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The Correspondence Table

Every symbol this site uses — letters, numbers, elements, planets, signs, angels, chakras, sephirot — in one line of plain words each. The deep pages go further; this page makes sure you're never lost.

How to use this page

This is a lookup table, not a reading. You are meant to arrive here from somewhere else — a letter you met on the Daily Current, a sign in your free reading, a sephirah on an angel's card — find its one line, and go back. Every row is one symbol and one sentence. Nothing on this page needs anything you have not already read on it, and no row asks you to open another page to make sense of it. Use the strip below to jump; use your browser's find (Ctrl-F / ⌘-F) to hunt one word.

The author's Master Correspondence Table — the constants 3, 4, 7, 10, 12, 22, 72, 231 and 256 read across Kabbalah, geometry, physics, biology, psychology, music and ritual — **The author’s own plate of this page.** Each column is one of the structural numbers below; each row is a domain that counts the same way. The claim the plate makes is the claim this whole page rests on — that these are not nine unrelated symbol sets but one set of constants, written out nine times.

Why These Numbers Keep Appearing

Before any table: the counts themselves. 3, 7, 12, 22, 72, 231 — you will meet these numbers on nearly every page of this site, and each one is arithmetic rather than assertion. Here is where each comes from.

Count	Of what	Where the number comes from
3	Mothers	Aleph, Mem, Shin — the three elemental letters. Air, Water, Fire; Earth is what settles out of them.
4	Elements	The three Mothers plus Earth, their settled state. The suits of the tarot are these four.
7	Doubles / planets / days	Seven letters with two sounds each, seven visible moving lights, seven days of your week. The same seven all the way down.
10	Sephirot	The ten vessels of the Tree of Life — the stations any current passes through between source and world.
12	Simples / signs / months	Twelve single-sound letters, twelve zodiac signs, twelve months. One letter rules each sign.
22	Letters and Tree paths	3 + 7 + 12 = 22. The Tree joins its ten sephirot with exactly twenty-two lines, so every letter is one path.
36	Decans	360° ÷ 10° = 36. Each decan is a ten-day slice and carries one numbered tarot card — the 2s through 10s.
72	Angels	360° ÷ 5° = 72. Each angel owns five degrees, so two angels share every decan and six share every sign.
231	Gates	22 letters taken two at a time: (22 × 21) ÷ 2 = 231. Every pair of letters is a gate, and each letter opens onto the other 21.

The 22 Hebrew Letters

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The alphabet of the whole system: 3 Mothers (the elements — Aleph = Air, Mem = Water, Shin = Fire, exactly as the Sefer Yetzirah gives them), 7 Doubles (the planets), 12 Simples (the zodiac). Every letter is an operator — a verb of creation, not just a sound. The tarot column uses the Golden Dawn key (Aleph = The Fool); the Continental / Lévi key shifts every card one letter (Aleph = The Magician, Shin = The Fool) — see the Canon page for both.

#	Letter	Name	Class	Rules	Tarot	In plain words
1	א	Aleph	Mother	Air	The Fool	The silent breath before speech
2	ב	Bet	Double	Mercury	The Magician	The house, the container, the first structure built to hold the breath of Aleph
3	ג	Gimel	Double	Moon	The High Priestess	The camel
4	ד	Dalet	Double	Venus	The Empress	The door
5	ה	Heh	Simple	Aries	The Emperor	The window
6	ו	Vav	Simple	Taurus	The Hierophant	The nail, the hook, the connector
7	ז	Zayin	Simple	Gemini	The Lovers	The sword, the weapon of discernment
8	ח	Chet	Simple	Cancer	The Chariot	The fence, the enclosure
9	ט	Tet	Simple	Leo	Strength	The serpent coiled, hidden goodness
10	י	Yod	Simple	Virgo	The Hermit	The smallest letter, the seed-point, the spark from which every other letter is built (all Hebrew letters are said to derive from combinations of Yod)
11	כ	Kaf	Double	Jupiter	Wheel of Fortune	The palm of the hand, cupped to hold or receive
12	ל	Lamed	Simple	Libra	Justice	The ox-goad, the teacher's staff that guides and prods toward growth
13	מ	Mem	Mother	Water	The Hanged Man	Water
14	נ	Nun	Simple	Scorpio	Death	The fish
15	ס	Samekh	Simple	Sagittarius	Temperance	The closed circle, the serpent biting its own tail
16	ע	Ayin	Simple	Capricorn	The Devil	The eye
17	פ	Peh	Double	Mars	The Tower	The mouth
18	צ	Tzaddi	Simple	Aquarius	The Star	The fishhook, the righteous one
19	ק	Qof	Simple	Pisces	The Moon	The back of the head, the eye of a needle
20	ר	Resh	Double	Sun	The Sun	The head
21	ש	Shin	Mother	Fire	Judgement / Aeon	Fire
22	ת	Tav	Double	Saturn	The World	The mark, the seal, the final letter

