Decan Walk: Capricorn decan 3
Lord of Power (Earthly Power). The image above is from Telos Tarot of 777.
Cadent decan of Capricorn: A man holding a book, which he opens and shuts.
| Color(s) | Deep Azure, flecked yellow; plus the colors of the associated Majors |
| Colors of the associated Majors | The Devil: Indigo – Black – Blue Black – Cold very dark Grey The Sun: Orange – Gold Yellow – Rich Amber – Amber, rayed Red |
Capricorn decan 3 is where the ambitions of Capricorn meet their peak, and can go no further. As mentioned in the book Scions of 777: “All the powerful planets of the patriarchy are in play (in the Four of Disks): Jupiter/Zeus, king of the Olympians and planet of excess, is present as ruler of the Fours. A symbol of Chesed, sephira of the Fours, is “an enthroned king.”
Saturn/Cronos, Jupiter’s father and previous king of the gods, is here as the binding ruler of Capricorn. The almighty regal Sun, center of the solar system and ruler of the planets, appears as ruler of the decan: Soli Invictus, the unconquered sun favored by Roman emperors. Kingly influences all! He opens and closes his book while seated on a throne. His vest is seemingly made of coins, covering his heart and his stomach, for material wealth and power is his passion and his hunger.”
Yes, he is hungry for coin – though he likely already has stockpiled much of it. The book he obsessively opens and shuts is probably his accounts ledger or stock portfolio. He is chained to his throne, showing how he clings to power and position and is yet bound by it.
It is a cadent decan though, which means that the Capricorn energy is preparing to transmute to the next sign, Aquarius. In fact, it must, as otherwise, things just stagnate, which is a bug of the Four cards. I suppose it is a little bit of a moral message, for those overly fixated on power and coin to turn towards the Aquarian ideals, more altruistic and humane
“The card combines the Devil and the Sun; Lucifer whose ambition led him high also falls to earth. This is the CEO, the chief commander, and King Midas – all ambitious to a fault.”
Note all the clenched fists surrounding him, as a solar aura. They clench golden coins, showing his avarice and a certain lack overall of generosity. The closed fist can be a Jupiter/Fours reference, for the associated Hebrew letter Kaph can mean hand, which can manifest as either the open palm or the closed fist. A full solar array would have 36 of them, the number of the Sun as 6×6, yet only 30 are visible, referencing the path of the Sun on the Tree of Life.
The fragmentary text 36 Airs of the Zodiac gives the Hellenistic deity as Tolma. The word has some associations with boldness, but also endurance through challenges. It does remind me of investors in that sense.
Monuphta, the deity listed as a Ptolemaic Egyptian god per 777, is another of those seemingly only easily found in Kircher’s Bembine tablet translation. The suffix “phta” suggests a possible connection to Ptah, whose name means means “Opener” and is usually applied to the Sun as “opener” of the day.
From left to right: the RWS Four of Pentacles, with the man stepping on coins, clutching a coin, and crowned by one: coin on the brain! The Thoth card at the center shows a four-walled and moated fortress, with elemental towers at the corners. Note how the crown in the RWS figure and the towers of the Thoth card have crenellations. These are those patterns of multiple, regularly spaced rectangular formations; gaps or ramparts for firing projective defensive missiles. This figure defends what is his! Third is the Tabula Mundi image, which shows the combination of Devil (Capricorn) with the Sun, decan ruler of Capricorn’s last decan.
The Tabula Mundi Tarot image combines the hungry green man face from the belly of the Devil, with images from the Sun card and Soli Invictus on the coins, before another type of fortress. These are the Egyptian pylons, between which the Sun rises and sets.
The Rosetta card above shows the Four of Disks as a bank vault adorned with four solar disks marked with the glyph of the Sun, a division by six (the number of the Sun), a division by four (making it a Sun Wheel, and the number of the card), and the glyph for Capricorn.
This is a card of status and structure, and the responsibility that comes with power. It is the CEO, the fortress, the bank vault, and the billionaires bunker. This is material or earthly power and nothing beyond, which often means financial stability, yet avarice for more.