Here we have Mars 9, Sun and Mercury 9, Jupiter and Venus 9, Saturn and Sun 9, Moon (positive and negative) 9. Moreover, it is seen that the sum of Sun, Jupiter and Saturn, 4 plus 3 plus 8, is 15, and that of Mercury, Venus and Sun, 5 plus 6 plus 1, is 12. Then 15 plus 12 are 27, and the unit value of this is again 9. It is further of interest to observe that the only planets that are not convertible are Mars and the Moon, and that at the head and foot of the scheme represent Fire and Water, symbols of Spirit and Matter, the Will and the element of Variability, one fixed and the other mutable. The numbers of the Moon are 2 and 7, and these are equal in sum to 9.
To argue thence that we are justified in transposing Mercury with Mars or Jupiter with Venus in any system that has a cosmical factor for its basis is to argue from cosmos into chaos. The planetary numbers and those of the zodiac were affixed by those who instituted the scheme, not from any considerations of a fanciful nature, but on certain cosmical principles which those who have thoroughly mastered the subject of Numerology will find working out in all astrological practice. It is, of course, allowable to use numbers in a symbolical manner after any order that may suit our purpose, but to proceed from the time of sunrise by progression through the planetary hours, and to violate the established order of those hours by the introduction of a fictitious interchange of factors, is an affront to the intelligence of every astrological student and a violation of the principles of cosmic symbology that can only find its karmic effects in a condition of mental chaos.
Another kabalism which employs the planetary factors has been in use for some time by certain well-known students of interpretation, and is principally applied to the predictive art. In this system the planets hold the same numbers as those traditionally allotted to them.
The signs of the zodiac, however, do not follow the same rule, but take the values that belong to their planetary rulers, as follows—
Aries 9, Taurus 6, Gemini 5, Cancer 7 or 2, Leo 1 or 4, Virgo 5, Libra 6, Scorpio 9, Sagittarius 3, Capricornus 8, Aquarius 8, Pisces 3.
These numbers are combined with those of the days of the week ruled by the planets. Thus in the case of a person born on a Tuesday in the month of November, the numbers are both 9, for Tuesday is ruled by Mars, whose number is 9, and in November the Sun is in Scorpio, which again gives the number 9. Hence those years in which the number 9 figures are regarded as important in the production of great events.
The months and signs corresponding are thus valued:—January 8, February 8, March 3, April 9, May 6, June 5, July 7 and 2, August 1 and 4, September 5, October 6, November 9 and December 3. But it should be observed that, in order to keep in touch with the cosmical order, these numbers are only to attach to the first 21 days of each month, the number for the succeeding month being used for the last 10 or 11 days. Similarly, the day counts from sunrise to sunrise according to some authors, but cosmically it counts from noon to noon, that period from noon to midnight being “the evening” and from midnight to noon “the morning,” as it is said in Genesis, Veyahi oreb veyahi beqer yom echad—“And the evening and the morning were the first day.”
Perhaps one of the most interesting Kabalas is that which has reference to the values of the signs and planets when taken in combination. Each of the months in the annual circle has a number attaching to it according to the planet ruling the sign in which the Sun is, as already shown above. This is multiplied into the number allotted to the sign itself apart from its ruler. Thus—
| Month | Sign | No. | Ruler | No. | Product | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Capricorn | 3 | Saturn | 8 | 24 | 6 |
| February | Aquarius | 2 | Saturn | 8 | 16 | 7 |
| March | Pisces | 11 | Jupiter | 3 | 33 | 6 |
| April | Aries | 7 | Mars | 9 | 63 | 9 |
| May | Taurus | 6 | Venus | 6 | 36 | 9 |
| June | Gemini | 12 | Mercury | 5 | 60 | 6 |
| July | Cancer | 3 | Moon | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| August | Leo | 1 | Sun | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| September | Virgo | 10 | Mercury | 5 | 50 | 5 |
| October | Libra | 8 | Venus | 6 | 48 | 3 |
| November | Scorpio | 9 | Mars | 9 | 81 | 9 |
| December | Sagittary | 4 | Jupiter | 3 | 12 | 3 |
It is then seen that the total value of the planets’ numbers is 65, while the total of the unit values of the products is also 65. It is satisfactory to find that wherever we are consistent and hold to the traditional values and positions of the several factors, we obtain results that are wonderfully harmonious and suggestive.