CHAPTER XIV SOME FURTHER KABALAS Although it will be evident from the foregoing illustrations that a very definite design lies at the root of the allotment of numbers to the planets and the signs of the zodiac, yet the study of the subject would hardly be complete without some reference to some other methods that I have evolved or that are to be found hinted at but not expounded in the writings of others. If, for instance, I were required to demonstrate the fact that a certain method underlies the planetary numbers, I could do so by reference to the Kabala of the number 9, and although in the process I might have to concede the point that Jupiter and Venus are interchangeable, I should still be warranted by my Kabala in affirming that Mercury is not interchangeable with Mars, but that it is polarized by the Sun, and that Mars is the alternative or opposite of the Moon. Now this little Kabala, while itself very suggestive and capable of many applications, has no cosmical basis, and therefore may be the occasion of much disturbance, if carried beyond its legitimate domain. It is only necessary to take the numerical sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and centralize that number which answers to the planet whose opposite you require. Thus for Saturn, whose number is 8, we have the sequence— Saturn 4567 8 9123 22 15 4 10 6 or 1 Sun (+) For Jupiter the resolution is as follows— Jupiter 8912 3 4567 20 22 2 4 6 Venus For the Sun, whose positive number is 1, we have— Sun 6789 1 2345 30 14 3 5 8 Saturn For Venus, whose number is 6, the resolution is— Venus 2345 6 7891 14 25 5 7 12 or 3 Jupiter For the Moon, whose number is 7 positive, we get— Moon 3456 7 8912 18 20 9 2 11 or 2 Moon