X - The Fortune

Titles: The Lord of the Forces of Life; Wheel of Fortune
Hebrew letter: ך, כ (Kaf = palm of hand = 20, 500) [Double Letter = Planetary Trump]
Element: Fire
Astrology: Jupiter ♃ (rules Sagittarius/Pisces, exalted in Cancer; detriment in Gemini, fall in Capricorn)
Path on the Tree of Life: 21st Path (Chesed ↔ Netzach; 4 ↔ 7)

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it would be narrow to think of Jupiter as good fortune; he represents the element of luck; the incalculable factor;
this card thus represents the Universe in its aspect as a continual change of state;
above, the firmament of stars; these appear distorted in shape, although they are balanced, some being brilliant and some dark; from them, through the firmament, issue lightnings; they churn it into a mass of blue and violet plumes;
in the midst of all this is suspended a wheel of ten spokes, according to the number of the Sephiroth, and of the sphere of Malkuth, indicating governance of physical affairs;
on this wheel are three figures, the Sworded Sphinx, Hermanubis, and Typhon; they symbolize the three forms of energy which govern the movement of phenomena (the three Gunas of the Hindu System: Sattvas, Rajas and Tamas);
the Sphinx represents the element of sulphur (Rajas), and is exalted, temporarily, upon the summit of the wheel; she is armed with a sword of the short Roman pattern, held upright between the paws of the lion;
climbing up the left-hand side of the wheel is Hermanubis, who represents the alchemical Mercury (Sattvas); he is a composite god; but in him the simian element predominates;
on the right hand side, precipitating himself downward, is Typhon, who represents the element of salt (Tamas);
lightnings which destroy, also beget; and the wheel may be regarded as the Eye of Shiva, whose opening annihilates the Universe, or as a wheel upon the Car of Jaganath, whose devotees attain perfection at the moment that it crushes them.