The Sign of VIRGO on the Qabalistic Tree of Life

The Qabalah’s Tree of Life is a glyph that represents, simultaneously, two directions: the flow of the Divine from Above to Below, and the Path of Return to Source, Below to Above, for those on spiritual journeys of enlightenment. It is a glyph that represents all of creation and all the energies of creation.

The Tree of Life is comprised of ten circles called Sephiroth and the 22 paths that connect them. The Paths are subjective, and allocated to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet as well as the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot. The 10 Spheres are objective and are considered emmanations of the Divine. They are allocated to the First Swirlings, the Zodiac, the six visible planets, the Moon and the Earth.

Virgo is represented on the Tree of Life through its associated Tarot Card, which is The Hermit card. The Hebrew letter for this path is Yod, which means hand. It’s numerical value is 10, it is a simple letter - its “gift” is Sexual Love. The Yod is considered to be the graphic root of the entire Hebrew Alphabet, and as such can correspond to the idea of Sperm. It is considered phallic and representative of the “Male-Fire which rushes out to meet the Female-Water”.* However it is generally agreed that “sexual love” in this case, as the Path is located in the domain of Yetzirah, it refers to the self-contained and self-sustaining relationship we all have with our divine counterparts - our Higher Selves.

The path of Yod resides in the Ethical Triad of the Higher Self. The 20th Path of Key 9, The Hermit, connects Tiphareth to Chesed. It represents the first point of awareness of the Higher Self of the Supreme Spiritual Self. Pathworking on the Hermit card will “manifest situations where we must leave worldly cares behind, leaving the security of the ego and our assumed importance of our earthly endeavors. This […] opens the individual to many opportunities for healing and illumination.” **

PSALM PRAYER for the 20th PATH••

“Thy hands have made me and fashioned me;
teach me thy law.
So that those who revere thee may see and rejoice,
because I have rejoiced in thy word.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right and that thou in thy faithfulness has humbled me.
Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be my comfort according to thy word to thy servant.
Let thy tender mercies come to me that I may live;
for I have been taught thy law.
Let the wicked be ashamed, for they have humbled me unjustly but I have meditated in thy precepts.
Let those who reverence thee turn unto me,
and those who have known thy testimonies,
Let my heart meditate in thy statutes that I be not ashamed.”

See The ALCHEMY of the sign of VIRGO for an ancient Chakra activation mediation.
* Qabalistic Tarot, by Robert Yang
** Pathworking, A Qabala Guide to Empowerment and Initiation, by Ted Andrews

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The ALCHEMY of the sign of VIRGO

The Mystery of ALCHEMY

Alchemy is obscure and can be off-putting, with it’s enigmatic and strange imagery and odd terms. However, once it becomes clarified, it is powerful system for spiritual development and manifestation. To provide this clarification is one of the goals of Sacred Circuit.

There are two basic types of Alchemy, spiritual and physical. Spiritual alchemy comprises the bulk of what you find when you search the term online, or browse books on the subject. Spiritual alchemy involves a system of personal refinement and growth; it is highly psychological in this way. Physical alchemy is actual lab work and experiments. Both of these systems include seven “operations” which are loosely based on the planetary and chakra systems. True Alchemists of old advised that integrating both spiritual and physical alchemy was necessary if substantial personal transformation was desired.

There is another more rarely used system of twelve operations, which correspond to the Zodiac. The twelve steps can be seen as a more detailed version of the seven steps, in which some of them have been split, but most are added in. For Hermetic purposes, which integrate Qabalah, Tarot and Astrology with Alchemy, and for use with work with the Astrological signs of the Zodiac, the twelve-operation system is highly effective, and it is what we have embraced here at Sacred Circuit.

The twelve alchemical operations can be seen as a Hermetic roadmap of spiritual transmutation — a journey in which the raw matter of the self, or Lead, is refined into the radiant gold of awakened consciousness. Each operation — Calcination, Congelation, Fixation, Dissolution, Digestion, Distillation, Sublimation, Separation, Incineration, Fermentation, Multiplication and Projection — corresponds to an Astrological sign, and mirrors a stage in the initiate’s inner work — dissolving attachments, purifying desires, and reuniting fragmented aspects of the psyche, all in alignment with the celestial Ecliptic.

This Alchemical-Zodiacal journey is not only about personal growth and spiritual enlightenment, it is also about manifestation. As the soul undergoes inner purification, it evolves to become a more receptive vessel for the Divine to enter into the realm of forms. Through these operations, the practitioner does not simply manifest desires — they come to embody them. Alchemy, Qabalah, Tarot and Astrology together teach that manifestation is not control over reality, but harmony with the Great Work —the Magnum Opus of the Soul.

THE ALCHEMY of the sign of VIRGO

The Alchemical Operation assigned to Virgo is Distillation. Distillation is the process of making something more pure or refined. In psychological terms, Distillation can be seen as repeatedly separating and recombining the “subtle and gross” aspects of the personality, and with each repetition, gaining more clarity and refinement. Spiritual Distillation is the process of deliberately agitating and elevating the psyche, to ensure that issues locked or stuck in the subconscious or deliberated repressed are brought ito the fore to be dealt with. This process enables our true inner self, our inner light, to begin to become brighter and less bogged down, as we start to live from a place of truth. It is true “psychologial work” and is not for the feint hearted. But as we begin to shine, we become our own beacon, and a beacon for others to follow. Hence the correspondance to the Hermit card in the Tarot, which symbolizes the light shining in the darkness.

