Qabalistic Attributions Options

- "Witchcraft: theory and practice", Ly de Angeles: Kether: Neptune, Chokmah: Uranus, Da'ath: Chiron, Pluto as the "point where Kether becomes Ain Soph Aur"

- "Summoning spirits", Konstantinos: Kether: Uranus, Chokmah: Neptune

- www.thelemapedia.org: Kether: Pluto, Chokmah: Neptune, Da'ath: Uranus

I came across these different planetary associations of the Sephiroth, and thought it woulld be interesting to know which ones you use and why.

I don't really "use" these except for drawing the Tree of Life or when writing correspondence charts like this:

Pluto
The Materialist
White
Platinum
Kether

Neptune
The Mystic
Deep Blue
Titanium
Daath

Uranus
The Magician
Grey
Aluminum
Chockmah

I have seen these attributions before, but I cannot say that I agree with them. It seems to me that modern practitioners needed to fit the outer planets into the kabbalistic scheme somehow, and so chose to associate the supernals with them. However, traditionally the supernal triad have no planetary attributions, because they are above and beyond the formative word, or Yetzirah, including Daath as a bridge between the creative and formative world with the outermost planet Saturn.

Likewise the angels and divine names associated with the supernal triad have no proper traditional attributions, according to Kabbalistic mystical tradition.

The Golden Dawn attributed Jupiter to both Kether and Chesed, for reasons I have never understood, The Zodiac to Chokmah, and Saturn and Binah.

It is to be granted that Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto were no discovered until after the formation of the bulk of kabbalistic texts. Binah is often associated - according to the Golden Dawn, at least, whose attributions I do not personally agree with in many cases - with Kronos, Time, hence Saturn is a logical attribution along that line of logic. However Neptune as the 'God of the Sea' - greek Poseidon - also fits Binah as the 'Great Mother Sea' of creativity from which the lower sephiroth arise. Pluto, greek Hades, associated with Death and the underworld, fits naturally into Daath. Chokmah fits with the zodiac as the primordial intelligence, the will, hermetically speaking, vs. the feminine creativity of Binah, as the zodiac is the governing force of purpose expressed into the individual, granting us through it's rays and configurations in the stars our astrological 'will', so to speak, so I would not attribute any planet to it, as none fit.

The attribution of Uranus for Kether makes only some slight sense, as Uranus was the primordial father of the Titans in mythology, Kether being the origin of all comprehensible existence, and the Titans representing the most basic, primordial elements of creation. However, Chokmah, called the Father, makes equal sense merely by the connection that both are Chokmah and Uranus are regarded as 'primordial fathers'.

It's a tricky bit of correspondence, so I guess it's not really surprising that there is some confusion between sources as to which goes where. The best source to go to would be a rabbi versed in kabbalistic mysticism - after all, it is a judaic subject. As far as I can tell, the original manuscripts cite no attributions for the outer planets at all, although I do have more books on the way here, they may say something different.

Other issues with the outer planets, however - they have no Kamea, are assigned no numerical values, are not assigned to any of the hebrew letters (seven doubles associated with seven planets, there is no more room, although they could be associated with the three mothers - that is a stretch given their other associations).

Even astrologically speaking, the outer planets govern generations of people, and have little influence on you as an individual. Almost every instance of their influence and association is far removed from the individual, and a lot of the associations commonly granted them are those that belonged to previously, or are shared by, one of the seven planets of the ancients.

Pluto is now hardly recognized as a planet. Uranus and Neptune are more certain. And there is a tenth 'planet' now isn't there? Where does it fit in?

Personally I don't associate any planets with the supernals. Their intelligences should, in my opinion, be approached as above and beyond the formative world all together, wherein reside the planetary influences. They are the primordial realms from which the formative world arises. I question the association of the zodiac with chokmah, as well, as they are constellations in the sky, but that is an older system, and I still don't quite understand fully why that was done as it was.

So, there's a bit to think about. Consider the qualities of the planets, the information available, and your own experience.

peace