spokes of Jacob’s Wheel in general) have gematria values that are combinations of the numbers 1, 2, and 3. Spoke 1 = 231 Spoke 2 = 132 Spoke 3 = 123 Spoke 4 = 312 This is significant because of the emphasis the Sefer Yetzirah places on Hebrew letter combinations and permutations. If we associate the numbers 1,2,3 with the letters of the kabbalistic formula YHV
then we see that the third spoke (whose gematria value is 123) is symbolic of the divine Name YHV. This spoke contains the Hebrew word ONG which is one of the code-words in Sefer Yetzirah verse 2:4. Thus, we can say ONG (123) = YHV. The other code-word NGO (2-3-1) then becomes equivalent to HVY. Of course, 231 is the gematria value of the first spoke. The number 231 and the formula HVY are both central to the metaphysics of the Sefer Yetzirah. The latter formula governs the arrangement of the twelve simple Hebrew letters to the twelve edges of the Holy Temple Octahedron. H = Cardinal (Four edges Above) V = Fixed (Four edges around the Middle) Y = Mutable (Four edges Below) [See my book Sefer Yetzirah Magic for more information.]
The angel “Jophiel is said in Jewish lore to be a companion to the Angel Metatron (a Prince of Divine Presence), and is one of the chiefs of the choir of Cherubim. “If he is a Cherub or a Throne then he is also a "prince of heaven" found in Jewish law and is a caretaker of the seven heavens and the angelic choirs. Iofiel is listed as a prince of the Torah (Divine Law) and equal to Yefefiah. “In Christian lore Jophiel is not named in the scriptures but some sources believe it was he who drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, which would make him the first Angel to appear in the Bible. If this is the case he would also be the Angel guarding the Tree of Life with a flaming sword to prevent humanity's return.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jophiel “The Kabbalists believed nothing but what they "received." Their teachers received from the prophets—the prophets received from angels—David from the Angel Michael, Moses from Metatron, Isaac from Raphael, Shem from Yophiel—and the angels themselves from God.” The Talmud, by Joseph Barclay. [1878] Chapter III, Pg. 17. http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/bar/bar007.htm
The Hebrew letter Tav is associated with the astrological Moon in the Sefer Yetzirah (and consequently, the Jacob’s Wheel system). Notice that the Hebrew word ChDSh, meaning ‘New Moon’, is found on the fourth spoke of the Tav mandala. Note that Tav is the 22nd (i.e. final) letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and that Kaf is the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Tav represents the Moon, while Kaf (located at the centre of the alphabet) is associated with the astrological Sun.
The Alef Mandala
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Alef ()א B M Sh במש G N Q גנק DSP דספ H T Th הטת VYR ויר Z K Tz זכצ Ch L O חלע
342 / 9 153 / 9 144 / 9 414 / 9 216 / 9 117 / 9 108 / 9
Word List
Spoke 1 : MBSh - 1) private parts, his privates, male genitalia. 1a) literally-'that excites shame'. BShM - 1) spice, balsam, balsam tree, perfume. 2) sweet, sweet smell, sweet odour. B-ShM - ‘By the Name’. AB ShM (with the central Alef) - ‘Name of the Father’. MShAB - 1) drawing place of water, place to draw water. B-MShA - ‘By utterance (of prophecy)’. B-ShM A - ‘By One Name’. A-M-Sh-B (with the central Alef) - The three Mother letters and Bayt. This is the only spoke on which the three Hebrew Mother letters appear together. With Bayt these four letters represent the sefirot: Keter, Hockmah, Binah, and Da’at. Spoke 2 : No words found. Spoke 3 : SPD - 1) to wail, lament, mourn. Spoke 4 : No words found. The gematria of this spoke (namely, 414) corresponds to AYN SVP AVR (‘Limitless Light’). Spoke 5 : AVYR (with the central Alef) - ‘Air’. AVRY - ‘My light’. AVRY + iel - The angel ‘Uriel’ (‘God is my Light’). Spoke 6 : No words found. Spoke 7 : No words found.
Summary: ?
Notes
The letters on the spokes of Jacob’s Wheel represent complexes of fundamental ideas (or archetypes) that sometimes coincide with known Hebrew words. When no Hebrew words are found on a spoke it simply means that the ‘idea complex’ (or ‘energy expression’) that the letters represent is presently unknown (or unrealized) and therefore has not yet been formulated in the Hebrew language. Alternatively, it may mean that the original Hebrew word has become lost in the millennia of the past.
In the Sefer Yetzirah the Hebrew letter Alef represents the ‘Breath of the Living God’, the ‘Holy Breath’, and ‘Breath From Breath’. Alef symbolizes the ‘Cosmic Air’ element (which is a far higher principle than the mundane air element). Therefore, it’s quite a synchronicity to see the Hebrew word for ‘air’ (AVYR) so obviously visible in this mandala.
Verse 2:4 of the Sefer Yetzirah refers to the first mandala of Jacob’s Wheel (i.e. the Tav mandala). Similarly, verses 2:5 and 2:6 allude to the second mandala of Jacob’s Wheel (i.e. the Alef mandala). The following translations are from Hayman.
How did he weigh and exchange them? - Aleph with them all, and them all with Aleph; Bet with them all, and them all with Bet. And they all rotate in turn. The result is that [they go out] by two hundred and twenty-one (read: 231) [gates]. The result is that all creation and all speech go out by one name (BShM AChD). [Sefer Yetzirah §19b.] [Corresponds to verse 2:5 in Kaplan.]