Physically, Distillation can be used to extract oils and alcohol from plants, minerals, metals and animals. Most people have a vague notion of distilling being used to make alcohol, which it does. But it can also be used to make essential oils and perform other necessary alchemical processes. Some alchemists call Distillation the Mother of the Operations, because nearly all the other Operations are a distillation of some kind.

Qabalistically, the action of performing the operation of Distillation resides in the Ethical Triad of the Higher Self. The 20th Path of Key 9, The Hermit, connects Tiphareth to Chesed. It represents the first point of awareness of the Higher Self of the Supreme Spiritual Self.

SPIRITUAL DISTILLATION EXERCISE
Note: This Exercise also works for the Operations of Digestion, Fermentation and Congelation

The Microcosmic Orbit by Ömer Melih Aksoy
The cosmic currents are the water in the process Digestion. One of the best ways to roll with the cosmic energies is the effective practice of microcosmic orbit. By running the orbit you can attune yourself to cosmic energies, do energetic readings, provide psychic energy from your environment, planets, the sun and the stars by just concentrating on them. I will provide the basic technique here, and you can learn this technique from Mantak Chia’s video.

There is an energetic reservoir at our navel and our bowels. Look at here for a while and you will sense the release of energy while positioning your tounge at you upper palate. Tongue positioning is like a switch. You can distribute this energy to your body by running the microcosmic orbit. Do send the energy from the navel to your root chakra by passing thorough sperm-ovarian palace and run the energy up to spine to the crown chakra and send it again to navel from the front. Make a steady current by doing circular movements with this microcosmic orbit. You can explore this technique it is pretty much like playing a musical instrument, by engaging your chakras, reversing the flow, concentrating on objects and people.

When you get used to the basic microcosmic orbit, it is very easy to run it anytime you want by just pressing your tongue to your palate.

See full text here:
https://medium.com/sifagonullusu/digestion-astroalchemy-5ecc74cf38e1

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The TAROT CARDS of VIRGO

The Major Arcana Tarot Card allocated to the sign of Virgo is the Hermit card. The general meaning of this card is internal journey, illumination, finding one’s inner light or carrying the light within, resting in one’s own center, wise guide, and sometimes isolation.
The Minor Arcana Cards of the Eight, Nina and Ten of Disks have less obvious connections to the sign of Virgo. However Virgo is an Earth sign, with aligns it with the Suit of Disks, which is the Earth suit. When a Decan Wheel is consulted (see image below), the first Decan of Virgo is found to correspond to the Eight of Disks. The second Decan corresponds to the Nina, and the third Decan to the Ten. If your Sun sign is Virgo, you can determine which minor card is “your” card, and it can be used as an alternate Identifier, or you may contemplate how the card is thematic in your life. Additionally, using the Decan Wheel allows for time to be introduced into readings.

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The Zodiac Sign of VIRGO

Starting with Aries in March, Virgo is the fifth sign of the zodiac. Those who are born from approximately August 23 to September 22 (depending upon the year) are born under the sign of Virgo. Virgo is an Earth sign. It is also a Mutable sign, meaning that people born under this sign excel at innovating change, and adapting to changes in time and space.

The element associated with Virgo is Earth, and alongside Capricorn and Taurus, it forms the Earth triplicity. (The Earth Triplicity is one of four elemental triplicities in the zodiac, with the other three being Water, Fire, and Air.)

ELEMENT: Earth, Material
KEY PHRASE: “I Analyze”
NEED: The need to analyze, discriminate and function efficiently
PLANETS: Ruler: Mercury, Detriment: Neptune, Exaltation: Mercury, Fall: Venus
MODALITY: Mutable
POLARITY: Passive
OPPOSITE SIGN: Pisces
HOUSE: 6th House of Physical and psychological health, day-to-day work, service
SYMBOL: Virgin
CRYSTAL: Apitite, Selenite
BIRTHSTONE: Saphire
ESSENTIAL OILS: Lemongrass & Clary Sage
PATH ON THE TREE OF LIFE: Path 20, The Prophet of the Eternal, the Magus of the Voice of Power
TAROT: Key 9 - The Hermit
HEBREW LETTER: Yod, hand, simple letter: Sexual Love
ALCHEMICAL OPERATION: Distillation
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Desirable: Thoughfulness, action, seriousness, conciseness, discretion, sensitivity, intuition, efficiency, caution, intelligence, perception, contemplation, domesticity, prudence, providence, industry, methodicalness, thrift.
Undesirable: calculation, mercenary, selfishness, anxiety, worry, irritability, apprehension, discontent, secretiveness, criticism, skepticism, cold, unresponsiveness, inconsistency, indecision, quick temper, timidity, lack of self-confidence

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