The Numbers 1–9

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The site reduces almost everything to a single digit — your Life Path, your personal day, a name's Expression, a gate's total. These nine meanings are what those digits mean, and they are the same nine wherever a number appears on this site. 11, 22 and 33 are held whole instead of reduced; they are the master numbers, and they are listed underneath.

#	In one word	In plain words
1	initiative	Initiative, independence, the will to go first.
2	partnership	Partnership, sensitivity, the ability to hold two sides.
3	expression	Expression, delight, the making of things for their own sake.
4	structure	Structure, patience, the work that shows only in what it holds up.
5	change	Change, appetite, freedom bought at the cost of settling.
6	care	Care, responsibility, the pull of home and of other people's needs.
7	depth	Depth, solitude, the need to understand before believing.
8	power	Power, material mastery, the handling of weight without dropping it.
9	completion	Completion, compassion, the letting go that lets something else begin.
11	master	Master 11 — heightened intuition. A 2 running at a higher voltage than is always comfortable.
22	master	Master 22 — the builder. A 4 with a blueprint big enough to outlive you.
33	master	Master 33 — the teacher. A 6 whose care extends past the people it can see.

The Four Elements

the elements at work →

The site's daily pages often say a day is 'dominated' by an element — meaning most of the day's active angels and placements share it. Here is what each element is, and what to do with a day it rules.

Element	Mother letter	Its nature	In you	When it dominates the day
△ Fire	Shin ש	radiant, rising, transforming	will, drive, the spark that acts	act — launch, perform, burn through the list; temper the temper
▽ Water	Mem מ	deep, connecting, dissolving	feeling, memory, the tides of the heart	feel — tend relationships, create, let things move you; don't drown in moods
△̶ Air	Aleph א	light, quick, in-between	thought, speech, breath — the messenger	speak — write, meet, negotiate, learn; beware scattered attention
▽̶ Earth	(the settled state of the three)	dense, steady, holding	body, money, structure — what persists	build — handle money, finish tangible work, rest the body well

The Seven Classical Planets

the planets in a chart →

The seven moving lights the ancients could see — each one a principle, each one ruling a Double letter and a day of your week.

Planet	Letter	Weekday	The principle
☉ Sun	ר Resh	Sunday	the center — identity, vitality, what you radiate
☽ Moon	ג Gimel	Monday	the tide — feeling, habit, memory, the inner home
☿ Mercury	ב Bet	Wednesday	the messenger — mind, speech, trade, connection
♀ Venus	ד Dalet	Friday	the magnet — love, beauty, value, what draws you
♂ Mars	פ Peh	Tuesday	the blade — drive, courage, conflict, the cut that starts
♃ Jupiter	כ Kaf	Thursday	the expander — luck, growth, meaning, the open door
♄ Saturn	ת Tav	Saturday	the architect — time, limits, discipline, what endures

The Twelve Zodiac Signs

these cards in the deck →

Twelve moods of the one light. Each sign carries a Simple letter, an element, and a major arcana card — and when the Moon or Sun stands in it, the day takes its flavor.

Sign	Element	Letter	Tarot	The feel of it
♈ Aries	Fire	ה Heh	The Emperor	the first spark — initiative, courage, me-first fire
♉ Taurus	Earth	ו Vav	The Hierophant	the garden — steadiness, pleasure, worth that grows slowly
♊ Gemini	Air	ז Zayin	The Lovers	the twins — curiosity, words, two of everything
♋ Cancer	Water	ח Chet	The Chariot	the shell — home, protection, deep memory
♌ Leo	Fire	ט Tet	Strength	the stage — heart, performance, golden generosity
♍ Virgo	Earth	י Yod	The Hermit	the workshop — refinement, service, the sacred detail
♎ Libra	Air	ל Lamed	Justice	the scales — balance, partnership, beauty as justice
♏ Scorpio	Water	נ Nun	Death	the depths — intensity, transformation, x-ray truth
♐ Sagittarius	Fire	ס Samekh	Temperance	the arrow — the long view, faith, the open road
♑ Capricorn	Earth	ע Ayin	The Devil	the mountain — ambition, structure, the long climb
♒ Aquarius	Air	צ Tzaddi	The Star	the lightning — the future, the group, electric freedom
♓ Pisces	Water	ק Qof	The Moon	the ocean — dream, compassion, dissolving of walls

