VII - The Chariot

Titles: The Child of the Powers of the Waters, The Lord of the Triumph of Light
Hebrew letter: ח (Het = fence = 8) [Single Letter = Zodiacal Trump]
Element: Water
Astrology: Cancer ♋ - Cardinal Water - The crab (ruler: Moon, exaltation: Jupiter; detriment: Saturn, fall: Mars)
Time: 21 June - 22 July
Path on the Tree of Life: 18th Path (Binah ↔ Geburah; 3 ↔ 5)

Symbols/Colours:

the canopy of the Chariot is the night-sky-blue of Binah;
the pillars are the four pillars of The Universe, the regimen of Tetragrammaton;
the scarlet wheels represent the original energy of Geburah which causes the revolving motion;
chariot is drawn by four sphinxes composed of the four Kerubs, the Bull, the Lion, the Eagle and the Man; in each sphinx these elements are counter-changed; thus the whole represents the sixteen sub-elements;
the Charioteer is clothed in the amber-coloured armour appropriate to the sign; he is throned in the chariot rather than conducting it, because the whole system of progression is perfectly balanced; his only function is to bear the Holy Grail;
upon his armour are ten Stars of Assiah, the inheritance of celestial dew from his mother;
he bears as a crest the Crab appropriate to the sign;
the vizor of his helmet is lowered, for no man may look upon his face and live; for the same reason, no part of his body is exposed;
the central and most important feature of the card is its centre - the Holy Grail; it is of pure amethyst, of the colour of Jupiter, but its shape suggests the full moon and the Great Sea of Binah; in the centre is radiant blood; the spiritual life is inferred; light in the darkness; these rays, moreover, revolve, emphasizing the Jupiterian element in the symbol.