Path

Path 20 · Yod

Path 20 descends from Chesed to Tiphareth, carrying expansive mercy toward the centre of the Tree. Its Golden Dawn correspondences are Yod, Virgo and The Hermit, which frame this movement through discernment, inward attention and guidance.

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The oldest attribution here is Tarot trump The Hermit, first attested 1888 CE.

Tarot trump

  • The Hermit

    Traditional
    Who says so
    No school has been identified
    Earliest verified attestation
    1888 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet checked

    Book T establishes this Tarot-to-letter attribution. The path number and endpoints belong to this tradition's canonical Kircher arrangement.

    Evidence

    1. Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — The Twenty-Two Keys of the Book, pp. 5–7

      · Mathers, c. 1888 (Golden Dawn internal)

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    2. Aleister Crowley, 777, 1907–1909 — Table I, Tarot Trump column, row 20

      · First edition, 1909 (anonymous)

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