The 72 Angels — Their Nine Choirs

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Seventy-two angels, each owning five degrees of the zodiac circle, are grouped eight at a time into nine choirs — the traditional nine orders. Listing all 72 here would defeat the purpose of a cheat sheet, so this is the map above them: which choir a numbered angel falls into, which sephirah it answers to, and which archangel leads it. Any angel's own number tells you its choir — divide by eight and round up.

Angels	Choir	Sephirah	Archangel	What that sephirah is
1–8	Seraphim	Keter	Metatron	Pure source and the first impulse before form.
9–16	Cherubim	Chokmah	Raziel	The flash of living wisdom and unbounded force.
17–24	Thrones	Binah	Tzaphkiel	Understanding, boundary, pattern and the vessel of form.
25–32	Dominions	Chesed	Tzadkiel	Mercy, expansion, stewardship and stable abundance.
33–40	Powers	Gevurah	Kamael	Discernment, correction, courage and necessary limits.
41–48	Virtues	Tiferet	Raphael	The integrating heart where polarity becomes beauty.
49–56	Principalities	Netzach	Haniel	Desire, devotion, imagination and enduring creative force.
57–64	Archangels	Hod	Michael	Language, analysis, ritual intelligence and transmission.
65–72	Angels	Yesod	Gabriel	Dream, memory and the formative pattern beneath manifestation.

The Seven Chakras

the body map →

The body's own ladder of centers, crown to root — the microcosm's answer to the planetary ladder. These seven are the standard Sanskrit set, given here by position and function only. The site's Atlas, Body and Body Map pages each add a seed syllable and an archetype to the same seven, and those three lists do not currently agree with one another — so this table deliberately stops at what they all share, and the Body Map draws the full picture.

#	Center	Sanskrit	Where	What it does
7	● Crown	Sahasrara	top of the head	unity — the opening to what is beyond you
6	● Third Eye	Ajna	between the brows	vision — insight, imagination, seeing pattern
5	● Throat	Vishuddha	the throat	truth — speech, expression, the word made real
4	● Heart	Anahata	center of the chest	love — the bridge between the lower three and upper three
3	● Solar Plexus	Manipura	above the navel	will — power, confidence, digesting experience
2	● Sacral	Svadhisthana	below the navel	desire — creativity, pleasure, flow
1	● Root	Muladhara	base of the spine	ground — survival, safety, belonging to the earth

The Ten Sephirot

the Tree, drawn →

The Tree of Life's ten vessels — the stations every current passes through on its way from source to world. Each of the 72 angels serves under one of them.

Sephirah	In plain words
Keter	Pure source and the first impulse before form.
Chokmah	The flash of living wisdom and unbounded force.
Binah	Understanding, boundary, pattern and the vessel of form.
Chesed	Mercy, expansion, stewardship and stable abundance.
Gevurah	Discernment, correction, courage and necessary limits.
Tiferet	The integrating heart where polarity becomes beauty.
Netzach	Desire, devotion, imagination and enduring creative force.
Hod	Language, analysis, ritual intelligence and transmission.
Yesod	Dream, memory and the formative pattern beneath manifestation.
Malkuth	Embodiment, consequence and the realized world.

The 231 Gates — the one thing no table can hold

Every other family on this page has a fixed, listable membership. The gates do not: a gate is what happens when two letters meet, so there are (22 × 21) ÷ 2 = 231 of them, and each one is a pairing rather than a thing. Read a gate as a sentence with two words in it — Aleph × Bet is breath meeting house, the beginning that takes a form. Every letter opens onto the other twenty-one, which is why the letters page gives each one its own row of twenty-one doors.

All 231 gates, written out →Start from one letter instead →

Go deeper

Each table above is a summary of a page that goes much further. These are those pages.

The Letters — full page each →The Deck — all 78 cards →The Numerology Lab →The Grand Rosetta Table →The Tree of Life →The Body Map →The 72 Angels →The 231 Gates →The Glossary →Your Free Reading →