The statement “two hundred and twenty-one” is a well-recognized scribal error. It should be 231. All the versions of the Sefer Yetzirah that Hayman examines in his excellent book have ‘by one name’ (BShM AChD) as the final line of this section. One version even has BShM ALP AChD—i.e. it includes the plenary form (i.e. ALP) of Alef in its phraseology. The syntagm ‘by one name’ occurs on the first spoke of the Alef mandala.
He formed substance from chaos, and he made them its existence, and he hewed out great columns from intangible air (AVYR). This is the sign: [Aleph with them all, and them all with Aleph] He looks and exchanges; he makes all creation and all speech one name. And a sign for the matter: twenty-two objects and one body. [Sefer Yetzirah §20-22.] [Corresponds to verse 2:6 in Kaplan.]
Hayman translates the original literal phrase ‘air that cannot be grasped’ as ‘intangible air’. The Hebrew word AVYR (‘air’) appears on the fifth spoke of the Alef mandala. Note the reoccurrence of the syntagm ‘one name’—again alluding to the first spoke of the Alef mandala. Some versions of the Sefer Yetzirah have the wording ‘twenty-two objects in one body’ as opposed to ‘twenty-two objects and one body’. In any case, the ‘body’ is the Jacob’s Wheel mandala in which the twenty-two letters are placed. As it’s written in verse 2:4—“Twenty-two Foundation Letters: He placed them in a wheel…”.
The Bayt Mandala
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Bayt ()ב G N Th גנת D S R דסר H O Tz העצ VYA ויא Z K Sh זכש Ch L Q חלק T M P טמפ
453 / 3 264 / 3 165 / 3 17 / 8 327 / 3 138 / 3 129 / 3
Word List
Spoke 1 : GNTh - ‘of the garden’. BGNTh (with central Bayt) - ‘in their wine-press’. Spoke 2 : SRD - ‘fear’. (P)RDS - Pardis - ‘enclosed garden, preserve’, ‘paradise’. SDR - ‘arrangement, order’. Spoke 3 : H-OTz - ‘the tree’. H-OTzB (with central Bayt) - ‘the pain’, ‘the toil’, ‘the hardship’; ‘the vessel’, ‘the creation’, ‘the image’. OTzH - ‘spine’, ‘backbone’; ‘counsel’, ‘advice’; ‘to shut’. H-TzOTzO ‘the things formed’, ‘the images’, ‘the sculpted figures’. TzOH - ‘to stoop’, ‘to bend’, ‘to incline’, ‘to tip over’. Spoke 4 : (ASh)VYA - ‘buttress’, ‘support’. (O)VYA - ‘perversity’, ‘iniquity’. AVY - ‘woe!’, ‘alas!’, ‘oh!’ (a passionate cry of grief or despair); ‘my desire’. AVY(LY) - ‘foolish’. (M)AVY - ‘desire’. AYVB (with central Bayt) - the patriarch ‘Job’, ‘hated’. (G)AYV(N) - ‘proud’. (Ch)YVA - ‘beast’, ‘animal’. Spoke 5 : No words found. Spoke 6 : ChLQ - ‘portion’, ‘share’, ‘part’, ‘territory’; ‘to divide’, ‘share’, ‘plunder’, ‘allot’, ‘apportion’, ‘assign’; ‘flattering’, ‘smooth’. LQCh - ‘learning’, ‘teaching’, ‘insight’; ‘to take’, ‘get’, ‘fetch’, ‘lay hold of’, ‘seize’, ‘receive’, ‘acquire’, ‘buy’, ‘bring’, ‘marry’, ‘take a wife’, ‘snatch’, ‘take away’. QLCh(Th) - ‘kettle’, ‘cauldron’, ‘pot’. Spoke 7 : MTP(HTh) - ‘cloak’.
Notes
In the Sefer Yetzirah the Hebrew letter Bayt embodies the pathway that extends between the sefirot Hockmah and Binah. And by extension Bayt is also the foundation of the sefirah Da’at. Its astrological correspondence is Saturn.
[To be continued.]
Hub Plus Spoke Numerology Mandala Astrology Major Spokes Minor 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Alef Uranus 1 1,2,3,5,6,7 Bayt Saturn 5 1 2,3,5,6,7 Gimel Jupiter 9 5 2,3,6,7 Dalet Mars 4 9 1,2,4,5 Heh Aries 4 8 1,2,4,5,6 Vav Taurus 8 3 1,2,3,4,5,6 Zayin Gemini 3 7 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Het Cancer 7 1,2,4,5,6,7 Tet Leo 2 7 1,4,5,6,7 Yud Virgo 6 2 4,5,6,7 Kaf Sun 1 6 1,2,3,7 Lamed Libra 1 5 1,2,3,6,7 Maym Neptune 5 9 1,2,3,5,6,7 Nun Scorpio 9 4 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Sameck Sagittarius 4 1,2,3,4,5,6 Ayin Capricorn 8 4 1,2,3,4,5 Peh Venus 3 8 1,2,3,4 Tzaddie Aquarius 7 3 4,5,6,7 Qof Pisces 7 2 3,4,5,6,7 Raysh Mercury 2 6 2,3,4,5,6,7 Shin Pluto 6 1 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Tav Moon 1
Spokes Pairing Tav 4 Lamed 1,4 1,4,5 3,6,7 3,7
Maym Nun Ayin Peh
7
Tzaddie
3
Qof
2,3 1,2,3 4,5,6 4,5
Raysh Shin Bayt Gimel
4
Dalet
7
Heh
6,7 5,6,7 1,2,3 1,2
Vav Zayin Tet Yud
1
Kaf Alef
